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  • 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 ...

  • Isla Fisher had near to death experience on sets of Now You See Me

    Australian actress Isla Fisher, who will be seen in Louis Leterrier's Now You See Me, recently revealed her near to death experience on the sets. Fisher is playing the role of an escape artist in the movie and is seen doing death-defying stunts, including her main stunt inside a water tank. "On the third day, in one of the last shots, there was a problem with the safety and my chain caught ...

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Basic Instinct 2

Basic Instinct 2

In the 14 years following the release of Paul Verhoevens Basic Instinct, the notorious erotic thriller that made her a star, Sharon Stone has been trying to live down the character of cold-hearted seductress and possible ice-pick-wielding murderess Catherine Tramell. Shes ... ...

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  • Chinas investment does not match status as Australias top trade partner

    China's investment in Australia does not match her status as the nation's largest trade partner, said Duan Jielong, China's Consul-General in Sydney on Tuesday. In a speech to Australia China Business Council (ACBC), Duan said as more and more Chinese companies come to Australia to invest, there seems to be some concerns about Chinese investment being too much and growing too ...

  • Sanchez dominant as Tigers thump Twins

    Detroit pitcher Anibal Sanchez almost threw the second no-hitter of his career in the Tigers' 6-0 win over Minnesota on Friday.Sanchez, who pitched his first no-hitter playing for the Florida Marlins in September 2006, kept the Twins hit-less until the ninth inning when Joe Mauer's single finally broke through.Sanchez struck out 12 in the win, while Don Kelly hit a two-run homer and ...

  • Drug labs uncovered in Sydneys inner west

    Two drug labs have been uncovered in Sydney's inner-west.A 33-year-old Rozelle man was arrested on Friday and as a result his Annandale home was raided.Police found a secret laboratory in a garage at the back of the house, where they allegedly found 10kg of pseudoephedrine.A 26-year-old woman was also arrested at the address.A 29-year-old man was later arrested at a Strathfield house where ...

  • Gillard Abbott rally their party faithful

    Opposition leader Tony Abbott has told his party faithful the tide is turning their way, while Prime Minister Julia Gillard accused him of cockiness as she hailed Labor's "champions of communities". Mr Abbott was in Melbourne to rev up supporters at the Victorian Liberal Party State Council on Saturday. "Yes you can sense a tide is moving our way," Mr Abbott told the ...

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