| Mon, 6 Feb 2012 Success of the people’s uprising | The course of events in Syria has sparked fear among the Arab people, just like the situation in Yemen had done. Yet, the escalation in the past few days has led all Arabs into a dark tunnel. The present situation is similar to the tense atmosphere that engulfed the A... | Honouring our forgotten - VC winner Keith Payne makes a case for our unrecognised war heroes | PETTY jealousy, a rigid class system, unfair quotas and just plain incompetence have prevented many soldiers getting the recognition they are due, Vietnam hero Keith Payne, VC, says. | A government-run Defence Honours and Awards Tribunal will convene in Sydney tomorro... | Indonesia's new bizarre way to keep 'rail surfers' away: smelly goop Indonesia has another bizarre way to keep commuters off the roofs of trains: swat them with brooms drenched in putrid goop. | A train loaded with passengers arrives at the Tebet station in Jakarta during rush hour Photo: GETTY tag --> | 4:02PM GMT 06 Feb 2012 | Com... | Lesbian parents 'betrayed' by gay father demanding to see his son A two-year-old boy with "three parents" - his lesbian mother, her partner and a gay father - is at the centre of an Appeal Court test case on the status of "alternative" families. | The father insists he was always far more than a mere sperm donor Photo: GETTY | 2:... | Antony to spend night on INS Virat during wargames New Delhi: Defence Minister AK Antony will for the first time spend a night on the country's lone aircraft carrier INS Virat and review Navy's operational preparedness in wargames codenamed 'TROPEX' in the Bay of Bengal on Tuesday. | The Defence Minister will also be on... | Battleship Super Bowl Spot | Super Bowl Spot for Battleship, starring Taylor Kitsch, Liam Neeson, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna Peter Berg (Hancock) produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our pla... | Stockwell shooting victim, 5, 'died twice' after being shot Thusha Kamaleswaran, a five-year-old girl, "died twice" after being shot when caught up in a street gang shooting, a court heard. | Thusha Kamaleswaran and the scene of the shooting in Stockwell Photo: PA | 12:28PM GMT 06 Feb 2012 | She was left paralysed after bei... | Team building doesn't improve work Office "team-building'" exercises only succeed in leaving staff feeling more awkward about dealing with their colleagues, according to a survey. | Photo: Getty Images | 9:27AM GMT 06 Feb 2012 | We may pride ourselves on being a nation of good sports, but most employees ... | Downing St: Syria UN vote 'incomprehensible and inexcusable Downing Street has condemned Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution condemning Syrian president Bashar al Assad as "incomprehensible and inexcusable". | Protesters opposed to the Syrian regime burn Russian and Chinese flags during a protest outside the Russian embas... | | |
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