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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Sydney Sun.com http://www.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/10/id/88f7d0d02bea1b33/ en-us Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:37 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:46:37 -0500 30 A number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking site. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610883/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:33:44 -0500 Sydney Sun.com http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610883/cs/1/ Three-year-old Indian toddler Gurshan Singh's mother has said that she was horrified by her boy's death and cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610931/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:20:14 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610931/cs/1/ Australia secured the Chappell-Hadlee Trophy on Thursday with a six-wicket win against New Zealand in the fourth one-day international played here. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610919/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:20:03 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610919/cs/1/ Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke's decision to leave New Zealand in the middle of a tour over the drama surrounding his fiancee, Lara Bingle, is not as last-minute as it was portrayed, and it is believed that he had made his decision at least 48 hours before he packed his bags. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610900/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:11 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610900/cs/1/ "Indian Film Festival 2010" in Australia and New Zealand is holding special "Rani Mukherjee Retrospective". http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610898/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:10 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610898/cs/1/ Reports indicate that Australian archaeologists have uncovered a 40,000-year-old tribal meeting ground, which they believe is the world's southernmost site of early human life. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610889/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:04 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610889/cs/1/ Lara Bingle's agent Max Markson is said to be trying to cash in on the latest twist in her love-life saga. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610877/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:20:09 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610877/cs/1/ Australian cricket vice-captain Michael Clarke is reportedly considering ending his relationship with Lara Bingle because she had signed an exclusive tell-all nude photo scandal deal with a women's magazine, it has emerged. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610841/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:27 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610841/cs/1/ Adam Gilchrist has backed comments by Damien Martyn that suggest Australian cricket bosses are applying double standards when it comes to assessing security threats on the subcontinent. He said adequate security measures are in place for the Indian Premier League (IPL). http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610828/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:19 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610828/cs/1/ Robert Pattinson's real life is not much different from that of the vampire he plays in the hit Twilight series, for the actor rarely steps out in daylight in fear of being mobbed by over enthusiastic fans. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610816/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:12 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610816/cs/1/ When it comes to how much pleasure we get out of life, its the women who walk away smiling. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610812/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:10 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610812/cs/1/ Michael Clarke, who abandoned the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara Bingle, is expected to rejoin his Australian teammates on Saturday for the Test series against the Kiwis http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610809/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:08 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610809/cs/1/ Australian vice captain Michael Clarke has got the sympathetic backing of his teammates over abandoning the ODI series in New Zealand to return to Sydney and decide whether or not to continue his relationship with fiancee Lara Bingle. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610805/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:06 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610805/cs/1/ Tiger Woods and wife Elin Nordegren have reportedly reconciled. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610801/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:10:04 -0500 ANI http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610801/cs/1/ After a recent spate of attacks on Indian students in Australia, it was the turn of a wheelchair-bound Canadian man who was beaten by Australian teenagers in Sydney Tuesday, reports here said. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610756/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:20:05 -0500 IANS http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/610756/cs/1/ While Sydney is aiming to bounce back from their narrow loss to rivals Melbourne in the two-legged major semi, the Phoenix go into the grand final qualifier soaring with confidence. They are unbeaten ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031903/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:39:28 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031903/ Australia has continued its dominance over New Zealand in the Chappell-Hadlee series, winning by six wickets with more than two overs to spare in the fourth one dayer at Eden Park. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031904/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:39:23 -0500 Newstalk ZB http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031904/ Mighty Australia continued their rampaging form in the tournament as they overcame a fighting Netherlands 2-1 in the second semifinal of the hockey World Cup on Thursday to set up a re-match of last e... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031695/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:39:08 -0500 NDTV http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031695/ THIRTY-THREE of Australia's top scientists have formed a united front over reform of the Murray-Darling river system, calling for environmental outcomes to be given priority in the imminent ''basin pl... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031910/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:42 -0500 Stock Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031910/ THE chairman of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Maurice Newman, has waded into the global warming debate again, telling some of his most senior staff that they had succumbed to ''groupthink''... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031911/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:21:40 -0500 Stock Journal http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031911/ A Canadian man who was viciously assaulted by two teens in Australia has come through surgery and has spoken to his mother from his hospital bed in Sydney."Everything went well with the operation... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031696/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:16:30 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031696/ Speaking at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, the coalition's treasury spokesman voiced his concern about individual liberties being eroded.Australia's response to the threat of terrorism should be ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031906/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:41 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031906/ A WOMAN whose skull was fractured by a golf ball, which struck her temple through the open taxi window in which she was a passenger in Melbourne's southwest, has been released from hospital. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031905/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:40 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031905/ ANOTHER commuter train in Melbourne has been withdrawn from service after a horrifying incident in which a door became stuck wide open while travelling between stations. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031908/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:38 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031908/ AFL premiership player Mathew Stokes will face the Geelong Magistrates' Court today on cocaine trafficking and possession charges. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031907/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:37 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031907/ WALL Street stocks fell today after official data showed higher-than-expected initial weekly jobless insurance claims and a slower pace of imports. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031909/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:09:30 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33031909/ Taronga Zoo veterinarians give treatment to a newborn elephant calf as its mother Porntip (R) stands next to it in Sydney March 10, 2010. An elephant gave birth to a calf at Sydney's main zoo on Wedne... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028727/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:14:32 -0500 MSNBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028727/ New Delhi - Germany and Australia will meet for the third straight time in the field hockey World Cup final, with Australia finally hoping for victory on Saturday against the two-time reigning champio... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33027626/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:05:53 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33027626/ JAPAN'S Coast Guard has obtained an arrest warrant for an anti-whaling activist who has been held aboard a Japanese harpoon ship since boarding it in the Antarctic last month. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028725/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:41 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028725/ US studio giant Disney is making its first foray into south Indian cinema as part of plans to capture the country's largest movie market, the company announced today. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028726/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:45:38 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028726/ A Manitoba man who was forced out of his wheelchair and beaten in Australia is recovering following surgery. Heath Proden, who is 35, is feeling good, according to his mother, who spoke to her so... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028440/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:42:44 -0500 The Globe and Mail http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028440/ THE only company still packing Australian-grown vegetables beyond this year launched a new campaign featuring Tasmanian farmers yesterday. Simplot's Birds Eye frozen vegetable packets will feature... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028711/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:28 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028711/ TASMANIA'S Director of Public Health has admitted private concerns about monoculture tree plantations but says there is still no reliable evidence to link them to health risks. Dr Roscoe Taylor ye... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028713/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:24 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028713/ A PROMISE to give voters lottery tickets if he is elected to the House of Assembly has raised Bass independent candidate Tim Parish's profile, but the state's three political parties say it is... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028712/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:22 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028712/ THERE are at least a couple of Midland farmers keenly interested in what the Liberals had to say about water in their primary industries policy released yesterday. Elizabeth Water Trust members are co... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028714/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:21 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028714/ A PIGEON colony in the roof of Bass Labor MHR Jodie Campbell's office has been eradicated, and the office is expected to open again early next week. Ms Campbell was forced to close her office this... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028715/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:20 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028715/ THE implementation of the Tasmania Tomorrow education reforms has "not been good enough", Premier and Education Minister David Bartlett admitted yesterday. However, he stopped short of promising to ro... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028716/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:19 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028716/ EVANDALE'S Nathan Grima is set to make his first appearance for North Melbourne this pre- season after being named in the Kangaroos' NAB Regional Challenge squad for this weekend. The 24-year-... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028717/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:18 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028717/ LAUNCESTON will be searching for a first victory over South Launceston in their rain- reduced final-round NTCA match tomorrow. All sides will chase maximum points for final four spots as two-day match... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028718/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:16 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028718/ TALENTED three-year-old Thirsty Mach will be out to secure a berth in next week's $100,000 Australian Derby when he runs at Mowbray on Sunday night. The Rohan Hillier-trained gelding was a brillia... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028719/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:15 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028719/ LAUNCESTON Tornadoes will aim for a top-four finish and playing in the finals in the 2010 SEABL season, coach Rick Wyllie said yesterday. The Tornadoes announced the signing of two more recruits yeste... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028721/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:14 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028721/ SIX gold and two silver medals won't weigh Tom Curran down when he contests the national age swimming championships in Sydney next month. The 13-year-old member of South Esk Swimming Club had a se... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028720/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:13 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028720/ THE Launceston City Council was unaware its new general manager is working for a Victorian council investigated over poor performance and governance issues last year. Robert Dobrzynski has been the ch... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028722/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 11:17:12 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33028722/ Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has slammed the major parties for blocking his moves for an inquiry into the Church of Scientology. Senator Xenophon has been calling for a full inquiry into the chu... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025666/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:13:26 -0500 ABC News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025666/ MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Defending champion Laura Davies shot a 5-under 68 to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the Women's Australian Open.Davies had six birdies and a bogey on ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025656/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:08:03 -0500 Sports Illustrated http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025656/ AN OLDER driver safety program from the United States is being trialled in Dubbo today and tomorrow, with the intention of introducing it across the nation if it is successful. The NRMA is hoping to ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025657/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:48 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025657/ The grief-stricken mother of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her child. A council worker found Gurshan's body in grass in Melbourne's north on March... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025659/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:42 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025659/ Impending fathers are sought for a groundbreaking Australian study into dads and how they can also get the baby blues. Researchers at Victoria's Deakin University are recruiting 250 soon-to-be dads f... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025660/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:39 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025660/ Two men have been charged in relation to the shooting of a man at Coburg in Melbourne's north in January. A 32-year-old man was shot in the buttock in the car park at Coburg Lake in Gaffney Street on... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025661/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:37 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025661/ Just a week after her three-year-old son died, heartbroken Harpreet Kaur Channa said she still felt numb, but wanted to have another child, the http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025662/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:47 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025662/ Troy Joshua Townley used a hammer and knife to kill Charlie Boulos, 24, at the home of Karen Hanna, Townley's on-again off-again lover, Crown prosecutor Paul Darcy told the Victorian Supreme Court tod... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025663/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:46 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025663/ The Health Services Union said the plan, proposed for the NSW Hunter Valley region, was flawed and could cost lives.Under the plan, one trained paramedic and one volunteer with a first-aid certificate... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025664/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:43 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025664/ Speaking at the Grattan Institute in Melbourne, the coalition's treasury spokesman voiced his concern about individual liberties being eroded.Australia's response to the threat of terrorism should be ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025640/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:42 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025640/ THE enforcement of workplace safety law in NSW faces a potential crisis next month when a test case will determine if the state's WorkCover authority will need to abandon or re-plead hundreds of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025642/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:36 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025642/ TRAVELLERS parking their cars at major east coast airports for short periods are paying up to three times more than those using similar facilities in Perth and Adelaide. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025643/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:32 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025643/ The findings, by Fujitsu Consulting, show rising interest rates pushed 218,000 borrowers into severe mortgage stress last month.Fujitsu Australia executive director Martin North said that figure was e... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025644/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:18 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025644/ TWELVE Australians get a place on Forbes magazine's annual billionaires list, three more than a year ago, as the fortunes of the world's richest people recover after the global financial cri... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025645/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:14 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025645/ THE rapid jobs growth of the past five months has come to a halt, with new figures showing it was driven more by the government's stimulus programs than by underlying strength in the economy, as ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025646/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:59:04 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025646/ At 46, Macpherson -- a mother of two sons, aged 12 and seven -- is old enough to have raised most of the models on the international runways these days.But yesterday she proved age was no barrier to s... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025647/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:59 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025647/ STANDING in front of senior journalists and program makers and challenging them about "groupthink" and uncritical reporting is, at best of times, a dangerous thing to do. At the national bro... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025649/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:56 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025649/ COMMUNITY anger over the rushed delivery of social housing projects under the Rudd government's nation-building stimulus package is threatening the political fortunes of Labor's star recruit... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025648/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:53 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025648/ It comes as Australia faces growing anger from its trade partners over the Rudd government's surprise decision to extend a ban on the importation of beef from countries exposed to mad cow disease for ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025651/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:49 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025651/ QUEENSLAND'S Corrective Services Commissioner yesterday insisted a young Aboriginal man was given appropriate medical care in prison in the days before he collapsed and later died in hospital. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025650/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:45 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025650/ KEVIN Rudd's hand-picked fix-it man for the botched $2.45 billion home insulation scheme, Greg Combet, has admitted it was so poorly administered he has no idea how many of the 10,000 companies t... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025652/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:58:41 -0500 The Australian http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025652/ BEN Cousins was yesterday admitted to hospital suffering strong abdominal pain. Cousins had consulted the club doctors on Wednesday evening complaining of stomach pains and when they persisted yester... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025637/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:37:24 -0500 The Canberra Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025637/ WARATAHS coach Chris Hickey believes the last thing NSW should do is engage the Lions in a game of ''touch footy'' when the sides meet at the Sydney Football Stadium tomorrow night. Hickey is adamant... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025655/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:32:12 -0500 The Examiner http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025655/ SYDNEY (AP) - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said T... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025638/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:31:08 -0500 Find Law http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33025638/ The Government's new hospital funding package is a welcome first step in the health reform process, but will be better served when complemented through implementation of a preventive health strategy t... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022515/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:37 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022515/ swine flu vaccination program trial conducted in Tasmania by the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia and the Department of Health and Human Services has proved popular with the community. Phase II of ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022516/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:35 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022516/ Queensland drug-users experience significant positive outcomes from drug intervention, according to a UQ study in which almost half of the participants reduced drug use following diversionary tactics.... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022701/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:27 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022701/ Concerns about the alarming number of Australians suffering from persisting pain during their lifetime underpins the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners' (RACGP) participation at the Nat... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022702/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:35:26 -0500 Medical News Today http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33022702/ A wheelchair-bound Manitoba man remains in hospital after a brutal beating in Australia, which has left that country's citizens shocked by the predatory nature of the attack. Two teenage suspects hav... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023025/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:28:40 -0500 CTV http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023025/ THE multimillion-dollar cost of fixing the bungled home insulation program will be met by drawing unspent money from the scheme that could otherwise have been used to insulate more homes, the Prime Mi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023014/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:16 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023014/ A FORMER marketing manager at the Commonwealth Bank says the bank embarked on a ''campaign to denigrate'' her after she claimed to have been sexually harassed and bullied by senior managers. Vivienne... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023015/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:15 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023015/ Seat of power . . . the Treasurer Wayne Swan and the Deputy Prime Minister, Julia Gillard. Both championed the government’s paid parental leave legislation, which the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott,... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023016/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:14 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023016/ TONY ABBOTT might be facing derision from business lobbies over his proposed tax increase, but the public appears to be less wary - three-quarters of Australians believe companies should pay a greater... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023019/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:13 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023019/ IMPROVEMENTS to physical health will probably be outweighed by the negative impact of the Northern Territory invervention on psychological health, spirituality and cultural integrity, according to a r... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023021/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:12 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023021/ The grief-stricken mother of toddler Gurshan Singh Channa says she cannot understand how anyone could have hurt her little boy. Gurshan's body was found by a council worker in grass in Melbourne's no... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023022/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:11:10 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023022/ woman cut herself with a glass from fictional hangout Charlie's Bar.She smashed several props, causing filming to be cancelled and the astonished cast and crew to be rushed off set.Police were called ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023023/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:22 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023023/ TWO suspected terrorists involved in a plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist who depicted the Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog are set to appear in an Irish court today. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023024/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:21 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023024/ Troy Joshua Townley used a hammer and knife to kill Charlie Boulos, 24, at the home of Karen Hanna, Townley's on-again off-again lover, Crown prosecutor Paul Darcy told the Victorian Supreme Court tod... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023011/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:18 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023011/ woman cut herself with a glass from fictional hangout Charlie's Bar.She smashed several props, causing filming to be cancelled and the astonished cast and crew to be rushed off set.Police were called ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023012/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:10:17 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33023012/ /PRNewswire/ -- Over 100,000 practitioners now have access to Best Practice, the latest product from the BMJ Evidence Centre, which provides information for healthcare professionals at the point of... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020643/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:11:08 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020643/ (MENAFN) The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) said in a statement that Australia's unemployment rate climbed in February after a downward revision to the prior month's figure, Bloomberg reported.... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020869/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:06:24 -0500 MENAFN http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020869/ Cairns used by walkers to navigate in poor conditions on Ben Nevis are almost completely covered in snow, a mountain safety officer has warned.Heather Morning, of the Mountaineering Council of Scotlan... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020860/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:44:55 -0500 BBC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020860/ Rivers in northern NSW are expected to swell as the aftermath of record rainfalls in Queensland move downstream from the Sunshine State. Farmers and rural communities in NSW's far northwest should pr... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020866/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:40:53 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020866/ Gurshan's body was found by a council worker in grass in Melbourne's north on the evening of Thursday, March 4, six hours after he was reported missing.Speaking on SBS Radio's Punjabi program today hi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020862/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:58 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020862/ The Australian Law Reform Commission report into secrecy laws, tabled in Parliament today, says criminal sanctions should only be imposed when disclosure of government information is likely to harm es... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020864/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:57 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020864/ Gurshan's body was found by a council worker in grass in Melbourne's north on the evening of Thursday, March 4, six hours after he was reported missing.Speaking on SBS Radio's Punjabi program today hi... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020867/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:57 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020867/ JUST a day after becoming a new dad, Senior Sergeant Chris Hurley has again faced serious questions over the death of an Aboriginal man in custody. http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020863/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:39:56 -0500 News.com.au http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020863/ SYDNEY (AP) - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said T... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020861/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:12:47 -0500 Find Law http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33020861/ More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter today decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018632/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:45:14 -0500 SABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018632/ PERTH, AUSTRALIA--(Marketwire - March 11, 2010) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- A senior executive of the Reserve Bank of Australia has recently predicted that Austral... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018614/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:38:57 -0500 Market Wire http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018614/ Sydney - Karen Roberts thought she had found a soulmate in Wayne Charters, but the charming man who claimed to be a secret agent and to share her passion for dolphins and spirituality turned out to be... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018809/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:31:39 -0500 Earth Times http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018809/ The son of the New South Wales Labor MP John Aquilina has been charged with five counts of sexual assault. Jeremy Aquilina, 25, has been ordered to appear in court later this month to face the charge... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018824/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:37 -0500 ABC http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018824/ The Tasmanian Electoral Commission has found that the Liberal candidate, Tony Mulder, did not breach the Electoral Act by giving the impression in his election advertising material that he is still a ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018829/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:18 -0500 ABC News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018829/ The Catholic Church in Tasmania has for the first time recognised the state's Aboriginal community as the traditional owners of church land. Achbishop Adrian Doyle unveiled a plaque at Hobart's St Ma... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018828/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:17 -0500 ABC News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018828/ Staff at Sydney's Taronga Zoo have described how they were overwhelmed with emotion when they realised a baby elephant previously thought dead had been born alive. The staff have been unable to tear ... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018831/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:23:16 -0500 ABC News http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018831/ Indian-owned coal producer Gujarat NRE Coking Coal Ltd plans to spend $500 million expanding its two mines in the Illawarra region of New South Wales over the next five years. The underground mines n... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018817/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:13:00 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018817/ Hobart and the sleepy regional north Queensland town of Silkwood were among the best performing property markets over the past decade, research found. The best capital city performer for average annu... http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018816/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:12:57 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.sydneysun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/33018816/