Asia Africa Intelligence Wire articles from November 2004

Asia Africa Intelligence Wire archives from November 2004

SALVATION ARMY TO SELL AGED CARE HOMES.
November 30, 2004... (From New Zealand Press Association) (Eds: EMBARGOED until MIDNIGHT tonight) Wellington, Nov 30 - Salvation Army plans to sell all 12 of its 70-year-old residential aged care centres over the next year have brought calls for more...

SCOREBOARD.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) SECOND TEST - Australia v New Zealand at The Adelaide Oval Australia 1st Innings 8 (dec)-575 New Zealand 1st Innings 251 Australia 2nd Innings ! ! ! ! ! ! ! R! M! B! 4! 6! J LANGER lbw b...

Not the retiring types: Green Machine recruits back on tougher home turf.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Canberra Raiders team for 2005 was completed yesterday with the arrival in Canberra of their two star recruits, Matt Adamson and Jason Smith. The two former English-based players, both 32, touched down in...

Henry named swimmer of the year, ending Thorpe's five-year domination.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Triple Olympic gold medallist Jodie Henry has broken Ian Thorpe's stranglehold on swimming's top prize by winning the Australian Swimmer of the Year award in Melbourne last night. Henry, 21, won Olympic gold in...

Kiwis praying for long dark cloud.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Australia's world champion cricketers held back their renowned aggression in a curious attempt to sink New Zealand's morale and ''dig a grave'' for the tourists at the Adelaide Oval yesterday. Australia...

AWARD WINNERS.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Australian swimmer of the year: Jodie Henry Telstra People's Choice award: Grant Hackett Swimmers' swimmer of the year: Petria Thomas and Brett Hawke Swimmer of the year with a disability: Matthew Cowdrey Coach of...

Myskina's steady hand writes Russian history.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Anastasia Myskina and Vera Zvonareva powered Russia to its first Fed Cup tennis title by winning the decisive doubles against holders France yesterday. Russia, the hot favourites, had Myskina to thank for a...

Scott skinned, Couples cashes in.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Adam Scott was shut out on the final day as Fred Couples enhanced his reputation as king of the silly season with a record fifth win in the annual Skins Game yesterday. Couples beat Tiger Woods in four play- off...

Hodgson a scapegoat for team learning new tricks.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Having overdosed on victory for so long, it shouldn't have been a surprise that Twickenham was in need of detox. However, the extent of the dependence was still troubling. Defeat sometimes cleanses the spirit...

Former greats and Raiders ring-in courting serious attention.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Although there are two Women's National Basketball League games being played at the AIS Arena on Friday night, it is a third game which may steal all the attention. The Capitals will play the Adelaide Lightning...

ALL-STARS.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) CAPITALS ALL-STARS Shelley Gorman (Sandie) - 321 games, 5204 points. Kate Paterson - 177 games, 823 pts. Linda Muir - 209 games, 1567 pts. Chris Higgisson (Turudic) - 78 games, 143 pts. Lucille...

ALL-ROUND RUSH FOR BLUES STAR.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Dominic Thornely will play for the Cricket Australia Chairman's XI in the Lilac Hill Festival match against Pakistan on December 7. The 26-year-old NSW player is one of the most exciting all-rounders in...

Pressure builds, but show must go on.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) At The Show is probably blissfully unaware of it but the expectation of his fans in the NSW town of Cowra has trainer Andrew Molloy feeling the pressure. Molloy jokingly said he felt as though there were 12,500...

SCOREBOARD.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) here ACT ATHLETICS INTERCLUB COMPETITION AIS Athletics Track, Canberra (Reg, Name, Club, Perf., Age, Wind) Females 200 Metres: 299 Jade Sutcliffe SCT 25.37 U20 +2.2; 295 Angeline Blackburn SCT 25.62 U16 +2.2; 515...

LAW LIST FOR TODAY.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) HIGH COURT Before the Full Court, in Court 19A, Law Courts Building, Queen's Square, Sydney, 9.30am: 1. Mulligan v Coffs Harbour City Council and others; 2. Vairy v Wyong Shire Council; 3. Brian Cassidy, Chief...

A place of simmering resentments and long-held grievances.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HERE are ironies unlimited in the group of islands off the coast from Townsville, at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef - the best known of which is Palm Island. One of the group is entirely off...

The potential mass killers live among us.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) 'H E COULD be very entertaining,'' Stalin's niece Kira Allilueva told biographer Robert Service in 1998. The dictator had her jailed in his last round of purges, after the World War II, but she still remembered...

Burghers of Ballarat mine a rich vein of history.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HEY still come to dig for gold in Ballarat. People fervently still pan for alluvial gold in a little stream running through Sovereign Hill, Victoria's most popular tourist attraction. An even more popular...

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TO SERVE THE NATIONAL CITY AND THROUGH IT THE NATION - Look to future for Palm Island.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) T HE QUEENSLAND Premier, Peter Beattie, probably means well with his latest round of tough talk about dealing with the problems of Palm Island, but no-one should get their hopes up that he really means anything much...

TO THE POINT.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) PM NEEDS TO SHOW HE CARES The Long Walk is an opportunity for the PM to show he cares. Mr Howard should walk from Parliament House to meet and greet Michael Long later this week, and then return to Parliament House...

Guns not solely to blame for increase in societal violence.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) K. Woodhouse's view on the correlation between toy guns and killing (CT Letters, November 27) are simplistic. Children have played with toy guns for centuries. Indeed my three-year- old, even at a very young age...

Ravashing wraps at the Crisp Cafe and Bar.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) VIBRANT, creative dishes are trademarks of the Crisp Cafe and Bar - bringing a welcome change from standard cafe food. Beginning tomorrow, December 1, the cafe's newly-opened bar will also be a highlight. You'll...

Cold, shallow water: Why the whales came.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Cold ocean currents, brain damage, weakened hearts, unfamiliarity with shallow waters and sonar disturbance from oil and gas exploration are some of the possible causes of mass whale strandings being investigated...

Viva Coyote Catering.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) SINCE August 2002, Coyote Catering has made a name for itself by offering cuisine that is different, delicious and healthy. The company's innovative south-west American style fare has been spicing up corporate...

IN BRIEF.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Telstra deal 'worth $1billion' Telstra Corp said yesterday it was considering a number of bids for the supply and service of its 3G mobile phone network. However, it was unable to confirm speculation that the bid...

Confidence in ACT businesses tops nation.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Business confidence in the ACT's small-to-medium enterprise business sector jumped to the highest level in the nation during the November quarter, according to the Sensis Business Index issued today. Report...

Mission brown, lime green: the colour of money.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) When Rod Drinkwater paid $200,000 in 1991 for his four- bedroom home in Baracchi Crescent, Giralang, he resolved to renovate it, but instead has sold it, for $459,000, a record for that suburb, according to the...

THE FRIDGE DOOR.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) RECYCLING: Recycling bins will be emptied in Amaroo, Gungahlin, Ngunnawal, Nicholls (east of Curran Dr), and Palmerston on Wednesday. Put your bins out before 7am. Ph: 62601472. VEGETARIAN: The ACT Vegetarian...

VICE-REGAL.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) On Sunday at Mount Mugga Scout Hall, Red Hill, the Governor-General, Major-General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC, and Mrs Marlena Jeffery, attended a ceremony at which the Governor-General in his role as Chief Scout...

Get out an awful shirt and feel good about it.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberrans are being urged to don Hawaiian shirts on Friday and buy Hawaiian Shirt Day badges to help raise funds for the ACT-Eden Monaro Cancer Support Group. The group hopes this year's event will raise...

Songs from the Stockade Eureka's missing notes.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Why are there no folk songs about the Eureka rebellion? This Friday brings the 150th anniversary of the battle of the Eureka rebellion, an event of enormous importance in Australian history. It inspired works by...

Nightrider returns for summer's late night ride home.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) 'Tis the season to be merry, and during this period of Christmas parties and festive-season celebrations, those who indulge in a few drinks at night will have a public transport option to get themselves home...

IN BRIEF.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Spy bugging law Spy and law enforcement agencies will be able to snoop on suspected terrorists' and criminals' e-mails, SMS messages and voicemail under a measure passed yesterday but only for the next year. The...

Hit-and-run driver avoids jail sentence.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A young Canberra driver who inflicted life-threatening injuries in a hit-and-run incident outside a Belconnen club avoided a jail term when he appeared in the ACT Supreme Court . Alan David Stewart, 20, of...

Hillier appeals, says evidence 'weak'.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A Chisholm man found guilty on Friday of murdering his former partner lodged an appeal yesterday. A jury in the ACT Supreme Court found Steven Wayne Hillier, 41, guilty of the 2002 murder of 35-year- old Ana...

FACS helps to stuff Santa's sack.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Toys and clothes worth about $3000 were donated yesterday to Anglicare by staff from the Department of Family and Community Services. About 190 staff in the department's Participation Support Group gathered the...

Call to restore black dignity.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Aboriginal culture had been brought to its knees in the past 30 years by the granting of equal wages and ''the misplaced provision of unfettered and generous welfare handouts'', former federal Liberal Party director...

Apprenticeships fall, TAFE students get work fast: survey.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The number of Australians undertaking apprenticeships and traineeships fell in the past year but TAFE students continued to enjoy good job prospects. According to statistics issued yesterday by the National...

Politicians pay respect to our first female leader.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Parliamentarians from across the political spectrum paid tribute to former Democrats leader Janine Haines yesterday. Both the Senate and House of Representatives passed motions of condolence and the House stood...

Children saw father wrestle with Ainslie home intruder.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Three children watched terrified as their father wrestled with a home intruder who had broken into the family's Ainslie home, a court heard yesterday. Michael Lawrence Sinclair, 48, of Reid, appeared in the ACT...

Treaty no-sign is policy: Downer.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Australia would be unable to criticise countries in the region for abusing human rights if it signed a non- aggression treaty with ASEAN, Foreign Affairs Minister Alexander Downer said. Prime Minister John...

Teen philosopher ponders write stuff.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A penchant for ''throwing ideas around'' has seen 16-year-old schoolgirl from Hall, Ebony Wimmler, publish a book on philosophy. Launched at the National Library last night, Ms Wimmler's book Thoughts in Motion...

75pc of Canberrans want youth fast car ban: study.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Three out of four Canberra drivers believe people up to the age of 25 should be banned from getting behind the wheel of high performance vehicles. And a third of them believe such drivers shouldn't be let...

Disappointing results lead to HIV vaccine setback.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The development of an HIV vaccine has suffered a setback in the first stage of trials. Australian National University's John Curtin School of Medical Research has played a leading role in developing the first...

Asbestos group 'too bureaucratic'.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The ACT Government's asbestos task force - responsible for advising government on how best to implement its new asbestos legislation - has been slammed as unrepresentative, unwieldy and overly bureaucratic The...

Landmark plants itself at botanic gardens.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) It took five men and a 15-tonne crane less than an hour to install Canberra's latest tourist landmark - a 5m-tall Queensland bottle tree at the entrance to the National Botanic Gardens. Arriving in scorching...

Armed bandits hit city over weekend.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Five armed robberies and attempted robberies were committed in Canberra over the weekend. An offender believed to be in his teens, robbed a Weston video store of cash shortly after 11pm on Friday. He covered the...

Endangered elderly monkey stolen from its cage at Mogo Zoo.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Larry's gone, and Curly misses him. One of Mogo Zoo's star attractions, a 16-year-old Cotton-Top Tamarin monkey called Larry, was stolen from his cage overnight on Sunday. Larry has lived at the sanctuary...

Testy truce ends Labor 'ego battle'.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Labor Leader Mark Latham and dissident deputy Senate leader Stephen Conroy have sealed a testy truce over party direction in the wake of the October 9 election loss. After Senator Conroy's admission of disunity...

Idol Casey nets poor sales.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) New Australian Idol Casey Donovan's single Listen With Your Heart was released yesterday, but sales in Canberra have been poor compared to last year's winner Guy Sebastian's track Angels Brought Me Here. Singles...

Water use jumps, but ACT plugs away at target.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ACT and Queanbeyan water consumption jumped to almost 23 per cent above the spring target in the seven days to Sunday. Despite this the spring target of 127 megalitres a day will almost certainly be achieved....

We've got mail: Gundaroo posts community victory.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Australia Post has delivered for the people of Gundaroo, slashing its bureaucratic red tape to see the township's threatened post office transferred to a new owner by Christmas. A crisis meeting of 150 Gundaroo...

Canberrans splash out to beat the heat.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A couple of 30-degree plus days in November is the yearly cue for air- conditioner sales to ''go ballistic''. Last weekend, a shade later than usual, was when hot and bothered Canberrans hit the electrical goods...

ACT house prices are down 8.7pc.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra's average median house price dropped 8.7 per cent in the September quarter because of two elections and an interest rate scare, ACT Real Estate Institute president Stan Platis said. Mr Platis said he...

Health staff shortage to worsen.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) About one in four health workers in the ACT will reach retirement age in five years as the current chronic shortages affect a range of services such as breast- cancer screening. The 2003-04 annual report...

Inquiry likely on Windsor claims.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The Senate is likely to launch an inquiry into alleged pork-barrelling for regional projects after more claims of impropriety emerged last night. The Democrats may support the inquiry proposed yesterday by the...

Jetski rider feared drowned in lake.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A Belconnen man in his 30s is missing believed drowned in Lake Burley Griffin after a jetski accident last night. Just before 7pm, police received an emergency call stating that there was a jetski rider in...

Heat is on as first full fire ban's enforced.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) The season's first total fire ban is in force today, with a scorching maximum temperature of 38degrees forecast, along with gusty north-westerly winds winds up to 60km/h. ACT Rural Fire Service chief officer...

Parenthood.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Q Why does my baby vomit all the time? He is one month old and is growing and developing well. Will it settle down or will I have to always carry a towel around with me? - A.V. A The valve at the top of the...

Reading wish-list for all the family HEALTH & WELL-BEING.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A LL PARENTS really want for Christmas is a day full of grateful children, no family arguments and a lunch cooked by somebody else. Alas, it's hard to fit these things under the tree. When you're done, perhaps,...

Motherload - Ignore TV parents: they know nothing.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) W HY IS it that once you've had a baby, even if it's your first one, and even if you've only had it for a week, that you become all-wise and all-knowing. When expectant parents tell you that a baby will never change...

Food for thought on cancer prevention FEATURE READ.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) C ANCER and cookery may seem unlikely bedfellows. The first drains the appetite, while the second seduces it. Yet they are also closely linked. Up to one-third of cancers are thought to be associated with diet, and...

Eat yourself well.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) What do foods have to do with cancer? What you eat is the single most important factor in cancer prevention. Research shows that most cancers are preventable and that as many as 30 to 40 per cent of all cancer cases...

Eucumbene tragedy.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) ANGLERS trolling lures in the two major mountain lakes are experiencing some of the best trout fishing of the season. At Lake Jindabyne, which is 61 per cent full, Steve Williamson reports good catches of...

Ginninderra set to win.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) GINNINDERRA is in a strong position against defending premiers Tuggeranong at the halfway point of their two day cricket game at Kippax. Tuggeranong won the toss and batted first, Andrew Jones and Josh Kentwell...

Blacktown beats Belconnen Devils.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Belconnen Blue Devils are still without a win at Blacktown's Gabbie Stadium, after losing 5-2 to the Blacktown City Demons in the NSW Premier League soccer game on Saturday night. The Demons opened the...

All swimmers welcomed.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) WANT to join a swimming club where you can relax or compete in a supportive environment? If you're over 20, the Tuggeranong AUSSI Adult Swimming Club meets four times a week at the Tuggeranong Pool and members say...

Girls aim for Denmark.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) DESTINED for Denmark - that's the goal of the Woden Valley under 13s girls soccer team, which is raising money to compete in the world's largest youth soccer championship next year. The girls have already raised...

Canberra Heat secure minor premiership against AIS.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) IN ITS final round match of the 2004 AVL season at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) on Friday the Canberra Heat men's volleyball team beat reigning Australian Volleyball League (AVL) champion, the AIS men's...

Dragon boat team calls for new members to race.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Ice Dragons, one of Canberra's newest dragon boat clubs, is on the lookout for new members to help the club field three teams in the Chinese New Year regatta in Cockle Bay, Sydney, in February. Ultimately,...

Kaleen takes top spots.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) TWO teams from Kaleen Primary School were first and second in the northside Good Food Good Fun Play Day years five and six netball competition held last Thursday. The Kaleen Cobras finished first in the round-...

Community contacts.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Canberra City View CANBERRA City Evening View Club will hold a Christmas dinner on Wednesday, December 8, from 6pm at the Yowani Country Club, Northbourne Avenue, Lyneham. Cost: $20. Book with Lee on 62472095 by...

Community contacts.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) Belconnen View BELCONNEN Day View Club will hold its Christmas lunch on Tuesday, December 14 from 11.30am at the West Belconnen Leagues Club in Holt. Cost: $18. Book with Betty on 62542089 by Thursday, December 9....

ACT men are world class bodybuilders.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) TWO Canberra men have taken out the top honours at the Mr Olympia bodybuilding contest, held this year in Las Vegas. Harry Haureliuk, of Monash, won the masters division for the third time while Storm de Smet,...

ACT bodybuilder defies her 62 years.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) CANBERRA psychologist and world champion bodybuilder Janice Lorraine is launching her latest project this week, an inspirational book about defying traditional ideas about age. Now 62, Ms Lorraine took up...

ACT tourism team revamped.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Tourism Industry Council of the ACT and Region announced a new board of directors last week. The new board members are Qantas's Andrew Hogg, the National Capital Attractions Association's Ruth Patterson and...

Business in brief.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) New service CURTIN mobile commerce company, mHITs, launched a new service this month that allows customers to buy and receive pre-paid mobile recharge vouchers directly from their mobile handset. Customers order...

Green car loans to combat greenhouse gas emissions.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) A GREEN car loan that rewards customers for choosing environmentally-friendly cars while combating greenhouse gas emissions with new native tree plantings has earned credit union, mecu, a national innovation award....

Almost half sold at New McKellar.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) OF THE 120 blocks at the New McKellar residential estate, 53 have been sold. Two display homes are nearing completion at the entrance to the estate to set the standard and create a gateway presence. The...

Bank of Queensland opens doors in Civic.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Bank of Queensland opened its first ACT branch last week. The 'Owner Managed Branch' at City Walk is owned and managed by Canberra banker Ross Liddle. Mr Liddle said owning the bank enabled him to make...

Hy-wire the latest vision of the car of the future.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) GENERAL Motors, the world's largest vehicle maker has a dream, a very large and vitally important dream. It quite simply wants to remove the automobile from the environmental debatebBy building vehicles that cause...

Ford Territory to be made into more of a tough 4WD.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) THE Territory wasn't designed by Ford engineers, says Ford Australian president, Tom Gorman, it was designed by the car-buying consumers of Australia. He made that statement at a business briefing in Brisbane...

Civic a little more pricey but holds its value well.
November 30, 2004... (From Canberra Times) HONDA Civic is a fully imported Japanese car engineered and built to a high standard. Though a little more expensive than normal for a car in its class, the Civic holds its value well and offers more prestige than...