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Hit-and-miss form sets selection precedent
OF ALL the statistics that indicated why Marcus North should not have retained his position in the Australian Test team, arguably the most damning is that he has failed to pass 10 in more than half of his international appearances.
Obama's counsel worth heeding
BARACK Obama should not have got the Nobel peace prize. The award was premature, too wishful, too lacking in awareness, too much of a hostage to fortune. It told you at least as much about the committee as about the man who received it in Oslo this week.
There's room for McDonald and Watson in Australia's Test side
THE Australian selectors will meet this week to select the squad for the first Test against the West Indies in Brisbane and a few interesting questions need to be answered. Will Phillip Hughes return to open the batting? If so, what number does Shane Watson bat? Does Michael Clarke walk..read more
HIS OWN WORST ENEMY
A new biopic reveals the former heavyweight champion has always lived in trouble's shadow, writes GAYNOR FLYNN.
Handling a dragon that has fried its own foot
THE Chinese Government has revealed its charges against the Rio Tinto executive Stern Hu, but the information does not add a great deal to the enigma that his arrest and those of other members of his team have created.