High petrol prices don't deter motorists (AAP via Yahoo!Xtra News)
High petrol prices may drive motorists to complain but it hasn't stopped them driving....more...The $3 Flight (Entrpreneur.com)
Tony Fernandes had no aviation experience when he founded his no-frills carrier, AirAsia. It?s now among the fastest-growing airlines in the world....more... Southeast Australia: Sensation for senses (Contra Costa Times)
A sudden movement on the deeply shaded forest floor catches our attention. A koala is walking on all fours along the ground not 20 feet away from where we sit on a bench at the entrance to the Hanson Bay Wildlife Sanctuary on Kangaroo Island....more... Rugby fever: Paris overflows with English fans as ticket prices hit £5000 (Evening Standard)
England rugby fans joining the cross-Channel invasion for the World Cup Final this weekend have been warned: 'Paris is full.'...more... Rugby fever: Paris overflows with English fans as London prepares for victory parade (Daily Mail)
Almost all Paris's 75,000 hotel rooms are taken ahead of the World Cup Final this weekend as the cross-Channel invasion of England rugby fans gathers pace. Meanwhile, London is preparing for a million-strong victory parade in the West End ...more... 'Tyrant of the middle way' sees huge China expansion (The Scotsman)
THE ranks of respectful delegates were in place, the slogans sounded familiar and the Communist iconography was as potent as ever....more... Sufferers pull out teeth due to lack of dentists (Daily Telegraph)
People with toothache are resorting to pulling their own teeth because they cannot find a NHS dentist, a study out today says....more... ?He let my hand go and he was gone? (Times Online)
A British woman who was the sole survivor of a flash flood in Thailand that killed eight people described last night how she saw her fiancé being washed to his death after he saved her life....more... They came, they saw, they conquered - at last (Guardian Unlimited)
40,000 English fans who had made their way to Paris were preparing for defeat. Then came Jonny Wilkinson ......more... |