Sunday 5th February, 2012
India elect to field in tri-series opener
India put Australia into bat in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday. Teams: India: Mahendra Singh Dhoni (captain), Gautam Gambhir, Sachin ...
Kohli starts series as highest-ranked batsman
Virat Kohli will be the highest-ranked batsman in the ODI tri-series that starts Sunday with a clash between India and Australia in Melbourne. Kohli sits in third place of the rankings, 45 points ...
Australian footballer Mark Bosnich says no to India's Premier League Soccer
Former Australian and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has no plans to come out of retirement and play for the money-spinning Premier League Soccer (PLS) in India. He insists that he wants ...
Oz batting Achilles heel despite India's whitewash: Article
Australian News.NetAustralia's batting remains its Achilles' heel despite its whitewash of India, an article in a daily has said. The Sydney Morning Herald article written by Andrew Wu, however, admitted that the ...
Johnson happy Oz team-mates Siddle, Hilfenhaus, Harris have silenced their critics
Australian News.NetAustralian bowler Mitchell Johnson has backed his team-mates, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris, who are bowling magnificently this season after battling poor form and injuries. "We all ...
T20 cricket cannot be stopped, will kill everything in its way: Dean Jones
Australian News.NetFormer Australian cricketer Dean Jones has said Australian cricket administrators need to be careful with Twenty20 cricket, as the shortest version of the game is killing everything in its ...
Australia works out on best 'blend of players' for T20 World Cup
Australian News.NetAustralia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September. The Australian team utilized the two Twenty20 matches against India to ...
Rising Australian floodwaters spark mass evacuation
West AustralianSYDNEY, Feb 5, 2012 (AFP) - - Mass evacuations were under way in northern Australia Sunday as record flooding that has cut off thousands of people threatened to engulf areas devastated by wild ...
Protestors storm Syria embassy in Australia
Times of OmanSyria: Protestors stormed Syria's Australian embassy and trashed its lower level, as the Syrian opposition said troops had killed more than 260 people in shelling the city of Homs, police said ...
Vinay Kumar troubles Australia early
CricinfoVinay Kumar gave India a strong start with the ball but rain was threatening to play a major role in the first Commonwealth Bank Series match at the MCG. The players were forced from the field after ...
Renowned filmmaker dies in crash
Canberra TimesThe writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in a helicopter crash near Nowra on the NSW south coast.Andrew Wight, the writer-producer of the 3D film ...
Rain plays spoilsport after Vinay's double strike jolts Australia in tri-series opener
Times of IndiaIndia's Suresh Raina (left) celebrates with his teammate Manoj Tiwary after catching Australia's Ricky Ponting out during the first ODI of the tri-series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ...
Chopper crash victim was James Cameron's 'right-hand man'
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: Wayne Taylor The writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in a helicopter crash near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast. Andrew Wight, ...
Costello gutted over Vic pokies backflip
Sydney Morning HeraldLong-time anti-gambling campaigner the Rev Tim Costello has savaged the Victorian government's broken election promise on voluntary pokies pre-commitment, saying he has given up on state ...
Qld dam staff have legal duties: inquiry
Sydney Morning HeraldA hydrologist has told Queensland's floods inquiry that dam operators would be breaching their operating instructions if they did not know which one of four water-release strategies they were ...
Gillard has strong support of caucus: Swan
Sydney Morning HeraldPhoto: AFP Prime Minister Julia Gillard has the strong support of caucus and media reports of a looming leadership challenge have been fuelled by a few disgruntled individuals, Treasurer Wayne Swan ...
Gillard looks forward to Labor meeting
Sydney Morning HeraldPrime Minister Julia Gillard says she's looking forward to a planning session with her caucus, as talk continues of a leadership challenge from Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. Ms Gillard has ...
RAAF Hercules on Qld flood rescue mission
Sydney Morning HeraldA RAAF Hercules has been sent to evacuate patients from a flood-threatened hospital in outback Queensland to hospitals in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The C-130 transport aircraft was to land at St ...
Appeal for witnesses to stabbing
perthnowThe man was stabbed numerous times during a fight with a group of men on Roe Street near the old fish market just before 5am.He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but his injuries are not believed ...
Strong wind brings down powerlines
News.com.auBureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Rod Dickson said gusts olf between 80 and 90km/h were recorded in metropolitan areas while 100km/h blasts rocked Frankston and Melbourne Airport.A State ...
Woman, 43, bashed at train station
perthnowThe 43-year-old woman was sitting on a small traffic island in the car park of the Burwood Train Station about 6.30am when she was approached by a woman who then grabbed her bag and ran from the ...
Girl killed in WA wheatbelt car crash
News.com.auPolice said the girl was a backseat passenger in the car when the 17-year-old female probationary driver lost control on a gravel road and skidded into a tree last night.Four passengers aged 14 to ...
Push for inquiry into defective breast implants
News.com.auPush for inquiry into substandard breast implants Handling by Therapeutic Goods Association questioned Recommended against routine removal of the ...
Cricket: Dhoni sends Australia in to bat in ODI opener
New Zealand HeraldIndia skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the Tri-Series opener. Australia had a setback earlier Sunday when veteran paceman Brett Lee was ruled out for up ...
Stormet Syrias ambassade i Canberra
NettavisenSydney (NTB-DPA): Demonstranter stormet natt til søndag Syrias ambassade i Canberra, der de truet diplomater og knuste møbler og ...
India send Aussies in
SportalThe weather is set to play a significant part in the contest.Conditions in Melbourne during the morning were hot and blustery.There's a forecast top temperature of 33 degrees with a chance of ...
Protesters storm Syria’s embassies in Europe, Middle East, Australia
Ya LibnanDemonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to ...
Big paydays loom for Aussie golfers in US
SBSThe US warns that Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution on Syria will lead to the greater likelihood of civil war in the middle eastern ...
Japan: Australian activists address global anti-nuclear conference
Green Left OnlineParticipants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to attend the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free ...
Bayonet, cocaine found in Sydney drug raid
ABC AustraliaSans Souci 2219 Cocaine, cannabis, a hunting knife, bayonet and soft body armour have been uncovered by police during a raid on a home in Sydney's south.The raid was sparked by a police ...
Australians in Burma for business talks
ABC AustraliaBurma A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.Burma shifted to civilian rule in 2011, and is ...
Aust shares may rise after good US data
Sydney Morning HeraldAustralian shares are likely to open higher on Monday after strong US jobs figures ahead of the first week of local earnings reports. The US stock market rallied on Friday after official figures ...
Abbott flags workplace changes
Sydney Morning HeraldOpposition Leader Tony Abbott has flagged changes to the federal government's workplace laws if he were elected prime minister but has stopped short of saying what he would change. "We ...
Shorten won't speed up Thomson inquiry
Sydney Morning HeraldWorkplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has ruled out intervening to speed up the Fair Work Australia inquiry into the conduct of Labor MP Craig Thomson when he was a union official. Mr Shorten ...
Banks must pass on interest rate cut: ACTU
Sydney Morning HeraldBanks must pass on in full any cut in official interest rates next week in light of the hundreds of job losses in the sector, unions say. The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) holds its first board ...
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