Sydney, Apr. 15 : Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck is of the view that Australian selectors would need to carry out surgical changes in the national squad if the team is to regain its number one status in Tests and one-dayers.
Sydney - An Australian carpet-layer relieved his new bride of almost everything she owned by convincing her he was a secret agent engaged in international espionage, a court in Melbourne was told Wednesday.
Wayne Charters, 54, pleaded not guilty to obtaining money by deception from single mother Karen Roberts, but agreed that he had stolen the suits he and his best man wore at the 2003 wedding.
"I genuinely believed he was the man of my dreams," Roberts told the court.
Sydney- Australians delight in telling foreigners about their beaches, barbeques and wonderful outdoor lifestyle. If only they had the time off work to enjoy it all.
Research released Wednesday showed that only in Japan and the United States were workers taking less holiday.
The results of an annual survey by online travel company Expedia showed the average Australian workers took 16 days off last year. In Japan workers took eight days and in the US workers took 10 days.
Sydney - Big game hunters would be allowed to bag 25 mature saltwater crocodiles a year in the far north of Australia under plans outlined Wednesday. "It's an industry, and we can have a look at it," Northern Territory Environment Minister Alison Anderson told reporters in Darwin.
But Anderson has rejected calls for a cull that would cut the crocodile population from around 80,000 to half that number.
Sydney, Apr 15 : Known for his reputation with the ladies, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recently made another gaffe when he told a female doctor that he "wouldn''t mind being resuscitated by her."
Berlusconi met Dr. Fabiola Carrieri, an intensive care specialist from Milan, during a visit to Abruzzo earthquake survivor camps.
"I wouldn''t mind being resuscitated by you," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying.
Sydney, Apr 14 First there were the S. N. A. Gs (Sensitive New Age Gyus), then came the metrosexuals, retrosexuals and now, the latest male breed making ladies go weak in the knees is "neosexual".
A typical "neosexual" has been identified as one having shrugged off the femininity of the metrosexual and returned to his more masculine, primitive roots.
A research, which was commissioned by a deodorant company, found 81 per cent of females wanted guys to be sensitive without losing masculinity.
Sydney, Apr. 15 : Noted cricket columnist Peter Roebuck is of the view that Australian selectors would need to carry out surgical changes in the national squad if the team is to regain its number one status in Tests and one-dayers.
Sydney - An Australian carpet-layer relieved his new bride of almost everything she owned by convincing her he was a secret agent engaged in international espionage, a court in Melbourne was told Wednesday.
Sydney- Australians delight in telling foreigners about their beaches, barbeques and wonderful outdoor lifestyle. If only they had the time off work to enjoy it all.
Sydney - Big game hunters would be allowed to bag 25 mature saltwater crocodiles a year in the far north of Australia under plans outlined Wednesday. "It's an industry, and we can have a look at it," Northern Territory Environment Minister Alison Anderson told reporters in Darwin.
Sydney, Apr 15 : Known for his reputation with the ladies, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi recently made another gaffe when he told a female doctor that he "wouldn''t mind being resuscitated by her."
Sydney, Apr 14 First there were the S. N. A. Gs (Sensitive New Age Gyus), then came the metrosexuals, retrosexuals and now, the latest male breed making ladies go weak in the knees is "neosexual".
