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  • Australia India strengthen agriculture skills ties

    Australia and India today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop and strengthen cooperation in skills training in the agriculture sector. The MoU results from the joint commitment of the Australian and Indian Prime Ministers in October 2012 to build bilateral partnerships between skills councils in key industry areas, including telecommunications, retail, mining, ...

  • Ford to close manufacturing operations in Australia slash 1200 jobs

    Ford will close its manufacturing operations in Australia and 1200 workers will lose their jobs in October 2016. Ford Australia president and CEO Bob Graziano said that the company would shut the Geelong engine factory, costing 510 jobs, and the Broadmeadows car assembly line, shedding another 650 positions, reports News.com.au. Sacked workers have been offered a 39 million-dollar rescue ...

  • Australia looks into allowing Sikhs to wear turban at work

    Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said that she would look into the issue of allowing Sikhs in her country to wear the turban while at work and also while riding motorcycles. "We will work with your community to help make the necessary changes requested on cultural and religious grounds," the Blacktown Sun quoted her as saying Thursday during a visit to Gurdwara Sahib in the Sydney ...

  • Casual Khawaja set to prove critics wrong with worthy performance in Ashes

    Australian cricketer Usman Khawaja has said that he is often misunderstood by some in the Cricket Australia hierarchy, saying that he will prove them wrong by proving himself on the field and bringing home the Ashes. Khawaja has been largely stranded on the periphery in the past two years, playing only six Tests since his debut in an Ashes Test in Sydney in 2011, and against England, the Sydney ...

  • Man jailed for four years for strangling mother

    Goulburn 2580 A man who strangled his elderly mother during an argument at their home in the New South Wales southern highlands will spend at least four years behind bars.Terrence Kain phoned his sister one night in February 2011 and simply said: "Mum's dead. I strangled her, she's dead."When police arrived at the Goulburn home Kain, who has alcohol-induced dementia, told ...


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The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

The 400 Blows (Les quatre cents coups) [DVD]

In the early 1950s, with the help of noted film theorist and critic Andr Bazin, 20-year-old Franois Truffaut began writing regularly for the Parisian film journal Cahiers du cinema. He quickly gained a reputation as an uncompromising and often vicious critic with a clear-cut sense ... ...

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  • Murder just before a wedding

    A US woman who stabbed her fiance to death with a large kitchen knife hours before their wedding last year folded her hands and rocked side to side as a Pennsylvania jury announced it had found her guilty of first-degree murder. The jury of five woman and seven men deliberated for just under three hours before reaching its decision during the third day of Na Cola Darcel Franklin's trial. ...

  • Police turn up heat on Hells Angels

    Just after 8pm last night police from searched a property at Granville used as headquarters by the Hells Angels Parramatta Chapter.During a search of the property, officers identified a number of items and structures which were in breach of the property’s development application regulations. Officers also seized Hells Angels paraphernalia, as well as evidence the illegal sale of alcohol ...

  • Ferry passengers told to pay up

    FERRY passengers will be hit with a fare hike of up to $17 a week in a bid to encourage greater uptake of the new electronic ticket ...

  • Australia economy strong despite end to Ford production PM

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard moved to allay fears about the economy on Friday saying it had strong fundamentals, after US carmaker Ford announced an end to production in the country.Ford said Thursday it will stop making vehicles at its unprofitable Australian plants in 2016, prompting concern for the manufacturing industry which is struggling due to the high Australian ...

  • Fares to rise for some ferry passengers

    New ticketing rules will significantly increase fares for Sydney ferry passengers who use multi-trip tickets for their daily commute. Until now ferry users could purchase the cheapest tickets, MyMulti 1, but they will soon be forced to buy the more expensive MyMulti 2 or 3 tickets. New South Wales Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian says the move will correct an anomaly that gave regular ...

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