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Sydney - Major fires were burning Friday across the southern Australian state of Victoria as more than 3,000 firefighters tried to hold containment lines with high temperatures and strong winds intensifying the bushfire danger.
More than 200 schools, childcare centres, and many national parks and tourist attractions in...
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Sydney - Money can't buy love, it is said, but can it happiness?
In these times of economic gloom, the Australian government has spent 1 million Australian dollars (647,000 US dollars) on "happiness workshops" for its bureaucrats and teachers, much to the chagrin of taxpayers, news reports said Thursday.
The...
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Sydney - A feud between rival Aboriginal families in the remote Australian town of Tennant Creek sparked a street battle among more than 100 people armed with clubs, boomerangs, axes and knives, Northern Territory police said Tuesday.
A 63-year-old woman was airlifted to Alice Springs Hospital after being clubbed.
"We...
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Sydney - Sydney surgeons said Tuesday it was a miracle that Bondi Beach shark attack victim Glenn Orgias has two hands rather than just one.
"I thought the hopes for the hand were close to zero, but I have hope in time that Glenn will have a working hand," plastic surgeon Kevin Ho said. "We're far from out of the...
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Sydney - A court Monday identified Brendan Sokaluk as the 39-year-old man facing arson charges over a forest fire in his hometown of Churchill north of Melbourne that killed 21 people and burned out 36,000 hectares.
The former volunteer firefighter was remanded in custody to appear in May on charges of arson causing death and...
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Sydney - Australian copper and gold producer OZ Minerals Ltd on Monday recommended to shareholders a cash offer from China Minmetals Non-ferrous Metals Company Ltd that values the debt-laden company at 2.6 billion Australian dollars (1.6 billion US dollars).
The takeover bid follows Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto Ltd's...
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Sydney - Five Afghan children were killed when Australian soldiers shot back after coming under fire from Taliban insurgents in southern Afghanistan, the Australian Defence Force (ADF) said Friday.
"Current reporting indicates ... sadly, local nationals including five children killed, and two children and two adults...
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Sydney - A volunteer firefighter acclaimed a hero after spending a week battling Australia's worst-ever forest fires died in his bed when his own house caught fire Thursday.
Fire crews called to Russell Pitt's Melbourne home were shocked to find their colleague dead inside.
"It's just not fair that he's been out doing...
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Sydney - Unemployment in Australia rose to 4.8 per cent in January from 4.5 per cent in December, official figures released Thursday showed.
Economists had predicted as many as 17,000 jobs would be lost, but 1,200 jobs were created with a steep fall in full-time employment was outweighed by a rise in part-time...
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Wellington - A record 35,304 New Zealand citizens migrated to Australia as the economic recession began to bite in their homeland last year, according to official figures released on Wednesday.
This was up from 28,557 the previous year. The figures released by Statistics New Zealand showed the number leaving the country every...
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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