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What is it with young teenage girls these days? Another one, Laura Dekker (picture), aged 14, has just been cleared by a court in the Netherlands, to go it alone on the high seas. … Read More »
Political winners of the month have included Bronislaw Komorowski (picture), elected President of Poland; and among sports winners: England defeating Australia in one-day cricket, two tennis veterans wrapping-it-up at Wimbledon, and the World Cup Football, once again a European festival. … Read More »
The European Parliament moved close this week (5.7.10) to finalising a long-running problem with the transfer of banking information to the United States, under scrutiny of US anti-terrorism agencies. … Read More »
Two Australian soldiers have been killed on patrol in Afghanistan’s Oruzgan Province, during a day in which altogether ten soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) lost their lives (8.6.10). … Read More »
Australia’s Samantha Stosur, rated seventh in the World, for the second time has got into the final four in the French Open. The win against the top-seeded American player (2.6.10) at Roland-Garros took resilience, the scores coming out at 6-2,6-7, 8-6.
Samantha Stosur is looking towards one more great challenge — her win over Justine Henin has put her into the final eight, in the French Open tennis, for the second year in a row – going on to a quarter-final this time against the top-seeded Serena Williams (USA) (2.6.10). … Read More »
COMMENTARY: European Union Finance Ministers this week came up with regulatory measures meant to damp down speculative pressure on financial markets, while stock prices and the Euro currency began to slip. … Read More »