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Brisbane to own Australia's first video-game nightclub

Melbourne, January 22 (ANI): Australia's first video-game nightclub is set to open in Brisbane next month.

Mana Bar at 420 Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley, started by four gaming enthusiasts, will feature Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3 games between cocktails.

Mana Bar director Guy Blomberg said the club would have a wide selection of video games at five terminals, including several titles available in the bar "weeks before they're available to the public".

"We don't want people grabbing a controller with 16 buttons and reading an instruction manual. We just want people to come in, pick up a controller and have a play," the Courier Mail quoted him as saying.

Swinburne University media and communications lecturer Dr Mark Finn added: "Lots of young people gather around consoles at parties ... it's part of our party culture now." (ANI)

Australian court grants bail to Haneef

Sydney, July 16: An Australian court granted bail today to the Indian doctor charged with recklessly providing support to a terrorist organisation linked to failed British car bombings in June, a court official said. Doctor Mohamed Haneef, 27, has been in custody since July 2 but was only charged on Saturday, sparking criticism by civil rights groups of his 12-day detention before being charged. Police have charged Haneef with supporting the attacks in London.....
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