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Smith condemns 'mindless minority'
teamtalk.com 49 mins ago 15 related
Scottish FA chief executive Gordon Smith has slammed the "mindless minority" of Rangers fans who caused trouble in Manchester. Smith, a former Rangers player, was dismayed to learn of the trouble which broke out in Manchester city centre on Wednesday evening during the UEFA Cup final. Police...
Australia pledges $1m to China
news.com.au 2 hrs ago 74 related
AUSTRALIA will contribute $1 million to support emergency relief efforts in China's earthquake-ravaged Sichuan Province. Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said the aid would be channelled through the Red Cross and be delivered by the Red Cross Society of China. He said Australia's contribution would...
PMI Shareholders Elect Directors; CEO L. Stephen Smith Re-elected Chairman
prnewswire.com 13 hrs ago 3 related
PMI Shareholders Elect Directors; CEO L. Stephen Smith Re-elected Chairman WALNUT CREEK, Calif., May 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The PMI Group, Inc. (NYSE: PMI) announced today that at the Company's Annual Meeting of Shareholders all eleven director nominees were re-elected to the Board of...
First National Financial LP to re-align Alt-A mortgage solutions
newswire.ca 22 hrs ago
NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION TO U.S. NEWS WIRE SERVICES OR FOR DISSEMINATION IN THE U.S./ TORONTO, May 15 /CNW/ - First National Financial Income Fund (TSX: FN.UN) today announced that First National Financial LP ("First National" or "The Company") will discontinue offering its Excalibur Alt-A mortgage...
Australia urges Fiji to improve security after ambassador receives death threat
iht.com yesterday 19 related
Australia's foreign minister urged Fiji's military-appointed government to increase security for the Australian ambassador, who received his second anonymous death threat Thursday. Australia tightened security around Australian High Commissioner James Batley and his staff in Suva after the first...
Australian to head WIPO
zdnet.com.au yesterday 13 related
Australian — Francis Gurry — has been nominated as the next director general of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO). Gurry had to compete with 15 other candidates, although after seven dropped out, the three day meeting scheduled to choose the nominee was abbreviated. He beat his...
Assyrian Delegation Meets Australian FM
aina.org yesterday
On 13 May 2008, a delegation representing the Assyrian Universal Alliance - Australia Chapter and the Assyrian Australian National Federation went on an official visit to Canberra to meet with the Minister for Foreign Affairs, The Hon. Stephen Smith MP. The delegates in attendance were: Hermiz...
China Turn Downs Offer of Australia Rescue Experts
epochtimes.com yesterday 11 related
CANBERRA—Beijing has turned down an offer from Australia to send search and rescue experts to help with locating survivors following China's massive earthquake. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wrote to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao with the offer yesterday in the wake of an earthquake that has left at...
Policy needs reality check
news.com.au yesterday
THE Rudd Government’s move to take Iran’s leader, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, to court for talking genocide is puzzling ("Iranian leader in Rudd’s sights’’, 14/5). Anyone who has taken a serious look at West Papua recently has concluded that Indonesia’s military is committing genocide there. The UN...
Government soothes panda doubts
news.com.au May 14, 2008 3 related
MICHAEL OWEN, POLITICAL REPORTER THE state and federal governments have moved to reassure South Australians that we will be sent two giant pandas, despite no apparent funding commitment in the Budget. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd last month promised the proposed panda loan scheme to Adelaide Zoo...