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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 ...

  • NRL Warriors rebound from Penrith thrashing to beat Newcastle Knights

    New Zealand The Warriors bounced back from last weekend's thrashing at the hands of Penrith to defeat Newcastle 28-12 at Mt Smart Stadium on ...

  • Australia to end live betting odds during sports PM

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will ban the broadcast of betting odds during live sports matches under new rules unveiled Sunday, designed to keep the watching of sport separate from the promotion of gambling.Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government had ordered broadcasters to amend their codes to ensure a reduction in the promotion and advertising of gambling during sport."All promotion ...

  • Defensive demons Manly to work on attack

    Manly will look to sharpen their attack over their much-needed NRL bye, but no one can question their defensive qualities.Five days on from making an NRL record 419 tackles in a gruelling golden-point draw against the Storm, Manly produced another mighty effort in a 16-10 home win over Canberra on Saturday night.The Raiders dominated the first 55 minutes, but the Sea Eagles again dug deep ...

  • Video of second fan shouting abuse

    A day after a 13 year-old girl apologised to Adam Goodes for shouting racial abuse, another video of a fan screaming about 'black' players has emerged from Friday's ...


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Zazie dans le métro [Blu-Ray]

Zazie dans le métro [Blu-Ray]

Demonstrating early that he was a filmmaker who could never be pigeonholed in terms of story or style, Louis Malle chose to follow his first two films, the taut thriller Elevator to the Gallows (1958) and the scandalous romantic drama The Lovers (1958), with an adaptation ... ...

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  • TV industry agrees to gambling restrictions

    Tom Waterhouse would be banned from continuing to spruik live odds during sports games under restrictions proposed by the federal ...

  • Penriths Robinsons long road to the top

    In-form Penrith winger Travis Robinson has revealed it was his mother's insistence that drove him towards pursuing an NRL career after he walked away from the game for three years following a horrific injury. Robinson scored his fifth try in as many games on Saturday as the Panthers beat St George Illawarra 19-0 to complete a third successive win and catapult themselves into the top ...

  • David Attenborough interview endless growth is lunacy

    Sir David Attenborough shares his thoughts on Australia, population growth and the state of the natural world ahead of his national tour in ...

  • JX Nippon KUFPEC and Santos begin oil output in Australia

    (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration Corp., a unit of Japan's top refiner, said Friday it started commercial oil production from the Finucane South field, off Western Australia, on May 16. The project is jointly owned by a local unit of state-owned Kuwait Foreign Petroleum Exploration Company (KUFPEC) and Australian upstream group Santos. Production began ...

  • Woman wakes from coma after falling nine metres from unit balcony

    Kingsford 2032 A woman has woken from 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. Detectives hope to speak to her later this afternoon to find out ...

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