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Australian Olympic medallist Rice sick with pneumonia
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — Australian swimming star Stephanie Rice, who won three gold medals and smashed world records at the Olympics, is sick with pneumonia, she said two days after returning from Beijing. Rice, 19, has curtailed a national tour aimed at selling an underwear brand she and former...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Beijing, Branding, Brisbane, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-08-27
Wallabies prepare for rugby Tri-Nations challenge
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — The Wallabies, fresh from record back-to-back victories over France, are preparing for the sterner challenges of World Cup champions South Africa and New Zealand in the Tri-Nations. The Wallabies were again too good for the French, winning by a record 40-10 here on Saturday in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane
Research articles 2008-07-05
Wallabies must improve ahead of rugby Tri-Nations: reports
SYDNEY AFP — Australia must make big improvements for next weekend's return rugby union Test against France as the sterner test of the Tri-Nations series looms ever closer, reports said Monday. The Australians beat a depleted France 34-13 here last Saturday in a performance coach Robbie Deans rated as...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brisbane, France, Ireland
Research articles 2008-06-29
Qantas to Commence New US Services.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2008-Qantas Airways Limited: Qantas to Commence New US ServicesC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11032008 Brisbane -- Qantas said today it would operate a record 47 services to the United States each week, when it commences new services from...
Tags: Brisbane, Qantas Airways Ltd., Sydney
Research articles 2008-03-11
Institutes Proceedings Against Duco Magic (Australia) Pty Ltd.
M2 PRESSWIRE-11 March 2008-ACCC: Institutes Proceedings Against Duco Magic Australia Pty LtdC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:11032008 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has instituted legal proceedings in the Federal Court in Brisbane against Duco Magic Australia Pty Ltd and...
Tags: Australia, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, Brisbane, DVD, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-03-11
Stormers romp to four-try win over Reds in Super 14
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — South Africa's Western Stormers climbed off the bottom of the Super 14 rugby standings with an bonus-point 34-16 win over Australia's Queensland Reds at Lang Park on Saturday. The Cape Town-based team played enterprising rugby to come away with four tries in their third straight...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, Games, MARKETING
Research articles 2008-03-08
Australian batsman Hayden labels Harbhajan an 'obnoxious weed'
BRISBANE AFP — Outspoken Australian batsman Matthew Hayden has inflamed tensions with the Indian team by calling off-spinner Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious weed." Hayden made the statement on Brisbane radio on Tuesday, after the lingering ill feeling between the sides surfaced again in Sunday's tri-series one-dayer at the SCG....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brisbane, Games, MARKETING, radio
Research articles 2008-02-27
Australian batsman Hayden reprimanded
BRISBANE AFP — Outspoken Australian batsman Matthew Hayden has been reprimanded by Cricket Australia CA for calling Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh an "obnoxious weed". CA's code of conduct commissioner, Ron Beazley, "issued a reprimand to Hayden... as penalty for the breach" after a two-hour hearing in Melbourne on Wednesday....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brisbane, Games, MARKETING, radio
Research articles 2008-02-27
Activist Geldof criticises Australia's foreign aid
SYDNEY AFP — Singer and activist Bob Geldof blasted Australia's foreign aid as "embarrassingly pathetic" on Monday as he accepted a new role as honorary ambassador for the eastern city of Brisbane. Geldof, the Boomtown Rats singer turned anti-poverty campaigner, said Australia spent less than 0.5 percent of gross...
Tags: activist, Agence France-Presse, ambassador, Australia, Brisbane
Research articles 2007-11-18
Sri Lanka fears blackout of Murali milestone
COLOMBO AFP — Sri Lanka fears missing out on hero Muttiah Muralitharan's feat of becoming the greatest ever wicket taker in Test cricket because of an ongoing dispute over media access. Master spinner Muralitharan needs just seven wickets to overtake retired Australian and fellow spinner Shane Warne's world record...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, blackout, Brisbane, MARKETING, photograph
Research articles 2007-11-12
Australian Test season opens with global media locked out
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — Australia's Test cricket season opened Thursday with international fans unable to follow the action after organisers locked global news agencies out of the ground in Brisbane. The row also left Australia's largest media organisation, News Limited, unable to cover the first day of the Australia-Sri...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, Australia, Brisbane, Computer Associates International Inc., MARKETING, media, photograph
Research articles 2007-11-07
New Underground Railroad and the Old: Abolitionists' Perspectives on Abortion, The
When discussing abortion, activists often draw parallels with slavery to support their views. For abortion supporters, legalizing abortion was a move to emancipate women and thus the Roe v. Wade decision should be seen as a modem-day analogue to the Thirteenth Amendment. No doubt with this understanding in mind, a...
Tags: American Medical Association, Boston, Brisbane, Marriage, physician, women
Research articles 2007-10-01
McEwen left out of Aussie cycling team for worlds
PARIS AFP — Sprint specialist Robbie McEwen has been left out of the nine-man Australian team named Wednesday for the world road championships in Stuttgart, Germany later this month. The Predictor rider claimed a fourth victory in the Paris-Brussels cycling classic race at the weekend. But selectors decided...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Brisbane, team
Research articles 2007-09-19
Vets slam Australia horse flu 'disaster'
SYDNEY AFP — An outbreak of equine influenza in Australia is a "disaster" that will have long-term effects, Australian veterinarians said Saturday, as limited racing resumed in the country's worst-affected states. The Australian Veterinary Association said it supported the restart of so-called "phantom" races, but warned the racing industry's...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, FINANCE, influenza, SECURITY, Strategy, Sydney
Research articles 2007-09-08
Camp Wallaby toughens Aussies for World Cup
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — The Wallabies are roughing it in a self-styled 'boot camp' monitored by former SAS commandos to prepare for next month's Rugby World Cup in France. The Australians are emulating their country's cricketers -- who went into camp before last southern summer's 5-0 Ashes sweep of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, SAS Institute, team
Research articles 2007-08-05
Severed kangaroo heads found on Australian beach
SYDNEY AFP — Australia's leading animal welfare group launched an investigation Tuesday after five severed kangaroo heads were found on a beach in Queensland state. A woman walking with her two young daughters made the grisly discovery at Decelption Bay, north of Brisbane, on Sunday, the Royal Society for...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland
Research articles 2007-07-31
Former Australia football captain Moore signs for A-League's Roar
SYDNEY AFP — Former Socceroos captain Craig Moore will return to his hometown Brisbane on a two-year deal with A-League outfit Queensland Roar, the club said Wednesday. Moore's return brings to an end a 14-year playing career in Europe, including stints at Glasgow Rangers, Borussia Monchengladbach, Crystal Palace and...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, CAREER, Football, Leadership
Research articles 2007-07-24
Rugby league star Lockyer out for rest of season
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — Brisbane Broncos and Australian rugby league captain Darren Lockyer will miss the rest of the season after sustaining a serious knee injury in Brisbane's 24-16 win over North Queensland in Townsville on Friday. Scans taken on Saturday confirmed that Lockyer ruptured an anterior cruciate ligament...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, Leadership
Research articles 2007-07-14
British car bomb suspect arrested in Australia
BRISBANE, Australia AFP — Police in the Australian city of Brisbane have arrested an eighth suspect in connection with a series of failed car bombings in Britain, a senior politician said Tuesday. "Acting on advice from UK authorities, the Australian Federal Police and Queensland police can confirm that a...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, car, Queensland
Research articles 2007-07-02
Larkham back to fire Australian rugby against Wales
SYDNEY AFP — Australia have turned to a combination of experience and youthful speed for Saturday's second Test against Wales as they seek to improve on their unconvincing first win. Veteran playmaker Stephen Larkham returns from injury while Wallabies coach Connolly has given Western Force winger Digby Ioane his...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, Brisbane, performance, Sydney
Research articles 2007-05-30