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BMX rider Dane Searls set a world record jumping gaps of up to 18 metres last friday but it was the celebrations 48 hours later that left him in a coma fighting for his life. Searls, 23, was partying at Billy's Beach House in Australia's Surfers Paradise when he tried to dive into a pool from a … [Read more...]
Members of India's film industry and fans have been celebrating the birth of a baby girl to Bollywood star Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and husband actor Abhishek Bachchan. The birth was announced on Wednesday morning on Twitter by Abhishek. Father-in-law Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan … [Read more...]
A secret manual describing Barack Obama's Australian visit schedule down to the minute, as well as the breakdown of his security convoy and the mobile numbers of dozens of senior US and Australian officials, has been found by the Sydney Morning Herald lying on a Canberra street yesterday morning. … [Read more...]
Firefighters have been confronted by a horrific scene after a blaze engulfed a nursing home with thick smoke in north-west Sydney this morning, leaving several elderly residents dead and others seriously injured. Fire and Rescue NSW Commissioner Greg Mullins described the scene as "chaotic" and … [Read more...]
Scientists have found strong evidence of large bodies of water just beneath the surface of Jupiter's icy moon, Europa. Analysis of the moon's surface suggests plumes of warmer water well up beneath its icy shell, melting and fracturing the outer layers. The results, published in the journal … [Read more...]
Vodafone Warriors NRL rugby league star Brett Seymour is leaving the club with a court conviction after he fled from the police and was caught drink-driving at twice the legal limit. The 27-year-old was seen by police driving erratically on Church St, near his Onehunga home, and sped up when he … [Read more...]
Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain is trying hard to lose the 'front runner'tag. Not content with sex scandals he has moved onto the exciting world of being vague in interviews. Not since George W Bush have we seen such an acute grasp of world affairs. … [Read more...]
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the co-founder of Facebook rival Diaspora, has died. The 22-year-old was one of four New York-based students who launched Diaspora as a "privacy-aware, user-controlled" social network. It was set up in response to criticism that Facebook was not handling the privacy of its … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola has said it will invest $2bn in India over the next five years in a bid to increase its market share in the country. Part of the investment will go towards expanding manufacturing capacity and the distribution network to meet increased demand. The world's largest soft drink company … [Read more...]
All Black Zac Guildford has arrived back in New Zealand after being smuggled aboard a Pacific Blue flight from Rarotonga to Auckland by All Blacks mentalist, Gilbert Enoka. On his return to New Zealand, Enoka sign the MAF form that he was carrying no harmful pests but did not have his bags … [Read more...]
The Wellywood sign blows during a TV4 news live feed interview. This is high a high quality effort that takes the piss out of one of the most daft concepts ever to be proposed in Wellington, New Zealand. Wellington Airport watch and learn. What is fiction today will most likely become reality if you … [Read more...]
A surprise inspection in a prison in Mexico has revealed the presence of 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana, and 100 cockerels for cock fighting. The discovery in the prison in Acapulco came as police prepared to transfer the inmates to a maximum security jail. … [Read more...]
Sri Lanka has blocked five news websites because they committed character assassination and insulted people including key political leaders, officials said Monday. Media groups criticised the moves as undemocratic, and the US Embassy recently raised concerns about press freedom in Sri Lanka. … [Read more...]
Military action against Iran would be a "very serious mistake fraught with unpredictable consequences", Russia's foreign minister has warned. Sergei Lavrov said diplomacy, not missile strikes, was the only way to solve the Iranian nuclear problem. His comments come after Israeli President … [Read more...]
Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, has been found guilty of the involuntary manslaughter of the star by a jury in Los Angeles. A panel of seven men and five women took two days of deliberation to reach a verdict. Michael Jackson died on 25 June 2009 from an overdose of the … [Read more...]
Coca-Cola has said it will invest $2bn in India over the next five years in a bid to increase its market share in the country. Part of the … [Read More...]
Sri Lanka has blocked five news websites because they committed character assassination and insulted people including key political leaders, officials … [Read More...]
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he is free of cancer after returning from Cuba for health checks following four cycles of … [Read More...]
A suspected gas explosion at a restaurant in central Rio de Janeiro has left three people dead and at least 13 injured, Brazilian officials say. … [Read More...]
A surprise inspection in a prison in Mexico has revealed the presence of 19 prostitutes, 100 plasma televisions, two sacks of marijuana, and 100 … [Read More...]
A tropical depression storm pounding Central America has triggered floods and landslides that have left at least 18 people dead, officials say. In … [Read More...]
Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain is trying hard to lose the … [Read More and View]
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