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Bring in the ACA
HOW EVER YOU LOOK AT IT, THE 2007 AUDITOR-General's Report documents incompetency, negligence and mismanagement in government departments. And looking at the findings and recommendations of the A-G, one can't help but conclude that it could be more than just incompetency or negligence on the part of those...
Tags: Australian Communications Authority, Government, Litigation, ministry, mismanagement
Research articles 2008-09-16
Pentagon refuses comment on charges of cross-border raid in Pakistan
WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon declined comment Wednesday on Pakistani charges that at least 15 people were killed in a cross border raid by Afghan-based international forces. "I don't have anything for you on those reports," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, refusing further comment. A spokesman for the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, ministry, Pakistan, Pentagon, SECURITY, spokesman, troop
Research articles 2008-09-03
Airport Business News - Asia / Pacific
Sep 1, 2008 Singapore Changi Singapore Changi opened its S$1.75 billion T3 in January, which has 11 check-in islands with 132 counters and can accommodate the A380. It is upgrading its budget terminal, which opened in March 2006. That work includes seven new check-in counters, three gates and...
Tags: Bangkok Post, Construction, E-mail, ministry, NETWORKING, Thailand
Research articles 2008-09-01
Drug trafficker beheaded in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH AFP — A convicted drug trafficker was put to death by the sword in Saudi Arabia's eastern city of Khobar on Sunday, the interior ministry said. Hussein Muilu, a Saudi national, was condemned to death after being convicted of smuggling hashish into the kingdom, the ministry said in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, kingdom, ministry
Research articles 2008-08-31
Kadhafi promises wide political, economic reforms
BENGHAZI, Libya AFP — Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi Monday promised wide political and economic reforms that he said would see ministries dismantled and oil revenues going directly into the pockets of the people. The reforms would come into effect at the beginning of 2009, Kadhafi said in a speech...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Libya, ministry, revenue
Research articles 2008-08-31
Iraqi troops take control of Iranian refugee camp
BAGHDAD AFP — The Iraqi army has replaced American troops in securing a refugee camp north of Baghdad where members of Iran's main armed opposition group are grouped, Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday. "Iraqi forces have taken over responsibility from US forces to protect Ashraf camp," ministry spokesman...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Government, Iran, Iraq, ministry, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-08-30
Ultra-sound system to keep bears away in Romanian town: ministry
BUCHAREST AFP — Authorities in the Romanian town of Brasov are planning to install ultra-sound devices to chase away bears, which have been making increasing forays into town, the environment ministry said Friday. The devices will be installed around the town centre at first and will later spread to...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, food, Manufacturing, ministry
Research articles 2008-08-29
Japanese aid worker freed in Afghanistan: interior ministry
KABUL AFP — Afghanistan's interior ministry said a Japanese national had been freed 10 hours after he was kidnapped Tuesday but his release was not confirmed by the aid worker's employer. Kazuya Ito, 31, was snatched at about 6:30 am as he was going to inspect a canal building...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, ministry, worker
Research articles 2008-08-26
Iraq power generation finally hits pre-invasion levels
BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said. "2008 is the first year when production has reached the level...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Iraq, ministry, mW
Research articles 2008-08-25
Nine killed in Iraq violence
BAGHDAD AFP — Three bomb attacks and a shootout claimed the lives of nine people and wounded more than two dozen in Iraq on Sunday, security officials said. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed and eight others were wounded when a roadside bomb blasted their patrol in the town of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, bomb, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, violence
Research articles 2008-08-24
Algerian troops kill 10 militants in clashes
ALGIERS AFP — Algerian troops killed 10 Islamist militants during a security operation on Sunday in the western province of Ain Defla, the interior ministry said. The ministry gave no details of the incident, but said security forces recovered five Kalashnikovs, four semi-automatic rifles and a grenade launcher during...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Algeria, ministry, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-24
Suicide bomber kills 21 at Iraq dinner banquet
BAGHDAD AFP — A suicide bomber killed at least 21 people and wounded 32 when he attacked a dinner banquet attended by police and members of an anti-Qaeda Awakening group near Baghdad Sunday, a security official said. The bomber blew up his explosives-laden vest as police and members of...
Tags: Al-Qaeda, Baghdad, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-24
Top Iraqi official shot dead in Baghdad
BAGHDAD AFP — Gunmen shot dead a top Iraqi official working with the ministry of culture on a highway in central Baghdad on Saturday, security officials told AFP. Kamel Shiya Abdallah, an adviser to the ministry, was in his car when gunmen opened fire on him and his driver...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, FINANCE, HEALTHCARE, Investment, ministry, SECURITY
Research articles 2008-08-23
US skeptical of Afghan civilian deaths claim
CRAWFORD, Texas AFP — The White House on Friday reacted skeptically to the Afghan interior ministry's charge that a US-led strike in western Afghanistan had killed 76 civilians, including 50 children and 19 women. "I would say that the United States and NATO have taken great steps to avoid...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, civilian, ministry, NATO, Texas, U.S., women
Research articles 2008-08-22
Thailand rebuffs Forbes' claims about king's wealth
BANGKOK AFP — Thailand's government hit out Friday at a US magazine's claim that the country's revered monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, is the wealthiest royal sovereign in the world. Describing the report as "inaccurate and inconsistent", the foreign ministry said Forbes magazine had wrongly attributed assets to the King...
Tags: Forbes, Government, ministry, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-08-21
Key Georgian forests ravaged by fires: WWF
GENEVA AFP — Up to 280 hectares (692 acres) of forests have been burnt or are alight in Georgia after its conflict with Russia, the WWF said Wednesday, warning that key conservation areas were under threat. In a statement, it called on "all parties capable of helping put out...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Georgia, ministry
Research articles 2008-08-20
Japan's July trade surplus drops 86.6 percent
TOKYO AFP — Japan's trade surplus in July fell 86.6 percent to 91.1 billion yen (830 million dollars) from a year ago, the finance ministry said Thursday, as high oil prices drove up the cost of energy imports. It marked the fifth straight month of decline for the trade...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, import, ministry, surplus
Research articles 2008-08-20
Israel warns activists against breaking Gaza blockade
ATHENS AFP — Israel has warned a group of pro-Palestinian activists sailing for the Gaza Strip to break a year-long blockade to steer clear of the territory, the Israeli embassy in Athens said on Tuesday. "The area to which you are planning to sail is the subject of an...
Tags: activist, Agence France-Presse, Israel, ministry
Research articles 2008-08-19
Iraq wants to put torturers on trial
BAGHDAD AFP — Iraq's human rights ministry says it wants to put on trial torturers who benefit from full immunity despite what it says are dozens of proven cases of abuse in the country's prisons. "We call on the government and judicial authorities to ensure the protection of prisoners,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Iraq, ministry, torture
Research articles 2008-08-19
Probe ordered after Iraqi unit storms governor's office
BAQUBA, Iraq AFP — Baghdad ordered a probe into an Iraqi military unit's raid on the governor's office in Diyala province during which police came under fire and two people were killed on Tuesday. Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered the formation of a committee to find out how Iraqi...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, council, Governor, guard, Iraq, ministry, SECURITY, soldier
Research articles 2008-08-19
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