If there were world championships for travel agents, contestants going for the most-persuasive prize could try selling holidays on Australia's Palm Island. In its favour is its location: a tropical paradise with wild horses and crystal-clear waters just a short hop from the Queensland city of Townsville. Last year an estimated 300 of the 3,000 residents rioted and burned down the police station and court house after Mulrunji Doomaji died while in custody. Palm Island was set up as a...

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Kayf Aramis has crept up the handicap as a result of his consistency and despite coming up against a couple of race-fit rivals here, he is expected to fare well. In truth, he would have been a relatively confident selection even if more had stood their ground, since he still looks an unexposed and promising youngster. Both are sons of Australian speedster Choisir and the chestnut sprint star looks to be producing some forward juveniles in his first sire season. The nine-year-old certainly...

Others say he might have had plastic surgery to hide his identity and still could be in the drug business, or just lying low and living off his life savings. The heavy-set, bearded Salinas owned racehorses, businesses, a ranch and two upscale North Side homes that were side-by-side with a joint driveway and an L-shaped pool. Seventeen years after Mario Salinas broke out of a downtown jail on Easter Sunday 1990, his whereabouts are as secret today as his underworld connections nearly a...

Today, it is watched by 600 million worldwide and the race is still as exciting as ever, drawing bigger attendances and followers for the race meeting year on year. Being such an iconic event with such a rich history, the available archive has allowed for the creation of some exceptional mobile content which will be enjoyed worldwide. The course is nearly two and a quarter miles in length and has 16 unique fences including the famous Bechers Brook. The new division has been set up to work...

Being the 42nd state to join the union, we are late to enter the quarters makeover game, as the coins are being released in order of statehood. Her praise may have been unstinting but she knew your treasure wouldn't rate a flicker of interest from the cold-cash world. To nobody's surprise, most designs attempt to tell their state's story, and because politicians don't want to offend anybody by leaving their part of the story out, these narrative tableaux are stuffed to their gills. But if...