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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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  • Family of Canadian hiker missing in Australia urging officials not to abandon search efforts

    The family of a missing Ontario man who disappeared almost two weeks ago in Australia's Snowy Mountains region is urging search-and-rescue officials to not give up, using social media to relay their message. In a YouTube video posted on Friday, Ruby Singh, Prabhdeep Srawn's cousin, made an emotional plea to Canadian and Australian authorities to not abandon their search efforts, ...

  • Olivia Newton-John loses older sister Rona

    Rona Newton-John, the older sister of Olivia Newton-John, has died in the US.The 70-year-old British-born and Melbourne-raised model and actress was diagnosed with brain cancer last month. Her older sister’s deteriorating condition caused Olivia to cancel upcoming performances in Las Vegas. Rona was married to Grease star Jeff Conaway from 1980 to 1985. Conaway, who played Kenickie in ...

  • PM calls time on live betting report

    Prime Minister Julia Gillard is expected to put sports broadcasters on notice, telling them to ban the running commentary of live betting odds or face tough new laws. News Limited reports that Ms Gillard on Sunday will announce that TV, radio and internet broadcasters must put an end to the promotion of betting odds during live sports matches. Bookmakers would have to be identified as such if ...

  • Vic P-plate driver caught drunk speeding

    A 21-YEAR-OLD Melbourne woman had her car impounded after being caught speeding by more than 60km/h over the limit while drunk behind the ...

  • Woman falls nine metres from unit balcony

    A WOMAN is in an induced coma with a punctured lung, fractured pelvis and broken leg after she fell from a fourth-floor balcony in Sydney's ...

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