Cloven liver

Seeded on Wed Sep 27, 2006 7:26 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

The State Coroner finds that a police officer was responsible for the death of Mulrunji Doomadgee, after he had "punched him so hard he almost cleaved his liver in two".

world-news, police, palm-island, hurley, senior-sergeant-hurley, mulrunji-doomadgee, doomadgee

No Kosovar Army

Seeded on Mon Aug 21, 2006 10:50 PM EDT (b92.net)

Serbia again says Kosovo will have no army, no independence.

serbia, kosovo, world-news

No Accountability in China

Seeded on Mon Jul 3, 2006 11:17 PM EDT (The New York Times)

China is proposing new laws that will not allow the reporting of 'sudden incidents' - outbreaks of disease, natural disasters, social disturbances or other so-called sudden incidents that officials determine to be false or harmful to China's social order.

media, china, journalism, world-news, censorship

Croatian Australians

Seeded on Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:37 PM EDT (theworldgame.com.au)

Three Australian-born and raised players on the Croatian team, while six players on the Australian team also have Croatian heritage.

football, sports, soccer, croatia, world-cup, australia

Nationals leader avoids Howard

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 7:22 PM EDT (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Springborg declines invitation from John Howard to chat in Canberra, and instead heads to Warwick and Bundaberg.

politics, howard, liberal-party, coalition, john-howard, queensland, australian-politics, springborg, lawrence-springborg, nationals-party

Arsenal could lose Champs League spot

Seeded on Thu Jun 1, 2006 7:14 PM EDT (BBC News)

Arsenal are being investigated by FIFA for having control over another club - one result of the investigation could be expulsion from the Champions League.

football, sports, soccer, english-premier-league, champions-league, fifa, arsenal, beveren, english-football, emmanuel-eboue

Aliens tell of African tsunami

Seeded on Tue May 30, 2006 3:16 AM EDT (AL JAZEERA)

Despite the fact he got the message from aliens, "many Moroccan coastal residents have abandoned their homes and moved to higher ground, anxiously awaiting" the imminent tsunami on May 25.

morocco, tsunami, odd-news, aliens, eric-julien

Religious fundamentalists can kiss my arse

Seeded on Sat May 27, 2006 11:00 PM EDT (Australian News Network)

And yes, that's what I really think. I mean seriously, killing the coach of the Iraqi tennis team and and two players for wearing shorts? This is all so ridiculous.

iraq, assassination, fundamentalism, sharia-law, sharia, religious-fundamentalists

Sailor gambles on the B sample

Seeded on Sat May 27, 2006 10:21 AM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Wendell Sailor has decided to take his chances with a B sample of his drug test. He didn't have much choice. If Anthony Mundine, quoted in article, is right and the ARU were gunning for him - that's one way to rid yourself of expensive driftwood.

sports, drugs, sailor, rugby, rugby-union, drug-testing, wendell, wendell-sailor, drugs-in-sport, drug-testing-in-sport

Serbia AND Montenegro no more

Seeded on Tue May 23, 2006 7:15 AM EDT (BBC News)

Montenegro gains independence from Serbia. The state of Serbia and Montenegro no longer exists. Now it is simply Serbia. How soon Kosovo to follow?

serbia, referendum, kosovo, world-news, independence, balkans, montenegro, yugoslavia, former-yugoslavia, serbia-and-montenegro

Bulletin editor - Journalism 101

Seeded on Thu May 18, 2006 6:21 PM EDT (National Nine News)

You actually will get this in, if not Journalism 101, then J3802 - Newsroom Operations - what makes the news and how? And once you know the answer to that question it doesn't make the decision process or outcomes right or just - simply business decisions based on audience desire

editorial, miners, world-news, beaconsfield, torres-strait, news-values