Melbourne, Nov 3 : Aussie pop princess Kylie Minogue’s X tour went on as scheduled even though her staff had their personal belongings stolen over the weekend in Bogota.
The items stolen were five computers, various CDs, and passports belonging to members of Minogue''s entourage, the Courier Mail reported.
The goods were stolen from behind the scenes at Parque Jaime Duque, where the pop singer was due to kick off her X 2008 tour, and while her tour staff were setting up the stage.
A reward of five million Colombian pesos has been put up, but the stolen items have still not been recovered.
Melbourne, Nov 3 : The cheapest place in the world to buy an Apple iPod is Australia, owing to the dramatic fall in the country’s dollar in the last several months, says a new study.
The study conducted by CommSec reflects its "iPod index", which measures the price of an 8GB iPod nano in 62 countries to compare currencies.
According to CommSec chief economist Craig James, Australia went to the cheapest spot after being placed 14th cheapest in July.
The study revealed that an 8GB iPod costs 131.95 US Dollars.
Melbourne, Nov 3 : Aussie football players indulge in the riskiest drinking outside the football season, reveals a study on drinking patterns of AFL (Australian Football League) players.
The study underlined the fact that the drinking habits of AFL players differ significantly from those of the general population.
This is the first study to put an entire sporting clan under the scanner, and as the researchers claim, the results suggest that there’s a need to apply an entirely different approach to alcohol education for this group.
Melbourne, Nov 3 (ANI): One in five Aussie women has been sexually harassed at work, a new survey by the country''s Human Rights Commission has found.
According to the survey, many others have endured unwelcome touching or offensive jokes in the office, but don''t think of it as harassment.
The survey also revealed that five per cent of men have confronted sexual harassment on the job.
The new findings are better from the results of a similar poll five years ago, when 28 per cent of women and 7 per cent of men said they were sexually harassed at work.
Melbourne, Nov 3: Kids who sleep less are more likely to be obese as adults, according to a New Zealand study.
For the study, researchers at the University of Otago followed more than 1000 children born in Dunedin between 1972 and 1973.
They found that kids aged between five and 11 who spent less time in bed had higher Body Mass Indexes as adults and were significantly more likely to be obese.
Melbourne, November 3: A new horoscope book predicts trouble for Hollywood’s star couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie in
2009, legal problems for Nicole Kidman, a break from romance for Madonna, and “unusual behaviour” from Aussie Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
The 2009 Horoscope book has been written by Astrology. com. au’s Dadhichi Toth.
The author said that astrology charts for 2009 showed that many of the rich and famous personalities might have to face everyday problems like the rest of the people.