Sydney Swans coach Paul Roos says he is not reading too much into the Eagles' patchy form leading up to Friday night's qualifying final at Subiaco Oval.

The Swans have brought a squad of 25 players to Perth.

Roos said he was expecting the Eagles to be at their best, coming off a loss to Adelaide.

He

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Researchers say the humpback whale population is slowly increasing but it needs to be protected from commercial whaling.

A group of scientists at Southern Cross University's Whale Research Centre, in northern New South Wales, has been conducting a five-month study on the migration of humpback whales.

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An accident on the Pacific Highway at Woolgoolga, north of Coffs Harbour, brings to six the number of people killed in accidents between Macksville and Grafton in just nine days

A 75-year-old Grafton man's car crashed head-on with a semitrailer at Woolgoolga just after 3:00pm AEST yesterday.

He was trapped

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Abraham Rabinovich, Jerusalem
July 01, 2005

ISRAEL has reacted with disgust to television images of right-wing extremists attempting to stone to death a Palestinian youth to protest the pending evacuation of Gaza Strip settlements.

Outrage at the incident dominated media reports, overshadowing even the

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July 01, 2005

A TEAM of international scientists, including Australians, has made what they believe is one of the most important breakthroughs for years in obtaining medicinal drugs from the sea.

The team has cloned DNA from marine organisms into E.coli in a bid to obtain a sustainable supply of new drugs.

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Peter Kogoy and Ray Gatt
July 01, 2005

DUMPED national coach Frank Farina yesterday claimed that hiring a foreign-based replacement would further diminish the Socceroos' chances of qualifying for next year's World Cup.

Farina said the Socceroos already faced a more difficult path to reach the sport's

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