Lee Puts A Huge Price On Smith's Head

AUSTRALIAN spearhead Brett Lee says Australia's priority must be to maintain their vice-like grip on Graeme Smith as part of the effort to leave some early scars on South Africa in the first Test.

Homework Gives Us The Edge Over Smith, Says Lee

AUSTRALIAN spearhead Brett Lee has declared it a priority to maintain Australia's vice-like grip on Graeme Smith as part of the effort to leave some early scars on South Africa in the first Test.

Hernan Holds No Grudges Over Tumble

WILLIE HERNAN does not remember the race fall that took his livelihood but not his life. He figures those seconds are lost forever, but he will always sport the scars of the day he almost died.

Boy Tells Of Tiger Snake Bite Ordeal

CAMERON Munro has quite a tale to tell his schoolmates when he returns to class - he has survived a snake bite, and he has the scars to prove it.

Refugees Beat Buckley's Chance

Connie Levett finds a family detained under the watch of Philip Ruddock has left the scars at the bars.

Tears For A Sweet, Young Life

A WEEK after Julie Gibson fought to save her family from a fire that had engulfed her house, the scars on her body are still evident.

I Dated Greg Bird For Four Years And He Never Hurt Me

THE woman allegedly glassed in the eye by Cronulla Sharks star Greg Bird has a fiery temper and is hiding the truth behind her scars, his high school sweetheart says.

Those Magpie Grand Final Scars Of 2003 Still Exist

Collingwood faces a potentially defining moment tonight; a chance to escape the clutches of the Lion.

From Rape To Self-reliance

Steve Cansdell A NSW MP who was raped and repeatedly assaulted in two orphanages is adamant he carries no scars from his traumatic childhood.

Queen's Back But Miss Finland In Position To Reign

REDEMPTION awaits Eskimo Queen in Saturday's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, although trainer Michael Moroney is unsure about mental scars left after last weekend's Caulfield Cup chaos.

Lipstick And A Crooked Smile Can't Hide Vivisector's Scars

Lessons In Taxidermy Bee Lavender (Hachette Livre, $22.95)

Baddeley Upbeat As Open Looms

AARON Baddeley is upbeat, as he has always been, even before he won the 1999 Australian Open at Royal Sydney as an 18-year-old amateur. If mental scars remain from the events of the US Open, and that final round of 80 at Oakmont last month, they neither show in his actions nor in his words.

Silver Still Shines For Sapphires

SHE is a basketball world championships silver medallist and has the scars to prove it.

Bombs, Scars And Compassion

Radiance By Shaena Lambert Virago, 326pp, $29.95

Cold-blooded Killer Took More Than Lives

HE IS only eight years old but will carry the scars of what cold-blooded killer James Barton did to him and his family for the rest of his life.

Melting Pot Bubbles With Generosity

A renewed city still bears the scars of the war, writes Lyn Drummond.

Storms Come And Go And The Scars Heal

An open letter to the City of Newcastle from John Tate.

Watchdog Warns On Doctors Scamming Medicare

A GROWING number of skin cancer clinics are performing unnecessary procedures to boost their profits, leaving patients with ugly scars and the taxpayer out of pocket, the watchdog on Medicare rorts warns.

A Look Into The Dark Heart Sheds A Fair Bit Of Light

GELDOF IN AFRICA 8pm, ABC: This series gets better every step of the way as the dishevelled pop music identity Bob Geldof wanders the cities and backwaters of Africa to examine its troubled soul. The legacy of colonialism is everywhere - massive scars and lost opportunities - tragic glimpses of which emerged in last week's visit to the Congo. Documentaries screened on SBS have more clearly illuminated the despicable activities of Belgium's King Leopold and Joseph Conrad's Heart Of Darkness hints ...

Orkopoulos Expresses Horror At Scars Of Worst Crime: Child Abuse

A GREGARIOUS, affable and happily-married member of Parliament, Milton Orkopoulos, two months ago expressed horror at the life-long scars left by a crime he once referred to as humanity's "greatest": child sex assault.