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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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Pygmalion [DVD]

Pygmalion [DVD]

When George Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" first premiered on the London stage in 1914, it caused something a scandal. And why not? While not an overtly activist piece of theater, "Pygmalion" did have a lesson that came at the expense of the British upper class, the very people who were most likely to go see it. ...

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  • Mother model was much more than Olivias older sister

    Rona Newton-John, left, with her younger sister Olivia. Olivia Newton-John's sister Rona - mother of singer Tottie Goldsmith and first wife of Melbourne nightclub king Brian Goldmsith - has died in the US. Rona, 70, a model and actress from Melbourne who left the city in the 1960s to find fame and fortune - only to live for decades in the shadow of her younger sister's global fame - ...

  • Brumbies weather Blues storm in Auckland

    A Brumbies side aided by unpredictable wet weather conditions has fought off a late Blues fightback in Auckland to win 20-13 and snap a two-game Super Rugby losing streak. It was a scrappy, desperate game at Eden Park, the Brumbies finishing slightly ahead courtesy of their early domination of the scrum and ill-discipline from the Blues. Brumbies coach Jake White said the wet weather favoured ...

  • Naitanui dominates in Eagles win over GWS

    The rise and rise of ruckman Nic Naitanui continued on Saturday as West Coast strolled to a 100-point thumping of AFL cellar dwellers Greater Western Sydney at Showground Stadium. GWS coach Kevin Sheedy spent all week talking up Naitanui's exploits in the press, looking to use the Penrith-born excitement machine as a promotional weapon. Naitanui delivered with a dazzling display of tap ...

  • Cats coach wants more after thrashing Port

    Geelong coach Chris Scott says he's a sad sack. The Cats pummelled Port Adelaide into a 48-point submission at AAMI Stadium on Saturday, yet Scott still found fault with his AFL side's sluggish last-quarter effort. At their barnstorming best, Geelong kicked the initial nine goals of the game to set up their 18.8 (116) to 9.14 (68) away victory. With Steve Johnson and Jimmy Bartel ...

  • NRL agent questioned over Kingaroy death

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