Plaudits are coming thick and fast for ''The Dark Knight
Rises'', one reviewer proclaiming it to be "the biggest, best
and most exciting Batman of them all".
Four people, including two American tourists, were taken to
hospital after a double-cab utility crashed on State Highway
8 south of Omarama about 3pm yesterday.
For Egyptians worn down by a tumultuous military interregnum,
the first opportunity to choose their leader freely looked as
much like a poisoned chalice as a triumph of democracy.
Southern centre Apelu Alapati's try in the 70th minute helped
Southern retain the Jack Hore Memorial Trophy, and bank a
valuable bonus point, when it defeated Pirates at Hancock
Park.
At least 22 al Qaeda-linked militants and 12 Yemeni soldiers
were killed in clashes and air strikes overnight during a
US-backed offensive against insurgents in the south of the
country, officials say.
Jennifer Lopez has topped the annual Forbes list of the 100
most powerful celebrities in the world, taking over from
fellow pop singer Lady Gaga and beating out media mogul Oprah
Winfrey.
A United Nations-backed court convicted former Liberian
president Charles Taylor of war crimes and crimes against
humanity, the first time a head of state has been found
guilty by an international tribunal since the Nazi trials at
Nuremberg.
