Michael Diamond has missed out in his quest for a third gold medal. Diamond finished out of the medals after he failed in a shoot-off for the bronze medal with Alexei Alipov at the Beijing Olympics. The overall winner was David Kostelecky of the Czech Republic who broke the world record with a score of 146 points. Michael Diamond scored 142 points. The other Australian, Craig Henwood scored 109 points to finish 31st.
Beijing: Diamond survives sudden death shoot-off to make trap final
Michael Diamond survived a three-man sudden-death "shoot-off" to make the final of the men's trap shooting at the Beijing Olympics, making it into fifth place.
Australian shooter Michael Diamond is on the cusp of qualifying for the final of men's trap shooting at the Beijing Olympics.
Diamond, who is favoured to win his third individual Olympic gold medal at these games, is equal sixth after the penultimate qualifying round at the Beijing Shooting Range today.
Stephanie Rice has won Australia's first gold medal of the Olympic Games, smashing the world record in the women's 400m individual medley final. Rice took it out hard and was under world record pace all the way, setting a new mark of 4min29.45sec. It was more than 1.5sec under the record set by American Katie Hoff at the US trials in June.
The government should adopt a Bill of Rights for the UK, a cross-party committee of MPs and peers has urged. The Joint Committee on Human Rights said the bill should go further than current human rights legislation. The bill should give greater protection to groups such as children, the elderly and those with learning difficulties, it said in a report. 830
The U.K. already has a Bill of Rights, the government just ignores it when convenient.
Labor is clinging to power after suffering a massive swing against it the Northern Territory polls. It could take days before the final results are known but commentators are predicting that Labor will return to government with a one-seat majority. However the possibility remains of a hung parliament, with the balance of power resting with former chicken farmer Gerry Wood, who was returned as the independent member for Nelson.
A teenager shot dead in a supermarket was an innocent bystander caught in the line of fire, police have said. Ryan Bravo, 18, from Brixton, south London, was killed in the Costcutter store in Walworth, south-east London, on Wednesday night. A post-mortem examination revealed the teenager died from a single gun shot wound to the back.
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Katerina Emmons has spoiled China's bid for the first gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning the 10-meter air rifle for the Czech Republic. She finished with an Olympic record of 503.5 points after shooting a perfect 400 in qualifying. Lioubov Galkina of Russia won the silver. Snjezana Pejcic of Croatia took the bronze. The big surprise was a fifth-place finish by Du Li of China. She won this event four years ago in Athens. Du was just a point behind Emmons after qualifying.
Australia moving to ratify UN treaty
Australia is moving to ratify a UN anti-torture treaty in a signal that it is re-engaging with the international community, Attorney-General Robert McClelland said Friday. The federal government has begun consulting with its states about signing up to the optional protocol, which means UN inspectors can visit Australia to monitor and report on human rights, including in detention centres.
Pastoralist John Anick yesterday lost his legal fight with WA Police in the State Administrative Tribunal to reclaim his handgun licence that was revoked by police under legislation that no longer allowed pastoralists to possess the firearms.
PETA – and failed – to run a newspaper ad comparing the beheading of a passenger on a Greyhound bus last week to the treatment of animals by the meat industry. PETA said on its website it would run the ad in the Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic. However, city editor Tara Seel said the newspaper had no intention of running the ad, which uses imagery of “an innocent victim's throat” being cut, in reference to the slaughter of cows, chickens and pigs on factory farms.
Police were called to a house in Manuel Ave after shots were reported just after 9pm. Detective Senior Sergeant Wayne Williamson, of the Crime Gangs Taskforce, said up to five offenders had exchanged gunshots with the occupants of the house. One man had been assaulted and a woman was taken to hospital with facial injuries, but there were no immediate reports of gunshot wounds. Sen-Sgt Williams said the offenders had tried to flee in a Holden Commodore but the car failed to start.
A judge ordered Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to jail Thursday for violating the terms of his bond in his perjury case by making a city business trip to Canada and not informing the court. The mayor, who is accused of lying under oath in a civil case and faces eight felony counts, made the trip last month without telling the court in advance, leading the county prosecutor's office to request Kilpatrick be punished.
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The West Australian Premier, Alan Carpenter will today announce that West Australia will go to the polls on September 6. Mr Carpenter is expected to go to Government House at 2.30pm and inform the Governor, Dr Ken Michael, of his decision and dissolves both houses of parliament. Mr Carpenter is expected to address the media at Governor Stirling Tower at 3.30pm. The announcement comes one day after Colin Barnett was elected leader of the Opposition.
A man killed in a shooting at an east London pub was an innocent bystander, police have said. Carl Gbedmah, 47, was hit in the head by a stray bullet as he stood outside the Live and Let Live pub in Romford Road, Forest Gate, on 1 August.
Murder charges were withdrawn yesterday against Russell John Gesah who had been charged with the 1984 murders of Melbourne woman Margaret Tapp and her daughter Seana. Forensic scientists had found Gesah's DNA on clothing belonging to nine-year-old Seana, who had been raped. But six days after he was charged, on July 28, police Forensic Services Centre scientists realised there was a strong chance the evidence had been contaminated. The bungle has prompted police to apologise to Gesah.
RELATED: Police DNA bungle 'human error'
A 24 year-old man has been arrested after a routine police patrol in the Victorian city of Geelong uncovered a stash of drugs, weapons and cash inside his car. A loaded shotgun, a pistol, 200 ecstasy tablets, four bags of ice and a large amount of speed were allegedly found in a green 1996 Holden Commodore sedan.
An increase in the number of firearms seized because owners have failed to renew their licences on time has prompted police to remind residents to check the expiration dates. The term of a licence is generally five years and it is the licensees’ responsibility to ensure they renew on time, police said. If a renewal notification is not received before the expiration date, the Firearms Registry should be contacted.
Pfc. Vincent Hancock immersed himself in basic training with all the intensity expected of a recruit in wartime. At Fort Sill, Okla., he learned to clear buildings of hostile fighters. He practiced the best way to climb into a truck without detonating a roadside bomb. He woke at 3 a.m. to do push-ups alongside soldiers who knew they would soon be serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Submitted by CE.
Like (Chicago mayor) Daley, this page strongly disagreed with the court's ruling. We admire his stand on this issue. But the court ruling was clear and explicit: A blanket ban on handgun ownership is unconstitutional under the 2nd Amendment. Fighting in court to uphold Chicago's ban might buy some time, but at a high cost. The city will pay for lawyers and then it will lose. Better to focus on a law the city can successfully defend.
At least 10 people were killed in an hour-long gun battle with police in a Rio de Janeiro slum as officers were hunting for a stolen beer truck. Police told Brazilian media that all the dead were criminals and the only casualty among law enforcement was an injured officer in Monday's operation in the town of Duque de Caxias in the Mangueirinha slum.
Thai police have banned Grand Theft Auto after a teenager killed a taxi driver in a copycat murder. An 18-year-old high school student was arrested on Sunday after police found the bloody body of a Bangkok taxi driver slumped in his cab. Police said the teenager had become incensed when he could not afford to play the game, which encourages gamers to kill and steal cars in order to accrue points.
UK: Man told police of 'gun factory'
A man living near an illegal gun factory alerted police after finding what looked like firearm-making machinery, a court has heard. Tony Humphries said he found the equipment inside outbuildings at the back of a house near Reading last July. Grant Wilkinson, 34, and Gary Lewis, 38, deny turning replica guns into live weapons at the address. The prosecution said they were then sold and have since been linked to 51 shootings, including eight murders. RELATED: Converted guns 'used in murders'
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wo firebombs targeting UC Santa Cruz biologists appear to mark an escalation in violence by militant opponents to animal research, a transition from threats and harassment to acts of terrorism and attempted homicide, authorities said Monday.
RELATED: 'Extreme animal rights groups organise to intimidate and terrorise'
Territory police say a long running investigation has netted drugs with an estimated street value of about $1.8 million dollars. During four searches on Friday, police seized 700 ecstasy tablets, 60 grams of methamphetamine, 300 grams of cannabis, two loaded revolvers and $61,000 in cash. Six people were charged with drug and firearms offences.
ACT: Man shoots himself during standoff with police
A Canberra man is in a serious condition in hospital after allegedly shooting himself in the head during a standoff with police in the southern suburb of Isabella Plains this afternoon. Police stopped the car the man was travelling in at 4:15pm AEST on Isabella Drive. The driver immediately got out of the car but the passenger armed himself with a gun and refused to move.
A man has been charged after a violent confrontation between two amateur soccer players in Sydney's south-west. The two men were playing soccer at the Cabramatta Sportsground at midday yesterday when they got into a fight on the field. Both players were sent off, but police say the 32-year-old man walked to the carpark and returned carrying a metal tyre lever.
A Briton left in a coma from a gun attack on his honeymoon in Antigua has died, the hospital where he was being treated confirmed on Sunday (local time). Ben Mullany, whose newly-wed wife was killed instantly in the shooting, had returned home by air ambulance on Saturday to Morriston Hospital in Swansea, south Wales.
A Thai teenager incensed that he could not afford to play the violent computer game Grand Theft Auto has robbed a taxi driver and stabbed him to death in his cab, police say. The 18-year-old male high school student, whose name was withheld, was arrested yesterday after police found the bloody body of a 50-year-old Bangkok taxi driver slumped in his car. "He confessed that he committed the crime because he had copied it from the game he played," Bangkok police spokesman Captain Veerarit Pipatanasak said.
68 Hindu worshippers were killed today in a stampede during a religious festival in the northern Indian hill state of Himachal Pradesh, police said. The accident took place at the famed Naina Devi temple in the state's Bilaspur district, where tens of thousands of people have been gathering for the festival that started yesterday.
China: Farmer kills six with a sickle
A farmer went on a killing rampage in a village in central China, stabbing six people to death including a seven-year-old boy, state media reported today. Zhang Jinfu also killed two brothers in their 60s, a couple in their 50s and a woman in her 80s in Xuyang village in Hubei Province yesterday, the Xinhua news agency said.
Police charged a suspect with unpremeditated murder in the horrific stabbing, beheading and gutting of a fellow bus passenger returning home from a carnival in western Canada. Vince Weiguang Li, 40, of Edmonton faces a charge of second-degree murder, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police announced. Friends identified the victim as Tim McLean, a happy-go-lucky young man who was returning home to Winnipeg from a job as a carnival worker in Edmonton.
