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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 ...

  • Gillard moves to ban live odds restrict gambling ads during games

    Tom Waterhouse would be banned from continuing to spruik live odds during sports games under restrictions proposed by the federal government. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has intervened in the sports betting debate, demanding TV and radio networks ban the promotion of live odds and restrict gambling advertisements during sporting matches. The Prime Minister’s intervention comes after ...

  • NRMA wants $150m to tackle congestion

    The NRMA has delivered its pitch to the federal government and the opposition ahead of the September 14 election, saying 90 per cent of NSW roads are managed by local councils.It says applications for projects to address congestion could come from councils and the roads department and be assessed by a panel including the federal government, local council representatives and the NRMA."If ...

  • Five things to do today Australia Art Month

    exhibition at Art Hub. On display are works created by Julian Clavijo, Cheryl Malloy, Maria Pea, Kathryn Ryan and Michal Teague during their month-long stay in Abu Dhabi. From 9am to 8pm, Art Hub,Plot 38 MW5, Musaffah, Abu Dhabi, 02 551 ...


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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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  • Family of missing Canadian hiker urges continued search in Australia

    The family of a missing Ontario man who disappeared almost two weeks ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains region is urging search-and-rescue officials to not give up, using social media to relay their message. In a YouTube video posted on Friday, Ruby Singh, Prabhdeep Srawn's cousin, made an emotional plea to Canadian and Australian authorities to not abandon their search efforts, ...

  • NSWs youngest MPs resounding win

    The 28-year-old becomes the youngest MP in the NSW parliament and gives the O'Farrell Government a record 70 seats in NSW Parliament, after winning the seat held by former Independent MP, Richard Torbay.Mr Marshall's 30 per cent swing was boosted by the shock resignation of Mr Torbay from State Parliament in March. Mr Torbay had joined the Nationals and had been intending to leave the ...

  • 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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