U.N. reviewing Taliban, al-Qaida sanctions list Tampabay.com American officials want to go on a case-by-case basis; Russia and China also object to a broad de-listing. Five Afghan police and two NATO servicemen died …UN reviewing Taliban, al-Qaida sanctions listThe Associated Press United Nations Could Hasten Removal of Taliban Leaders From Terror Blacklist New York TimesUN to review de-listing names of Taliban leaders from black listPeople’s Daily Onlineall»

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Police: Woman accused of Scooter theft ups ante The Associated Press A 43-year-old transient woman accused of stealing a Missoula parking enforcement Scooter while the attendant was writing a ticket has been arrested again, …Women arrested for stealing parked Scooterec Pulse Parking Enforcement Scooter StolenShortNews.comall »

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What happens to a child when you remove her from home to be raised elsewhere? It’s a question answered too often by tragedy in our national history and with which we’re still grappling, two years after Prime Minister stood in Parliament and said ‘sorry’ to the stolen generations.

In 2008, the year of Rudd’s apology, two significant works focused on an archetypal example of Australia’s early ‘civilising’ experiment – the story of Matthina, an Indigenous girl and daughter of the Tasmanian Lowreene tribe’s chief, who was chosen in 1835 by the …

Five Sydney men will be sentenced today over a plot to commit attacks in Australia.
A New South Wales Supreme Court jury last October found the five guilty of the conspiracy which involved stockpiling explosive chemicals and firearms.
Prosecutors said the men are devout Muslims driven by extremist beliefs to plot violence in retaliation for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The men are aged 25 to 44.
Justice Anthony Whealy will sentence the men today at a purpose-built court in Parramatta.

Police are investigating whether a dispute between rival bikie gangs may have been behind a fire at a tattoo parlour owned by a former member of the rock group Rose Tattoo.

The blaze at House of Pain, in Annandale, was spotted shortly before 12.30am yesterday and neighbours in adjoining units had to be evacuated.
The parlour is owned by Steve King, who played with Rose Tattoo from 2000.
Mr King was believed to have been a member of the Nomads gang, but may have switched his allegiance and joined the Hells Angels shortly …