Local, national and world news for Rockhampton, QLD | Friday 4 July, 2008
Players set clever SMS trap to catch thieves red-handed
CENTRAL Comets captain Wayne Barnett has turned crime-fighter, ensnaring the underhanded folk believed responsible for ripping off his team-mates at the weekend. Mr Barnett and his partner, Sarah Miles, laid a cunning trap for the thieves on Sunday that involved a mobile phone, a phoney money-drop and...-
Players set clever SMS trap to catch thieves red-handed
CENTRAL Comets captain Wayne Barnett has turned crime-fighter, ensnaring the underhanded folk believed responsible for... -
Cemetery damage bill hits $200,000
THE caretaker at Rockhampton's southside cemetery yesterday warned that the punishment dished out to a boy who wreaked... -
Young love leads to violent knife threat
A 15-YEAR-OLD boy was so desperate to visit his girlfriend on Monday he threatened his carer with a knife. It was 4.30pm... -
Top form leads them into finals
SCHOOL SPORT: ST BRENDAN'S College will be in today's Confraternity Shield rugby league final after a convincing victory... -
Returned Wizard stars meet need
RUGBY LEAGUE: THE Yeppoon Seagulls could be boosted by an injection of speed for this weekend's Rockhampton Local League...
Australian news
Ferguson sues man for compo
Convicted sex offender Dennis Ferguson, who has been hounded out of his latest Queensland residence, is now suing a man who led an effort to chase him out of Ipswich a few years ago.Neal report is sheer speculation: Bitar
A senior NSW Labor official has dismissed as "sheer speculation" media reports that federal MP Belinda Neal has dashed her chances of a political future.COAG fails 'to deliver for lower Murray'
Governments have formalised plans to save the Murray River but have done nothing to take immediate action, a key council along the river says.Police treating body found as suspicious
A man's body has been found at Maryborough in south-east Queensland.
World news
French students die in frenzied stabbing
Two French students who have been found stabbed to death in a charred London flat were subjected to a frenzied, brutal and horrific attack, say police.Italy starts fingerprinting Gypsies
Italian authorities have started fingerprinting thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps brushing aside accusations of racism by human rights organisations.US marines to stay longer in Afghanistan
Some 2,200 US marines battling insurgents in southern Afghanistan have had their tour of duty extended by 30 days, US officials say.Zimbabwe opposition MP 'abducted'
A Zimbabwe opposition member of parliament is missing after being abducted outside a court where he was attending a hearing.
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