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  • Childs IQ linked to early weight gain

    A new research in Australia has suggested how much weight a baby gains during its first month could determine its intelligence quotient (IQ). After studying 13,800 children born at full-term, researchers at the University of Adelaide, said children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly, during the first month of life tend to have a higher IQ when they start school, Daily Mail ...

  • Channel Nine wants greater say in Oz team selection despite CA stance

    Fresh tensions have erupted between Cricket Australia (CA) and Channel Nine after a leading Nine executive reportedly said that the network expected to have a greater say not only in scheduling but also in team selection. This comes after CA rejected suggestions that Channel Nine would influence team selection and scheduling as part of its new 450 million-dollar deal on TV rights. According to ...

  • 80 Sri Lankans held while trying to migrate to Australia

    At least 80 Sri Lankans were detained by the navy Wednesday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia, the navy said. The trawler in which the detainees were travelling was intercepted by the navy. They were handed over to police for investigation, Xinhua reported. On May 30, as many as 52 Sri Lankans were detained, and later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department. The ...

  • Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur

    Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian restaurateur earlier this month. The 19-year-old man handed himself in to the police in connection with the attack on Himanshu Goyal, 22, while he was closing his restaurant in Bridge Mall at Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria June 7, according to media reports. The eight ...

  • Sri Lanka calls for Tamil refugees in Australia to return

    Sri Lankan external affairs minister has asked the Tamil refugees in Australia who fled the nation's bloody civil war to come home. The Tamils had quietly slipped into Canberra for talks on combating people smugglers. According to the Age, G.L. Peiris said Sri Lanka was now in a perfectly stable condition, with an economic boom in the once devastated northern Tamil regions. He, however, ...


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Persona

Ingmar Bergman's "Persona" is one of the rare films that is acutely aware of itself as a film. It opens with the lighting of a film projector lamp, the film itself running through the spools, then a series of disjointed, fragmented images, including a spider, a short animated sequence, and a spike being driven through a man's hand. The film then cuts to a surrealistic shot of a boy, sitting in a m ... ...

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  • Australia splits hairs over Curly Dicks and Titswobbles

    Local favorites like Curly Dick Road -- a place name in Meadow Flat in New South Wales which is stoutly defended by locals -- would likely remain, but those that could be considered offensive, such as Titswobble Drive, may be candidates for a future name ...

  • Lions 2013 Scrum king Alex Corbisiero named in Warren Gatlands side for First Test against Australia on Saturday

    The England prop was not even named in the original party but is preferred to his countryman Mako Vunipola in a position which had originally been earmarked for the injured Cian Healy.Corbisero is one of eight new test caps in a team led by Sam Warburton. George North has been declared fit to take his place on the wing while the in-form Jonathan Davies is named at centre in place of the injured ...

  • Parramatta Eels v South Sydney Rabbitohs

    : Eels +10.5 Phil Mitchell writes: If ever Parramatta are going to break their ANZ Stadium hoodoo, this is probably their best chance. The last-placed Eels have lost a staggering 11 consecutive matches at this ground, including five against Souths, but this time face a depleted Rabbitohs side. The competition leaders will be missing their Origin quartet of Greg Inglis, Ben Te’o, Chris ...

  • Australias Folau in uncapped trio to face Lions

    Australia's Israel Folau celebrates after scoring a try against New Zealand during their 2008 Rugby League World Cup match in Sydney in this October 26, 2008 file photo. REUTERS/Daniel ...

  • 12th case of meningococcal disease recorded in South Australia

    AN Adelaide toddler is in hospital with invasive meningococcal disease. SA Health says the two-year-old is in a good condition. The department has identified numerous contacts, 38 of which have been directed to receive antibiotics. The boy is the 12th person to be notified with the condition this year and 38 people who have had contact with the boy have been directed to receive antibiotics. No ...

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