Katsidis is sticking to his guns for Shoot Out
QUEENSLAND jockey Stathi Katsidis is supremely confident of starting his stay in Sydney with victory on Shoot Out in the group 1 Royal Randwick Guineas on Saturday. |
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King Carlos laments poor Super crowds
After 14 years of top-flight rugby, he knows what lifts the players, writes Rupert Guinness. |
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Hasler plots torrid welcome for Tuqiri
Des Hasler won t be shuffling up to former Wallaby at bag carousel with an autograph pad in hand. |
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Chappell queries Clarke's claims to captaincy
HAMILTON: Michael Clarke will return to New Zealand in time for Australia's two-match Test series, but his dash across the Tasman to be at the side of his controversy-prone fiancee has prompted Ian Chappell to cast doubts over his suitability as a future Test captain. |
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Colosimo staying for Sydney's finals fling
SIMON COLOSIMO has confirmed he won't be going anywhere until after the completion of Sydney FC's finals campaign, ending speculation that he was set to cut ties with the club before the Japanese and Chinese transfer windows slam shut at the end of the week. |
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Google reveals Australia's culinary underbelly
We may think of ourselves as a nation of adventurous eaters but Google searches tell a more traditional story. |
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Alice in Wonderland
When it comes to retelling children's tales, no one does it better than Tim Burton. |
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Dine with NSW wine
Some of NSW's best restaurants have teamed with local wineries to present special meals for NSW Wine Week. |
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Dear John
Dear John is turgid mush, clanging with romantic cliches as it parachutes in and out of war zones. |
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Aussie Alice savaged by movie critic
Australian actress Mia Wasikowska's portrayal of Alice in Wonderland has been savaged by a British movie critic, who says she "looks like she's on heroin". |
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Princess Caroline's husband fined
A German court fined Princess Caroline of Monaco's husband, Prince Ernst August of Hanover $A299,805 for causing actual bodily harm to a hotel manager. |
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Aftershocks rock freezing survivors
OKCULAR, Turkey: Hundreds of earthquake survivors were huddled in aid tents and around bonfires in eastern Turkey, seeking relief from the winter cold after a strong tremor knocked down stone and mud-brick houses in five villages, killing 51 people. |
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Not a smiling assassin, but a victim of fraud
A fourth Australian in Israel has become a victim of identity theft, write Rick Feneley, Reid Sexton and Kirsty Needham. |
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Bali bomb-maker died in shoot-out, media say
JAKARTA: Indonesian police yesterday shot dead a ''big name'' suspected terrorist and are seeking confirmation whether he is Dulmatin, a key figure in the Bali bombings in 2002. |
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China hardens line on next Dalai Lama
SHANGHAI: The Chinese government has said that it, rather than the Dalai Lama, will have the final say on who succeeds him as Tibet's spiritual leader. |
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The destruction of one man, along with a nation's reputation
ISRAELI authorities have been tight lipped on the January 20 assassination of the Hamas arms dealer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, which is widely presumed to be the work of its intelligence agency, Mossad. |
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Cattle thefts sparked deadly Nigerian massacre
JOS, Nigeria: Nigerian troops were patrolling villages near this northern city yesterday after the massacre of more than 500 Christians sparked international shock and outrage. |
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Four sons the price of conflict
BAGHDAD: When a massive car bomb destroyed the city's celebrated Shabander cafe three years ago, Haj Mohammed al-Khashali lost his four sons and one grandson. "Their blood was mixed with all the books outside," Mr Khashali told the Herald on Monday. "My entire family taken away from me." |
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City shifted three metres
CHICAGO: The earthquake which struck Chile last month moved the entire city of Concepcion more than three metres to the west, say Chilean and US scientists. |
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Uighur refugee jailed for spying
STOCKHOLM: A 62-year-old Uighur who has lived in Sweden as a political refugee for the past 13 years has been jailed for spying on Uighur expatriates on behalf of China. |
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