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Even before the opening ceremony of the XVIIIth Commonwealth Games, Four Australian weightlifters were left out of the national team after testing positive to a banned stimulant, and another faced allegations that she sold the stimulant to two of the four suspended lifters. But suspicions arise about it being a set-up to embarrass either the Australian weightlifting regime or the newly created Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority.

Competitions, Weight lifters, Commonwealth games, Drugs and athletes

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For the love of Alice

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The family of Alice Woolcock who died at a nursing home wants justice for her, as she was not allowed a dignified death by the nursing home and the hospital in Australia in 2003. An investigation uncovers the widespread allegations that the monitoring and accreditation system of Australian nursing homes is a sham, open to abuse by proprietors who receive up to three months notice before an inspection.

Services information, Nursing & Rest Homes, Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, Nursing and Personal Care Facilities, Homes for Aged, Homes for the Elderly, Services, Patients, Nursing homes, Patient care, Death of, Woolcock, Alice

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The final payment

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The story of a polite, naive young man who wound up as bumbling mule for a drug syndicate is illustrated. Melbourne man Nguyen Tuong Van has described how he got caught into drug dealing and for which he is now paying with a death penalty.

Singapore, Discipline, Capital punishment, Drug traffic, Drug dealing, Van, Nguyen Tuong

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