Australia

Madge ‘bans toyboy lover from answering his phone calls’

Madonna's ‘control freak’ behaviour made her marriage a 'nightmare'Melbourne, Mar 23 : Queen of Pop Madonna has reportedly banned her alleged toyboy lover Jesus Luz from attending his phone in front of her.

According to a source, the 50-year-old singer had a heated argument with the 22-year-old Brazilian model after he answered a call while she was in the same room, and has now restricted him to accepting emergency calls only.

Good day for Australian stocks

Good day for Australian stocksSydney - Australian stocks advanced strongl

Crime gang crackdown follows Sydney airport killing

Crime gang crackdown follows Sydney airport killingSydney  - Sydney police on Monday bolstered a squad dedicated to breaking up motorcycle gangs after a Hells Angels member was bludgeoned to death in front of horrified passengers at Sydney airport when rival gangs clashed at a check-in counter.

"This is a new low in the activities of these criminal gangs," New South Wales state Premier Nathan Rees said of Sunday's killing. "Where once they kept these things between themselves, this has now overlapped into the public domain."

‘Rehabing’ Symonds booted out of bar for being too drunk

‘Rehabing’ Symonds booted out of bar for being too drunkMelbourne, Mar 23: Trouble seems to be never ending for Australian all rounder Andrew Symonds undergoing rehab, who was reportedly asked to leave a Brisbane bar because he was too drunk.

Cricket Australia officials have already given Symonds a “last chance” warning over previous alcohol-related misdemeanours.

An intoxicated Symonds was reportedly spotted being punted by security at the Watt Bar at the Powerhouse in New Farm, Brisbane, despite Queensland Cricket this morning saying his rehabilitation was on track.

Exercise cuts breast cancer death risk by three times

Exercise cuts breast cancer death risk by three timesMelbourne, Mar 23 : A new study by University of South Carolina researchers has found that women who work out are three times less likely to die of breast cancer.

The study indicated that aerobically fit women are three times less likely to die of the disease than those who seldom exercise.

For the study, researchers examined 14,000 women who were given preventive medical exams and treadmill tests at the Cooper Clinic in Houston from 1970-2001.

At the time of their exams, the women, ages 20 through 83, had no history of breast cancer.

Australia's Hanson set for defamation payout

Australian oil spill clean-up to take weeksSydney- Right-wing rabble-rouser Pauline Hanson looked set for a big compensation payout Sunday after an Australian newspaper admitted nude photographs it published purporting to be of her were of another woman.

"I've said all week I'd be the first person in Australia to apologise to Pauline Hanson if it were proven the photographs were not of her," Sunday Telegraph editor Neil Breen said. "We've proven it ourselves so, Pauline, I'm sorry."

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