14 months on, Haneef probe dropped
 FOURTEEN months after Indian doctor Mohamed Haneef was arrested at Brisbane airport as a suspected terrorist, the Australian Federal Police has abandoned its investigation into himDr Haneef is no longer a person of interest, the AFP said in a two-paragraph statement yesterday. more » |
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 Had had a distinguished career in the army when he came with Macquarie to New South Wales in charge of the 73rd regiment. He also had a commission as lieutenant-governor, and so acted when Macquarie was absent in Tasmania in the latter part of 1812.in August 1813 Macquarie in a dispatch to Lord Bathurst stated that, though lieutenant-colonel O'Connell is naturally a very well disposed man . . . it would greatly improve the harmony of the country . . . if the whole of the officers and men of the 73 regiment were removed from it. more »
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Discography Music & Books Have Opened Online
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BENDIGO WEATHER
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
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Showers. 9 / 14 °C
Rain periods. Fresh north to northeasterly wind shifting northwest to westerly. more » |
| 3 Day Forecast: Monday Mainly fine. Min 2 Max 14 Tuesday Mainly fine. Min 5 Max 14 Wednesday Fine. Min 2 Max 15 |
| UV INDEX: 4 [Moderate] 10:50 am to 1:50 pm |
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| Now Showing: Mamma Mia! (PG), The Dark Knight (M), Wanted (MA15+), The Pineapple Express (MA15+), Taken (MA15+), Star Wars: The Clone Wars (PG), Baby Mama (PG), Tropic Thunder (MA15+), Hell Boy 2:The Golden Army (M), Mongol (MA15+), In Bruges (MA15+) |
| THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - DID YOU KNOW? |
| " Astronauts in the space shuttle are weightless not because there is no gravity in space, but because they are in free fall around the Earth. " |
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| BENDIGO TELEVISION SUNDAY 31st AUGUST - TV SHOWS » |
| Might be worth a look 7.30am WIN Business Sense | 10am ABC Inside Business | 2pm TEN Hunter Hunted | 3pm TEN Weighing In | 4pm TEN Journeys to the Ends of the Earth | 5.30pm WIN Antiques Roadshow | 6.30pm ABC2 Friends for Dinner | WIN Domestic Blitz | 7.30pm ABC Doctor Who | 9.30pm TEN Rove | 10.10pm ABC Compass | 10.45pm PRIME Borderline | 10.50pm ABC Rafael Kubelik | 11.15pm PRIME Seconds From Disaster | All day guide at OurGuide and YourTV. |
ON THIS DAY: SUNDAY 31st AUGUST
1870 - Charles Gavan Duffy secures a Royal Commision to consider Federation.
1931 - Ivo Whitton wins his 5th Australian Open Golf Championship.
1953 - The Sydney-Melbourne air fare increases by 4s6d to 8 pounds.
1981 - G.A.F. made its biggest single Nomad deal with the sale of 20 aircraft, worth more than $28 million, to Thailand.
1989 - Pilots' dispute blamed for the loss of 15,000 tourist jobs. more on today » |
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