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14 May

Rudd Takes Legal Advice Over Court Action Against Ahmadinejad

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his government is taking legal advice on whether it can take Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the International Court of Justice for inciting violence against Israel.
Ahmadinejad has repeatedly called the Holocaust a myth and sparked international condemnation in 2005 when he said the Jewish state should be wiped off [...]

29 Jan

Elegance of expression marked his judgements

CHARLES AUGUSTINE SWEENEY, QC, CBE, KCSG FEDERAL COURT
JUDGE 27-4-1915 - 22-12-2007
CHARLES Sweeney, who survived the first attacks by Kamikaze
pilots during World War II before rising through the legal ranks to
become a Federal Court judge, has died after a long battle with
Parkinson’s disease. He was 92.
A member of the Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, he served in
intelligence [...]

29 Jan

Italy’s Prodi calls it quits after losing Senate vote

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on Thursday following 20 rocky months in office after the centre-left leader lost a vote of confidence in the Senate.
President Giorgio Napolitano asked Prodi to continue in office as the head of state holds consultations with political leaders, beginning Friday afternoon with the speakers of the Senate and the [...]

28 Jan

Elegance of expression marked his judgements

CHARLES AUGUSTINE SWEENEY, QC, CBE, KCSG FEDERAL COURT
JUDGE 27-4-1915 - 22-12-2007
CHARLES Sweeney, who survived the first attacks by Kamikaze
pilots during World War II before rising through the legal ranks to
become a Federal Court judge, has died after a long battle with
Parkinson’s disease. He was 92.
A member of the Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, he served in
intelligence [...]

28 Jan

Italy’s Prodi calls it quits after losing Senate vote

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on Thursday following 20 rocky months in office after the centre-left leader lost a vote of confidence in the Senate.
President Giorgio Napolitano asked Prodi to continue in office as the head of state holds consultations with political leaders, beginning Friday afternoon with the speakers of the Senate and the [...]

27 Jan

Elegance of expression marked his judgements

CHARLES AUGUSTINE SWEENEY, QC, CBE, KCSG FEDERAL COURT
JUDGE 27-4-1915 - 22-12-2007
CHARLES Sweeney, who survived the first attacks by Kamikaze
pilots during World War II before rising through the legal ranks to
become a Federal Court judge, has died after a long battle with
Parkinson’s disease. He was 92.
A member of the Australian Navy Volunteer Reserve, he served in
intelligence [...]

27 Jan

Italy’s Prodi calls it quits after losing Senate vote

Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi resigned on Thursday following 20 rocky months in office after the centre-left leader lost a vote of confidence in the Senate.
President Giorgio Napolitano asked Prodi to continue in office as the head of state holds consultations with political leaders, beginning Friday afternoon with the speakers of the Senate and the [...]


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