Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Headlines Tuesday 29th April

Schoolgirls made to strip naked
AT LEAST 16 schoolgirls were made to strip naked by their teachers in eastern India after one student complained she had lost her pocket money.
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Tracy Greenbury murder suspect Leigh Robinson faced noose
THE prime suspect in yesterday's callous killing of a Frankston mother was sentenced to death in 1968 for the stabbing murder of a 17-year-old girl.

Police have named Leigh Robinson, 60, as the prime suspect in the shotgun murder of Frankston mother Tracy Greenbury, 33, The Herald Sun reported.

Robinson's death sentence for murdering the teenager was commuted in 1969, and he was released on parole in 1983. In 1991 he pleaded guilty to 14 charges of handling over $100,000 worth of stolen goods.

He received a two-year sentence with a minimum of 18 months.

Actor Gil Tucker - who played a policeman in the popular TV drama Cop Shop - gave evidence on Robinson's behalf, saying Robinson's life had been ''a great tragedy'' and that he had made a "made a great fist of having a go at it" after being released for the 1968 murder.
The sort of guy we want among the public, not.
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Body found in forest identified as Sydney prosecutor
Gil Taylor
It has been confirmed that a body found north of Newcastle, is that of Sydney prosecutor Alex Clout.
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Medication blamed for Charmaine Dragun's downward spiral
The mother of late newsreader Charmaine Dragun has told of the heartache of watching her daughter's mental health deteriorate, all because of her medication.
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Yossi Harel, who died on Saturday aged 90, was the commander of Exodus 1947, the immigrant ship which tried to make it through the British blockade to Palestine after the Second World War with 4,553 Jewish refugees on board.

The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.
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Those who go to work and don't come back
It's about time Australia did something about its terrible workplace safety record, according to Alan
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Internet date ended in violence: court
An Adelaide man accused of biting, whipping and having unlawful sex with a girl he met via a vampire website has told a court he was furious when he learned she was underage.
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NSW government funds research for 'text message bomb'
A ‘text message bomb’ and a distress signal-emitting bracelet are just two of the concepts under construction at the NSW government’s new crime fighting research centre.
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Almost $2b spent on water infrastructure
Water plan slammed for being bad for farmers
Protesters block logging in Tasmania
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Miley Cyrus takes heat over sexy photos
Hannah Montana star Miley Cyrus took a drubbing today in the media and from some parents of her young fans who were angry over sexually provocative pictures of the 15-year-old superstar despite her apology one day earlier.

The fresh-faced Disney Channel star released a statement yesterday saying she was "embarrassed" by the photos, some of which surfaced on the internet over the past week and others set to be published in Vanity Fair magazine.

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