US-Australia military campaign deal continues
Sydney, Jun 25: The assurance that Australia will continue to support the military campaign in Afghanistan came from Julia Gillard to US President Barack Obama on her very first day as the first female Australian PM.She assured Obama that Australia's.....
Australia dismisses Indian travel advisory
Melbourne, Jan 6: Deputy prime minister of Australia Julia Gillard has dismissed the travel advisory issued by the Indian government urging its students to practice precautionary security measures down under, saying that 'acts of violence' are common in all big cities."In.....
17 yrs in jail for an Indian beater in Australia
Melbourne, Jun 29: Sukhmander Singh,an Indian national was sentenced to 17 years imprisonment by the Victorian Supreme Court for the murder of his wife Mohinder Kaur.Mohinder was beaten to death with a wooden stake by Singh on Valley Lake Boulevard at.....
Taliban finance chief captured
Kabul, Jun 22: NATO and Afghan forces arrested the Taliban finance chief in an overnight raid, informed the international force. The senior member of Taliban who has been caught, had recently been appointend as Taliban's finance chief in norther Baghlan province,.....
Turkey Prez tweets against YouTube ban
Ankara, Jun 12: Abdullah Gul, the president of Turkey, has made his disagreement over the country's ban on YouTube and some Google services public by tweeting about it."I know there are lots of complaints about bans on YouTube and Google," said.....
FIFA World Cup upsets Twitter
San Fransico, Jun 14: FIFA fever bumps down the performance of Twitter, with many users complaining about the Twitter's status page acknowledging 'perodic high rates of errors', reports the NewTeeVee. Many users also complain about the failed clicks too. The issues.....
Australia dismisses Indian travel advisory
Melbourne, Jan 6: Deputy prime minister of Australia Julia Gillard has dismissed the travel advisory issued by the Indian government urging its students to practice precautionary security measures down under, saying that 'acts of violence' are common in all big cities."In big cities around the world we do see acts of violence from time to time; that happens in Melbourne, it happens in Mumbai, it happens in New York, it happens in London," she was quoted as saying by ABC.....
Australia gets first female Prime Minister
Canberra Jun 24 : For the first time Australia got a female Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, who grabbed the position by defeating the ruling Labour Party's leader, Kevin Rudd.Ms Gillard has been unanimously elected to the post. Senior factional leaders claimed Ms Gillard had had a victory with at least 70 votes from a Caucus of 112.The historic vote of confidence for Ms Gillard has made her Australia's 27th Prime Minister.She has taken her oath as the Prime Minister.....