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  • Suspected international arms dealer joins Bout in America Suspected international arms dealer joins Bout in America

    Richard Chichakli, who has been tied to convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, has been extradited from Australia to the US. The 53 year old alleged financial muscle behind the Bout gun-running organisation had been living in Melbourne under an alias before authorities arrested him in January. Syrian-born Chichakli had managed to evade police while working as a cleaner in the ...

  • 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 ...

  • Haddin views cricket in new light despite Ashes anticipation following daughters cancer struggles

    Australian wicketkeeper Brad Haddin has said that despite being back in the pursuit of the Ashes, he is viewing cricket in a new light following his daughter's battle with cancer. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, although the Ashes journey is the greatest adventure for an Australian cricketer and normally fills his mind for most of the time, however, Haddin had even considered retirement ...

  • Steve Waugh wants Clarke to stay put at successful No.5 spot

    Former Australian captain Steve Waugh has advised current skipper Michael Clarke to stay on at the No.5 place in the batting order, where he has had much success. Although Clarke has been urged to move up the order in the wake of Australia's continuing top order struggles and the recent 4-0 series flogging in India, Waugh claims it would be wrong to shift Clarke from a position, from which he ...

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Sarah's Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah)

Sarah's Key (Elle s’appelait Sarah)

Sarahs Key (Elle sappelait Sarah) is a consistently engrossing, sometimes stunning, but emotionally uneven film that literalizes its thematic insistence on the importance of storytelling in maintaining historical memory by making an often neglected chapter of the Holocaust the ... ...

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  • 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 ...

  • Car production not at an end Government

    Federal Trade Minister Craig Emerson says Ford’s plan to stop building cars in Australia does not spell the end of local vehicle production. Ford announced on Thursday about 1200 workers will lose their jobs at its two plants in Victoria by October 2016. Its profits have been squeezed by the high Australian dollar, making exports more expensive and imports cheaper. ‘‘We ...

  • Car production in Aust not at an end govt

    Federal Trade Minister Craig Emerson says Ford's plan to stop building cars in Australia does not spell the end of local vehicle production. Ford announced on Thursday about 1200 workers will lose their jobs at its two plants in Victoria by October 2016. Its profits have been squeezed by the high Australian dollar, making exports more expensive and imports cheaper. "We don't ...

  • Nick Cummins fit for Wallaby duties

    Western Force winger Nick Cummins is expected to take part in the June 5 tour match against the British and Irish Lions despite battling another knee injury. Cummins, who missed seven games earlier this season due to inflammation in his knee, was a late withdrawal from Saturday night's 19-18 win over the Highlanders at nib Stadium after copping a knock to the same knee a week earlier. ...

  • Blues rue fortunes despite AFL win

    A full moon was blamed for Carlton's bizarre 13-point AFL win over Brisbane but only Lions coach Michael Voss seems to have been left howling. Blues coach Mick Malthouse could find the funny side of Carlton's inaccuracy after they saw a 32-point second term lead evaporate before holding on to a 13.20 (98) to 12.13 (85) victory. However, it was no laughing matter for Voss, who is ...

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