SA: Twitter causes a stir in SA politics

AAP General News (Australia)
02-20-2009
SA: Twitter causes a stir in SA politics

By Tim Dornin

ADELAIDE, Feb 20 AAP - South Australian politics is all a twitter....about Twitter.

The internet's latest social networking site, that allows people to post updates about
themselves and follow the updates of others, has been embraced by Premier Mike Rann.

But it has also sparked a parody site, with the staffer of senior Liberal MP Rob Lucas
outed on Friday as the person behind a bogus Mike Rann Twitter page designed to take the
mickey out of the SA leader.

There has also been a parody site for Treasurer Kevin Foley, although …

Can you afford to stay in touch?

DAVID SHAMAH
Jerusalem Post
07-26-2011
Can you afford to stay in touch?
Byline: DAVID SHAMAH
Edition: Daily
Section: Economics
Type: News

A vacation these days isn't what it used to be. Once upon a time, when you went off to get away from it all, you got away from it all: the problems at work, the headaches in the neighborhood, the incessant "buzz" that accompanies modern life.

Now, of course, there's no getting away from anything. Instant communications, cellphones, laptop computers and a host of other "devices" ensure that we remain tethered to the buzz. Thanks to the Internet and its offspring, wifi and cellular data networks, you can remain "in touch" almost anywhere in the world - for better or worse.
But we're not here to wax philosophical about the lost world of travel - we're here to help those who feel they need to remain in touch with what's happening at home or work. While from a technology point of view you can connect to the Internet from almost anywhere in the world now, from a practical - i.e., financial - point of view, you really can't. Not unless you're ready to face a bill of as much as $1,000 for using the cellular Internet services offered by cellphone operators with whom you don't have a service plan!

That figure is not exaggerated, says Noam Lando of Webbing (www.iamwebbing.com), an Israeli start-up (now owned by 013Netvision) that has one solution to high cellphone data costs for Israelis abroad and tourists visiting Israel.

"We've come across numerous customers who have received bills that high when using their cellphone or other Internet-capable device on a cellular data network outside of Israel," he says. "We have what we think is a better solution: a cellular modem travelers can use to access the Internet at a far lower cost than the deals provided by cellphone service providers."

Each day, thousands of Israelis go abroad for business or pleasure, while thousands of tourists arrive for vacations here. One thing many have in common is a need for an Internet connection to stay in touch with the office, check e-mail, etc. Until Webbing came along, both groups had little choice but to use a cellphone service provider's Internet connection directly (with their devices in "roaming" mode) - a prohibitively expensive option, with rates of $10 per megabyte not uncommon.

Other options include finding a coffee shop that provides free wifi access (how much coffee can you drink?), or to pay for a wifi connection at a hotel or use a national wifi network (like Boingo). But those solutions, too, don't give you the freedom to connect anytime, anywhere - something you can really only do with a cellular data connection.

That's where Webbing comes in, Lando says. "We've negotiated prices for cell data connections with 40 of the world's largest cellphone service providers, providing very reasonable rates for anytime, anywhere connections," he says.

Before going abroad, users can rent a cell data modem from the company that allows connecting up to five devices (iPad, iPhone, laptop, etc.). The modem comes equipped with a data SIM card appropriate to the location you're visiting; in the US, for example, you get an AT&T data SIM card. Everything is all set up - you just connect your devices to the modem when abroad and surf! And, instead of paying $10 a megabyte, you pay about $10 a day - for unlimited surfing and data connection.

It's far cheaper than what you would pay on a roaming basis, Lando says, and it's also cheaper than you would pay if you were to use your own cellphone service provider's overseas surfing package. "For example, it's cheaper for Israelis to use our package abroad than it is to use packages from Pelephone or Orange," he says.

Not only that: Webbing's rates are even cheaper for Israelis using cell data connections from either of those companies inside Israel! "Our connection rates in Israel are indeed cheaper than the rates for cell data access from the cellphone companies," about 20% cheaper, Lando says. "We can do this by buying data connection time from them in bulk, which enables us to bargain for a better deal."

However, Webbing's intention is not to compete with the cellphone companies here, Lando says. "We offer domestic packages to Israelis basically as a marketing move, to get them to use our service here, so they will continue to use it when they go abroad," he says.

If you're going to use Webbing for your domestic surfing needs, you're going to want to buy one of their ZTE modems. Actually, you need to if you want to surf using their SIM card, because "we optimize the modems to work with the cards we provide, and that optimization is unavailable in generic modems," Lando says.

Still, it's not a bad deal. The modem costs about NIS 420 with VAT, and it's payable in up to 36 payments (that works out to NIS 11.60 a month). Five gigs of surfing per month is NIS 68.44 including VAT. The Orange site lists the company's 5GB surfing package at NIS 118.97 (although there are discounts when you buy a phone from them). And remember, you can use your Webbing 5GB on up to five devices. At least we didn't have to set up a Facebook page to get cheaper cellphone surfing!

digitalisrael.net(c) Copyright Jerusalem Post. All rights reserved.

Illustrations/Photos:
Caption: A WEBBING ZTE modem lets you 'access the Internet at a far
lower cost than the deals provided by cellphone service providers,'
says the company's Noam Lando.

(Copyright 2011 The Jerusalem Post)

FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 9

AAP General News (Australia)
12-09-2011
FED:News Diary for Friday, Dec 9

Good morning news editors and chiefs of staff. Here is AAP's preliminary news diary
for Friday (not for publication). This is a guide only and stories, local times and locations
are subject to change. In some cases times and locations may not be available. Story coverage
is subject to staffing.

TOP STORIES
COWEN - Sir Zelman Cowen, Australia's 19th governor-general, has died, aged 92.

NBN - Federal government dismisses report the NBN could be anti-competitive.

PNG - Supreme Court of PNG expected to hand down decision into the constitutionality of
Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's election. Security bolstered in Port Moresby.

COURTS
MELBOURNE
- Appeal by a career criminal sentenced to life imprisonment for the 1987 shooting murder
of a Melbourne couple, Court of Appeal, 10.30am
- Sentence for a Bendigo man who stabbed a child sex offender, Supreme Court, 9.30am
SYDNEY
1000 - Luke John Cotterill, sentencing subs, pleaded guilty to murder of Mudgee teenager.

Supreme Court.

ADELAIDE
- SA MP on child porn charges to face Adelaide Magistrates court.

OTHER NEWS
CANBERRA
1000 - Joint Select Committee on Australia's Immigration Detention Network. Evidence to
be taken from immigration department heads.

- The Business Council of Australia (BCA) says it is not too late for the government to
undertake a cost-benefit analysis of the $35.9 billion national broadband network (NBN).

SYDNEY
0815 - International Anti-Corruption Day briefing. Hosted by Transparency International
Australia. Grosvenor Place.

0830 - Federal Transport Minister Anthony Albanese to launch Holden's first electric car.

Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh.

0900 - Premier Barry O'Farrell, Police Minister Mike Gallacher and Police Commissioner
Andrew Scipione announcement and update on the NSW Police Force's crackdown on gang crime.

hurstville Police Station.

0900 - Sydney Aquarium to unveil critically-endangered Sawfish.

1130 - Health Minister Jillian Skinner announcement on elective surgery over Christmas-NY.

Royal North Shore Hospital, Reserve Road.

1200 - John Della Bosca, Graham Richardson, John Hewson, Bob Carr and others to speak
at the Great Christmas Debate: Is it better to be naughty or nice? Westin Hotel.

1200 - Australian Human Rights Commission to host 24th annual Human Rights Awards. Sofitel
Sydney Wentworth Hotel.

1545 - Cate Blanchett to announce the finalists and winners of the Oasis Homeless Short
Film Competition. Richard Wherrett Studio, Sydney Theatre.

MELBOURNE
- PM Gillard in Melbourne. Details TBC.

- Federal government's food labelling proposals to go before state ministers at Legislative
and Governance Forum on Food Regulation

BRISBANE
- Private funeral for league legend Artie Beetson
- Outwatching flooding in inland parts of state.

- Outwatching for developments in missing plane story.

ADELAIDE
- No items listed.

PERTH
- No items listed.

HOBART
- No items listed.

DARWIN
- No items listed.

MEDICAL
- Aust scientists join the race to develop a vaccine to help stop the progression of Alzheimer's
disease.

INTERNATIONAL
LONDON - Twelve months ago Brian Schmidt was living a routine life, working Monday to
Friday in Canberra and trying his hand at winemaking after hours. (Schmidt will collect
his Nobel Prize for Physics in Stockholm on Saturday).

ENTERTAINMENT
- No items listed.

FINANCE
ECONOMICS:
- Nil items listed.

EQUITIES:
Sydney - TEN Network Holdings Ltd annual general meeting
Sydney - Newspaper Works Chairman and Fairfax Media CEO Greg Hywood and The Newspaper
Works CEO Tony Hale to make an announcement

SPORT
CRICKET
HOBART - Second Test: Australia v New Zealand, Bellerive, day one
CANBERRA - Sheffield Shield: NSW v Tas, Manuka Oval, day 4
PERTH - Preview one-dayer WA v SA

SOCCER
BRISBANE - A-League match: Brisbane Roar v Melbourne Heart, Suncorp Stadium, 2000AEDT
WELLINGTON - Preview Wellington Phoenix v Perth Glory
SYDNEY - Preview Central Coast v Newcastle Jets
MELBOURNE - Preview Melbourne Victory v Adelaide United; assistant coach Kevin Muscat
media conference, 1015, Etihad Stadium
SYDNEY - Interviews with Sydney FC players and coach Vitezslav Lavicka before training, 1000

HOCKEY
AUCKLAND - News from Kookaburras at Champions Trophy on rest day

SAILING
PERTH - World sailing championships, day 6

TENNIS
MELBOURNE - Day three of the Australian Open wildcard playoff

RACING
BRISBANE - Preview of Saturday's Doomben meeting featuring the Group Three George Moore Stakes.

SYDNEY - Preview of Saturday's Christmas Cup meeting at Rosehill.

MELBOURNE - Preview of Saturday's Flemington meeting.

AAP bwl

KEYWORD: DIARY NEWS AM UPDATE

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B2C CLOTHING WEBSITE CRUCCO.COM STARTS OPERATION

AsiaInfo Services
04-06-2011
B2C Clothing Website Crucco.com Starts Operation

BEIJING, Apr 06, 2011 (SinoCast Daily Business Beat via COMTEX) -- Crucco.com, a B2C Web site founded by a former top executive of VANCL, today starts operation, oriented to fashionable clothing for youngsters. The founder has served Kingsoft Corporation Limited (SEHK: 3888), China Yahoo and VANCL.

Crucco.com has attracted many talents from VANCL and Xiu.com. Dozens of venture capital investors are talking with the Web site about its first round of investment.

Crucco.com was open for registration by Internet users from March 15, 2011. Customers register before its operation will be provided with preferential prices when buying clothing on the Web site. Meanwhile, they will have opportunity to participate in lucky draw that present them with iPad.

Moreover, registered users will share profits with Crucco.com if they invite their friends for registration. By far, nearly 500,000 people have visited the Web site, which accepts registration of nearly 10,000 Internet users per day. The effect of the promotion kicked off by Crucco.com is beyond expectation.

Source: www.chinaventure.com.cn (April 06, 2011)

KEYWORD: BEIJING INDUSTRY KEYWORD: Internet & Online Services & Media SUBJECT CODE: Internet & Online Services
E-commerce
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Web site
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QLD:Prison strike unlikely before Xmas: union

AAP General News (Australia)
12-14-2010
QLD:Prison strike unlikely before Xmas: union

BRISBANE, Dec 14 AAP - A Queensland union says prison officers are unlikely to take
industrial action before Christmas after "productive" talks over workplace concerns.

Queensland Public Sector Union (QPSU) representatives on Tuesday met with Department
of Community Safety Director-General Jim McGowan and Queensland Corrective Services Commissioner
Kelvin Anderson.

The talks came after prison officers passed a no-confidence motion against senior jail
managers, accusing them of trying to resurrect a staffing policy they said had led to
escapes.

"The parties agreed on processes with the objective of resolving the issues of concern
by the end of January," a statement issued by the Department of Community Safety said.

QPSU spokesman Michael Thomas said the intervention of Mr McGowan, demanded by the
union, had been "very productive".

He said industrial action before Christmas now seemed unlikely.

"Certainly, that doesn't seem to be needed before Christmas," Mr Thomas told AAP on Tuesday.

"We've agreed to enter into some intensive discussions over the next few weeks, this
side and the other side of Christmas, with a view to resolving some of our concerns."

Mr Thomas said the union was concerned jail managers were pressing ahead with policy
changes, and proposed changes, without proper consultation.

The union is particularly worried about what it said was an attempt to reinstitute
a penny-pinching policy which meant some shifts went unfilled when prison officers were
ill.

The union has blamed the policy for past escapes, and says it endangers the safety
of prison officers.

Mr Anderson on Monday said the department would never introduce a rostering system
that put staff or jail security at risk.

AAP tnf/crh/cdh

KEYWORD: JAILS

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NSW:Death near The Gap not suicide - coroner

AAP General News (Australia)
08-06-2010
NSW:Death near The Gap not suicide - coroner

KATRINA PLOY'S body was found at a beach near a notorious Sydney suicide spot but a
coroner has found she did not fall from the towering cliffs to her death.

Ms PLOY's personal belongings were found near The Gap at Watson's Bay in 2006 .. and
her body was discovered on a nearby beach several days later.

Deputy state coroner PAUL MACMAHON rejected evidence tendered at the inquest that 25-year
old Ms PLOY hired a hitman to kill her because she couldn't do it herself.

The coroner returned an open finding .. saying Ms PLOY's death did not result from
her own actions .. and although there is some suspicion around the death .. the available
evidence is insufficient to prove it.

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KEYWORD: PLOY (SYDNEY)

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FED: National holiday road toll rises to 37

AAP General News (Australia)
12-25-2009
FED: National holiday road toll rises to 37

FOLLOWING IS A BREAKDOWN OF ROAD FATALITIES THIS HOLIDAY SEASON 2009-2010:



New South Wales 13

Victoria 10

Queensland 4

Western Australia 6

South Australia 1

Australian Capital Territory 0

Tasmania 2

Northern Territory 1

_______________________________________

NATIONAL TOTAL: 37



(EDS: National road toll figures are for the period 0001 December 18 to 2359 January
3. Some states and territories have different periods.)





AAP RTV jrd/wz

KEYWORD: TOLL NATIONAL (FACTBOX)

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NSW: Human remains in bushland those of Chinese man

AAP General News (Australia)
08-15-2009
NSW: Human remains in bushland those of Chinese man

Police say the human remains found in bushland near Wollongong are those of a 27 year-old
Chinese man reported missing five months ago.

A colliery worker found the body about midday yesterday .. near Cataract Creek in the
Wollongong suburb of Mt Ousley.

The man's death is being treated as a homicide.

Detective Superintendent JON ALT says the chinese national had been in Australia on
a visa and had been living in inner Sydney at the time he was reported missing .. but
has refused to confirm the nature of the man's visit to Australia.

AAP RTV ad/jfm/apm/sw

KEYWORD: REMAINS (SYDNEY)

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Fed: Aust Services Union to stage national day of protest

AAP General News (Australia)
04-06-2009
Fed: Aust Services Union to stage national day of protest

Employment services workers will stage demonstrations around the country this week
.. in protest against the federal government's four billion dollar overhaul of the jobs
network.

Up to two thousand workers are facing the sack .. after the government announced 141
providers and 48 sub-contractors had been chosen to run the new Job Services Australia
scheme .. replacing the previous Howard government's Job Network.

The Australian Services Union will hold a national day of protest on Wednesday .. with
retrenched staff set to gather in their hundreds at venues in every capital city except
Darwin.

AAP RTV bsb/rl/af/psm/

KEYWORD: JOB NETWORK (CANBERRA)

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Fed: UK PM staffer to head up consumer group

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2008
Fed: UK PM staffer to head up consumer group

CANBERRA, Dec 1 AAP - A senior adviser to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is to
become the new boss of consumer advocacy group Choice.

Nick Stace, the former deputy chief of a similar British-based consumer group, will
take over the reins of Choice from February.

Currently working as Mr Brown's director of strategic communications, Mr Stace said
he was excited to be joining Choice.

"During tough economic times, Choice matters to consumers more than ever before - we
fight to make consumers more powerful," he said in a statement.

Mr Stace replaces Peter Kell, who has been appointed deputy commissioner of the Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission.

AAP srj/kms/wf

KEYWORD: CHOICE

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NSW: Man arrested in Perth over $100million tax evasion scheme=2

AAP General News (Australia)
04-28-2008
NSW: Man arrested in Perth over $100million tax evasion scheme=2

The accused ringleader is an accountant with a law degree and owns a residence in Sydney's north.

The AFP has identified up to 57-million dollars of assets .. including the man's residence
in Sydney's north .. and some have already been frozen as part of the investigation.

The AFP has requested the accused be extradited from Perth to New South Wales and expects
him to appear as early as tomorrow in Sydney Central Local Court.

AAP RTV vpm/pbc/evt/af/ibw

KEYWORD: WICKENBY 2 SYDNEY (REOPENS)

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Vic: Big Merv lays down law to fans

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2007
Vic: Big Merv lays down law to fans

By Greg Roberts

MELBOURNE, Dec 24 AAP - Former Australian fast bowler Merv Hughes has joined emergency
services groups in urging cricket fans to behave well during the traditional Boxing Day
Test.

The message today was: enjoy yourself but don't spoil the day for others, with at least
70,000 people expected at the MCG on Boxing Day to see Australia take on India.

The event has been marred by boozy patrons in the past, and the emergency services
groups also urged people to come along in large numbers but leave alcohol, racism and
the banned Mexican Wave at home.

"Come along, enjoy yourself, but just make sure your enjoyment doesn't disappoint other
people on the day," Hughes told reporters, including a large Indian media contingent,
at the MCG today.

"I think you have to warn people about the behaviour and especially the throwing incidents
(during the Mexican Wave).

"When you throw something up it's got to come down, and many times it hits people and
there's been injuries through that."

Hughes, who is a current Australian cricket team selector and a Victorian who was loved
by local crowds as a player, said he had always found Melbourne cricket fans "fantastic".

"My memories of Boxing Day are of 80,000 mad-keen sports fans, all Victorians, at the
MCG urging the Australian side to do very well and urging the Victorian players in the
side to do just a little bit better than the rest," he said.

Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland said fans that planned to ruin the
day for others - especially through racism - should stay away. But he said there were
still tickets available for those who wanted to enjoy the match.

"I think Australian cricket fans have come to understand what acceptable behaviour
is, and we are not expecting any issues on that front," he said.

Racist crowd behaviour in Mumbai marred Australia's away series against India in October.

Police Superintendent Stephen Leane said a strong police presence would use CCTV cameras
to catch offenders, who they would evict from the ground.

"It's about respecting the rights and enjoyment of other people in the crowd and to
the players so they have the best event possible," he said.

Supt Leane warned patrons who throw projectiles that they face $215 fines, while police
will also visit licensed venues in and around Richmond near the ground to ensure the responsible
serving of alcohol during the first three days of the Test.

St John Ambulance officer Jonathon Cooper urged cricket fans to stay hydrated by drinking
water, and said 60 St John volunteers would be on hand at six first aid rooms at the ground.

AAP gr/jl/mn

KEYWORD: TEST NIGHTLEAD

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Vic: Push for child killer laws to also target mums' inaction

AAP General News (Australia)
08-17-2007
Vic: Push for child killer laws to also target mums' inaction

By Catherine Best

MELBOURNE, Aug 17 AAP - Proposed tightening of laws for child killers should be expanded
to target spouses who turn a blind eye to home violence, a justice group says.

People Against Lenient Sentencing (PALS) president Steve Medcraft wants a charge of
culpable parenting introduced to prosecute parents who knowingly allow child abuse to
continue.

Mr Medcraft said children's lives could have been saved if mothers and parents were
more accountable for protecting their children against violent partners.

"Parents have to be responsible for their children's safety and you can't just say
'It's the violent de facto'," Mr Medcraft told AAP.

"If you're a part of that relationship, surely to goodness you can tell somebody or
make police aware that the partner is violent towards that child.

"A number of kids would be alive today if a charge like that had of been brought forward
or intervention had of been made earlier and there has to be mechanisms in place where
parents (can alert authorities).

"There must be some sort of helpline that the government can set up where parents can
go to to say that their child is being abused by a de facto or a parent."

The Victorian government is finalising new legislation designed to help encourage sentencing
judges to increase prison terms specifically handed down to child killers.

This week the minimum 10-year jail sentence was given to Melbourne man Stuart John
McMaster, who bashed to death his girlfriend's five-year-old son Cody Hutchings.

Mr Medcraft welcomed the toughening of laws for child killers but said it was too little
too late.

He accused Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls of "sitting on his hands" for too long
and ignoring victims.

It had taken a change of premier for the government to finally act, he said.

"We've been yelling and screaming for a number of years and we've had the door shut
in our face. But I think what's happened now is the hinges have broken and the door's
come down," Mr Medcraft said.

AAP cmb/ce/cjh/mn

KEYWORD: MCMASTER SENTENCING

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Fed:Risk of rate rise grows as consumers go on shopping spree

AAP General News (Australia)
04-02-2007
Fed:Risk of rate rise grows as consumers go on shopping spree

The chance of another interest rate has gained ground .. with two sets of government
figures showing last year's rate rises have done little to rein in spending.

That risks refuelling inflation pressures.

Bureau of Statistics figures show retail trade rose by a seasonally adjusted 0.9 per
cent in February to nearly 19 billion dollars.

Economists expected retail trade to rise 0.4 per cent.

At the same time .. building approvals surged by 10.6 per cent .. when economists expected
a rise of just 1.0 per cent.

The Reserve Bank holds its monthly board meeting tomorrow and will announce its decision
on Wednesday morning.

Before the data only a minority of economists expected another rate rise this week
.. given the surprising strength of the economy since the start of the year.

AAP RTV cb/sb/bart

KEYWORD: ECONOMY (CANBERRA)

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SA: Sheep killed in SA bushfire

AAP General News (Australia)
12-01-2006
SA: Sheep killed in SA bushfire

ADELAIDE, Dec 1 AAP - About 70 sheep have died in a bushfire in South Australia's Barossa Valley.

The blaze also destroyed a small pine tree plantation late yesterday as it burnt through
about 360 hectares at Eden Valley.

More than 70 firefighters converged on the scene overnight, bringing the fire under control.

They were expected to remain there today to continue mopping up.

The blaze was one of several causing concern for the Country Fire Service (CFS) after
three days of soaring temperatures across the state.

The largest was a series of fires burning in the Riverland which had destroyed 30,000
hectares of scrub since a lightning strike on Monday.

A CFS spokeswoman said about 125 firefighters were deployed to the area yesterday and
more were expected to join the battle today.

Work this morning would include strengthening of control lines on the southern boundary
through a backburning operation.

Other fires were burning at Bog Lane in the south-east of the state, in the Hincks
Conservation Park on the Eyre Peninsula and in the Pinkawillinie Conservation Park on
the west coast.

AAP tjd/jm/cdh

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NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

AAP General News (Australia)
04-25-2006
NSW: Main stories in today's Sydney newspapers

SYDNEY, April 26 AAP - The main stories in today's Sydney newspapers:

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH:

Page 1: Tears flow from young son of Australian soldier killed in Iraq. Documents seized
from men involved in second Bali bombing reveal conspiracy using secret codes to plot
murder of Westerners.

Page 2: Two Australian women seriously injured in suicide bomb attacks which killed
23 in Egypt. Indonesian nanny paralysed in the second Bali bombings returns home after
receiving life-changing surgery in Australia.

Page 3: Up to 14,000 commuters being put off broken down trains every day as City Rail's
maintenance and reliability performance slides back towards 2004 horror days. International
model Lily Cole promises to give as good as she gets when Australian Fashion Week opens
today.

World: World leaders condemn outrage at Egyptian attacks. Thousands of jubilant Nepalis
pour onto Kathmandu streets declaring people's victory after king restores parliament
following violent protests. Lawyers for 9/11 accused plotter urge jury to give him long
slow death.

Finance: Australia's biggest dotcom float in years to make several multi-millionaires
but also to shut out small investors.

Sport: Mark Gasnier told to hand back his Kangaroos Test jumper if he plans to defect
to rugby union.

MORE af/evt

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NSW: M5 reopens after long peak-hour closure

AAP General News (Australia)
12-21-2004
NSW: M5 reopens after long peak-hour closure

Sydney's M5 East tunnel has reopened after a computer failure saw it blocked for four
hours during the morning traffic rush.

The tunnel was closed in both directions at 6am (AEDT) after the malfunction shut down
the M5's safety surveillance cameras.

Baulderstone Hornibrook corporate director PAUL LEVINS says it's too unsafe to operate
the 1.4-kilometre tunnel without footage.

A Roads and Traffic Authority spokesman says the tunnel was reopened at 10.15am.

The closure caused congestion in a five-kilometre radius of the tunnel, affecting St
Georges Road and the Hume Highway.

AAP RTV tam/as/jmt 6

KEYWORD: TUNNEL (SYDNEY)

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Inforte Corp. Invites You to Its Mid Quarter Update Investor Conference Call.

CHICAGO -- Inforte Corp. invites you to listen to its December Mid Quarter Update Investor Conference Call. The conference call is part of Inforte's regularly scheduled investor communication program that includes two investor conference calls per quarter. Each quarter Inforte hosts an earnings announcement after each quarter end and a mid quarter update. The mid quarter update for December 2001 was previously announced during Inforte's 10/11/01 investor conference call and will be broadcast live over the Internet on December 10, 2001 at 4:30pm Eastern Time.

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