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Dungog residents accuse Hunter Water of bullying tactics
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 6:44 PM EST (theherald.com.au)
HUNTER Water has been accused of bullying and using compulsory acquisition laws as a "big stick" to force people off their land to make way for the $477 million Tillegra Dam.
India-Australia series sees viewers return
Seeded on Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:34 AM EST (livemint.com)
According to the latest viewership data from TAM Media Research Pvt. Ltd, a television audience measurement agency, the first three matches of the ongoing series scored average television rating points (TRPs) of 2.44% on Neo Sports Broadcast Pvt.
Wicket not ideal for ODIs
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:10 AM EST (thedailystar.net)
Apart from the coloured clothing it looked almost like a Test match was going on when Bangladesh captain Shakib Al Hasan operated his slow bowlers with two slip fielders and the men at the silly positions during the fourth one-dayer against Zimbabwe at the Chittagong Divisional S …
Frustration at dire show
Seeded on Thu Nov 5, 2009 6:03 AM EST (thedailystar.net)
"Everything is finished even before we settled in our seat.
Scorers get ready to throw the book at authorities in uprising
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 11:33 PM EST (The Times)
So strongly do they feel after their treatment — or lack of it — at the recent World Twenty20 in England that they are even talking about forming their own trade union.
Oil spill royal commission call
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 9:59 PM EST (Yahoo! News)
The discovery of an oil-like substance coating mangroves in the Northern Territory, less than 100km from the WA border, has intensified calls for the inquiry into the West Atlas oil rig disaster to have the powers of a royal commission.
Cricket sponsorship keeps some biggies in the pavilion
Seeded on Wed Nov 4, 2009 3:02 PM EST (Business Standard)
Traditional heavy spenders on cricket properties Vodafone, car maker Hyundai Motors, Reliance Communications and soft drink major Coca-Cola have decided to stay out of the bidding for the sponsorship of the Indian cricket team with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) …
Vegemite Contest Draws Protests
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 6:11 PM EST (The New York Times)
Whether the strategy was intentional or not, Gerry McCusker, who has written a book on public relations disasters, believes Kraft's experience with iSnack 2.0 will become a useful case study in using controversy to "cut through the clutter" of the marketing space.
Mystery of Argleton, the 'Google' town that only exists online
Seeded on Tue Nov 3, 2009 5:38 PM EST (Telegraph)
"I started to weave this amazing fantasy about the place, an alternative universe, a Narnia-like world. I was really fascinated by the appearance of a non-existent place that the internet had the power to make real and give a semi-existence."
Scone horse breeders buck at wind turbines
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 2:55 PM EST (The Newcastle Herald)
HORSE breeders say wind turbines will ruin Scone's beauty and potentially affect livestock worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Monsanto seeks Supreme Court review of biotech alfalfa ruling - National Rural News - Agribusiness and General - General - The Land
Seeded on Mon Nov 2, 2009 6:11 AM EST (Feedstuffs.com)
Monsanto has filed a petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review a federal appeals court's decision to block the cultivation of the company's Roundup Ready alfalfa until the USDA completes its environmental assessment.
Hack Day: like a tech version of a hippy commune
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 8:30 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)
The government has opened the data flood gates and said "geeks, come on in!" at an event called GovHack, held last weekend in Canberra.
Alia bint al-Hussein of Jordan and animal welfare
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 4:37 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)
THE King of Jordan's sister has appealed to the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, to stop the ritual slaughter of conscious animals for halal meat in Australia, saying it was not necessary under Islamic principles.
First it was the march of the cane toad … now the brush turkey is eating Sydney
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 3:30 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)
THEY'RE big, noisy, powerful and quite capable of blitzing the average Aussie backyard to bits in an afternoon. And, they're coming to a Sydney suburb near you soon - if they aren't there already.
Mission impossible | Cricket Features | Australia v West Indies 2009/10 | Cricinfo.com
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 3:16 PM EST (Cricinfo)
Tony Cozier - November 1, 2009: Given the divisions caused by the WICB-WIPA row and the negligible preparation, West Indies face a virtual mission impossible.
Timex gets product licence of ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
Seeded on Sun Nov 1, 2009 2:54 PM EST (Business Standard)
Watch maker Timex Group India today said it has got the licence from the International Cricket Council for launching a product using the logo of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.
Cricket, cricket and more cricket. Anyone listening?
Seeded on Fri Oct 30, 2009 12:00 AM EDT (hindustantimes.com)
In the 24 months leading into the World Twenty20 in September 2007 (where India emerged champions), India played 23 Test matches and 66 one-day internationals (see graphic).
Cluster bomb trade funded by world's biggest banks
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 9:56 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The deadly trade in cluster bombs is funded by the world's biggest banks who have loaned or arranged finance worth $20bn (£12.5bn) to firms producing the controversial weapons, despite growing international efforts to ban them.
Cockley watching his stocks rise quickly
Seeded on Thu Oct 29, 2009 4:12 PM EDT (theherald.com.au)
The kid from the back blocks of Waratah West is not sure how much of the $2.7 million prizemoney he will earn for his seven days in India watching NSW win the Champion League Twenty20. NSW players are understood to be pocketing $50,000 each from the prizemoney.
The economics of the Games - Corporate News - livemint.com
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 5:21 AM EDT (livemint.com)
Where there's a few million dollars of expenditure, there's usually an economic study pondering how the money was spent. This is particularly true of big-ticket sporting events such as the Olympic or Commonwealth Games.
Copenhagen For Dummies | newmatilda.com
Seeded on Wed Oct 28, 2009 4:46 AM EDT (New Matilda)
So many acronyms, so little time. Ben Eltham has prepared a cheat sheet to help you negotiate coverage of the Copenhagen summit
IPL portal provider backs out due to losses - CIOL News Reports
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 7:35 AM EDT (ciol.com)
Akansha Prasad Wednesday, September 16, 2009 BANGALORE, INDIA: On the face of market slowdown and huge loses, Live Current Media (LCM), the Canadian website provider for Indian Premier League (IPLT20) has announced to divest all of the Company's cricket operations, including the …
Scyld Berry: greed still rules after the Stanford debasement
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:32 AM EDT (Telegraph)
In 1868 Australian Aboriginal cricketers toured England and, at intervals, demonstrated their skill at running backwards; since then, cricket has not seen such a display of rapid back-tracking as that by the ECB's top brass. It had been love at first sight.
Say it ain't so Tsao: Baseball scandal hits Taiwan
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 6:13 AM EDT (The Washington Post)
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Authorities are investigating whether Taiwanese baseball players accepted bribes to fix games, a prosecutor said Tuesday, the latest blow to the integrity of the sport on the baseball-loving island.
Neo remains optimistic on cricket ads
Seeded on Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:18 AM EDT (livemint.com)
"For viewers in India, especially the large cricket fan who is always supporting (the) home team, there are six months of fantastic bilateral nations format cricket happening," said Yannick Colaco, chief operating officer (COO), Nimbus Communications Ltd, which owns Neo Sport …
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