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  • Warner expected to plead guilty for Twitter rant during CA hearing

    Australian Test batsman David Warner is expected to plead guilty during Cricket Australia hearing over his recent Twitter rant with two prominent journalists. Senior Code of Behaviour Commissioner, Justice Gordon Lewis, will hear the case via teleconference. According to news.com.au, Warner faces sanction ranging from a fine, suspension, reprimand or counseling after being reported under CA's ...

  • Newly identified immune protein could stop diabetes in its tracks

    An immune protein that has the potential to stop or reverse the development of type 1 diabetes in its early stages, before insulin-producing cells have been destroyed, has been identified by Melbourne researchers. The discovery has wider repercussions, as the protein is responsible for protecting the body against excessive immune responses, and could be used to treat, or even prevent, other ...

  • Social network addiction taking over lives Australian study

    The 2013 Yellow Social Media Report has analyzed that a growing number of Australians are using social network at an addictive rate wherever they can, even in toilet cubicles! According to the study, three out of every five internet users are accessing these sites more than five times a day, making it a total of seven hours a day. In a report by News.com, the study found that the time spent by ...

  • Annual report of Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership launched

    The annual report of the Australia-India Institute-Australia India Youth Dialogue Partnership was launched at the Australian High Commission here last evening in the presence of Australian High Commissioner Patrick Suckling and Australia-India Institute (AII) Director Professor Amitabh Mattoo. The event was held in the Murray Harris Room of the Australian High Commission. Speaking on the ...

  • Australia should help Dubai fraud man Abbott

    Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has suggested the 10-year jail sentence imposed on Australian businessman Matthew Joyce in Dubai is harsh by Australian standards and the government should be doing everything it can to ...

Movie Review

Notorious [DVD]

Notorious [DVD]

Notorious is the best of Alfred Hitchcock's espionage thrillers and one of the strongest works of his extensive cinematic career. In Hitchcock's Films Revisted, Robin Wood described it as "one of Hitchcock's finest works," and Franois Truffaut, in his interviews with Hitchcock, professed that it "is truly my favorite Hitchcock picture ... In my opinion, Notorious is the very q ... ...

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  • Mining services suffer as Australias mining boom peaks

    - A spate of profit warnings from Australian mining services firms suggests the country's "once-in-a-century" resources spending boom may have peaked sooner than companies, economists and policymakers had ...

  • A damsel in distress as King Kong arrives in Melbourne

    Melbourne 3000 There was a movie star moment high above Melbourne as theatre promoters re-enacted one of cinema's most famous scenes.Melbourne' Eureka Tower took the role of the Empire State building, as part of a stunt to promote the stage show, 'King Kong'.Ann Darrow was the original damsel in distress in the movie version, and on Tuesday it was stunt double, Leigh-Anne ...

  • Genia backs Coopers Wallabies chances

    With Robbie Deans' critique still ringing in his ears, Quade Cooper has been backed by Queensland Reds halves partner Will Genia to respond by sealing a belated Wallabies squad spot for the British and Irish Lions series. Wallabies halfback Genia admitted he was disappointed by Cooper's omission from Deans' initial 25-man squad for the three-Test series against the Lions. ...

  • Richmonds Grimes suffers new AFL setback

    Dylan Grimes' horrendous run of injuries continues, with the Richmond defender set to miss up to eight more weeks in the AFL. Grimes was expected to miss only a couple of games after he suffered a foot injury in the round-six loss to Geelong. But the Tigers announced on Tuesday that the backman is sidelined for six to eight weeks. "Unfortunately, Dylan's foot has not responded ...

  • Desperate Tigers recall Marshall IN NRL

    All is forgiven at Wests Tigers, with coach Mick Potter making an SOS call to star playmaker Benji Marshall to save their sinking season. Potter made the bold decision to bench his star five-eighth last week, but the move backfired with the Tigers falling behind 16-0 after 17 minutes before Marshall was injected into the game. But that move has been shelved after just one match, with Marshall ...

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