Fed: Man charged with murder of elderly Canberra man

AAP General News (Australia)
04-27-2007
Fed: Man charged with murder of elderly Canberra man

A 50-year-old man's been charged with murder after an elderly man was found dead in
his Canberra home.

The 81-year-old's body was found in the Duffy house in southern Canberra .. at 3 pm yesterday.

Police say the accused man will face the ACT Magistrates Court today.

AAP RTV kc/rt

KEYWORD: SUSPICIOUS (CANBERRA)

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SA: Police hunting serial flasher in Adelaide's north

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2006
SA: Police hunting serial flasher in Adelaide's north

Police say a man has indecently exposed himself to three women in Adelaide's north
in the past three weeks .. with the latest incident occurring yesterday.

The man has approached his victims at or near a park in Hillbank during the day time
.. and indecently exposed himself.

AAP RTV sl/els/rt

KEYWORD: INDECENT (ADELAIDE)

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FED: Indigenous strike anniversary sparks concerns of land right

AAP General News (Australia)
08-19-2006
FED: Indigenous strike anniversary sparks concerns of land right

The commemoration of the 1966 Wave Hill strike of indigenous pastoral workers will
continue today in the communities of Kalkaringi and Daguragu .. about 800 kilometres south
of Darwin.

Speakers marking the strike's 40th anniversary yesterday said the rights won during
the Aboriginal land rights movement are currently being eroded.

While the 1966 walk off was initially seen as a strike for wages and living conditions
.. it soon became about the Gurindji people's rights to their traditional land.

AAP RTV klw/hn/drp/wf/wz

KEYWORD: INDIGENOUS WAVE (DARWIN)

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NSW: Doctor acquitted over Medicare abortion frauds

AAP General News (Australia)
04-12-2006
NSW: Doctor acquitted over Medicare abortion frauds

By Tara Ravens

SYDNEY, April 12 AAP - A doctor found guilty of almost 100 counts of dishonestly obtaining
Medicare benefits has had her conviction quashed in a Sydney court.

Suman Sood, the former owner of the Fairfield Women's Health Clinic, was convicted
in April last year of 96 counts of Medicare fraud.

The Crown alleged that at the same time Dr Sood was bulk-billing the commonwealth for
abortion services, she was illegally charging patients an out-of-pocket cash fee for the
procedure.

Using a sliding scale for fees, Dr Sood charged an additional $120 if a pregnancy was
terminated at 12 weeks, and up to $1,000 for pregnancies terminated at 19 weeks.

Dr Sood was sentenced to 300 hours of community service and fined more than $20,000.

But in a majority verdict in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal today, Dr Sood's appeal
application was allowed, and her conviction and sentence overturned.

A new trial was ordered.

Dr Sood, while giving evidence in her first trial, denied planning to rig the system.

"She denied that she had any dishonest intention," Chief Justice James Spigelman said
in his judgment.

"She said she believed that she was entitled to charge the additional fees because
the relevant item did not include any of the other services she provided."

Dr Sood gave evidence that other abortion clinics were charging additional fees for
counselling and the use of theatres because they considered them to be additional services.

"It is impossible rationally to exclude such a reasonable possibility," Justice Michael
Adams, the second ruling judge, said in his judgment.

"The circumstances here are inherently and irreducibly ambiguous."

Justice Carolyn Simpson was the third ruling judge.

A date for a new trial is yet to be set.

AAP tr/smb/jm/nf

KEYWORD: SOOD

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Derbez presents competition program for footwear industry.

MEXICO CITY, Nov 22, 2002 (El Economista/Corporate Mexico by Internet Securities, Inc. via COMTEX) -- The Competition Program for the Leather Footwear Sector (PROCIC) proposes the establishment of a financial trust fund for clusters, greater protection against illegal trade, an increase in promotion to attract foreign investment and transfer of technology, as well as new scheme for sales in the public sector."The coordination between companies, the government and public and private organizations related to the productive chain will allow the implementation of the Program, sustainable strengthening of the sector and permanent competition in the sector," read the PROCIC, which was presented by Secretary of Economy Luis Ernesto Derbez. Mexico is the 20th-largest exporter of footwear in the world and the 5th-most important supplier of the United States.

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Mexicana-Airbus Leasing Deal Is Fleet Renewal, Not Growth: Airline CEO.

MEXICO CITY, Jul 3, 2001

Mexican No. 2 airline Mexicana on Monday said seven new Airbus aircraft it plans to lease from the French consortium would be used to replace aging planes rather than to expand its fleet, according to a report in Mexico City daily Reforma. Mexicana CEO Fernando Flores said the company currently was close to signing a long-term leasing agreement on the Airbus aircraft, Reforma business columnist Dario Celis Estrada reported. Flores said replacement of old aircraft could see Mexicana cut its operating costs by up to 25 percent, according to the report. The forthcoming deal with Airbus will allow Mexicana to offload seven Boeing 727 aircraft, all of which are more than 20 years old. A further 20 Boeing 727 planes likely will replaced or decommissioned by Mexicana by December 2002, according to the report. At the same time, Mexicana reportedly plans to reduce its total fleet by three aircraft. Mexicana is controlled by airline holding company Cintra (BMV:CINTRA), which is majority-owned by the Mexican government.

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