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A group representing 14 coal companies that wants to buy the coal arm of Queensland Rail (QR) says it will meet with Premier Anna Bligh to discuss the offer.
Queensland Coal Industry Rail Group (QCIRG) chairman Nick Greiner says they want to buy the asset direct from the government rather.
The Government plans to float part of [...]

The Greens are calling for an overhaul of the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) in South Australia.
Greens MP Mark Parnell says the EPA is not functioning as independently or transparently as it should be.
He says environmental matters are usually investigated only when complaints are made.
“It’s a complaint-driven regime. They should be out there on our behalf [...]

Tehran, Sep. 18 (ANI): The father of an Iranian student, who died in jail after being arrested for protesting against President Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election, has claimed that his son was beaten, got his bones broken and toenails pulled [...]

Lahore, Sep.16 (ANI): Days after former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf’s statement that Islamabad had diverted US aid to strengthen its defence against India was splashed in the media all over, the former general has denied allegations of misuse of army equipment, saying the media has highlighted a ‘non-issue’.

Dr Nasim Ashraf, one of Musharraf’s [...]

Lahore, Sep.11 (ANI): Saudi King Abdullah was ’surprised’ to hear Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, during his recent Saudi Arabia visit, say that his visit was for Pakistan and not for any personal gain.

“During Musharraf’s recent visit to Saudi [...]

Washington, September 9 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that the technique of laser cooling could be used to create “exotic” states of matter.

According to a report in National Geographic News, in a new technique, Martin Weitz and Ulrich Vogl of the University [...]

London, Sep.8 (ANI): Croatian football chiefs are using a sick fascist hatemonger to whip up a vile racist frenzy among fans ahead of the national team’s match against England at the Wembley stadium on Wednesday.

A Sun investigation today reveals the Croatian FA is behind a cynical campaign encouraging thugs – who will be at [...]

Washington, September 8 (ANI): Fallen pop star Boy George has reportedly turned to a strict diet of uncooked food to shed weight he gained as he served his sentence in jail.

The former Culture Club frontman, real name George O’Dowd, was also said to have resorted to a gruelling exercise routine to get back in shape.

“He’s [...]

Islamabad, Sep 7 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf would actively participate in politics after November 30 when a two-year constitutional bar on him holding public office comes to an end, according to a former minister.

Addressing reporters in Islamabad, former federal minister and central leader of the PML-Q, Chaudhry Shahbaz, said on Sunday that [...]

Wellington, Sep. 5 (ANI): US President Barack Obama’s team thinks British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is rather “dour and depressing,” it has been claimed.

Richard Wolffe, a former Newsweek White House correspondent, who travelled with Obama on his election [...]

Washington, Sep 4 (ANI): American actress Mila Kunis has revealed that she is going through a rigorous training regime to prepare herself for a role in the upcoming thriller ‘Black Swan’.

Kunis, 26, who reportedly engages in a racy girl-on-girl love scene with [...]

Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): A senior FBI agent has claimed that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi must have personally okayed the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.

Richard Marquise, an FBI veteran who led the US task force probing [...]

Lahore, Sep.4 (ANI): Former Pakistan Presidency spokesperson Rashid Qureshi has said former President General Pervez Musharraf’s meeting with Saudi King Abdullah has been ’successful’, and [...]

Jeddah, Sep.2 (ANI): Former Pakistan President General Pervez Musharraf, who himself in facing high treason charges, has said that country’s enemies must be prosecuted as traitors.

A private television channel quoted Musharraf, as saying that traitors must be ‘treated as traitors.’

Musharraf also said that during his regime Pakistan’s economy flourished and attained unprecedented growth, The News [...]

New Delhi, Sep 1 (ANI): Dr Vijay Kumar Saraswat, who is in charge of the development of missile and strategic systems in the country, today took charge as scientific adviser to Defence Minister AK Antony and will also serve as Director General of [...]

Tehran, Sep 1(ANI): If reports are to be believed it is being claimed that Mohsen Rouhalamini, the son of an adviser to defeated presidential candidate Mohsen Rezaei, is the first official confirmation of a prisoner abuse death following Iran’s post-election turmoil.

A medical examiner has confirmed the Rouhalamini died from beatings and poor prison conditions.

The claims [...]

Melbourne, Sept. 1 (ANI): Aussie actor Russell Crowe is said to follow a fitness regime that involves a few cigarettes and eating fatty foods.

Crowe, 45, who had this year lost 32kgs while preparing for his starring role in Robin Hood, has left many wondering about his trim waistline, and [...]

Baghdad (Iraq), Sep 1(ANI): Amnesty International on Tuesday said that even though Iraq has been free from Saddam Hussein’s regime for six years, more than 1,000 prisoners are still facing death penalty in the country.

It said that Iraq’s burdened justice system can barely cope with ordinary crimes, and punishment for crimes ranging from murder to [...]

Bangalore, Aug. 30 (ANI): Master blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Saturday launched the logo and the colours of the Belgavi Panthers Team, which will take part in the upcoming and fledging Karnataka Premier League (KPL).

The owners of the Belagavi Panthers team representing Karnataka’s Belgaum city capitalised on the presence of Tendulkar in Bangalore, who is presently [...]

Dharamsala, Aug 29 (ANI): In an attempt to bring plight of the Tibetans to the notice of the international community, the Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD) in Dharamsala has released a video appeal from a Tibetan highlighting the lack of human rights and the sufferings inside Tibet.

Kalsang Tsultrim, also known [...]