SYDNEY (AFP) - Former Socceroos captain Craig Moore has been arrested in Dubai for allegedly drink-driving and assaulting police, Australian media reported on Friday.
Public broadcaster ABC said Moore, 34, was in jail after being arrested on Wednesday, and is set to appear in court. Foreign affairs officials said a 34-year-old Australian man had been detained in Dubai, without identifyi [...]
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli police are recommending an Austrian billionaire be charged with bribery for funnelling millions of dollars into the pockets of former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon, a newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the Haaretz newspaper, National Fraud Squad investigators have recommended that financier Martin Schlaff be indicted for transferring some 4.5 million dol [...]
KAYSERI, Turkey (AFP) - Australia stuttered to a last-second 76-75 win over Jordan in their opening game of the 2010 world basketball championships on Saturday.
Jordan, who are ranked 27 places below Australia in the world rankings showed that those statistics count for little as they ran out to an early 11-point lead over a sluggish Australian side.
Jordan continued to dominate at both ends o [...]
SYDNEY (AFP) - After a series of tourism campaigns focusing on bikinis and beaches, Australia is taking a new tack with a "Ramadan lounge" concept designed to appeal to travelling Muslims.
With Queensland's sunny winters increasingly luring Middle Eastern tourists escaping the oppressive heat of their summer months, local officials decided to open a venue designed for Muslims observing th [...]
Passengers jump out of plane in India after bad landing
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