Archive for August, 2010
Discount coupon websites offer savings over sixty per cent on items
HUNDREDS of thousands of people are taking advantage of an explosion in discount coupon websites to save an average of more than 60 per cent on everything from meat and movie tickets to hotel stays. There was hardly a discount coupon for sale online in Australia at the start of the year. But now as [...]
Harden up or forget 2011 World Cup
DURBAN: Wallabies coach Robbie Deans has warned several players to get out of their comfort zone or their World Cup aspirations will be over. After the Wallabies wasted a great opportunity to beat the Springboks at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday night, when they squandered a 21-7 lead to lose 44-31, it was clear an agitated [...]
Silver lining for Penrith Panthers skipper Petero Civoniceva
Fijian International PETERO Civoniceva’s controversial send-off has arrived as a blessing in disguise for the Panthers skipper, possibly reducing his suspension from three weeks to a fortnight. The NRL match review committee has this morning hit Civoniceva with a grade three reckless tackle charge for last night’s ugly high shot on Bulldogs back rower Gary [...]
Dollar over US90c after Bernanke speech
THE dollar opened above US90c today after comments by the head of the US central bank lifted market sentiment on Friday night. At 7am (AEST) today, the local unit was trading at $US0.9019/23, around US1.5c higher than Friday’s close of $US0.0.8869/71. Since 5pm on Friday, the local currency traded between $US0.8861 and $US0.9030. On Friday [...]
More Americans believe Obama is Muslim
ABOUT one in five Americans wrongly says President Barack Obama is a Muslim amid a furore over a planned mosque near New York’s Ground Zero, according to two new US opinion polls. And 30 per cent of Americans say followers of Islam should be barred from running for president or serving on the US Supreme [...]
Cleaning slave ‘handed in’ to police
THE alleged captor of a 26-year-old slave blew the whistle on himself when he took the young man to police to treat his severe injuries. Nathan Barnes, 26, was allegedly beaten, starved and forced to be a slave for Mervyn John Ferry, 41, and Paula Diane Morrison, from Bathurst between February and August. Police are [...]
The lineout horrors are all in the head
The very thought of travelling to Loftus Versfeld Stadium in Pretoria still makes me feel nauseous. Have no doubt, Saia Fainga’a and Stephen Moore would have felt the same. As the charter bus drives through the smoky haze of barbecued meats, locals gather around their utes, donning their green jerseys and the horns of the [...]
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