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  • Childs IQ linked to early weight gain

    A new research in Australia has suggested how much weight a baby gains during its first month could determine its intelligence quotient (IQ). After studying 13,800 children born at full-term, researchers at the University of Adelaide, said children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly, during the first month of life tend to have a higher IQ when they start school, Daily Mail ...

  • Clarke says up to umpires to judge any ball tampering

    Australian captain Michael Clarke has said that it is up to the umpires to deliver judgement on any ball tampering on the field, following the simmering ball tampering allegations against England at the ICC Champions Trophy. England progressed to Sunday's final at the expense of South Africa but are still fuming that former Test bowler Bob Willis opened a can of worms by suggesting that players ...

  • Ahmed cleared for Ashes after successful Oz citizenship vote

    Bringing a ray of hope to Australia's Ashes prospects, leg-spinner Fawad Ahmed has reportedly cleared the final hurdle to be eligible for the looming series in England after legislation that allows him to be granted a passport successfully passed through the Senate. The Pakistan-born asylum seeker is touring with the Australia A squad in England but can now officially be selected for the Ashes ...

  • Steve Smith in line for late Ashes call-up

    Australian cricketer Steve Smith is reportedly expected to be included as a reserve batsman for the Ashes squad following captain Michael Clarke's ongoing back injury and opener David Warner's suspension. According to News.com.au, among Australia's struggling batsmen, Smith, a better spinner than pacer, has been one of the few good news stories this year and is unlucky not to have been included ...

  • Battle-hardened Harris confident of staying in England for complete Ashes series

    Australian fast bowler Ryan Harris has said that he will be staying for all the five Ashes Tests. The battle-hardened Harris will make his return from an Achilles injury for Australia A in Friday's three-day tour match against Gloucestershire in Bristol, and is set to take revenge against England in the Ashes, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. Although Harris has only managed back-to-back ...

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Quantum of Solace [Blu-Ray]

Quantum of Solace [Blu-Ray]

Following up on the gritty, hard-edged franchise reboot that was 2006s Casino Royale, Quantum of Solace, the 22nd official film in the James Bond canon, picks up right where its predecessor left off, both narratively and tonally. Thinking that he has been betrayed ... ...

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  • Channel Nine wants greater say in Oz team selection despite CA stance

    Fresh tensions have erupted between Cricket Australia (CA) and Channel Nine after a leading Nine executive reportedly said that the network expected to have a greater say not only in scheduling but also in team selection. This comes after CA rejected suggestions that Channel Nine would influence team selection and scheduling as part of its new 450 million-dollar deal on TV rights. According to ...

  • ECB chief says Warner row brought CA England authorities closer together

    England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chief executive David Collier has said that the aftermath of the David Warner incident has brought the Australian and English cricketing authorities closer together. Warner punched England batsman Joe Root in a Birmingham bar following England's ICC Champions Trophy win over their old rivals at Edgbaston and was subsequently suspended until the first Ashes ...

  • Assange calls Gillard government perverted for abandoning him

    WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has been holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy for a year has slammed the Australian government for having abandoned him. According to News.com.au, Assange said that the Julia Gillard government bent over more than any other country in the world to publicly satisfy the US. He said that the duty of the government was to protect an Australian organization and ...

  • 80 Sri Lankans held while trying to migrate to Australia

    At least 80 Sri Lankans were detained by the navy Wednesday for attempting to illegally migrate to Australia, the navy said. The trawler in which the detainees were travelling was intercepted by the navy. They were handed over to police for investigation, Xinhua reported. On May 30, as many as 52 Sri Lankans were detained, and later handed over to the Criminal Investigation Department. The ...

  • Australian charged in attack on Indian restaurateur

    Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian restaurateur earlier this month. The 19-year-old man handed himself in to the police in connection with the attack on Himanshu Goyal, 22, while he was closing his restaurant in Bridge Mall at Ballarat in the Australian state of Victoria June 7, according to media reports. The eight ...

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