Top Stories: Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif has said he was unfairly treated for testing positive to steroids. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:06 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australian openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich fell agonisingly short of centuries, but their side was in a commanding position against Pakistan on the first day of the first Test of the series at the MCG here. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 03:10:05 -0500Melbourne, Dec 26 : Actress Gemma Arterton has urged women not to imitate her or her fellow Hollywood actresses and create an identity of their own. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:24 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australia's star-studded domestic Twenty20 competition begins on Monday and big hitting West Indies captain Chris Gayle will lead the international charge. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:10:16 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Disgraced 1988 Seoul Games 100 meter winner Ben Johnson has reportedly obtained an explosive confession from a mystery man who had access to the Olympic doping control room at the 1988 Seoul Games. The man has admitted to spiking Johnson's drink with an anabolic steroid. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:23 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 26 : Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting urged Pakistan to bring on a bouncer war as he declared himself an almost certain starter for his 13th Boxing Day Test. ANI Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:20:19 -0500Gail Kello, CEO of Westpac has sold $7 million worht of her near $40 million portfolio of shares in the bank. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:33:24 -0500London, Dec 25 (IANS) Actress Nicole Kidman has upset neighbours near her Australian country home after planting 150 of the notorious leylandii tree to shield her house from onlookers. IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 08:20:03 -0500Washington, December 25 : A new study has determined that an ancient dwarf whale unearthed in southeastern Australia captured its prey by slurping up mouthfuls of mud. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:50:05 -0500Melbourne, Dec 25 (IANS) Australia's hope to bid for the 2018 and the 2022 FIFA World Cup received a boost with the government saying that it will control the key elements of the bid and establishing a taskforce to sort out problems that have dogged Australia's push to host the largest event in world sport... IANS Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:40:02 -0500Melbourne, Dec 25 : Actress Sophie Monk says David Hasselhoff has been calling and asking her to have "Hoff-ee" ever since the duo starred together in 2006 comical Click. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 05:10:04 -0500Melbourne, Dec. 25 : Pakistan cricket captain Mohammad Yousuf will remind his team that brilliance alone won't be enough to beat Australia in the first Test at the MCG, starting on Saturday. ANI Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:00:03 -0500A man has died in a fall from a hall in Perth in Western Australia. Big News Network.com Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:34:58 -0500(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Pakistan's all-rounder Sohail Tanvir yesterday pulled out of a contract with Australian side Victoria after doctors advised him to rest an injured knee. The 25-year-old was du... MENAFN Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:13:51 -0500Australia's seemingly endless search for a summer century reached farcical levels in an eventful start to the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan at the MCG. The home side reached a dominant 3 for 305 a... ABC Australia Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:04:08 -0500Victorian yacht owner Rob Date had good reason for mixed feelings on Boxing Day. Date's 52-footer Scarlet Runner blitzed the 103-strong field when she set a race record in the Cock of the Bay race on... ABC Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:04:00 -0500A woman is being treated in hospital after being attacked by two dogs in her home on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula. Paramedics say two Staffordshire Bull Terriers followed the 70-year-old into her ... ABC News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:03:57 -0500Emergency services say up to nine people could be injured after a hot air balloon hit powerlines in south-east Queensland. The accident happened at Biddaddaba, near Mount Tamborine, a short time ago.... ABC News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:03:56 -0500MELBOURNE - A third century stand in as many matches between openers Shane Watson and Simon Katich put Australia in a position of command over Pakistan in the first test at the MCG. Although contrast... New Zealand Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:03:14 -0500A surge in NSW road deaths has subsided over Christmas, but drink drivers and speeding idiots continue to flout the law. Thirteen people have died in road accidents in the state since Operation Safe ... Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:52:32 -0500Sydney FC marquee man John Aloisi is aiming to finish his second season at the A-League club with a flurry of goals and a championship title. The former Socceroo has endured a troubled time with the ... Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:52:27 -0500A 70-year-old Victorian woman saw her pet dog mauled to death by two dogs who followed her into her home. The attacking dogs followed the woman inside as she brought her shopping into her house in Dr... Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:52:25 -0500The man, from Port Sorell, was critically injured after the fatal crash at Elizabeth Town which also killed a man in his 50s.The 17-year old man died in hospital today, bringing the Tasmanian road tol... News.com.au Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:51:40 -0500A MALE driver has died in a single-vehicle accident at Tarragindi on Brisbane's southside. The vehicle was travelling south on Toohey Road when it rolled near Mayfield Rd about 2.50pm on Saturday. Th... Courier Mail Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:51:14 -0500Jackson Law beat Launceston's Peter Loft with Malaysia's Azizul Awang in third place.Latrobe Carnival 2009 major results:Men's Wheel _ Jackson Law 1, Peter Loft 2, Azizyl Awang 3.Men's Gift _ Gary Mon... The Examiner Sat, 26 Dec 2009 01:24:00 -0500Australia continues to dominate Pakistan midway through the second session of the Boxing Day cricket test in Melbourne and is 160 without loss approaching tea. Newstalk ZB Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:57:40 -0500Private schools' annual fees will hit $26,000 a year and the Independent Schools Association says it is the highest fees have ever been. Ascham School in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs reached the figure a... ABC News Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:45:58 -0500A pregnant woman who was struck by a van that mounted a footpath on the NSW Central Coast has lost her baby. Police say the 29-year-old woman was walking along Coachwood Road at Ourimbah shortly afte... Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:33:30 -0500The man, from Port Sorell, was critically injured after the fatal crash at Elizabeth Town which also killed a man in his 50s.The 17-year old man died in hospital today, bringing the Tasmanian road tol... News.com.au Sat, 26 Dec 2009 00:32:24 -0500Shane Watson is closing in on his maiden Test century as Australia continues to pile on the runs against Pakistan in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG.A week after being fined 15 percent of his match fee... sportal.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:40:36 -0500Alfa Romeo won a significant psychological battle as it edged past Wild Oats XI to lead the 2009 Sydney to Hobart fleet out of Sydney Heads this afternoon. But Etihad Stadium was unable to negotiate ... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:27:03 -0500Farmers are breathing a sigh of relief after parts of western New South Wales recorded more than 100 millimetres of rain in the past 24 hours. Tullamore in the Central West has received 117 millimetr... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:27:01 -0500Consumer refund complaints are rampant in Queensland following a sharp increase in the number of people contacting the Office of Fair Trading. Minister for Tourism and Fair Trading Peter Lawlor said ... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:14:34 -0500OFFICERS resorted to their firearms after trying other methods to calm an irate man who died after being shot by police on Christmas Day. News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:13:43 -0500OFFICERS resorted to their firearms after trying other methods to calm an irate man who died after being shot by police on Christmas Day. News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:13:39 -0500A boat carrying suspected asylum seekers has been intercepted in Australian waters and its crew and passengers transported to the overcrowded immigration detention centre on Christmas Island.The borde... The West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:07:17 -0500Manny Pacquiao plans to sue Floyd Mayweather, the American's father and Golden Boy Promotions in the next few days following a row over doping procedures, the Filipino world champion said in a stateme... ABC Sports Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:06:15 -0500Formula One ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone has predicted a "jaw-dropping season" as "comeback kid" Michael Schumacher takes on McLaren's dream-team of Lewis Hamilton and world champion Jenson Button. S... ABC Sports Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:06:13 -0500Fulham manager Roy Hodgson is targeting another heavyweight English Premier League scalp when Tottenham comes calling at Craven Cottage this weekend. Fulham's 3-0 victory over Manchester United last ... ABC Sports Fri, 25 Dec 2009 23:06:11 -0500Hot temperatures in Perth should see people flock to the coast. Perth looks set to close in on a 40 degree day on Monday, potentially the hottest so far this summer. A deepening trough over the wes... WA Today Fri, 25 Dec 2009 22:22:03 -0500Sydney's inclement weather has forced the postponement of Saturday's Australian Sprintcar grand prix at Parramatta City Raceway. The event, featuring NASCAR great Tony Stewart, four-time World of Out... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:52:06 -0500Shane Watson let his batting speak and the answer had Australia nicely placed at 0-73 against Pakistan at lunch on the first day of the first Test at the MCG. A week after he was punished for his ove... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:52:03 -0500A HOT air balloon with 17 people on board has crashed to the ground after clipping powerlines near Beaudesert in southeast Queensland. The hot air balloon struck powerlines at about 8am on Creek Rd a... Courier Mail Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:50:34 -0500Annual box office takings in Australia could break through the $1 billion mark for the first time today, on what is traditionally the busiest day of the year for the nation's 453 movie cinemas. Figur... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 21:43:53 -0500Sydney - Australian couples keen for the baby that natural methods of conception have so far denied them were Saturday besieging fertility clinics to get IVF treatments before the price goes up at the... Earth Times Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:50:00 -0500Charity and welfare groups say hundreds of Tasmanians were fed at charity Christmas lunches across the state. Volunteers, including the Premier, David Bartlett, helped feed almost 250 people at the C... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:45:34 -0500Exciting Victorian teenager Olivia Rogowska has been awarded a wildcard to the Hobart International in January. Rogowska, who made her WTA Tour debut at the event last January this year, received the... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:34:19 -0500Australia won the toss and will bat in the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan at the MCG. Conditions are perfect for the first Test in this three-match series, but the crowd so far is very disappointin... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 20:34:17 -0500Rookie Carlton footballer Levi Casboult has been involved in a fatal car crash only days after he was part of the club's boozy boat cruise. Casboult, 19, was unhurt but a 21-year-old man died in the ... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:07:09 -0500Defending champions against the cellar dwellers - on paper it looms as one of the A-League season's most lop-sided clashes. But last-placed North Queensland Fury appear determined to punch above thei... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:07:08 -0500A search is in progress for a man who disappeared after a boat carrying three people capsized on a lake in southern NSW, police say. The mishap occurred on Lake Hume near Albury on Friday and all the... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 19:06:59 -0500A motorcyclist is in the Royal Hobart Hospital after a serious Christmas Day crash. Generally, the state's Emergency Services experienced a relatively quiet Christmas period, but last night they were... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:00:06 -0500Forecasters have cancelled a severe weather warning for flooding despite heavy rainfalls across much of NSW. While official figures are yet to be updated for the past 24 hours, initial reports indica... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:48:45 -0500A POLICE officer will undergo plastic surgery after being bashed in the face when trying to control members of two brawling families in Western Australia's far north on Christmas Day. News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:47:50 -0500POLICE are investigating whether alcohol was a factor when a car smashed into the living room of an Upper Mount Gravatt house just after midnight. A female passenger was treated at the scene for faci... Courier Mail Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:47:25 -0500IT is strange, the moments that change history.In 1997, a shy, "problem" schoolboy from a working-class family in Baltimore, Maryland, was told that he would "never achieve anything in ... The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:47:21 -0500A passenger aboard a jet airliner on its way from Amsterdam to the US city of Detroit was subdued after igniting what appeared to be fireworks, an airline spokeswoman says. The incident occurred as N... ABC Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:40:51 -0500Darwin police say a Palmerston man will be permanently disabled after a fire cracker exploded in his hand overnight. Police say the 42-year-old man's hand was partially dismembered in the blast which... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:40:49 -0500Police are investigating a house fire that claimed the life of a 12-year-old boy at Cranbourne, in Melbourne's south-east overnight. The fire began at a house in Averne Street about 2:30 am (AEDT) to... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:40:47 -0500Six men from a remote Central Australian community have been charged with murder. On Wednesday a 33-year-old man and 46-year-old man were both stabbed to death at a community in Central Australia. P... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:40:46 -0500The flood threat has been downgraded in parts of New South Wales, despite ex Cyclone Laurence delivering heavy rain in the north-west on Christmas day. The Bureau of Meteorology has cancelled its sev... ABC News Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:40:45 -0500AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD boy has been flown to Townville Base Hospital after being stung by an irukandji jellyfish while swimming off Magnetic Island yesterday. The boy was initially treated at the Magnetic... Courier Mail Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:28:02 -0500CATHERINE and Roland McCallum celebrated a Christmas yesterday that was two years in the making. This year, when the Hobart couple drove to Launceston to spend Christmas Day with their family, they we... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 16:01:52 -0500Australia has undone all the good work of the last few campaigns. After a period spent keeping on the right side of the beaks and even sportsmanship, the Aussies were at their worst in Perth. By the e... The Hindu Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:28:48 -0500The national holiday road toll has risen to 38 with the death of a man in southeast Queensland on Christmas Day. Police say the man died in a single-vehicle rollover at about 5.50pm (AEST) on Friday ... Sydney Morning Herald Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:10:22 -0500Over the course of the sale period, which runs through to the end of January, DJs expects to sell more than 500,000 towels, over one million men's business shirts and 115,000 pairs of women's shoes.My... The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:09:19 -0500A SOUTH Australian policeman is facing an uncertain future after being caught driving on Christmas Eve with a blood alcohol concentration three times above the state's 0.05 legal limit. The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:09:14 -0500BILL O'Leary knew death and devastation were racing towards Phuket when he heard the sea was draining from the bays on the west coast of Thailand's premier holiday island. The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:09:09 -0500BOXING Day tsunami survivor Dianne Boardman swims several times a week in the ocean, but five years after the disaster she still shies away from spas because the roar of the air jets stirs too many me... The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:09:03 -0500AMERICAN FOOTBALL: Australian punter Ben Graham's stellar rise from the NFL scrap heap continues, with the former Geelong AFL star earning two major individual honours last week, high praise from... The Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:08:58 -0500High-profile Labor frontbencher Alannah MacTiernan has broken with the State ALP's total ban on uranium mining, calling for the issue to be put back on the table in response to climate change concerns... The West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:04:15 -0500A host of State Government changes will come into effect when the clock strikes midnight on January 1, including extended shopping hours in inner city suburbs, tougher anti-hoon laws and the scrapping... The West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:04:11 -0500WA's new gun licensing system is badly flawed and is frustrating responsible gun owners who are suffering lengthy delays in their applications because of the more complicated process, the Opposition a... The West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:04:07 -0500Questions have been asked about the State Government's pledge to name and shame WA child-care centres that breach regulations because parents still cannot find out if their child's day-care centre is ... The West Australian Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:03:59 -0500MELBOURNE - Finding the right outfit for a New Year's Eve party will drive fashion-savvy shoppers to spend more than $6 billion in the post-Christmas sales, the nation's peak retail industry b... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:15 -0500KEY FINDINGS: ?There is sufficient evidence to suggest that there are foxes in Tasmania in limited numbers and at low density. ?Foxes pose one of the greatest known threats to Tasmania's... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:10 -0500VATICAN CITY - A woman threw herself at the Pope and dragged him to the ground as he entered St Peter's Basilica to celebrate Christmas Eve Mass. Video footage showed the woman, wearing a red swea... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:09 -0500MELBOURNE - Doug Bollinger and Peter Siddle with the new ball are not the sight to make for a comfortable Christmas Day. But Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes a full-scale hit-out against his ... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:09 -0500MELBOURNE - It's fair enough Pakistan don't know much about Steven Smith, but the MCG could be about to get one big surprise packet on Boxing Day. Smith, 20, a baby-faced leg-spinner from NSW,... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:08 -0500CYCLING aficionados will be salivating over the expected Australia versus Malaysia scratchmen showdown which begins at Latrobe today. A pair of top riders from both countries will line up together fro... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:07 -0500MELBOURNE - Former world No.8 Alicia Molik and rising tennis star Bernard Tomic are among five local players given wildcard entries to next month's Australian Open. Carsten Ball, Jason Kubler and ... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:06 -0500CATHERINE and Roland McCallum celebrated a Christmas yesterday that was two years in the making. This year, when the Hobart couple drove to Launceston to spend Christmas Day with their family, they we... The Examiner Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:42:05 -0500I THINK the word 'gift' has fallen from people's lips more than any other word since the first Christmas a little more than 2000 years ago. Gifts are so inseparably linked to Christmas. We can hardly ... Stock Journal Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:14 -0500WHILE the rest of us are tucking into the turkey this Christmas, spare a thought for the Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) South Eastern Section doctors, flight nurses and pilots who will be on duty.... Stock Journal Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:13 -0500BRAVING wild weather earlier this year has seen Bobcat Australia trumpet its largest-ever launch which took place at Clark Equipment’s new branch at Heatherbrae in the Hunter Valley.Top billing was ... Stock Journal Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:12 -0500BAYER has joined forces with not-for-profit ‘Aussie Helpers’ in a new program to assist disadvantaged youth develop vital skills and find employment in the rural sector.The innovative venture is d... Stock Journal Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:56:11 -0500AUTHORITIES are warning residents in parts of New South Wales to brace for flooding on Boxing Day, with heavy rainfall already soaking several areas and more on the way. News.com.au Fri, 25 Dec 2009 13:45:14 -0500 | 
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