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  • 80 Sri Lankans detained while attempting to illegally migrate to Australia

    Colombo, June 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Eighty Sri Lankans were detained by the navy on Wednesday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia, the navy said on its website. The trawler was intercepted by the navy and then handed over to the police for further investigations. The number of arrests made has risen due to the navy increasing the number of boats patrolling the shores of Sri Lanka. On ...

  • 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, ...

  • Smith to lead Australia A in Africa

    Cricket Australia's (CA) National Selection Panel (NSP) Wednesday named a 15-man squad for Australia A's tour to Africa in July and August. All-rounder Steve Smith will lead the side, and right-hand bat Aaron Finch has been named as his deputy. The side will play three four-day matches against Zimbabwe and South Africa A in July before the tri-series involving South Africa A and India A in ...

  • Australia A squad to add players from defeated Champions Trophy team

    Cricket Australia (CA) will reportedly be sending certain players from the defeated ICC Champions Trophy squad to join Australia A to maximise preparation time for the Ashes. Following a disappointing pool-round exit from the Champions Trophy, Australia will use the extra time before the opening tour match to give some players time with the A team, who completed a 93-run first-class win over ...

  • UAE Australia hold talks

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have held talks over a number of issues of mutual interest and explored ways to develop bilateral relations in all sectors. The talks were held Tuesday between General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's deputy prime minister and Roger Wilkins, the visiting Australian director of public prosecution. Other important officials were also present on ...


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Airplane! [DVD]

Airplane! [DVD]

Having already honed and perfected their unique brand of guerilla comedy in their long-running Kentucky Fried Theater and 1977's The Kentucky Fried Movie (which was directed by John Landis), it was finally time for the ZAZ team (brothers David and Jerry Zucker and their childhood friend Jim Abrahams) to make their own feature-length movie. The possibility of pulling it off seemed slim, ... ...

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  • 280 new moon craters identified

    Using ultra-high resolution mapping techniques, scientists from Australia have identified 280 craters on the moon that have never been mapped before. The researchers at Curtin University in Western Australia used computer modelling of lunar gravity and topography data to explore detailed basins that would be obscured using other methods, Xinhua reported. A total of 66 of the craters identified ...

  • Hughes Wade join Australia A squad

    Left-handed batsman Phil Hughes and wicket-keeper Matthew Wade will join the Australia A squad here Tuesday ahead of their final tour match against Gloucestershire beginning Friday. Skipper Michael Clarke, James Faulkner, Mitchell Starc, David Warner, Shane Watson and Chris Rogers will remain in London to prepare before the Ashes squad officially assembles June 24. Australia were knocked out ...

  • Newcastle Port sale bill being rushed through by NSW government

    Newcastle 2300 The New South Wales Government is hoping that legislation to privatise Newcastle Port can be rushed through the Lower House tonight.The Government announced the sell off in yesterday's budget, and it has already introduced a bill to allow the transaction.The Leader of Government business Brad Hazzard says it was necessary to suspend standing orders so the bill can be dealt ...

  • Game Council report not seen by Environment Minister Robyn Parker

    NSW The New South Wales Opposition has questioned why the Minister in charge of overseeing hunting in national parks has not yet seen a report into the Game Council.The Premier Barry O'Farrell instigated the review into the Council's governance after its acting chief executive and a volunteer were charged with illegal hunting and trespass.He said hunting in national parks would not ...

  • Cricket Australia plays down talk of Channel Nine influence over team selection

    Australia Cricket Australia (CA) chief executive James Sutherland has poured cold water on suggestions that Channel Nine will have influence over team selections under its new broadcast deal.News Limited reported that Nine Network managing director Jeffrey Browne implied at a business lunch in Sydney that the broadcaster had concerns about CA's rotation policy last summer, which rested ...

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