Australia

Demi Moore urges ailing fan to say no to look-a-like surg

Demi Moore Melbourne, Mar 20 : Hollywood actress Demi Moore has urged an ailing fan, Lisa Connell, to relinquish her plan of going for a plastic surgery in a bid to look like her.

Connell came to Moore’s attention when an article about her appeared in the UK tabloid, stating that she wanted to have plastic surgery to look like Demi Moore.

Although Connell, 29, has terminal cancer, she wants to have nearly 60,000 dollars worth of work done because she wants to look like Demi before she dies.

However, Moore reached out to Connell through her Twitter page, and urged her

Rumor says Alexander the Great could be buried in Australia

Rumor says Alexander the Great could be buried in AustraliaSydney, March 20 : A man has claimed that Alexander the Great, whose tomb has been missing for nearly 2,000 years, could be buried in Broome in Western Australia.

Tim Tutungis told ABC News that he first heard about the rumor from his old friend, Lou Batalis.

"We just got onto the subject of Alexander The Great's tomb, and he said, `They'll never ever find it, no matter where they look, because Alexander the Great is buried in Broome, in Western Australia'," Tutungis said.

Cape Town Test: Aussies undeterred, still confident of a win

Cricket AustraliaCape Town (South Africa), Mar. 20 : Australian opener Simon Katich is confident that a 3-0 sweep against South Africa is par for the course, despite the visitors being bowled out for 209 on day one of the Cape Town Test.

South Africa will resume on Friday in control of the dead-rubber match at 0-57, with reluctant opener Ashwell Prince 37 not out and debutant Imraan Khan on 15.

Katich top-scored for the Australians with 55.

Aggression key for White Ferns World Cup win, says coach

Aggression key for White Ferns World Cup win, says coachSydney, Mar. 20 : White Ferns coach Gary Stead has demanded that his side impose themselves on England with the aggressive style that got them within sight of their second World Cup women''s cricket title.

New Zealand enter their fourth World Cup final on Sunday as underdogs against the form side of recent years, who racked up 17 consecutive wins in completed one-day internationals until yesterday''s defeat to Australia which had no bearing on the decider.

Top Australian lawyer jailed for lying

Top Australian lawyer jailed for lyingSydney  - A former Australian Supreme Court judge was sent to jail Friday for telling a Sydney court that a dead woman was behind the wheel of his car when it was snapped by a police speed camera.

Marcus Einfeld, 69, would serve at least two years for perjury after failing to evade a 77-Australian-dollar (50-US-dollar) speeding fine for the January 2006 traffic offence.

The millionaire lawyer and human rights activist was described by his defence lawyer as a "beacon of light, a living treasure and a man of honour."

Hunters have crocodiles in their sights

Hunters have crocodiles in their sightsSydney  - If you fancy Matt Wright's job, you'll need a helicopter pilot's licence, a willingness to work alone in the wilds of Australia's far north and nerves of steel.

Wright makes a living catching crocodiles considered a danger to humans and shifting them to more isolated places.

A recent customer was a cattle station owner worried by a reptile that at 850 kilograms and 5.6 metres weighed more than a Fiat 500 and was longer than a Bentley Continental.

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