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Oscars 2014: Take our Best Picture poll – CBS News
CBS NewsNominees for Best Picture at the 86th Academy Awards, clockwise, from top left: “American Hustle,” “Captain Phillips,” “The Wolf of Wall Street,” “Dallas Buyers Club,” “Gravity,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Philomena,” “Nebraska” and “Her.”…
Greinke is a study in brutal honesty – ESPN (blog)
ESPN (blog)Nor did he retract his comments about having “zero excitement” for pitching in Sydney, Australia, where the Los Angeles Dodgers open the regular-season against the Arizona Diamondbacks on March 22-23. He didn’t apologize to…
Antigovernment Protesters Retreat From Bangkok Street Shutdown – New York Times
New York TimesBANGKOK — In what appeared to be a major retreat by the movement to overthrow the Thai government, antigovernment protesters on Friday said they were abandoning their campaign to shut down Bangkok and…
Qantas A380, Boeing 747 Collide at Los Angeles Airport – NBCNews.com
NBCNews.comAn Airbus A380 superjumbo belonging to Australian airline Qantas collided with a Boeing 747-700 jumbo from the same airline while being towed at Los Angeles International airport late Thursday. No passengers were onboard either of…
Popovic heeds lessons from Ulsan defeat – SBS
SBSWestern Sydney Wanderers coach Tony Popovic admits his team was taught a lesson by Korean side Ulsan, which beat it 3-1 in its first AFC Champions League match. The Wanderers enjoyed a bright start, with…
SA must condemn Uganda gay law – SAHRC – News24
News24Explore the vibrant restaurants, bars and cultural life of Johannesburg before heading off for… Now R251.00 buy now. Johannesburg – South Africa must speak out against homophobic Ugandan legislation, the SA Human Rights Commission (SAHRC)…
Actor Sullivan Stapleton seriously injured in Bangkok while filming Strike Back … – NEWS.com.au
Actor Sullivan Stapleton seriously injured in Bangkok while filming Strike Back …NEWS.com.auAUSTRALIAN actor Sullivan Stapleton has been seriously injured while filming a television series in Thailand. The Melbourne-born actor’s injuries are unknown but production the…
Life sentence for murderer of UK soldier Lee Rigby, accomplice gets 45 years – RT
RTMuslim convert Michael Adebolajo, who murdered Drummer Lee Rigby in a south-east London street attack in May last year, has been sentenced to life in prison. His partner in the crime, Michael Adebowale, was given…
NASA Kepler telescope discovers 715 new planets – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldNASA has announced a torrent of new planet discoveries, hailing a “bonanza” of 715 worlds now known outside the solar system thanks to the Kepler space telescope’s planet-hunting mission. A new method for…
Bitcoin exchange’s collapse is probed by US and Japanese regulators – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesU.S. and Japanese regulators are investigating the collapse of the world’s largest exchange for trading bitcoins, the virtual currency that has grown in popularity among technophiles for buying products and services online. The…
Can Bryan Cranston resurrect Godzilla? – Sydney Morning Herald
Can Bryan Cranston resurrect Godzilla?Sydney Morning HeraldProducers hope that the movie, a joint creation between Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures, will resurrect Godzilla in the same way that Legendary did with the Batman franchise in…
What the government isn’t telling you about Bangkok – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldBangkok: I write this after a night of gun battles across the Thai capital. The Australian government’s smartraveller.gov.au advisory for travellers doesn’t say it. But it’s time to speak bluntly: Do not enter…
Samsung Galaxy S5: hands-on review – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldSamsung launches Galaxy S5. Going against expectations, Samsung didn’t overhaul the design, look and feel of its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, instead going for modest tweaks and two new sensors aimed…
Review roundup: Critics praise ‘clutter free’ Samsung Galaxy S5 – Firstpost
FirstpostSamsung has finally unveiled its latest flagship device, the Galaxy S5 smartphone at the Mobile World Congress. Samsung hasn’t gone for anything too drastic as far as the phone’s design is concerned, and it looks…
Samsung Galaxy S5 Fails To Wow – InformationWeek
InformationWeekSamsung’s new Galaxy 5S flagship smartphone has a fingerprint sensor, improved camera, and Download Booster, but it is evolutionary — not revolutionary. Mobile World Congress: 5 Hot Gadgets. (Click image for larger view and slideshow.)…
A Silver Lining to Australia’s Fashion Crisis? – The Business of Fashion
The Business of FashionSYDNEY, Australia — Although Australia is the only advanced economy that did not enter a deep recession as a result of the global financial crisis, today, the country’s fashion industry is facing…
Thailand crisis: Bangkok blast toll rises to three – BBC News
BBC NewsA young girl has died from injuries sustained in Sunday’s bomb blast in Bangkok, bringing the death toll from the attack to three. The apparent grenade blast took place near an anti-government protest site…
Microsoft cuts Windows price for manufacturers by 70 per cent to counter rivals … – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldMicrosoft is cutting the price of Windows 8.1 by 70 per cent for makers of low-cost computers and tablets as they try to fend off cheaper rivals like Google’s Chromebooks, people familiar with…
Australian TV star Charlotte Dawson found dead – Houston Chronicle
Australian TV star Charlotte Dawson found deadHouston ChronicleSYDNEY (AP) — Australian TV star and former model Charlotte Dawson, who became an anti-bullying activist after she was targeted online, has been found dead at age 47….
UNSC unites on humanitarian aid to Syria – The Hindu
The HinduThe United Nations Security Council has passed a unanimous resolution on the delivery of humanitarian aid to Syria — the decision flowing from a consensus that the government and the armed opposition would be…
Australian TV personality Charlotte Dawson, 47, found dead at Sydney apartment – New York Daily News
New York Daily NewsFormer “Australia’s Next Top Model” judge and TV personality Charlotte Dawson was found dead at her home in a Sydney suburb on Saturday. Police said there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the…
Australian TV personality Charlotte Dawson commits suicide – Fox News
Fox NewsApril 26, 200. Charlotte Dawson arrives on the red carpet for the MTV Australia awards in Sydney. Australian TV star and former model Dawson was found dead at age 47 in her Sydney apartment…
Australian TV star Charlotte Dawson found dead – Washington Post
Washington PostSYDNEY — Australian TV star and former model Charlotte Dawson, who became an anti-bullying activist after she was targeted online, has been found dead at age 47. Famed for TV shows such as “Australia’s…
Canada beats US 1-0 to reach Olympic gold-medal hockey game – CBS News
CBS NewsCanada beats U.S. 1-0 to reach Olympic gold-medal hockey game. Shares … Ice Dome. The Canadians are on the brink of their third gold medal in four Olympics, and they’re guaranteed their first medals…
An Olympic rivalry: USA vs. Canada women’s ice hockey – CBS News
CBS NewsFormer NHL player and coach Kevin Dineen replaced him, but the Americans won four straight times heading into the Olympics. Then, in a rare round-robin matchup between the sports’ two top powers, Canada won…
Billionaire kingpin Liu Han accused of heading organised crime gang – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldBeijing: A car drives up and screeches to a halt outside a quiet riverside teahouse. Gunmen emerge, shots ring out; three men drop to the floor, dead. The car speeds off, and in…
Fan arrested for groping ‘Modern Family’ star in Australia – AFP
AFPSydney — Australian police said Friday they had arrested a man for allegedly groping “Modern Family” star Sarah Hyland at an event for fans in Sydney, as the US actress spoke of her distress. Hyland,…
Sochi Winter Olympics: Pussy Riot release video after attack by Cossacks – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldPussy Riot have released the anti-Putin, anti-Olympics video clip they were in Sochi to film, featuring footage from their brutal beating by Cossacks on Wednesday. It came as the IOC said the images…
British Airways to use A380 on London-Singapore flight – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldBritish Airways, the last European airline flying to Australia, will give customers the option of flight on a new A380 on the London-Singapore leg of the trip from October, in a move to…
China Faults Report Citing North Korean Leader in Atrocities – New York Times
New York TimesHONG KONG — Chinese officials on Tuesday criticized a United Nations report that served notice to Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, that he may be personally held liable in court for crimes…
Pyongyang’s gulags stuff of Nazis: Kirby – The Australian
The AustralianNORTH Korea runs a vast torture and extermination apparatus whose human rights abuses are comparable to those of the Nazis. That’s the finding of a UN Commission of Inquiry into North Korea, which recommended…
Two members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot reportedly detained in Sochi – Fox News
Fox NewsA member of the punk group Pussy Riot said she and one her bandmates were detained Tuesday while walking in downtown Sochi, the host city of the Winter Olympics. Nadezhda Tolokonnikova wrote on Twitter…
Kim Jong-un warned he could face prosecution for ‘crimes against humanity’ – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.ukNorth Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has been warned that he could face prosecution for crimes against humanity after a United Nations inquiry accused him of some of the worst human rights abuses since the Second…
North Korea report: drawings reveal horrific scenes witnessed by former inmate … – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldStories from inside North Korea. Mr Kim Kwang-il, 48, spent more than two years at a prison in North Korea where he was tortured, starved and witnessed the deaths of fellow inmates, a…
Authorities regain control of detention centre – ABC Online
ABC OnlineThe ABC’s PNG correspondent, Liam Cochrane, joins The World Today live from Manus Island with the latest developments at the detention centre. Eleanor Hall. Source: The World Today | Duration: 3min 19sec. Topics: refugees,…
Labor’s man an also-ran as Downer heads for London – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldFormer foreign affairs minister Alexander Downer is set to be named high commissioner to London in a move that would cut short the term of the Labor appointee Mike Rann. The move is…
UN Urges Probe Into ‘Atrocious’ N. Korean Crimes – Voice of America
Voice of AmericaSEOUL — A new United Nations report accuses North Korea of “unspeakable atrocities,” many of which amount to crimes against humanity. The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea is…
Nepal plane crash in bad weather killed all 18 on board – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldKathmandu: All 18 people aboard a small plane that crashed in bad weather in Nepal were killed, an army spokesman said on Monday, after searchers battled heavy rain and harsh winds to reach…
Co-pilot hijacks Ethiopian Airlines plane, flies to Geneva, seeks asylum – CNN
CNN(CNN) — A co-pilot on an Ethiopian Airlines flight bound for Rome hijacked the airliner early Monday morning and flew it to Geneva, Switzerland, looking for asylum. The man, an Ethiopian in his early 30s,…
BHP mulled leaving London and dropping dual listing – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldHas BHP Billiton been reconsidering its dual listing on the Australian and London stock exchanges? The official line from the world’s largest diversified resources is that no serious work has been done on…
UN Security Council slams deadly terrorist attack in Egypt – Xinhua
XinhuaUNITED NATIONS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — The UN Security Council on Sunday strongly condemned a terrorist attack on a tourist bus in south Sinai in Egypt, which killed four people, including three South Korean tourists….
Bubba Watson ends 2-year drought – ESPN
ESPNLOS ANGELES — Bubba Watson lost track of time. He didn’t realize it had been nearly two years and 41 tournaments since his last victory. A reminder came Sunday afternoon, after he birdied the 18th…
Apple working on heart attack prediction device: report – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldThis post was originally published on Mashable. We now know that Apple held closed-door talks with Tesla, a meeting of two innovative companies that hints at a number of possibilities. But buried in…
NASA solves mystery of Mars ‘doughnut’ rock – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldNASA scientists have finally been able to explain the origin of the mysterious rock shaped like a jelly doughnut that appeared near the rover Opportunity in early January. The small, round object suddenly…
Kerry Implores Indonesia on Climate Change Peril – New York Times
New York TimesOn Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry delivered remarks on climate change to an audience of students in Jakarta, Indonesia. He accused climate change deniers of burying their heads in the sand. JAKARTA,…
John Kerry: Climate change as big a threat as terrorism, poverty, WMDs – CNN
CNN(CNN) — Saying that climate change ranks among the world’s most serious problems — such as disease outbreaks, poverty, terrorism and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry…
Social media trawled as government spends $4.3 million on research contracts – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldFounder and chief executive Warren Weeks said it could track 24 million social media ”pieces” an hour, to gauge Australians’ perceptions of different policy areas. ”People hire Cubit and people like us because…
Researchers Develop Termites-Inspired Robots To Build Shelter On Mars – The Almagest
The AlmagestIn a new research it is said termite-inspired robots may help doing several important tasks on Mars or Moon for human beings. It may even build shelters there for us. Similar to the termites,…
Government spends $4.3 million to gauge mood on social media – Sydney Morning Herald
Government spends $4.3 million to gauge mood on social mediaSydney Morning HeraldFounder and chief executive Warren Weeks said it could track 24 million social media ”pieces” an hour, to gauge Australians’ perceptions of different policy…
David Stern moves straight into NBA Hall of Fame – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldOnly two weeks after the end of his 30-year reign as commissioner of the NBA, David Stern is heading for the Basketball Hall of Fame. The American, 71, who oversaw the NBA’s rise…
Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan survives two falls to win figure skating gold – CBS News
CBS NewsYuzuru Hanyu of Japan reacts during the flower ceremony after he placed first in the men’s free skate figure skating final at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 14,…
Bid to block car-melting beam from London’s ‘Fryscraper’ – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldThe owners of the 37-storey skyscraper in the City of London financial district known as the Walkie Talkie are seeking permission to mount sun-shading gear to block a car-melting light beam cast by…
Syria aid convoy bound for Homs comes under attack – Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles TimesTARTUS, Syria — In a setback for a United Nations-brokered aid effort, a convoy carrying humanitarian assistance to civilians trapped in the center of the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday was met…
Liz Hurley denies Bill Clinton affair after sensational US media reports – The Independent
Judgment at Nuremberg actor Maximilian Schell dies aged 83 – Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Morning HeraldAustrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Oscar for best actor in 1961 for Judgment at Nuremberg, has died at the age of 83. Schell died following “a sudden and serious illness”, agent…
Thailand election: Country goes to polls – BBC News
BBC NewsMillions of Thais are voting in a general election boycotted by the opposition and blighted by protests. Anti-government protesters say they will disrupt voting across Thailand and continue their campaign to force Prime Minister…
Peyton Manning Is Football’s MVP: Most Valuable Performer – People Magazine
People MagazineThe greatest day in sports will soon be upon us: This Sunday, the Denver Broncos will face off against the Seattle Seahawks in Super Bowl XLVIII at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. If…
Scientists find new way to get stem cells – Irish Times
Irish TimesThe Centre for Cell Manufacturing Ireland general manager Andrew Finnerty, director Tim O’Brien, Minister of State for Research and Innovation Seán Sherlock and president of NUI Galway Dr James Browne at the opening of…
Andy Coulson called Sienna Miller tape ‘brilliant’, phone-hacking trial hears – BBC News
BBC NewsThe News of the World’s ex-editor, Andy Coulson, said “brilliant” when a reporter played him a hacked voicemail in the newsroom, a court has heard. Dan Evans told the Old Bailey he played a…
