Sydney Morning Herald
Darwin placed on high cyclone alert
March 12, 2005 - 8:37PM
Residents of Darwin, which was battered 30 years ago by Cyclone Tracy, are bracing for an even more powerful storm - being placed tonight on the highest "Cyclone Warning" alert.
The category five Ingrid, which passed over Northern Territory coastal communities earlier today, when it was rated a category four, was now heading for the NT capital and nearby communities, including the Tiwi Islands.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Darwin-placed-on-high-cyclone-alert/2005/03/12/1110567733503.html
Darwin on alert as Ingrid batters coast
March 13, 2005 - 7:24PM
Darwin was on high alert Sunday night as Cyclone Ingrid continued its fierce march across Australia's top end after devastating the tiny community of Croker Island.
Darwin, which only months ago marked the 30th anniversary of the death and destruction Cyclone Tracy delivered, was Sunday night braced for the arrival of a storm of equal power.
Category four Ingrid threw her fury at the community of Croker Island overnight, and was Sunday evening heading straight for the Tiwi Islands, 80km north of Darwin.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Breaking-News/Darwin-on-alert-as-Ingrid-batters-coast/2005/03/13/1110649053122.html
Prepare for worst, Darwin residents told
March 13, 2005 - 4:36PM
Darwin police today urged residents to prepare for the worst, but not to panic, as category-four Cyclone Ingrid continued to track towards the city.
The destructive storm, with winds gusting up to 235 kmh, was this afternoon 160 kilometres northeast of Darwin, and was tracking along the north coast of the Northern Territory.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Prepare-for-worst-Darwin-residents-told/2005/03/13/1110649040186.html?oneclick=true
Distraught family still waiting for body of son killed in Iraq
By Eamonn Duff and Annabel Crabb
March 13, 2005
The Sun-Herald
The shattered father of the first serving Australian killed in Iraq revealed last night he still has no idea when his son's body will be returned home to rest in peace.
RAF Flight Lieutenant Paul Pardoel died alongside nine British servicemen on January 30 when their RAF C-130 Hercules plane crashed near Baghdad.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/After-Saddam/Family-still-waiting-for-body-of-son-killed-in-Iraq/2005/03/12/1110567751166.html
Growing pains
March 12, 2005
The buzzword is early intervention, and with scant scientific back-up anxious parents are seizing on treatments to keep their children in the race to achieve. Julie Robotham reports.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Growing-pains/2005/03/11/1110417688338.html
Australia's top 100 public intellectuals
Sport and showbiz elites hog the limelight while our great minds struggle for recognition. In a Herald survey, Michael Visontay seeks out the nation's guard of leading thinkers.
Intellectual is an uncomfortable word in Australia, and we live in an age when euphemisms are found for uncomfortable words. These days people tend to be categorised as smart, clever, bright rather than intellectual - the response of a culture driven by speed and solutions rather than inquiry and confrontation; a society that glosses over awkwardness.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Australias-top-100-public-intellectuals/2005/03/11/1110417674077.html
Mystic separates the fad from the divine
Some religious teachers might welcome the media profile that celebrity recruitment brings, but not Rabbi David Cooper, a Kabbalah teacher from the US.
Thanks to Madonna's red thread, Rabbi Cooper concedes Kabbalah, a kind of Jewish mysticism, is going through a faddish and commercial phase.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Mystic-separates-the-fad-from-the-divine/2005/03/11/1110417690878.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
Dollar drifts on cross currents
By Jessica Irvine
March 12, 2005
The dollar's week ended with a sinking feeling as it was weighed down by signs of mounting investor risk aversion and rumours of increased Chinese interest rates.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Business/Dollar-drifts-on-cross-currents/2005/03/11/1110417684681.html
The New Zealand Herald
Ingrid lashes the coast and heads for Darwin
13.03.05 2.20pm
BRISBANE - Coastal communities in the top end of the Northern Territory were being lashed by winds of up to 290km/h today as Cyclone Ingrid continued its destructive path across Croker Island in the Arafura Sea and toward Darwin.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115043
UN report blasts foreshore ruling
13.03.05
A damning report from the United Nations has condemned the Foreshore and Seabed legislation as discriminatory against Maori.
The report, which was released this weekend by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, states that the legislation discriminates against Maori by extinguishing the possibility of establishing Maori customary title over the foreshore and seabed, and by its failure to provide a guaranteed right of redress.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115033
Burglary of tornado victim disgusts Greymouth mayor
13.03.05 6.00pm
Greymouth Mayor Tony Kokshoorn wants to "hang" the person who burgled a tornado victim on the night the twister struck .
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10115051
Flu vaccine flaws boost epidemic fears
12.03.05
By REBECCA WALSH
New Zealand's supply of flu vaccine for the coming winter has been delayed after the French manufacturer discovered potential problems with its effectiveness.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10114933
Terror suspect transition as chaotic as Commons marathon
A television monitor shows events inside the House of Commons as anti-terrorism legislation is debated in London. Picture / Reuters
13.03.05 2.00pm
By Sophie goodchild, Andy McSmith, Raymond Whitaker and Steve Bloomfield
LONDON - The transition of Britain's eight foreign terror suspects from prison or secure mental hospital to a new life under "control orders" is proving every bit as chaotic as last week's scenes in Westminster, when Parliament wrangled over what to do with them.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10115042
The weather in Antarctica (Crystal Ice Chime) is:
Scott Base
Cloudy
-20.0°
Updated Sunday 13 Mar 9:59PM
The weather at Glacier Bay National Park (Crystal Wind Chime) is:
43 °F / 6 °C
Overcast
Windchill:
41 °F / 5 °C
Humidity:
87%
Dew Point:
39 °F / 4 °C
Wind:
4 mph / 6 km/h from the SW
Pressure:
30.75 in / 1041 hPa
Visibility:
4.0 miles / 6.4 kilometers
UV:
0 out of 16
Clouds (AGL):
Overcast 197 ft / 60 m
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