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Colorado shooting suspect charged

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:53:21 +1000

THE suspect in a mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater was charged with 24 counts of first degree murder and 116 counts of attempted first degree murder.

Athletes kicked out for racism

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 02:26:53 +1000

A SWISS footballer has been booted out of the London Olympics after posting a racist message on Twitter.

Police lose Wembley keys

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 23:10:17 +1000

LOCKS have had to be changed at Wembley stadium, which is hosting Olympics football matches, after it emerged that police checking security lost a set of keys.

Syrian rebels want our guns

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:30:00 +1000

THE leader of the opposition Syrian National Council called for foreign states to arm rebel fighters on Sunday.

Archer off target with vision

Mon, 30 Jul 2012 03:34:43 +1000

THE headline sounded too good to be true: "Legally Blind Archer Smashes World Record."

Relay team lands first Aussie gold

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 05:39:49 +1000

AUSTRALIA claimed its first gold medal of the London Olympics after the women's 400 metre freestyle relay team led home the Netherlands and the United States.

IOC hands out first doping ban

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 01:40:39 +1000

THE first official doping ban during the London Olympics was handed down as the International Olympic Committee threw out Albanian weightlifter Hysen Pulaku.

Opening ceremony lights up London

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 05:23:20 +1000

THE world will turn its eyes to Great Britain as London ushers in the 30th edition of the Olympic games with a spectacular opening ceremony.

Olympians hurdle undie checks

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:30:01 +1000

A TOP official has said lawyers worried about ambush marketing undermining Olympic sponsors will not instigate checks on players' underwear prior to games.

Games organisers expect full house

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 01:58:37 +1000

THE spectacular opening ceremony of the London Olympics will be performed in front of a full house in the Olympic Stadium despite some tickets still on sale.

Strikes threaten opening ceremony

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 22:59:36 +1000

UNREST among London airport and rail workers has potential to do harm at a critical time with the Olympic opening ceremony barely hours away.

Romney's London trip backfires

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 12:00:00 +1000

MITT Romney made a distinctly undiplomatic first impression on Londoners yesterday, raising concerns about the city's handling of the Olympic Games.e.

Greenland ice cover vanishes

Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:00:00 +1000

GREENLAND, which holds enough water to raise sea levels by 7.2 metres, underwent a severe transformation after an unprecedented melting of its frozen surface.

Former editors face hacking charges

Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:41:14 +1000

EIGHT people, including the former editor of The Sun, Rebekah Brooks, will face charges over phone hacking, Britain's Crown Prosecution Service announced.

Colorado massacre suspect in court

Tue, 24 Jul 2012 08:27:22 +1000

JAMES Holmes, the 24-year-old accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 in a Colorado cinema last Friday, made his first court appearance since the mass murder.

Movie massacre motive still unclear

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 09:01:41 +1000

WHAT could have possibly possessed a young medical student in the US to walk into a busy movie theatre and kill 12 innocent people?

Gunman's traps disabled

Sun, 22 Jul 2012 08:26:54 +1000

AUTHORITIES in the United States have set off a controlled detonation inside the apartment of the man accused of a mass cinema shooting that killed 12 people.

Cinema gunman left trap for police

Sat, 21 Jul 2012 08:00:00 +1000

THE apartment where James Holmes may have planned his attack is believed to have contained a “pretty sophisticated” booby trap.

12 shot dead at Batman premiere

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 19:50:10 +1000

TWELVE people have been shot dead at a midnight screening of the Batman film The Dark Knight Rises, at a shopping mall cinema in a Colorado town.

Aussies killed in crash in Alaska

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:25:22 +1000

TWO Queenslanders were killed in a plane crash in Alaska late on Wednesday night.