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A western woman working in an Islamic Afghanistan Dr Schmeidl conducted research as a woman in a very male-dominated country. Afghanistan is an Islamic nation mired in conflict and war. The Taliban – an Islamic hardline group that ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001 – imposed strict Sharia Law, taking away women’s rights to work and get an education. Public lashings for not wearing a full-body burqa, and the amputation of hands and feet for petty crimes became common. Dr Schmeidl ...

Nutcracker in January? Production perseveres despite COVID hurdles FacebookTwitterEmail 2of8 Laura Casellini as Clara, seated, and Eric Meichtry as the Nutcracker (Anthony Tassarotti)Anthony TassarottiShow MoreShow Less 3of8 5of8 6of8 7of8 Director Abbie Guisbond directs rehearsal via Zoom, with Maria Bortugno at center and Gail Tassarotti, owner of Albany Dance Fitness, at far right and in mirror. (Anthony Tassarotti)Anthony TassarottiShow MoreShow Less 8of8 The last Christmas tree needles hav...

DEFENCE Reservists and their civilian employers have been recognised across Australia for their outstanding contribution to the Australian Defence Force...

Foreign military personnel to be released from Darwin CBD quarantine days after COVID cases recorded MonMonday 18 Foreign military personnel began arriving at the Darwin CBD hotel two weeks ago. ( Print text only Cancel More than 80 foreign military personnel and their family members staying at a Darwin CBD hotel are being released from quarantine over the next two days, despite concerns from an Aboriginal health group that genomic sequencing on two positive coronavirus cases detected at the ho...

Sydney news: Pubs and shopping centre listed in coronavirus alert, WWII bomb found in Merrylands Posted MonMonday 18 NSW recorded zero new locally acquired coronavirus infections in the last reporting period. ( Share Print text only COVID warning for Western Sydney venues Three pubs and a shopping centre in Western Sydney have been added to a list of COVID-affected venues. NSW Health issued alerts for the Village Tavern in Auburn, the Auburn Hotel and the Berala Hotel, as part of its investiga...

01/17/2021 DRC (International Christian Concern) – Another attack by the Allied Democratic Forces in Eastern DRC has led to the deaths of dozens of citizens. At least 46 people were reportedly killed when the terrorist group attacked on Thursday, January 14. The attack seems to have attacked people of the Mbuti(Pygmy) tribe in that area. It is unclear of it was targeting them for their ethnicity or if they were just the population of that area. The UN says that this group has killed more than...

Australia’s error-ridden helicopter fleet will be replaced by 29 armed Apache aircraft, fitted out with improved attack capabilities.

Australia’s error-ridden helicopter fleet will be replaced by 29 armed Apache aircraft, fitted out with improved attack capabilities.

Australia’s error-ridden helicopter fleet will be replaced by 29 armed Apache aircraft, fitted out with improved attack capabilities.

Australias defence capability will be bolstered, with the glitch-prone Tiger helicopter to be replaced by a fleet of Apaches armed reconnaissance helicopter (ARH). The federal government has approved the purchase of up to 29 Boeing AH-64E Apache Guardian helicopters, replacing a fleet of 22 Tiger ARHs. The model is flown in the US and 15 other countries and is fitted with upgraded sensors, improved attack capabilities and improved survivability. The Tiger model had been plagued by malfuncti...