Melbourne, April 25: Australian teenage girls are skolling straight vodka in a new form of the spin-the-bottle game to get drunk quickly.
Girls, as young as 15, are also trying to be at par with men as they take part in the straight drinking, that landed almost 1700 kids in NSW hospitals for alcohol poisoning last year.
Sydney - Australian authorities intercepted a boat carrying 54 illegal immigrants Saturday near Ashmore Reef off the north coast. It was the eighth refugee boat to arrive so far this year, one more than the tally for the whole of 2008.
The 54 asylum seekers and two crew members were stopped 900 kilometres from Darwin and taken aboard the patrol boat HMAS Albany, They are being transported to Australia's Indian Ocean territory of Christmas Island for processing.
On Wednesday 32 Sri Lankan migrants arrived off the west coast.
Sydney - Multiple Davis Cup champion Australia faces unprecedented sanctions including a temporary ban from the competition after refusing Saturday to send a team into what it considers a danger zone. Australia declared Saturday it would boycott next month's Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai over security concerns after the London-based International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected its request for a neutral venue like Singapore.
The ITF insisted the May 8-10 matches go ahead, warning Tennis Australia (TA) of sanctions if its team stayed home.
Sydney - Australia declared Saturday it would boycott next month's Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai over security concerns after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected its request for a neutral venue. The ITF insisted the May 8-10 matches go ahead, warning Tennis Australia (TA) of sanctions if its team stayed home.
TA head Geoff Pollard said it was "unreasonable" to expect the team to play in India during elections.
Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald also criticized the ITF, saying "some thought must be given to the players' safety."
Sydney, Apr 25 : It is known for fuelling many wild party nights, and now tequila will power your car too, that's what researchers in southeast Queensland say.
Scientists believe that the plant, Agave tequilana, which fuels tequila madness, can trigger internal combustion engines.
Central Queensland University''''s Professor Nanjappa Ashwath has said that agave, which is used to make the potent spirit, is one of the most water-efficient plants in the world and has the potential to create ethanol.
Sydney, Apr 25 : A spray, initially sold as a cure for men's erectile problems, can improve sex lives of millions of women, who regularly have to fake orgasms, say its promoters.
Jack Vaisman, the chief executive of Advanced Medical Institute, has said that the "nasal spray technology" can boost ladies' flagging sex-drive.
Costing 4000 pounds for men, the treatments would now be marketed to women using the slogan: "Stop faking, get real."
Melbourne, April 25: Australian teenage girls are skolling straight vodka in a new form of the spin-the-bottle game to get drunk quickly.
Sydney - Australian authorities intercepted a boat carrying 54 illegal immigrants Saturday near Ashmore Reef off the north coast. It was the eighth refugee boat to arrive so far this year, one more than the tally for the whole of 2008.
Sydney - Multiple Davis Cup champion Australia faces unprecedented sanctions including a temporary ban from the competition after refusing Saturday to send a team into what it considers a danger zone. Australia declared Saturday it would boycott next month's Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai over security concerns after the London-based International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected its request for a neutral venue like Singapore.
Sydney - Australia declared Saturday it would boycott next month's Davis Cup tie against India in Chennai over security concerns after the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejected its request for a neutral venue. The ITF insisted the May 8-10 matches go ahead, warning Tennis Australia (TA) of sanctions if its team stayed home.
Sydney, Apr 25 : It is known for fuelling many wild party nights, and now tequila will power your car too, that's what researchers in southeast Queensland say.
Sydney, Apr 25 : A spray, initially sold as a cure for men's erectile problems, can improve sex lives of millions of women, who regularly have to fake orgasms, say its promoters.
