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Burma VP quits to become a monk - Courier Mail
Tin Aung Myint Oo, who is seen as one of the more reactionary members of the regime, entered a monastery on May 3, a government official said yesterday, without giving details of how long he planned to stay there. Observers believe the move could ...
No honeymoon for Hollande - Courier Mail
"He encouraged us to be united" and reiterated that he would not seek election in the vote, a source said on condition of anonymity. The source said it was an "emotional meeting" and that Mr Sarkozy was "serene and dignified.
Police raid home of L'Oreal heiress - Courier Mail
An official close to the investigation says police seized a computer belonging to the 89-year-old cosmetics billionaire in a sweep overnight in Neuilly-sur-Seine, an upmarket Paris suburb. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ...
teacher suspended over chicken nugget spat - Courier Mail
Her mother, who did not wish to be identified, wrote a complaint to her state representative, Republican Gaston Pridgen, saying she did not feel she should be made to pay for a cafeteria meal when her daughter was provided with a homemade lunch.
Dissident monk 'taken away' - Courier Mail
Since he was freed, Gambira has breached regulations by breaking into monasteries closed by the government after the mass monk-led demonstrations, a government official said yesterday. "He was taken this morning from his monastery for questioning ...
Cosmic rays blamed for probe crash - Courier Mail
"They weren't making a vacuum cleaner but a spaceship that had to fly in the aggressive environment of outer space and it is just impossible that they did not consider this," the source said. The unmanned probe was launched November 9 in an ambitious ...
Pakistan PM meets with army chief - Courier Mail
"The committee is likely to discuss matters related to defence and national security," a government official said. He declined to comment when asked whether the meeting, to be chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, would help defuse tension ...
Reward increased to find fire bug - Courier Mail
The sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said fire officials also were looking at other possible scenarios, including that there is more than one arsonist, the arsonist has an accomplice or some fires are the work of copycats. ...
Long hours push State Emergency Service volunteers to limit - Courier Mail
That's the mentality," the member, who asked to remain anonymous, said. Mr Bennet last week said there was no expectation on volunteers to work 12 hours. "There is no demand for any volunteer to do anything that they are not comfortable to do," he said ...
Visa scare for X Factor's Mel B - Courier Mail
The Department of Immigration would not comment on Brown's specific case for privacy reasons, but a source close to the 36-year-old singer confirmed she had been investigated. Brown's management met with the department and the matter "was now resolved" ...
Dogs causing a lot more grief for cemetery visitor - Courier Mail
The Wynnum man, who did not want to be identified for fear of retribution, said he was appalled when a woman's pet pooch urinated on his mother's grave. "I'm always seeing people walking through with dogs it's appalling," he said of the ...
Queensland's legal brothels feeling the pinch as 'sex sells' adage fails to ... - Courier Mail
Woolloongabba's 88 on Logan brothel owner, who declined to give his name, said business was firmly in the black but the floods had hit customers' hip pockets. "I think the flood in January really affected everybody," he said. ...
Live rat found in loaf of bread in Townsville - Courier Mail
The woman, who asked to remain anonymous, said she was unloading her shopping into a car with a friend when she noticed the slices had holes in them. They then noticed a tail among the bread before her friend realised there was a rat scurrying around ...
Accused fraudster Peter Anthony Short, remanded in custody on fraud charges ... - Courier Mail
Police have previously said Short refused to give his name to detectives, but that when they discovered it themselves, he congratulated them and shook the chief investigator's hand. Defence lawyer Bill Potts said his client's son Ben, his sister, ...
Health revolt as wages demanded back - Courier Mail
One worker, who did not wish to be identified, said she quit after receiving a $8000 bill she believed was overstated. "You work so hard and they just slap you in the face," she said. The state Opposition last night warned Queensland Health could not ...
Threat of revolt as Queensland Health demands back $62 million in wages - Courier Mail
One worker, who did not wish to be identified, said she quit after receiving a $8000 bill she believed was overstated. "You work so hard and they just slap you in the face," she said. The state Opposition last night warned Queensland Health could not ...
Friend's plea after pervert attacks 94yo woman in her bed on Gold Coast - Courier Mail
The family friend, who did not want to be identified, fronted a police media conference on Tuesday to appeal for information to help detectives catch the attacker. He said the 'appalling' attack had taken the Gold Coast's crime spree to a 'perverse' ...
Patient spends six hours in waiting room on a drip and plastic chairs at Gold ... - Courier Mail
The young man, who asked to remain anonymous, admits he was given a pain-killing injection in the waiting area within half an hour of arrival, but said he was then ignored until the next morning. "The worst part was definitely sitting in there after ...
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The chief surgeon, who declined to be named, said serious infections set in from the outset of the complicated transplant. "Leadership transplants are high-risk, and even higher given the age of the patient," he said. "It was a unique procedure ...
O'Farrell inching closer to historic NSW win - Courier Mail
"This is really really bad but not as bad as we expected," a source said. Verity Firth was behind in Balmain but a chance to win the seat and Nathan Rees was a chance to win Toongabbie, the source said. The Greens are yet to pull out a winning lead in ...
Mystery buyer snaps up $500000 worth of luxury Ralph Lauren furniture - Courier Mail
The man, who did not want to be identified, spent about $40000 on several items, and was one of a crowd of about 100 people who attended the eagerly anticipated event. Among his purchases was a three-piece Ralph Lauren Beekman china cabinet, ...
Funeral price war causes anguish - Courier Mail
The 36-year-old, who did not want to be identified, is a victim of a callous price-cutting war enveloping the funeral industry. Uncertain if she has received her father's ashes or someone else's she has postponed plans for a wearable tribute. ...
Bieber 'misquoted on abortion, rape' - Courier Mail
He was criticised online and on TV for his apparent views, but the source said editing errors and incomplete quotes misrepresented Bieber's opinions. According to the source, the quote "like killing a baby" should have ended with a question mark, ...
U2 fans camp out for best spots as 360-degree stage takes shape at Suncorp Stadium - Courier Mail
The No.1 spot went to a woman who refused to give her name to mX but said she had tickets to every U2 tour show in the southern hemisphere. ...
Rain will damage exports of sugar - Courier Mail
It now looks as though it could be $440 or less," said the source, who did not wish to be identified. That scenario seemed likely to Alan Barnard, ...