The News Review:
- Tasmania reigns in rain
- Tap new oil wells or pay a heavy price
- MySeattlePix – Most e-mailed photos
- Cambridge debates Elgin Marbles
- The Peninsula n-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily
Tasmania reigns in rain
The Age – Feb 24, 2008
Reduced to a 31-over affair by two hours of rain delays and withthe target reduced to 131 from 159 Tasmania on 5-89 needed only42 runs off 11. 2 overs when play resumed late in the afternoon. But in a nailbiting finish befitting a final Victoria clawedits way back into the match to lose in the last over Tasmaniafalling over the line with five balls to spare and only one wicketin hand. Needing three off the final over Travis Birt who was thebackbone of the Tasmanian innings with an unbeaten 37 glidedAndrew McDonald through the vacant slip region to run the totalout.
Tap new oil wells or pay a heavy price
The Age – Feb 24, 2008
1 billion intaxes and royalties. “Given the maturity of Australia’s oil-producing areas only thediscovery of a substantial new oil province can arrest the declinein reserves and production. The most likely potential oil fields include the Arafura Sea offnorthern Australia the remote eastern frontier regions such as theFaust Capel and Fairway basins of the Lord Howe Rise and thecontinental shelf area south of Tasmania. nshore they include the Canning Georgina Warburton DarlingGunnedah and Simpson basins in central Australia.
MySeattlePix – Most e-mailed photos
nwsource.com – Feb 24, 2008
The owners Natalie and Fred were taking a walk through Chambers Creek Park along the waterfront in University Place on a beautiful sunny winter day. Tasman was as frisky and energetic as a puppy but had learned his commands and sat peacefully posing for his pictures against a spectacular backdrop. Submitted on February 24 2008 by.
Cambridge debates Elgin Marbles
abc.net.au – Feb 24, 2008
He says he thinks the British Museum will only return the marbles when the British Government tells the Museum to send them back. “Something similar has happened involving Australia” he said. “Eight years ago [former Australian prime minister] John Howard and [former British prime minister] Tony Blair issued a statement about the desirability of the British Museum’s returning sacred Aboriginal human remains. “Now the British Museum was totally opposed to that but because of the public commitment of the British Government after several years of bureaucratic process in 2006 the British Museum returned the first of the human remains to Tasmania. Tags: history world-politics australia greece united-kingdom Search for news.
The Peninsula n-line: Qatar’s leading English Daily
Peninsula n-line – Feb 24, 2008
This is in addition to nine American universities in Qatar. A total of 14 universities from Australia are participating in the event. They include Australian National University Curtin University of Technology Flinders University Lab Trobe University Macquarie University Monash University Murdoch University at Western Australia Queensland University of Technology University of New South Wales University of South Australia University of Sydney University of Tasmania and University of Technology Sydney. British Council and EducationUSA Advising Center will also have their pavilions at the fair.