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Oz priest denies Jesus was God

Melbourne, October 29 : An Australian priest’s denial that Jesus was God in a booklet has instigated a debate over bedrock Christian beliefs among parishioners of several parishes in Queensland and New South Wales.

Peter Dresser of Coonamble in the Diocese of Bathurst insists in the booklet being sold at two Brisbane parishes—St. Mary''s and the Wooloowin/Windsor/Kalinga Parish of outspoken Brisbane priest Richard Pascoe—that he does not think Jesus was God.

The greatest stress-triggers of the modern age revealed

StressMelbourne, Oct 29: While work and relationships are most synonymous with stress, experts have said that continuously the word "yes" down the phone to a voice-recognition system that fails to identify your voice is one of the greatest stress-trigger of the modern age.

Also included in the list is missing your train by seconds after waiting in a ticket queue.

According to experts, technology, greater traffic congestion and increased time pressures have dramatically changed the nature of stress.

Yoga head stands and trumpets may put eyes at risk

YogaMelbourne, Oct 28 : An Australian study has revealed that yoga head stands, swimming, or playing a musical instrument may put the eyes at risk.

The researchers from University of New South Wales School of Optometry and Vision Science have found that swimming, gym workout or playing a musical instrument can exacerbate eye diseases like glaucoma and short-sightedness.

N Korea threatens to turn S Korea into ‘debris’

Melbourne, Oct 28 : North Korea today threatened to turn South Korea into “debris” unless Seoul stops what it described as a policy of confrontation.

“The puppet authorities had better bear in mind that the advanced preemptive strike of our own style will reduce everything ... to debris, not just setting them on fire,” the North Korea’s military said.

“It will turn out to be a just war... to build an independent reunified state on it,”'' it added.

The North warned that its army would take a resolute practical action if the South continues its “confrontational racket,”'' scattering anti-Pyongyang leaflets and conducting a smear campaign with sheer fabrications.

The things celebs did before they became celebs!

Madonna Melbourne, October 27 : Not all celebrities are born with glamour, or at least such was the case with Madonna, Brad Pitt, Russell Crowe to name a few.

While some of the A-listers had reasonably decent beginnings, some had to sustain themselves with filthy jobs before creating a niche for themselves, reports the Daily Telegraph.

Matthew McConaughey spent a year shovelling chicken manure, Mick Jagger worked as a porter in a mental hospital, Madonna used to serve customers at ‘Dunkin Donut’.

Elle Macpherson dating convicted cocaine smuggler

Elle MacphersonMelbourne, Oct 27 : Aussie supermodel Elle Macpherson has a new man in her life, Brian John Burgess, 56, who happens to be a convicted cocaine smuggler.

Burgess, who has a removal company in London called Aussie Man&Van, helped the 44-year-old model move from Notting Hill, West London, to nearby Ladbroke Grove, and became friendly with her.

He had been found guilty of drug trafficking by the NSW District Court in 1996, and sentenced to four years jail after he attempted to smuggle 2kg of cocaine from the US inside hollowed-out books.

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