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Fresh flows into the Menindee Lakes have boosted tourism opportunities around the region, both on land and in the air.
One tourist company, Wettenhall Air Services, is advertising scenic flights over the Menindee Lakes and other local water storages.
Pilot Aaron Bloom says the business normally conducts scenic flights according to what the customer requests, but it [...]

The Law Society and Lawyers Alliance have defended the verdicts against the McGee brothers and deny they indicate that anything is wrong with the justice system.
Lawyer Eugene McGee and his brother Craig have been found not guilty of conspiracy to attempt to pervert the course of justice over the hit-run road death of cyclist Ian [...]

A 50 year old woman has died in a house fire at Mandurah, south of Perth.
Firefighters were called to the property in Hancock Street just after 04:30 this morning.
They say the roof of the home collapsed before they could extinguish the blaze.
ABC reporter Oliver Peterson says neighbours entered the house this morning but there was [...]

A new study has found the Australian dingo may be the oldest breed of dog in the world.
An international study has found that the dingo, along with the new guinea singing dog, are most like the dogs domesticated in Asia and the Middle East thousands of years ago.
Dr Alan Wilton, from the University of New [...]

New York, March 19 (ANI): The father of Padma Lakshmi’s baby Krishna could be venture capitalist Adam Dell, according to sources.
Dell, 40, resides in Austin and New York.
The pair had “had an on-and-off minimal relationship that ended many, many months ago,” the New York Daily News quoted a source as saying.
The insider added: “There [...]

Wellington, Mar.17 (ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke believes that youngster Steve Smith is ready for international honours, and will do whatever it takes to make the grade.
Interacting with 50 journalists at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium, Clarke said Smith is looking forward to making his Test debut, and even if he does not, he will be working [...]

Wellington, Mar.17 (ANI): Australian vice-captain Michael Clarke believes that youngster Steve Smith is ready for international honours, and will do whatever it takes to make the grade.
Interacting with 50 journalists at Wellington’s Westpac Stadium, Clarke said Smith is looking forward to making his Test debut, and even if he does not, he will be working [...]

New York, March 17 (ANI): Kate Winslet decided to put an end to her seven year old marriage with Sam Mendes ‘out of boredom’, it has been alleged.
The Oscar-winning actress, 34, and the director, 44, called it quits two years after they teamed up for the film Revolutionary Road, based on a drifting couple.
“She felt [...]

An exploration company has sold its copper mine in north-west Queensland less than a year after it purchased the operation.
Cape Lambert Resources, based in Western Australia, has sold the Lady Annie Mine near Mount Isa for $135 million.
Executive chairman Tony Sage says the company’s objective has always been to develop mines rather than operate them [...]

Western Bulldogs captain Brad Johnson has been ruled out of Saturday night’s preseason cup grand final against St Kilda through injury.
Johnson is also expected to miss the Bulldogs’ opening match of the home and away season against Collingwood.
The Bulldogs had hoped the skipper, who injured his calf about five weeks ago, would be ready to [...]

A man has been sentenced to two years in jail after trying to extort $US100,000 from Cindy Crawford.
Edis Kayalar, 26, surrendered to German authorities in November after he was charged in Los Angeles with trying to extort money from Crawford and her husband, Rande Gerber, over a photo of their seven-year-old daughter gagged and bound [...]

New York, Mar 10 (ANI): After consistently saying no to kids for years, Simon Cowell might just end up having children with fiancee Mezhgan Hussainy after all.
In an interview with Jay Leno, the music mogul said that he is “kind of torn”, telling him he finally put a ring on it.
Cowell appeared on ‘The Tonight [...]

Washington, March 10 (ANI): People’s beliefs about how God is directly involved in their personal life and well-being have become the subject of a new research.
Sociology Professor Scott Schieman, University of Toronto, who based his study on data from two recent national surveys of Americans, found new patterns about these beliefs and the ways they [...]

LONDON: A Manchester-based Indian-origin delivery van driver has been convicted of assaulting his police officer-wife, who later died of cancer, and is likely to face a jail sentence.
Vijay Singh, 37, and mother of four children, was in bed at her house when her estranged husband Wlati Singh, 39, entered and punched in her head and [...]

ROME — The family of Amanda Knox has asked lawyers to begin their appeal of the American’s murder conviction in Italy after reviewing the court’s motivation for the verdict.
The judges who convicted Knox and co-defendant Raffaele Sollecito in December issued the reasons behind the ruling this week.
They found no planning or animosity toward [...]

New York, March 5 (ANI): Sean Penn has expressed his ire on critics, who have slammed his Haiti relief effort as a move to distract the world’s attention from his divorce, by saying he wants them to die of rectal cancer.
Earlier, the actor’s divorce with Robin Wright Penn had hit the headlines and critics had [...]

London, March 5 (ANI): Ashley Cole is hoping to patch up things with wife Cheryl – by offering to renew their wedding vows, it has emerged.
He has told pals that he will win back the singer in showdown talks next week.
Ashley is confident that he”ll make things work during a 15-minute face-to-face next week.
“Ashley and [...]

Washington, September 20 (ANI): Jennifer Aniston has been running hard to maintain her fitness while shooting new film ‘The Bounty.’

The actress reportedly woke up at 5a.m in the morning and ran laps around New Jersey’s Monmouth Park racecourse to the surprise of the crewmembers.

“She showed up every morning at 5am to run laps on the [...]

Washington, September 19 (ANI): A team of archaeologists has discovered a 2000-year-old Roman amphitheatre near Tiberias in Israel.

According to a report in the Haaretz newspaper, Archeologist, Doctor Valid Atrash, from the Israel Antiquities Authority, said that the remnants of the Roman amphitheatre peaks [...]

London, September 19 (ANI): Michael Jackson’s completely new signature dance move in a new footage while rehearsing for his comeback concerts may soon become a rage amongst his fans.

The King of Pop, in the move, being called as the Penguin, was seen flapping his right arm up and down very quickly as his body [...]