Top Stories: Karachi, Dec 8 (IANS) Pakistan Tuesday overlooked its regular captain Younis Khan for the tough tour of Australia and instead stretched the captaincy tenure of senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf for another series. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 08:30:02 -0500Adelaide, Dec 8: A match-saving sixth wicket partnership between Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin ensured a draw for the home team in the second Test against the West Indies played at the Adelaide Oval. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 07:20:02 -0500London, Dec 8 : A funeral home in Australia has come up with the idea of burying dead people vertically in order to be able to save space. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:40:04 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 : Lisa Robertson, the former Qantas air hostess who had sex with actor Ralph Fiennes in an aircraft toilet, has been ordered to perform 100 hours of community service. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:00:42 -0500Sydney, December 8 : Taking dogs to the park helps owners boost their social life, experts have observed. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:06 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 : A Los Angeles bar has become a rage with the porn industry with the biggies of adult entertainment attending the Porn Star Karaoke Night every Tuesday. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:20:02 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 : An Indian businessman is said to have spent nearly 700,000 dollars on a world tour, but failed to capture the beautiful locations on his camera. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:40:03 -0500Adelaide, Dec.8 : Australian left arm fast bowler Doug Bollinger has been handed an official reprimand for dissent following his appearance before ICC match referee Chris Broad on Monday night. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 04:00:05 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 : Aussie cricket legend Shane Warne has launched his own line of underwear for men. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:51 -0500Melbourne, December 08 : A tribe of cannibals has apologized to a 65-year-old British pensioner for killing and eating his great-great grandfather, 170 years ago. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:49 -0500Lahore , Dec. 8 : As the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) officials and chairman of the selection board meet here today (Tuesday) to select the team for the forthcoming Australian tour, the fate of former captain Younis Khan is still unclear. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:42 -0500Adelaide, Dec. 8 : Former cricketers have criticized current Australian cricket captain Ricky Ponting for repeatedly using the umpire referral system, and warned that it could cost Australia a Test match in the long term. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:38 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 : Living in a city can influence the expression of your genes. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:19 -0500Sydney, December 8 : In a new research, scientists have determined that a combination of overfishing and climate change are triggering catastrophic overgrazing of reefs by sea urchins in eastern Tasmania. ANI Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:03 -0500Melbourne, Dec 8 (IANS) Scores of Indian students in Australia have been exposed to an uncertain future as two more colleges here have been shut down by a state regulator, The Age reported Tuesday. IANS Tue, 08 Dec 2009 03:40:02 -0500It will be Green day in Perth today, when WA's new favourite son Danny Green is given a hero's welcome by the City for his shock win last week over American legend Roy Jones jnr. But while the IBO Cr... WA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:34 -0500. AUSTRALIA'S bid for the soccer World Cup is in danger of being derailed after AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou declared Etihad Stadium off limits for the world's largest sporting event. In an... WA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:31 -0500An award-winning policeman wrongfully convicted of raping a girl in Kalgoorlie has won an appeal against his ejection from the WA police force and may be reinstated. In May 2006, Police Commissioner ... WA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:27 -0500Video settings IN THE world according to Westpac, mortgages are much like banana smoothies, and the cost of borrowing money is like the cost of bananas. All of this will be news to the hundreds of t... WA Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:20:25 -0500Qatar Airways, one of the world's fastest growing airlines, may launch a daily service to Perth next year to cash in on WA's resources boom.The airline's chief executive, Akbar Al Baker, w... West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:18:49 -0500(All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars, unless noted otherwise) First Quantum will host the following conference calls and webcasts to discuss the acquisition:... Market Wire Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:11:18 -0500Alison Espley, General Manager Australia and New Zealand, United Airlines said: “We hope this holiday offering will provide last minute travellers with the opportunity to fly across the trans-Pa... Travel Blackboard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:03:42 -0500The loyalty alliance between Qantas and Woolworths has delivered 700,000 new members to the airline’s frequent flyer program since the tie-up was initiated in June this year. Qantas loyalty p... Travel Blackboard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:03:41 -0500QantasLink announced that it was increasing capacity in both Devonport and Launceston markets, from 1 February 2010. QantasLink Executive Manager, Mr Narendra Kumar said the increase in capacity wa... Travel Blackboard Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:03:38 -0500RailCorp has been fined $70,000 by the Federal Court for illegally reducing staff at Sydney's Town Hall station. The court found RailCorp had breached its legally binding enterprise agreement with th... ABC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:08 -0500One person has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a crash in West Perth. Two cars collided near the intersection of Hay and Thomas Streets just before 6:00am (AWST). Police say one c... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:07 -0500Forrest Gump said life was like a box of chocolates - Westpac has its own homespun philosophy as it tries to justify its higher interest rates. Westpac has sent its customers an email with an animate... ABC Australia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:02 -0500Hundreds of people gathered in the main street of Broome On Tuesday to watch musicians and actors attend the Western Australian premiere of Bran Nue Day. The movie brings to the big screen the stage ... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:58:00 -0500A boat has sunk on Canberra's Lake Burley Griffin. The MV Wandering Pelican sank at its moorings beside the National Museum in Acton. A small fuel spill has been contained. ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:55 -0500The North Queensland Fury has signed an up-and-coming South Australian player. Michael Marrone played in Adelaide United's youth squad until the end of last season. Fury coach Ian Ferguson says he h... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:55 -0500Unions and the resources sector have criticised the details of the Queensland Government's privatisation policy, but industry says it is the right thing to do. The State Government will offer long-te... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:57:54 -0500The UN climate talks in Copenhagen descended into acrimony overnight after the leaking of a draft "Copenhagen Agreement" that would require developing countries to take on targets as the world cut emi... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:56:37 -0500Oil and gas producer Santos Ltd's chairman, Stephen Gerlach, is to step down early from his role, with his deputy Peter Coates taking over. The changeover was in line with the transition announced on... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:09 -0500The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) has forecast severe grassland and forest fire danger for the Darling Downs and Granite Belt district. Temperatures of up to 41 degrees with relative humidity down to 1... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:06 -0500Cooler weather overnight has brought some relief to firefighters battling a blaze near Bathurst, with crews trying to establish containment lines before conditions worsen later on Wednesday. The bush... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:44:01 -0500Lisa Robertson: I do not want people to think this is a 'poor me' story. Lisa Robertson, the former Qantas flight attendant whose 2007 mile-high sex romp with actor Ralph Fiennes launched a million ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:58 -0500One lucky Brisbanite has landed a whopping Christmas bonus - and they may not even know it. A ticket bought in Brisbane took out the entire $40 million prize pool in last night's Oz 7 Lotto. Golden ... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:58 -0500Australian Professor Ian Plimer, of the University of Adelaide, shows his new book 'Heaven And Earth, global warming: the missing science' at the International Climate Science Coalition conference i... The Daily Telegraph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:24 -0500Australian Professor Ian Plimer, of the University of Adelaide, shows his new book 'Heaven And Earth, global warming: the missing science' at the International Climate Science Coalition conference i... News.com.au Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:08 -0500TONY Abbott has admitted he has taken a gamble with his new frontbench, resurrecting a bunch of Howard-era figures in what he says will either make him "political roadkill" or an epic genius... News.com.au Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:06 -0500AN Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child. The Daily Telegraph Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:43:00 -0500MORE than 400 rail workers have walked off the job in Rockhampton this morning in protest at Anna Bligh's sell-off of parts of Queensland Rail. The workers met this morning and voted overwhelmingly t... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:43 -0500AN Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child. Well-known geologist and author Ian Plimer travell... The Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:42 -0500A GANG of males accused of murdering the uncle of Queensland NRL superstar Johnathan Thurston allegedly took turns jumping on his head, a court was told yesterday. Brisbane Magistrates Court heard ey... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:42 -0500A CHARITY consortium has secured pole position in the buyout of the collapsed childcare operator ABC Learning Centres. But the amount of centres that the GoodStart consortium, which includes Mission ... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:40 -0500THIS decade has very likely been the warmest on record, and this year will probably end up as one of the warmest years, the World Meteorological Organisation announced last night as leaders in Copenha... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:38 -0500TEARS and anger have followed a coroner's finding that no one was to blame for the death of a Mareeba mother-of-five twice turned away in pain from her local hospital. Coroner Kevin Priestly yesterda... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:38 -0500A MAN feared missing in surf off Miami on the Gold Coast has been found safe and well - in a house in Brisbane. The alarm was raised around 3.30pm yesterday by a man who saw the man enter the water... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:35 -0500Eric Abetz, appointed workplace relations spokesman as part of a reshuffle by Tony Abbott yesterday, indicated the Coalition would consider broadening small business exemptions from the unfair dismiss... The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:42:32 -0500VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- 12/08/09 -- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX: FM)(LSE: FQM) - (All dollar amounts are expressed in United States dollars, unless noted otherwise) First Quantu... Earth Times Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:39:13 -0500A truck driver was killed when he collided with another truck on the Brand Highway near Eneabba, 35km north of Badgingarra, in the this morning's early hours. The fatality brings State's road toll to ... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:41 -0500Archaeologists have unearthed a cache of stone tools at Lake Gregory near Halls Creek used by Australia's earliest inhabitants 50,000 years ago.The tools, a selection of stone blades and "cores" f... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:34 -0500Tamikka Randall was 16 when her grandfather died, leaving her alone.Her father was long since dead and her estranged mother was an alcoholic.She took to the streets of Albany, living rough for two yea... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:31 -0500Postal workers across Australia have promised not to become 2009's Christmas Grinch despite declaring industrial action is unavoidable in the coming weeks after negotiations over a new enterprise ... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:27 -0500The man was diving from a boat with a group of friends off South Murion Island, 20 nautical miles off North West Cape. Sgt Dean Snashall, of Exmouth police, said it was too early to tell exactly what... The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:36:11 -0500Bayern Munich has secured a place in the Champions League last 16 by embarrassing Juventus 4-1 in Turin, while former European champions Real Madrid and AC Milan also advanced to the knockout stage. ... ABC Sports Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:08 -0500Irish jockey Mick Kinane, who won the 1993 Melbourne Cup onboard Vintage Crop, has retired at the top of his game after a hugely successful 34-year career. A 13-time champion jockey in Ireland, Kinan... ABC Sports Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:06 -0500Fernando Torres and Alberto Aquilani are in line to raise Liverpool's spirits as it looks to finish a forgettable Champions League campaign with its 100th victory in the competition. The pair are due... ABC Sports Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:35:04 -0500AN Australian scientist has told a Copenhagen audience that humans are not damaging the climate - and the weather seemed hotter to him as a child. The Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:01 -0500TOKYO — Qantas Group airline Jetstar on Tuesday celebrated the 1st Anniversary of its Narita services by announcing the start of a special new “Jetstar Grand Prix” consumer campaign in Japa... Japan Today Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:46 -0500GUNNS chairman John Gay has offloaded 20 per cent of his stock in the timber company. The move sent a poor sign to investors about the short-term future of the company and its ability to secure funds ... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:22 -0500A PERTH man who hit a stranger in the head with a length of wood at Ravenswood last year is guilty of manslaughter, according to his lawyer. But Greg Richardson told the Launceston Supreme Court jury ... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:20 -0500GOLF superstar Tiger Woods is on the back nine when it comes to women claiming to have had affairs with him. News reports push the total to 10 women linking themselves to Woods in the wake of the cras... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:18 -0500COMEBACK track queen Jana Rawlinson will use this month's Devonport Carnival to help relaunch her international career. Rawlinson, 27, will run at Devonport for the first time since 2005 as she be... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:16 -0500SYDNEY - The former Olympic swimmer who claims that he and his brother were sexually abused by coach Terry Buck has gone public after others rubbished the possibility. Greg Rogers won silver and gold ... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:13 -0500BAGHDAD - Five powerful car bombs rocked Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 112 people and wounding 182 in the third co-ordinated massacre to devastate the capital since August. The attacks shattered... The Examiner Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:11:12 -0500CAMAS VALLEY — On a chilly night, the Tenison Woods College of Australia picked up a 64-27 win over Camas Valley while on its summer break Monday.Sarah Pretty led the youth traveling team from M... News-Review Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:24:04 -0500Police have described an attack on a taxi driver at Brunswick West as vicious and cowardly. The 23-year-old man is in a serious condition in hospital, after being stabbed in the chest outside his hom... ABC Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:09:01 -0500Police say a group of children and two adults who were hiking in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains are safe and well after activating their emergency beacon this morning. The Australian Air Search ... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:57 -0500Pakistan's Younus Khan will not be captaining his country in the three-Test series in Australia, selectors have announced - because he did not make himself available. Mohammad Yousuf will be retained... ABC Australia Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:56 -0500The Motor Trade Association (MTA) is urging public debate on the issue of toll roads for South Australia. It admits there will be some strong opposition to tolls, but argues they are needed to financ... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:56 -0500The head of the Reserve Bank has warned Australians will pay more to borrow money because of new rules being imposed in response to the global financial crisis. In a speech squarely aimed at global r... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:55 -0500Extreme weather back in November has cut the expected crop yields of some South Australian farms by half. A record heatwave for the month wiped off between 40 and 60 per cent of yields in areas inclu... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:54 -0500True believers across the country will have the perfect excuse to down a yard glass of beer today as former prime minister Bob Hawke turns 80. It is unlikely that Australia's longest-serving Labor pr... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:54 -0500An anti-smoking lobby group says the ACT Government has been too slow in moving to ban smoking at outdoor entertainment venues. The Legislative Assembly yesterday passed legislation prohibiting smoki... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:52 -0500A compromise has been reached to allow wind turbines on the top of the ANZ building in Hobart's CBD. A mediation hearing in the Resource Management and Planning Appeals Tribunal has resulted in the a... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:52 -0500Australian paceman Peter Siddle will have his hamstring carefully monitored ahead of next week's third and final Test against the West Indies in Perth. Australian captain Ricky Ponting says Siddle is... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:52 -0500The ACT Government will hand out grants to local general practitioners to help them retain staff and stay open. Small suburban clinics across Canberra have been closing or consolidating which has exa... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:51 -0500A piece of Antarctica is being sent from Hobart to a desert laboratory in the United States to help determine the extent of recent climate change. The ice core sample was taken from a site about 100 ... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:51 -0500The Adelaide 36ers say they have accepted the NBL's ruling that former player Julius Hodge will not be sanctioned for his post-game antics at the weekend. The now Melbourne Tiger was seen stomping on... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:51 -0500They're ubiquitous. They're very well made. You've probably seen one on TV recently. But would you be able to pick one from the crowd? Government advertisements slip under the radar. Every year gover... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:08:50 -0500Shrink The new reluctance of Kiwis to desert hearth and home has helped propel China to the top of Australia's migration queue. For the first time, more Chinese have settled across the Tasman than K... New Zealand Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:49 -0500AUSTRALIA and other industrialised countries have been accused of pushing for the introduction of a loophole in greenhouse accounting that would ''hide'' millions of tonnes of emissions released durin... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:23 -0500TONY ABBOTT has set the scene for a bare-knuckle fight with the Government after a frontbench reshuffle that purged moderates from the Liberal Party's senior ranks and promoted a swag of hardline cons... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:20 -0500A CHASM has widened between the countries most crucial to a new climate treaty, China and the US, over whether the developing superpower will accept international scrutiny of its greenhouse gas emissi... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:18 -0500AUSTRALIA will record its third warmest year on record in 2009, and the planet its fifth, according to data collected by the World Meteorological Organisation.The annual analysis found the 2000s were ... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:07:15 -0500EXCLUSIVE Lisa Robertson, the former Qantas flight attendant whose 2007 mile-high sex romp with actor Ralph Fiennes launched a million fantasies, now says the reality of the incident has probably ruin... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:54:56 -0500Two boys will appear in court today after allegedly trying to kill a man with a hammer, a glass bottle and a chair in Sydney’s north west yesterday. The boys, both aged 15, were allegedly among a g... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:54:52 -0500A new division of the Victorian Magistrates' Court could be set up to deal with mental health cases if a bill introduced into parliament is approved. The Mental Health List would reduce community har... Sydney Morning Herald Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:54:49 -0500COOLER weather overnight has brought some relief to firefighters battling a blaze near Bathurst, with crews trying to establish containment lines before conditions worsen later today. News.com.au Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:55 -0500The party will "be doing many things, but not mimicking the Labor Party", he said, referring to the coalition's policies, which are yet to be considered and costed."I think there'll be ... News.com.au Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:52 -0500YOUNG people gravitate towards the most unsafe vehicles on the roads - and it is a choice that is killing them, according to new research. A Monash University study of 250,000 crashes involving young... Courier Mail Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:53:22 -0500A shock discovery of pornographic images on a primary school computer has raised questions about the effectiveness of website filtering procedures in schools. The West Australian Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:45:28 -0500After spending 16 months cycling 18,000 kilometres (11,180 miles) from Brisbane to Copenhagen, Kim Nguyen is taking part in the UN climate talks with a host of eyewitness accounts of the effects of gl... Breitbart Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:24:05 -0500The Federal Government is trying to size up its new opponents after yesterday's reshuffle by new Opposition leader Tony Abbott. Mr Abbott has convinced outspoken Nationals Senator Barnaby Joyce to en... ABC News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:16:37 -0500Shares in Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory have soared after the company revealed it is the target of an unsolicited takeover offer.The 111-year-old dairy company said this morning it had rejecte... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:15:02 -0500The total area planted to summer crops is forecast to decline by about 9 per cent in 2009-10 as a result of lower grain sorghum plantings, with the area planted to grain sorghum forecast to be about 6... Stock Journal Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:59 -0500SYDNEY (Reuters) - Many Australians will really have a merry Christmas as more companies forget the financial crisis this holiday season and splash out on year-end parties, according to a business for... Reuters Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:03:26 -0500SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian winemakers who care about the environment as much as their vintages can now seek formal recognition for their green credentials under a voluntary certification scheme. 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