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Tas business labels maternity plan unfair
The Tasmanian Chamber of Commerce has attacked the Federal Opposition leader’s maternity leave scheme.
Tony Abbott has announced a plan to impose a levy of 1.7 per cent on companies’ taxable income above $5 million so parents can take six months paid maternity leave.
The Chamber’s Robert Wallace has told ABC Local Radio that even though Tasmanian [...]
‘Monty Python’ pals John Cleese and Michael Palin may work together again
London, September 20 (ANI): Former ‘Monty Python’ stars John Cleese, 69, and Michael Palin, 66, may soon be working together again.
They are said to have been discussing reuniting for the first time in more than a decade.
The pair met last month while Cleese, who lives in California, was in London after his 12million-pound [...]
Residents of Pak’s Bara district flee homes following Lashkasr’s warning
Landi Kotal (Pakistan), Sep 19 (ANI): Following a warning issued by the leader of a terrorist organization, hundreds of Bara residents fled their houses to move to safer places before the last day of Eidul Fitr festivities.
On Friday morning, Lashkar-i-Islam (LI) chief Mangal Bagh issued [...]
World’s longest running soap comes to an end
London, September 19 (ANI): The world’s longest running soap opera ‘Guiding Light’, spanning seven-decades and 15,700 episodes, has come to an end.
The American TV programme, which started as a 15-minute daily drama on NBC radio in 1937 before moving to television in 1952, was screened for the last time after a decline in the ratings [...]
Tim Paine is heir-apparent to Haddin, says Harrison
Melbourne, Sep 18 (ANI): Tasmanian Cricket Association chairman Tony Harrison has said that Tim Paine’s match-winning one-day century for Australia against England should make all cricket followers aware of his class and potential.
“Wicketkeeper batsman Tim Paine’s first international one-day century scored [...]
Now, ‘Australian Fritzl’ who raped daughter, fathered four kids emerges
Melbourne, September 17 (ANI): Lisa Neville, Australian Community Services Minister, has come under fire after huge number of bungling in the child protection services emerged, including a sex horror case of a man accused of fathering four children with his daughter.
Neville is expected [...]
Robbie Williams moving Down Under?
London, Sep 16 (ANI): It seems that Robbie Williams is shifting bag and baggage to Australia, all thanks to his ladylove Ayda Field.
The singer has revealed that he is searching for a farm or beachfront retreat Down Under because of his girlfriend.
Robbie divulged the details in an interview on Australia’s biggest breakfast radio show on [...]
Victoria Police deny Indian bashing cover-up
Melbourne, Sep.16 (ANI): Victoria Police has denied they had a plan to limit publicity about the bashing of four Indian men outside a Melbourne pub on Saturday night.
Four men were arrested in relation to assault and affray, but they were released pending further investigations.
Police believe a fifth man may also have been involved in [...]
Here’s how Zimbabwe’s blind cricket commentator Dean du Plessis bowls audiences
London, September 12 (ANI): He was born blind and has never seen a single match in his life, but has proved that all one requires to become a great cricket commentator is a mix of erudite descriptions of action, comprehensive knowledge of great players, faultless recall of statistics, and needle-sharp sense of timing and judgment.
Needless [...]
Ex-Mossad head says ‘Netanyahu agreed to Golan pullout’
Jerusalem, Sep.10 (ANI): Former Mossad head Danny Yatom has claimed that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu agreed to withdraw Israeli troops from the entire Golan Heights during his first term in exchange for a peace deal with Syria [...]
Kelly Osbourne blames her DNA for drug addiction
Washington, Sept 10 (ANI): ‘Dancing with the Stars’ contestant Kelly Osbourne has blamed her genes for her drug addiction.
Kelly’s father, rockstar Ozzy Osbourne, has had a long struggle with drugs, which makes her believe her DNA was pre-programmed to make her an addict.
Contactmusic quoted Kelly as telling BBC Radio 5 Live: “I don’t have any [...]
S. African athlete Semenya tries to gloss over gender controversy
Johannesburg, Sep.9 (ANI): South African athlete Caster Semenya has completed her transformation from gender troubled sporting champion into national celebrity with a photo shoot in the country’s leading gossip magazine.
While the controversy rumbles on over whether the teenage runner is really male or female, her handlers have sought to end the debate with the aid [...]
Delhi Court to hear Bofors pay-off case today
New Delhi, Sep 8 (ANI): A Delhi court will hear the Bofors payoffs case against Italian businessman Ottavio Quattrocchi today. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) may reveal its course of action following the withdrawal of Interpol’s Red Corner Notice against him.
The matter is to come up for hearing before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri [...]
India should not doubt our sincerity in handling Mumbai attacks probe: Pak
Islamabad, Sep 7(ANI): Pakistan on Monday asked India to provide more proof to enable it to carry forward its probe in 26/11 Mumbai terror attack instead of doubting Pakistan’s sincerity.
The latest reaction of the Government of Pakistan has come following Indian Government’s allegation blaming it for deliberately holding up the probe in Mumbai attacks.
“India [...]
Timberlake, Ciara’s new music video banned in Turkey over sexual content
Washington, Sept 7 (ANI): Justin Timberlake and Ciara’s latest music video ‘Love Sex Magic’ has been banned in Turkey due to its explicit sexual content.
The video shows a scantily clad Ciara licking Timberlake’s ear as both hitmakers dance close to each other.
Turkey’s Radio and Television Supreme Council banned all TV channels from showing the video.
According [...]
Senior FBI agent says Gaddafi may have sanctioned Lockerbie bombing
Jerusalem, Sep. 4 (ANI): A senior FBI agent has claimed that Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi must have personally okayed the 1988 Lockerbie bombing that killed 270 people.
Richard Marquise, an FBI veteran who led the US task force probing [...]
Lady Gaga says penis rumours have “offended her vagina”!
Melbourne, Sept 4 (ANI): Lady Gaga ‘cleanly’ took issues below the belt as she spoke to silence her critics who claim she is a hermaphrodite.
The Poker Face singer told Brisbane RJs that she hardly thought twice about any gossip surrounding her sexuality but her “little vagina” was [...]
Radio Pakistan unhappy over criticism of Jaswant Singh book on Jinnah
Abohar, Sep.3 (ANI): The expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Jaswant Singh has got a new fan in Punjabi Durbar programme of Radio Pakistan.
In its latest edition, the Punjabi Durbar programme has described all political parties of India be it Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress or Shiv [...]
Lily Allen’s amputation fears after falling on her tailbone
Washington, Sep 2 (ANI): Brit singer Lily Allen has revealed that after she fell on her coccyx (tailbone), she feared that she would have to get her legs amputated.
Allen, 24, who describes the fall as “the most painful thing ever”, thought the injury would leave her paralysed, and she kept on crying throughout a [...]
Prince Charles accused of ‘abusing his position’ to influence planning process
London, Sep 2 (ANI): A senior architect in Britain has accused Prince Charles of “abusing his position” to influence planning decisions.
Ruth Reed, the first woman president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), claims that the Prince of Wales used his royal status to interfere in the “democratic process”.
She also accused him of writing [...]
