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  • Monkey teeth give clues on when Neanderthal baby was weaned

    Researchers from the US and Australia have claimed that they can now use fossil teeth to calculate when a Neanderthal baby was weaned. The new technique is based in part on knowledge gained from studies of teeth from human infants and from monkeys at the California National Primate Research Center at the University of California, Davis. Using the new technique, the researchers concluded that ...

  • Ex-AFL chief warns CA of need of robust approach to anti-corruption

    Former Australian Football League (AFL) chief executive Adrian Anderson has said that Cricket Australia (CA) and state cricket associations needed a robust national approach to anti-corruption. Stating that one global betting exchange turns over a billion dollars a year on Australian cricket, Anderson, who is conducting a review of CA's integrity and disciplinary systems, estimated that 60 per ...

  • Sydney woman in coma after falling nine metres from unit balcony

    Kingsford 2032 A woman remains in a coma after falling from a fourth-floor balcony in Sydney's south-east last night.Just after 11:30pm, the 35-year-old woman fell nine metres into the courtyard of another unit. She is in hospital in a serious but stable condition, with a punctured lung, fractured pelvis and broken leg. She remains in an induced coma, but detectives hope to speak to her ...

  • Uniformed French soldier stabbed in Paris

    Police officers stand at the site where a man armed with a box cutter attacked a French soldier patrolling a subway station of Paris' business district, stabbing him in the ...

  • Three new arrests over terror attack

    Three men have been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier hacked to death in a London street by two Islamists. Two men aged 24 and 28 were arrested at a residential address in southeast London while a 21-year-old man was arrested in the street around 1.5 kilometres from the murder scene, Scotland Yard police headquarters said in a statement on Saturday. Taser guns ...


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Ratatouille

Ratatouille

As have all their previous films, Pixar's Ratatouille, which tells the unlikely story of a country rat who yearns to be a Parisian chef, stands out among the other computer-animated movies of late. Ever since the release of 1995's Toy Story, the first feature-length comp ... ...

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  • Three fresh arrests over London soldier murder

    Three men were arrested Saturday on suspicion of conspiracy to murder the British soldier who was hacked to death in a London street by two ...

  • 3D printing expert hoses down fears of homemade gun surge

    Australia An expert in the technology of 3D printing has questioned fears it could spark a mass proliferation of homemade guns on Australia's streets.3D printers - available for less than $1,000 - work by printing layer upon layer of plastic, building objects from virtual blueprints.New South Wales Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione yesterday warned more than 100,000 firearm blueprints ...

  • Julia Gillard Tony Abbott rally party faithful ahead of election

    Australia As the federal election bandwagon rolls on, Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott have rallied party faithful.Ms Gillard today addressed Labor ministers, sitting members and candidates from across New South Wales at a campaign seminar at Parramatta, in Sydney's west.She admitted winning the election would be hard but she urged candidates to keep ...

  • Lions all the more eager for victory in Australia after three defeats | Eddie Butler

    Brian O'Driscoll scores for the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia at the Gabba in 2001. Photograph: Darren England/Getty ...

  • Sydneys new million-dollar suburbs

    Sydney house prices are back on the rise and suburbs such as once-cheap(ish) Manly Vale have just joined the million-dollar club. Always considered Manly's poor cousin, Manly Vale's median house price has hit $1,005,000 - a rise of 10 per cent on a year ago. ''I've always thought it was one of those hidden gems that not many people knew about,'' said ...

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