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  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • NRL investigates claims of racial attack on Oz rugby players wife

    The National Rugby League (NRL) of Australia has reportedly been investigating claims that spectators had racially abused the wife of a rugby player during a match last Friday. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, NRL football operations director Nathan McGuirk had confirmed that the body's integrity unit was aware of claims that the wife of Canterbury forward Frank Pritchard's wife Raima, ...

  • Australias World Cup history – in pictures

    After two unsuccessful campaigns, Australia finally qualified for their first World Cup. Australia were dealt a tough group. Games against East and West Germany (pictured above), ended in defeat. They gained a point against Chile but it wasn't enough to save them from group-stage elimination. Photograph: ...


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Movie Review

Life

"Life" is a surprisingly sentimental comedy about two men wrongly sentenced to life at hard labor in a Mississippi state prison. It is nothing like what you would expect from a high profile vehicle starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence, and it is certainly not what the advertising has made it out to be. There are many humorous passages, and even a number of laugh-out-loud moments. However, the ... ...

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  • NSW CTP Green Slip scheme reform legislation delayed

    NSW The New South Wales Government is delaying reforms to the Compulsory Third Party scheme because it does not have the numbers to get the legislation through the Upper House.Earlier this year, insurance companies said third party premiums would rise about 10 per cent after a steep rise in claims.The government then announced it would introduce a no-fault third party scheme aimed at reducing ...

  • Australias Wilful Blindness On Sri Lanka

    A Sri Lankan woman and her son were released from detention after their ASIO assessment was reviewed. Lawyer Elizabeth O'Shea acted for the family - and says it is not a victory for the ...

  • The worlds best airline is ...

    View all 17 photos Emirates has been named the best airline in the world for 2013, while Qantas has soared back into the top 10 in this years annual World Airline Awards. Qantas fell out of the World Airline Awards' top 10 for the first time last year, dropping to number 15 from number eight in 2011. The airline's ranking had sunk every year since 2008, when it peaked at number ...

  • Teen rape victim lucky

    Tennis champion Serena Williams is facing an angry backlash after suggesting that a teenage rape victim ‘‘shouldn’t have put herself in that position’’ and was ‘‘lucky’’ not to have been further injured in a crime that transfixed the US. The world's top-ranked women’s player questioned why the 16-year-old victim, who ...

  • Savage and degrading Bayley sentenced to life

    Adrian Ernest Bayley, the man guilty of the rape and murder of Jill Meagher, will be kept locked behind bars until he's at least 76 years ...

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