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Samantha Stosur, unblessed so far in European Grand Slam events, has won the US Open Tennis in New York (11.9.11), defeating Serena Williams in straight sets. … Read More »
An extensive poll in France has put the former Socialist Party (PS) secretary, Francois Hollande (picture), in the box seat to become the party’s candidate in presidential elections next year. … Read More »
Cadel Evans, wrapped in the flag, and the winner’s yellow jersey, claimed victory on the Champs Elysees, 24.7.11, in the 2011 Tour de France.
It sounded like a popular win; to many cheers he said, in French and English, “thank you to all; it has been an incredible experience”.
The 34 year-old originally from the Northern Territory, a specialist mountain rider, had a long and patient campaign, following on from second-placings in the event, in 2007-08.
See EUAustralia Online, “Cadel Evans clinches Tour de France”, 24.7.11.
OPINION: Few could have expected a media story, about a tabloid empire, playing like a tabloid story - as it were.
Information became very messy about the “pie attack” incident as Rupert Murdoch neared the end of his testimony at a parliamentary hearing in London, 19.7.11. … Read More »
“This is the most humble day of my life”, said Rupert Murdoch, Chairman of News Corporation, on Tuesday, at the commencement of a parliamentary hearing in London into the affairs of his company.
Well into the hearing, a member of the public lunged at him with a shaving cream “pie” on a plate, causing a ten-minute recess, a young man ending up in handcuffs, (and journalists there saying Wendy Murdoch, defending her husband, took on the assailant).
The Select Committee on Culture and Media said it had reconvened because it had been misled in a 2009 investigation into the hacking of private telephones by the Murdoch group newspaper, The News of the World. … Read More »
A mega-story befitting the land of the tabloids: on the eve of the scheduled appearance of the Murdoch principals before a parliamentary committee, London was taking stock of the resignation of the Police chief, and the weekend arrest and interrogation of Rebekah Brooks. … Read More »