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• Australia name unknowns for Davis Cup tie with Chile

  - 2008-09-03

  SYDNEY AFP — Australia face a tough challenge as they try to win their way back into the Davis Cup World Group later this month against Chile with a team of virtual unknowns. Australian Davis Cup captain John Fitzgerald on Wednesday named a six-man squad for the September 19-21...

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• Aussie cricketer Watson to return for one-dayer

  - 2008-09-02

  DARWIN AFP — Injury-plagued Australian all-rounder Shane Watson is set to return in the second one-day clash against Bangladesh at the TIO Stadium on Wednesday. Watson missed the first clash of the series on Saturday due to calf soreness as Australia were reduced to only 11 available players following...

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• Rare Marilyn Monroe footage surfaces in Australia

  - 2008-09-02

  MELBOURNE AFP — Rare behind-the-scenes footage of screen goddess Marilyn Monroe, taken while she was filming her iconic 1959 hit "Some Like it Hot," has been found in Australia, an auction house said Tuesday. The two-and-a-half-minute amateur film, featuring Monroe and co-stars Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, was taken...

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• Grim prospects for Australian river system as drought bites:official

  - 2008-09-02

  SYDNEY AFP — Rivers in Australia's most important farming region are in critical condition thanks to the long-running drought, with no sign of an end to the 'big dry,' officials said Tuesday. The Murray-Darling Basin Commission, which monitors the east coast region that accounts for some 40 percent of...

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• Mortlock expects Wallabies to bounce back

  - 2008-09-01

  SYDNEY AFP — Australia captain Stirling Mortlock is confident Saturday's horrific record loss to South Africa will quickly be shown to be little more than an aberration. The Wallabies suffered their biggest ever defeat with a 53-8 drubbing at the hands of the rampant Springboks in Johannesburg. They...

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• Russia warns Australia against scrapping uranium deal: report

  - 2008-09-01

  SYDNEY AFP — Any decision by Australia to scrap a deal to sell uranium to Russia to protest its action in Georgia would be "politically biased" and economically harmful, Moscow's envoy to Canberra has reportedly warned. Fairfax newspapers on Tuesday quoted Ambassador Alexander Blokhin, as issuing the caution a...

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• Quiksilver to sell Rossignol skis to Australia's Macquarie

  - 2008-08-27

  WASHINGTON AFP — US sporting goods maker Quiksilver said Wednesday it has agreed to sell its Rossignol ski-making group to a company controlled by Australia's Macquarie Group. Quiksilver said it had received a binding offer of 100 million euros (147 million dollars), from Bruno Cercley, head of Chartreuse &...

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• ICC postpones Champions Trophy in Pakistan

  - 2008-08-24

  DUBAI AFP — The International Cricket Council ICC Sunday postponed until next year September's Champions Trophy in Pakistan over security fears. The move came two days after South Africa refused to send their team, while players' associations from Australia, New Zealand and England urged their players not to travel...

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• Nam, Somkiat lead Brunei Golf Open

  - 2008-08-21

  BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN AFP — Korea's Nam Young and Somkiat Srisanga of Thailand ended the first round of the Brunei Open as joint leaders after carding blistering seven-under-par 64s on Thursday. The duo stole the early thunder at the Empire Hotel and Country Club to lead by one stroke...

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• Cahill won't rush back from foot injury

  - 2008-08-21

  LIVERPOOL AFP — Everton midfielder Tim Cahill won't rush his return from a broken foot because the Australian wants to make an immediate impact for club and country. Cahill, 28, has been sidelined since March and Everton manager David Moyes would love to have him back in action to...

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