Melbourne, Feb 21 : Students can have a better understanding of human anatomy, if all the organs and parts are painted on a real live body, according to an Australian expert.

Professor Paul McMenamin, of the University of Western Australia, reckons that body painting can turn out to be a useful tool in anatomy classes.

"Essentially we''re using a three-dimensional canvas in the shape of the body," ABC Online quoted him as saying.

"You can paint the muscles on and bring them to life. It''s just fantastic when you see it. People just go ''Oh my God,''" he added.

McMenamin has been using body painting in classes for about four years.

Melbourne, February 20 : British author Jeffrey Archer claims that Oscar-winning Australian film actor Peter Finch's father could have been the first man to conquer Mount Everest in 1924, had the UK's Royal Geographical Society not intervened.

Archer, whose claims are part of his research for a new novel titled `Paths Of Glory', says that Aussie mountaineer George Finch was set to accompany his regular climbing partner George Mallory, a Briton, on a bid to conquer Everest before the society intervened.

The writer tells in a Daily Telegraph report that they wanted Mallory to take with him another British climber named Sandy Irvine, reports News. com. au.

Melbourne, Feb 20 : A document purportedly listing the `winners' of this weekend's Academy Awards has been published on the Internet.

The authentic-looking document, which seems to have been scanned in, has an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences letterhead and what looks like the signature of the Academy''s president, Sid Ganis.

"This is the final list of winners of the 81st Annual Academy Awards. As always, please treat this information with extreme care," News. com. au quoted the document, as stating.

According to the list, Kate Winslet has won best actress gong for `The Reader' and Mickey Rourke has bagged best actor award for `The Wrestler'.

Melbourne, Feb 19 : Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke's wedding with fiance Lara Bingle might be delayed because of heavy cricket schedule this year.

The couple decided to marry on October 3 after a 10-month engagement.

Their agent denied the couple set a day to tie the knot but admitted that because of Clarke's cricket commitments, it is not going to happen this year.

"The couple have set no date. And the reason is, quite simply, Clarkie has no time. Not this year," the Daily Telegraph quoted their agent Chris White, as saying.

Melbourne, Feb. 19 : Indian students in Melbourne, Victoria, have reportedly been told to keep a low profile as part of a strategy to crack down on violent robberies.

According to The Age, it has often been found that Indians speak too loudly in their native tongue and flaunt their wealth at odd hours of the day.

Robberies in Melbourne''s western suburbs jumped by 27 per cent last financial year. Police estimated almost a third of victims were of Indian appearance.

A special police group has been formed to combat the robberies amid fears that some are racially motivated and that Indian international students are soft targets because they carry iPods and laptops on trains late at night.

Melbourne, February 19 : Facebook is trying to woo back abandoning members after it made changes to its user Terms of Service (TOS) that have now been reversed.

The social-networking giant had come under fire after Consumer advocacy blog The Consumerist reported that the revised policy allowed the website to hold a perpetual license to use its members' uploaded content to promote itself, even after their accounts had been deleted.

Following the firestorm, the free-access site is now displaying an apology for the reorganized TOS, saying the changes made were a "mistake".

Facebook further assured its users that they held the ownership of material posted by them, reports News. com. au.