Warnie named 'Greatest Australian Sporting Star' of past 30 years

Wednesday, October 18, 2006, 13:37 [IST]

Sydney, Oct 18 (UNI) Shane Warne beat competition from Olympic Gold medal winning athletes Ian Thorpe, Susie O'Neill and Cathy Freeman to become the 'Greatest Sporting Star' of Australia in the past 30 years according to a list released by a local magazine.

According to a list released by the 'Alpha magazine, Warne is the greatest sporting talent to emerge in the past 30 years and is rated ahead of star swimmers Thorpe and O'Neil, who won multiple gold medals in Olympics.

Thorpe was third in the list, while Freeman who lit the Olympic flame in the 2000 edition, was sixth.

Warne has taken a world-record 685 Test wickets at an average of 25.25 and former team-mate Ian Healy said the champion leg-spinner deserved to top the list of greatest sporting heroes.

''There's an element of genius about Warnie,'' Healy was quoted by the 'Herald Sun as saying.

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UN Council seat undecided after two days of voting

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Moorat trading to be held for essential commodities markets

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Saudi Arabian delegation to visit India next month

Wednesday, October 18, 2006,14:08 [IST]

Dubai, Oct 18 (UNI) A high-level delegation from Saudi Arabian Education Ministry will visit India from November 6-10 to finalise a deal that would allow Saudi students to pursue higher education under a special scholarship programme, official sources said today. Saudi Higher Education Minister Dr Khaled Al-Anqari will lead a senior-level delegation to New Delhi within the framework of the 'Delhi Declaration' signed during the visit of Saudi King Abdullah to New Delhi on.....

Judicial activism by courts has paid rich dividends: Judge

Wednesday, October 18, 2006,14:08 [IST]

Bangalore, Oct 18 (UNI) Judicial activism, which is interpreted by some frustrated elements as 'Judicial Tyranny', had in fact paid rich dividends in the country and it was being carried out by the courts purely as a legal process to sub-serve societal and public interest, Chhattisgarh High Court Chief Justice S R Nayak has said. Speaking at a seminar on "Judicial Activism or Judicial Tyranny", organised by the Karnataka High Court as part of.....

SC dismisses HC decision on Aligarh riots

Wednesday, October 18, 2006,14:09 [IST]

New Delhi, Oct 18: The Supreme Court has quashed the order of Allahabad High Court revoking the suspension of two senior police officers by the Uttar Pradesh government for having not been able to control communal riots in Aligarh in April 2006. A Bench comprising Justices H K Sema and P K Balasubramanyan on Monday, directed the high court to decide on merit the petition of the two police officers within three months.The State government had placed.....