Philadelphia D.A. Seth Williams Wins 2011 Eisenhower Fellowship, Going To Australia

Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams and cable executive Brigitte F. Daniel on Wednesday received prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship awards to travel and study abroad. Williams plans to travel to Australia and Ireland to examine community policing and other crime-fighting and -prevention programs in those nations. Daniel, an executive vice president at Wilco Electronic Systems Inc., the
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Qantas to fly Oprah Audience to Sydney

Qantas has announced it will fly the entire audience of The Oprah Winfrey Show to Australia in December. Speaking at a media conference in Sydney, Qantas Chief Executive Officer Mr Alan Joyce said this was a fantastic opportunity for Qantas and the Australian tourism industry. ‘The Oprah Winfrey show has a world-wide audience across 145
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Lockheed Martin Wins Australian Navy Contract

Lockheed Martin Corp.’s Mission (nee Maritime) Systems & Sensors unit in Moorestown, NJ has received a $197.5 million contract to continue its work for the Australian Air Warfare Destroyer program. The contract was awarded by the Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C., under the Foreign Military Sales program, and announced by the Defense Department.
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French raider “Americain” has won the 150th Melbourne Cup

One of the top chances for the 3200-metre handicap, the American-bred French-raced stayer finished impressively, powering home in the straight to pass the finishing post ahead of lightly- weighted Maluckyday and pre-race hot favourite So You Think. The six-year-old Americain, ridden by Gerald Mosse, trained by Alain de Royer-Dupre but owned by Australian interests, was
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