Saturday, September 3, 2011

4-9-11 The weekend News in English. ABC. 13:35




  • Renovations spark 'third wave' of asbestos cases

    Posted 27 minutes ago | Updated 22 minutes ago
    A new study has found home renovations are causing an increasing number of cases of asbestos-related disease in Australia, especially in women.




  • A Sri Lankan refugee father and his child stand behind barbed wire


  • Legal advice rules out offshore processing: Bowen

    Posted 3 hours 1 minute ago | Updated 7 minutes ago
    The Federal Government says it has received more legal advice which it says rules out offshore processing of asylum seekers.





  • Russian bears make a comeback (audio)

    Posted 3 hours 29 minutes ago | Updated 3 hours 14 minutes ago
    For years, bear populations in Russia were threatened, but now numbers of many of the powerful animal's species are stable.





  • Greens say water authority knew of contamination

    Posted 4 hours 29 minutes ago | Updated 4 hours 15 minutes ago
    The New South Wales Greens say Hunter Water knew about a lead contamination case months before it acted.





  • Fire threatens unregistered boarding home

    Posted 5 hours 22 minutes ago
    Authorities are angry after a fire revealed an alleged illegal boarding house at Footscray, in Melbourne's west, had reopened.





  • Woman flees scene of car crash

    Posted 5 hours 45 minutes ago
    Police are looking for a woman who fled the scene of a car crash in Melbourne's west that left a man fighting for his life.
    Topics: road, deer-park-3023





  • Don't panic over flu strain: doctors

    Posted 5 hours 46 minutes ago | Updated 2 hours 31 minutes ago
    Doctors say parents should not be alarmed by a strain of flu which has left dozens of Melbourne children unable to walk for several days.
    One school at Sandringham has reported eight cases.
    The students suffered a condition known as myositis, causing them severe pain in the calves of their legs.





  • Man charged with murder after party fight

    Posted 6 hours 22 minutes ago
    A 38-year-old man will appear in court tomorrow, charged with murdering a man at a party in southern Queensland last night.





  • Files detail CIA's cooperation with Libya

    Posted 6 hours 30 minutes ago
    Documents found in Tripoli detail close ties between the CIA and Libya's intelligence service and suggest the United States sent terrorism suspects for questioning in Libya despite that country's reputation for torture, the New York Times reported.





  • New dads to get paid parental leave

    Posted 6 hours 44 minutes ago | Updated 3 hours 40 minutes ago
    The Federal Government has used Father's Day to announce their paid parental leave scheme for new dads.





  • Grim search underway for Chile crash victims (photos)

    Posted 7 hours 23 minutes ago | Updated 1 hour 39 minutes ago
    Chile's government says all 21 people aboard a military aircraft that crashed near the remote Pacific islands of Juan Fernandez have perished.
    Topics: air-and-space, chile





  • Chirac 'not able' to attend corruption trial

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:34pm AEST | Updated 5 hours 56 minutes ago
    Former French president Jacques Chirac will not attend his corruption trial opening in Paris next week on medical grounds, his lawyers said.





  • Vatican admits failures over abuse scandal

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:03pm AEST | Updated 5 hours 59 minutes ago
    The Vatican has acknowledged "grave failures" over the handling of a child sex abuse scandal involving priests in southern Ireland, but denied it tried to block investigations.





  • Pearson claims world title

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 10:06pm AEST | Updated Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:23pm AEST
    Australia's Sally Pearson has won gold in the 100 metres hurdles final at the world track and field championships in Daegu.





  • Russia condemns Syria oil embargo

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:38pm AEST | Updated Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:45pm AEST
    Russia has made known its opposition to a European Union oil embargo imposed on Syria at the same time fresh anti-regime protests reportedly led to more deaths in the strife-torn Arab country.





  • Workers accidentally fed cannabis-laced brownies

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 9:12pm AEST | Updated Sun Sep 4, 2011 12:40am AEST
    Three office employees in the Canadian city of Victoria have fallen ill after a colleague unwittingly gave them chocolate brownies laced with cannabis.
    Topics: cannabis, canada





  • 18yo charged over alleged hit-run death

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:58pm AEST
    Police have charged an 18-year-old man over the alleged hit-and-run death of a teenager in north Queensland.





  • Port of Brisbane chemical leak forces clean-up

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:33pm AEST
    A big clean-up operation is continuing after a chemical spill in the Port of Brisbane today.





  • Warriors relegate Cowboys to seventh

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:21pm AEST | Updated 3 hours 43 minutes ago
    The Warriors ensured they will finish the regular season in sixth position after downing fellow finals-bound opponent North Queensland 18-6.





  • Opposition queries hotel lobbyist appointment

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:10pm AEST | Updated Sat Sep 3, 2011 8:30pm AEST
    New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell says there is nothing corrupt about the appointment of a hotel industry lobbyist to the state's hospitality industry regulator.





  • Aussies wrap up Galle Test (photos)

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 7:00pm AEST | Updated 6 hours 1 minute ago
    Ryan Harris's five-wicket haul helped steer Australia to a comfortable 125-run victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Galle.





  • One dead in WA chopper crash

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 6:59pm AEST | Updated Sat Sep 3, 2011 11:39pm AEST
    One person has died and another has been seriously injured in a helicopter crash in Western Australia.





  • Green Day singer ejected from flight

    Posted Sat Sep 3, 2011 6:27pm AEST | Updated Sat Sep 3, 2011 6:51pm AEST
    Green Day rocker Billie Joe Armstrong has complained he was booted from a Southwest Airlines flight in California because his pants sagged too low.
    Topics: punk, united-states



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