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Wife arrested for killing cheating husband with coffee cup 26 Aug 2013 | 03:10 pm
A 61-year-old housewife battered her 70-year-old husband to death with a coffee cup after discovering he was cheating on her, reports said Monday. The woman allegedly attacked her husband after learni...
Australia's indefinite detention of refugees 'cruel, inhuman', UN says 25 Aug 2013 | 05:04 am
A UN watchdog has called on Australia to release 46 refugees being held in indefinite detention, labelling it cruel and arbitrary. The UN Human Rights Committee has slammed Australia's treatment of th...
Fast moving snails spread deadly dog disease across UK 24 Aug 2013 | 08:38 am
Despite their lethargic reputations, snails can travel at a relatively speedy one metre per hour, say researchers. By attaching multicoloured LED lights, the scientists were able to track their moveme...
Sydney's Carriageworks art space to double in size 24 Aug 2013 | 07:15 am
Inner Sydney's Carriageworks art and performance space will double in size, after being granted a 12-month lease by the New South Wales government. Housed in former rail yards in Redfern, the lease al...
Spy law passed in New Zealand 23 Aug 2013 | 02:12 pm
New spy laws legalising domestic communications interception were narrowly passed in New Zealand yesterday by a vote of 61 to 59 in Parliament. The Government argued the laws are necessary to clarify ...
Forced Exposure 23 Aug 2013 | 01:46 pm
The owner of Lavabit tells us that he's stopped using email and if we knew what he knew, we'd stop too. There is no way to do Groklaw without email. Therein lies the conundrum. What to do? What to do?...
NSW Opposition plan to search criminals without a warrant 21 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
The New South Wales Opposition is pushing for new laws to allow police to search the homes and cars of some criminals without a warrant. The extra powers would relate to bikies and other criminal gang...
New Zealand vet saves cat using dog blood in a rare inter-species transfusion 21 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
A New Zealand vet has successfully saved a poisoned cat by administering blood from a dog in a rare inter-species transfusion. Cat owner Kim Edwards was frantic last week when her ginger tom Rory went...
Cameron Proves Greenwald Right 20 Aug 2013 | 05:17 am
Readers know I have been grappling for a while with the vexing question of the balance between the surveillance state and the threat of Jihadist terrorism. When the NSA leaks burst onto the scene, I w...
Greenwald Partner falsely detained as Terrorist: How to Create a Dictatorship 20 Aug 2013 | 02:45 am
How to turn a democracy into a STASI authoritarian state in 10 easy steps: 1. Misuse the concept of a Top Secret government document (say, the date of D-Day) and extend classification to trillions of ...
