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1. Australian English
   With foodstuffs Australian English tends to be more closely related to the British vocabulary, eg. biscuit for the American cookie. However in a few cases such as zucchini and eggplant Australian English uses the same terms as the Americans, whereas the British use the equivalent French terms courgette and aubergine. This is possibly due to a fashion that emerged in mid-19th Century Britain of adopting French nouns for foodstuffs, and hence the usage changed in Britain while the original terms were preserved in the (ex-)colonies. Australia, for some uncertain reason... uses the botanical name capsicum for what both British and Americans would call (red or green) peppers.
2. Lleyton Hewitt -- Australian Open
   Lleyton Hewitt, playing singles for the first time since losing in the Davis Cup last September, beat Serbia's Janko Tipsarevic at the Adelaide International on Tuesday after Tipsarevic retired late with a thigh injury. The former top-ranked Australian was leading the round-robin match 6-1, 4-2 when Tipsarevic decided he could not continue.
3. Greg Norman -- Royal Queensland
   Gregory John Norman was born February 10, 1955, in Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia. He grew up in the nearby towns of Townsville and Brisbane. Norman's father, Merv, worked as a mining engineer and later as the general manager of a mining company.
4. National Australia Bank -- National Australia Bank Group
   The National Australia Bank is a prominent supporter of Australian rules football, both at grassroots and elite level. It sponsors Auskick, an initiative to improve young footballers, as well as the NAB Cup (an Australian Football League pre-season competition), the NAB AFL Rising Star award; and the AFL National Draft. Other significant sporting sponsorships include the Socceroos, and the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Support is ... given towards community group volunteers around Australia. In recent years, NAB has provided financial support and relief to drought affected farmers.
5. Greg Norman -- Pga Championship
   Perched on virgin rocky cliffs and set amidst flourishing tropical foliage, the Greg Norman designed championship course offers cliff side tee boxes and oceanfront greens. The course’s signature hole, ‘The Shark’s Bight,’ a play on Norman’s moniker, beckons the bravest of golfers to drive directly into the island’s windward breezes and over the Atlantic Ocean to reach the pin.
6. Sports Betting -- United States
   Sports betting is illegal throughout most of the United States, common throughout much of Europe, and an everyday part of the gambling industry in Nevada. It's difficult to figure out how much money is bet on sports in the United States since the majority of it is done illegally, but experts estimate a "handle" of more than $200 billion annually [ref].
7. Stewart Ginn -- Royal Melbourne
   Stewart first began caddieing at Royal Melbourne at age 10 and fell in love with the game after watching the old Canada Cup competition in 1959 from his backyard. The Ginns were not a golf-playing family, although they lived behind the 12th green at famed Royal Melbourne Golf Club. He played Australian Rules Football as a youth, but chose to pursue a career in golf on advice from his uncle, turning professional at age 20.
8. Kylie Minogue -- Singles
   The Locomotion (Original Version) This was the first professional recording Kylie made. The vocals from the recording were later used on the Australian "Locomotion" single in 1987. The original, which remains unreleased, is a much "rockier" and more acoustic version, with a band playing the music. The track was rejected by her record label as too old fashioned. It was produced by Kaj Dahlstrom.
9. Australia
   Since 1972, Cargill Australia has been in the Australian Oilseed Industry, producing vegetable oils and protein meals. Cargill processes over 600,000 tons of canola, cottonseed, sunflower seed and soybeans annually in Australia. These produce protein meal for animal feed and vegetable oil for foods such as margarine, salad dressings and frying.
10. 2002 Bali Bombing
    On December 6, lawyers for the three men convicted of carrying out the 2002 Bali bombing, Amrozi, Ali Ghufron (alias Mukhlas), and Imam Samudra, filed requests for judicial review of their convictions. The attorneys argued that the 2003 antiterror law, which was passed after the bombing and under which the bombers were convicted, could not be applied retroactively. At year's end, the review was underway.

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