Are armies the key to unlocking an uprising's power? In light of the latest developments in Egypt we look at how armies have intervened in past revolutions. 军队是唯一能镇压住暴动的法宝吗?在最新的埃及运动中,我们看看埃及...
On 12 October 1988 two young policemen were ambushed in a suburban street in South Yarra in Melbourne. They'd stopped to investigate what looked like an abandoned stolen car parked in the middle of the road and when they did they were both shot dead....
Protests in Tahrir Square have become increasingly violent as Egyptian riot police continue to shoot tear gas at demonstrator who are demanding Egypt's military council surrender power and be replaced by a council of elders. 塔里尔广场的抗议活...
Queensland-based mining company Macarthur Coal has delayed a shareholder meeting, planned to vote on a takeover offer. Shareholders were due to decide on a proposal from the Noble Group on Monday. But the meeting has been postponed for a week that's...
Tasmania's new Labor minority Governments already facing the threat of a no-confidence motion less than a day after being returned to office. The state's governor yesterday reappointed David Bartlett Premier 19 days after the election delivered a hun...
The head of Victoria's Bushfire Recovery and Reconstruction Authority Christine Nixon has apologized for leaving the incident control centre on Black Saturday. In an open letter published in the Herald Sun, the former Victorian police chief accepted...
The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to reduce the role of nuclear weapons as part of its national security strategy. The government is promising not to launch a nuclear attack on non-nuclear states and says it sends a message to Iran and Nor...
The Federal Government is denying it's doing a trade-off for the US government on asylum seekers. Australia has agreed to take three Guantanamo Bay detainees from the US. The ABC has been told the move is related to the US government's decision to ac...
There are fears that a coal ship stranded on the Great Barrier Reef could break up, spilling more oil. The Chinese ship was off course when it ran aground in a protected area of the reef east of Rockhampton on Saturday. Up to four tonnes of oil has s...
Hello, Nick Dole with the National Weather. Cloud across the south of the continent is generating thunderstorms over the Nullarbor, while cloud over the tropics is also bringing wet weather.There are some light showers on the New South Wales and Vict...