Dubai buys into top Australian gold junior « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This morning I read with some satisfaction that the Dubai Group has bought an 18 per cent stake in the Australian junior gold producer Citigold in a $29.4 million deal which makes Dubai Government its biggest shareholder. Earlier this year I wrote the article below for...

Australia to Clone Human Embryos for Stem Cell Research

Australian in-vitro fertilization firm Sydney IVF has been granted a license to clone human embryos in order to obtain embryonic stem cells.  The firm reports that it has 7,200 human eggs available towards this research, and if they are successful in extracting embryonic...

US mother convicted of sex with underage Australian boy

An American woman from the Virginia flew halfway around the world  to meet her teenage boy friend. She had  sex with a 15 year old boy and not been charged in an Australian court. Barbara Case, 33 met her teenage lover on internet.  She was arrested after the...

Australian squad for India announced; Symonds out

"Cricket Australia’s National Selection Panel (NSP) on Friday announced a 15–man squad to tour India for a four-Test series next month. The big news was the exclusion of Andrew Symonds from the squad. Symonds is currently undergoing counselling after he was sent back from...

Dhoni maintains top rank

"MS Dhoni hung on to his place atop the ODI batting chart but Australian Nathan Bracken surrendered top slot in bowlers’ rankings to Daniel Vettori after his relatively disappointing series against Bangladesh. In the ICC rankings for ODI batsmen, Australia’s stand-in...

Bhupathi out of mixed doubles

"India’s Mahesh Bhupathi’s lost out in the US Open mixed doubles came to an end when he and Australian Samantha Stosur went down to Swede Robert Lindstedt and Australian Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 3-6, 10-12 in the opening round."

Mendis needs to stand the test of time: Buchanan

"Former Australian and Kolkata Knight Riders coach John Buchanan says Ajantha Mendis should be judged on a long-term basis only and success in one series doesn’t really mean anything. “Mendis reminds me a bit of Johnny Gleeson, though he releases the ball much quicker, is...