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Muslim cleric found guilty in Australia’s biggest terror trial

Melbourne, Sept. 15 : A Muslim cleric has been found guilty of leading and being a member of a terrorist organization in Australia''s biggest terror trial.

Jurors today found 48-year-old Abdul Nacer Benbrika was a member of a Melbourne terror cell and declared him guilty, even as he displayed no emotion on charges of intentionally directing the activities of a terrorist organization.

Nepalese man finds happiness with wife no.25!

Melbourne, September 14 : It took Ramachandra Katuwal, a Nepalese porter, twenty-five marriages to finally find the right woman to be happy with.

The 49-year-old, who first got married at the age of 26, admittedly remembers only nine of his previous brides.

Whilst his first wife, and later, many others, ran off with her lover, Katuwal from then on led a life of succeeding failed marriages covering an incredible span of more than two decades.

"My second wife also ran away," The Daily Telegraph quoted him saying, "and the third one too."

"(Like other ex-wives) the 24th one also ran away. And I decided not to marry again," he added.

Five-year-old goes on $133k shopping spree!

Five-year-old goes on $133k shopping spree!Melbourne, Sept 14 : After finding a fortune in his dad''s safe, a five-year-old went on a 133,000 dollars shopping spree.

Little Djodja Markovic took his friends to a shopping mall and blew the money on clothes, toys, bicycles, lollies, computers and games.

His father Slobodan Markovic, a Serbian businessman, kept the money in a safe at home.

He only realised what had happened when his son and his friends came home with dozens of shopping bags.

Tiny chihuahuas are world’s most destructive dogs!

Tiny chihuahuas are world’s most destructive dogs!Melbourne, Sept 14 : They might be tiny, but when it comes to destroying things in the home, the pint-size chihuahuas can be monsters, that’s what a new of list of the world''s most destructive dog breeds claims.

The peewee pooches are ranked just behind great danes in the list conducted by pet insurer Esure, reports the Daily Telegraph.

According to the survey, chihuahuas and great danes clock up repair bills averaging 1376 dollars and 1420 dollars respectively during their lifetime.

Tests reveal Microsoft has fixed problems plaguing Windows Vista at launch

Microsoft Windows VistaMelbourne, September 13: The problems plaguing Windows Vista at launch have actually been fixed, according to new tests conducted in the wake of Microsoft’s 300million-dollar marketing campaign to improve the operating system''s image.

US computer magazine Maximum PC decided to conduct the tests as Microsoft founder Bill Gates and comedian Jerry Seinfeld tried to "reconnect with real people" through the second advertisement of the campaign.

The journal ran extensive benchmarks comparing the original Vista to a version patched with the latest updates.

Horror over Oz school’s 'sex club' run by six-year-olds

Horror over Oz school’s 'sex club' run by six-year-oldsMelbourne, Sept 13: A sex club run by three six-year-old boys at a Brisbane state school has come to light, where they demanded and received sexual favours from Year 2 classmates.

The news indicates that sex abuse among Aussie school kids is quite rampant.

An irate father of one of the boys, has now claimed that the school never bothered to tell him about his son’s misdemeanours more than a week after the story broke.

The Brisbane resident revealed that his son was one of a trio seen performing various sex acts in a toilet block.

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