Archive for May 11th, 2008

FBI probe nets counterfeit Chinese networking parts

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

The FBI announced Friday that an investigation into counterfeit network components made in China and sold to the U.S. government has recovered about 3,500 fake devices with a value of $3.5 million.

The criminal probe, code-named Operation Cisco Raider, was prompted by concerns that counterfeit network components

Budget’s last-minute ‘Bingo’ reprieve

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

BINGO and other leisure activities offered by aged-care facilities no longer face the chop after an eleventh-hour Budget reprieve.

Chorus grows to fly in aid

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

A GENERATION of children could be wiped out if help does not quickly get through to the cyclone-stricken villages of Burma, according to international officials frustrated by the military junta’s obstruction of Western aid workers.

‘Dreamtime’ over in Aboriginal studies

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

DREAMTIME is no longer an acceptable term to describe the collection of Aboriginal creation stories, and should be referred to as The Dreaming or The Dreamings.

Man ‘attacks cops with chainsaw’

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

A NEW Zealand allegedly used a chainsaw to attack two police officers who were trying to arrest him for breaching bail.

Swimmer punches white pointer, survives

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

A SWIMMER poked a white pointer shark in the eyes to make it release his leg in an attack off a WA beach.

Burma desperate for air drops

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

CALLS are mounting for an airlift-style operation to parachute aid into Burma to be urgently mobilised.

Bouncer ‘pushed pub patron under cop car’

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

A BOUNCER is being questioned by police after he allegedly pushed a patron under a police car outside a Sunshine Coast pub.

Imran’s father to be charged with murder

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

THE father of three-year-old Imran Zilic, who was found dead in a SA mine shaft, will be formally charged with murder, police said today.

China unveils jumbo jet company

Sunday, May 11th, 2008

CHINA has unveiled its own jumbo jet maker in Shanghai, in an initiative that could eventually rival Airbus and Boeing.