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France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Some 25,000 lightning strikes set off about 100 blazes in South Australia state alone, most of which had since burned out. Meanwhile emergency crews were battling 34 fires in New South Wales,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Sydney - More than 500 sheep were killed when a truck carrying them to an abattoir overturned on a bend in Australia's south-east. Victoria Police Sergeant Nick Buenin said Friday that the truck with 750 sheep on board hit a guard rail and slid on it...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Sydney - One of the Bangladeshi conjoined twins Australian surgeons separated this week is talking and cuddling her stand-in mother while the other is wiggling her fingers and soon will be woken from her induced coma. Doctors at Melbourne's Royal Chi...
The Blog of Walker (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
So it looks like the Church of Scientology is going to be investigated by Australian authorities over claims from several former Scientologists regarding torture, embezzlement, and forcing members to have abortions. The Times Online has the story : Nick Xenophon, an independent senator, presented letters to the Australian Parliament from seven former Scientologists which he said showed that the secretive...
ireland.com (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Tadhg Kennelly plans to put down permanent roots in Australia after his decision to move back to the Sydney Swans. Kennelly, who fulfilled his dream of winning an All-Ireland with Kerry during the summer, is back in training with the AFL club.
Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Peter Roebuck: CRICKET supporters in Australia and England can easily get the wrong idea about the health of Test series. Demand for tickets for Ashes games is so high that the idea of staging the Sydney Test in a vast amphitheatre in the western suburbs has been mooted. .
Malaysia Property News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
TA GLOBAL Bhd, en route to a listing on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia, has lined up a series of plans for next year, including a possible dual listing abroad. It is learnt that shareholders are looking to list the company either in Singapore or Hong Kong, a year after its local debut, to build up the brand internationally. TA Global is due to list on Bursa Malaysia on the 23rd of this month. Its...
Radio 4 - Today (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has apologised for the hardship and institutionalised abuse suffered by thousands of British children who were sent to the country up until the 1970s with the promise of a new life. Sydney correspondent Nick Bryant reports on the apology and child migrant John Hennessy describes the terrible treatment he faced when he arrived in Australia.
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Former Australia prop Jason Ryles says he wants to finish his career with Sydney Roosters after signing with the NRL's 2009 wooden spooners for two seasons.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Sydney - The thousands of British children raised in Australian orphanages where neglect, brutality and even sexual abuse were commonplace received a formal apology Monday in the Canberra Parliament. As many as 10,000 children whom Britain didn't wan...
Antony Loewenstein (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Rabbi Michael Lerner is rabbi of Beyt Tikkun Synagogue in San Francisco, Editor-in-chief of Tikkun, author of the 2006 New York Times best-seller The Left Hand of God, as well as author of Healing Israel/Palestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation. He is in Australia as part of the World Parliament of Religions which will be held in Melbourne [...]
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Catgirls (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Other big news of this weekend (apart from ALCL- more on that later), is have booked my flights to Australia! Fly to Sydney on March 13th (and arrive via Kuala Lumpur on the 15th), then fly back from Melbourne to KL on the 29th. Have 5 nights in KL before coming home the day after Good Friday (so get 2 days to recover before going back to work). Just looking at the details and noticed a really random...
Refugee Resettlement Watch (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
Here is an informative piece from Australia a country which is going through some serious national soul searching about that ship being held at sea with 70 plus Sri Lankan (maybe Tamil Tigers) “refugees” on board, at least I think the standoff is continuing. From the Sydney Morning Herald: On a trip to Pakistan earlier this year, [...]
Citizen News Service (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
November 14 : World Diabetes Day Over 800 Iconic Monuments to Light in Blue as Millions M ark World Diabetes Day November 14 marks World Diabetes Day - a global awareness campaign led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) that highlights the diabetes epidemic and aims to bring hope to the 285 million people living with diabetes worldwide. World Diabetes Day has been celebrated since 1991,...
New Zealand Herald (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
SYDNEY: Australia's resources hiring boom underscores central bank Governor Glenn Stevens's concern that the emergence of a "two-speed" economy may force policy makers to impose interest-rate gains that hurt slower-growing regions.Unemployment...
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anonymous (Free subscription) | 08/03/2009
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haines09 | 05/06/2009
Sydney, May 6, 2009 - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is up for a challenge. He told reports in Sydney on Wednesday that “Australia’s net debt will be the lowest of any major advanced economy in the world for the next decade.” Rudd welcomes a debate on debt and deficit following revelations that the federal budget deficit for the next financial year will be around $70 billion..... ( More )
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