Hot women, cold men will live longer | LOOKING to live to a ripe old age? A triumvirate of sun, sand and surf may be the key if you're a woman, while men might do well to consider relocating to cooler climes. | Minister for Ageing Justin... (photo: WN / deniseyong)The Australian
Drug cheats and other swines | By Jesse Fink | And so it begins. I'm not sure what's more riveting - the Olympic Games itself or the procession of drug busts that go with it. On Thursday, a second Chinese athlete was banned for l... (photo: AP Photo/Kin Cheung)Asia Times
Floodwater harvest halted | A NEW policy on floodwater harvesting amounts to the retrospective legalisation of Murray-Darling Basin environmental theft, critics say. | No new structures that allow farmers to harvest flood flow... (photo: GFDL)Sydney Morning Herald AustraliaEnvironmentFloodPhotosWater
Waste methane to create power | THE future of rubbish is in the tiny jaws of billions of hungry microbes in Camden. | Sydney is about to get one of the world's most modern waste management centres, in... (photo: WN / nurkamiah)Sydney Morning Herald AustraliaDevelopmentEnvironmentPhotosPower
Australia dips into the black ink of trade | AUSTRALIA has posted its first monthly trade surplus in six years, ending the longest run of red ink since records began. | The nation posted a small, but significant, ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)Sydney Morning Herald AustraliaFoodOilPhotosTrade
Clarke prepares to call the shots | MICHAEL CLARKE is in line to lead the Australian limited-overs team for the first time, but it is the West Indies captain, Chris Gayle, who feels he is learning the tra... (photo: AP / )Sydney Morning Herald AustraliaCricketMediaPhotosSport
The Fabulous Flag Sisters | Long before Megan Gale and her never-ending pins graced billboards all over Italy, there was another set of Australian legs renowned for being the best in Europe. They ... (photo: AP / )Sydney Morning Herald EntertainmentEuropeItalyModelPhotos
NZ dollar rises | The New Zealand dollar closed the local session today above US76c mainly thanks to a softer US dollar and despite more haemorrhaging in equity markets. | Markets also t... (photo: WN/Patricia)NZ Herald DollarEquityMarketsNew ZealandPhotos
BHP gets US approval for Rio Tinto bid | Sydney - Global mining giant BHP Billiton on Thursday said US antitrust regulators had granted partial approval for its $170 billion (R1.33 trillion) hostile takeover b... (photo: WN/Theresa Poongan)Business Report IssuesMiningPhotosSydneyTakeover
