MELBOURNE'S riding ranks have been boosted with the announcement yesterday that Dan Nikolic would seek to re-establish his career at home.

DESPITE signs that a diplomatic solution to the war in Gaza is near, fighting on the ground has escalated as Israeli forces continue their assault on Hamas militants inside the densely populated Palestinian territory.

MERYL STREEP QUESTIONS THE CHURCH IN DOUBT.

Brad Rawiller has eased his workload and set his sights on some big prizes.

SELDOM has a dead rubber carried such significance. The direction of a new era of Australian cricket could be determined today, as Ricky Ponting's rookie bowling attack attempts to shut down the South Africans on a slowly deteriorating wicket.