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  • Sri Lanka seal Champions Trophy semifinal berth

    Sri Lanka edged Australia by 20 runs and in the process booked their seat in the semifinals of the Champions Trophy at the Kennington Oval here Monday. England tied on four points with Sri Lanka top Group A, due to a better run-rate, and will play South Africa Wednesday in the first semifinal here. Sri Lanka will take on India at Cardiff in the second semifinal Thursday. Mahela Jayawardene ...

  • Sri Lanka score 2538 against Australia

    Sri Lanka scored 253 for eight against Australia in a crucial Champions Trophy Group A encounter at the Kennington Oval here Monday. Mahela Jayawardene top scored with an unbeaten 84 off 81 balls while Lahiru Thirimanne chipped in with a patient 57. Mitchell Johnson was the pick of the bowlers taking three for ...

  • Australia temporarily bans 19 synthetic drugs

    A temporary ban has been imposed by the Australian government on the sale of 19 synthetic drugs in the wake of the death of a teenager who used a substance similar to LSD, the media reported. The 120-day ban applies to the sale and distribution of psychoactive drugs that produce effects similar to those experienced while using illegal drugs like marijuana and cocaine, allowing the state ...

  • Police have seized drugs and cash in a raid on a home in Sydneys south

    Beverly Hills 2209 Police investigating a major organised crime network say they have seized more than $5 million worth of drugs in Sydney's south.The Asian Crime Squad and the New South Wales Crime Commission has spent more than a year investigating the network, which has allegedly been supplying guns and drugs.Yesterday, officers stopped a taxi at Beverley Hills and allegedly found two ...

  • NSW budget Government to sell port of Newcastle

    NSW New South Wales Treasurer Mike Baird has handed down a cautious third budget, focusing on roads, rail and housing as the Government continues its drive to rein in expenses and cut wage costs.The budget papers contained few surprises, with most new measures having already been leaked to the media.The headline announcement will see the Government continue its privatisation of the ...


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The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) [DVD]

Henri-Georges Clouzots existential suspense classic The Wages of Fear (La Salaire de la peur) opens in Las Piedres, a village in a poor, unnamed country somewhere in the heart of South America. It is a lost, dilapidated place of nearly suffocating heat where naked chi ... ...

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  • Port sale to fund Newcastle revamp

    Analysis: budget designed to establish trust The port of Newcastle will be sold for an anticipated $700 million in the latest privatisation by the O’Farrell government designed to pour funds into infrastructure for NSW. The sale - by way of a 99-year lease - is the centrepiece of Treasurer Mike Baird’s third budget and aims to capitalise on the record price of more than $5 billion ...

  • Bestiality claim Ive been proved right

    Bernardi: 'It's happening' Liberal senator Cory Bernardi says his highly contentious comments on same sex marriage are being proved right. He's also attacked Kevin Rudd's change of position on the ...

  • NRLs sorry endless story

    The case of Big George v Family Sedan might cause only a slight tremor from the NRL's Attrocityometer. James Tamou's blood alcohol reading had the needle twitching more. The allegations of indecent assault against now former Origin star Blake Ferguson are on a different scale. But, together, these cases are part of a seemingly endless story. One with a common theme. NRL players ...

  • Australia can lead the way for intersex people | Morgan Carpenter

    guidelines . This has been possible as part of a government commitment to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) inclusion, even while public awareness of intersex remains sketchy. You see, our lives are medicalised, and our voices rarely heard. This limited understanding was recently exemplified by a press agency report published globally this month: ...

  • BA Crew Climbs Sydney Harbour Bridge for Dreamflight

    A passionate British Airways crew touched down in Sydney on June 15 to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge and raise funds for the Dreamflight charity. Co-founded by retired British Airways cabin crew member Patricia Pearce MBE, Dreamflight is an incredible charity that takes seriously ill and disabled children from the UK on a life-changing holiday to Orlando, Florida, flown in a chartered ...

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