| Original 'Schindler's List' found in Sydney( 2009-04-20 01:35) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – A list of Jews saved by Oskar Schindler that inspired the novel and Oscar-winning film "Schindler's List" has been found in a Sydney library, its co-curator said. Workers at the New South Wales State Library found the list,... |
| Australia to build $30 bln broadband network( 2009-04-17 01:50) | | CANBERRA (AFP) – Australia announced plans on Tuesday to build a 30 billion US dollar broadband network, its biggest infrastructure project ever, opting to retain government control rather than contract out the deal. In a surprise move, Prime Minist... |
| Wreck of first US ship sunk in WWII seen( 2009-04-17 01:42) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday. Images of the merchant vessel City of Rayville, which was sun... |
| U.S. WWII shipwreck found off Australia( 2009-04-17 01:42) | | CANBERRA (Reuters) – The wreck of the first American ship sunk during World War II has been located off Australia's southern coast, ocean researchers said on Wednesday. The freighter MS City of Rayville, carrying a cargo of lead, wool and copper fro... |
| Australian library finds copy of Schindler's list(By TANALEE SMITH, Associated Press Writer Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer 2009-04-16 23:14) | | SYDNEY – Australian researchers sifting papers belonging to the author of "Schindler's List" discovered a yellowing roll of 801 men saved from the Holocaust by the German industrialist — the very copy the writer used to bring the story to the w... |
| Wreck of first US ship sunk in WWII seen( 2009-04-16 11:13) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – The wreck of the first US ship sunk during World War II has been revealed in detail for the first time on the seabed off southeastern Australia, researchers said Wednesday. Images of the merchant vessel City of Rayville, which was sun... |
| Chinese-Australian woman denies spy claims( 2009-04-09 06:24) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – A Chinese-Australian businesswoman at the centre of a spy scandal has denied she is a security threat, saying in an interview published Tuesday she is "broken-hearted" at the suggestion. Beijing-born Helen Liu, whose links t... |
| Australia warns 'big gorilla' Telstra to back off(by Neil Sands Neil Sands 2009-03-04 19:01) | | MELBOURNE (AFP) – Australia's finance minister on Sunday told the country's biggest telecoms firm Telstra to stop acting like a "big gorilla" and adopt a less aggressive stance towards the government. Finance Minister Lindsay Tanner said T... |
| US surgeon faces negligence charges in Australia(By KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press Writer Kristen Gelineau, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-10 10:38) | | BRISBANE, Australia – An American doctor charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three patients at a rural Australian hospital repeatedly botched operations and performed surgeries he was not capable of handling, a prosecutor said Monday. In his... |
| Australia bushfire survivors tell of escaping fire from hell(by William West William West 2009-02-10 10:38) | | WHITTLESEA, Australia (AFP) – Huddled under a dampened blanket as Australia's deadly bushfires roared over her head "like a jet engine," Sonja Parkinson was convinced she and infant son Sam would die. Instead, the flimsy shelter saved them... |
| Australian bushfires kill 135, dozens missing(By Simone Giuliani Simone Giuliani 2009-02-09 09:20) | | WHITTLESEA, Australia (Reuters) – Weary firefighters and rescuers pulled the remains of dozens of people from charred buildings on Monday as the toll from Australia's deadliest bushfires rose to 135. "Everybody's gone. Everybody's gone. Everybo... |
| 640 houses lost in Australia's deadly fires( 2009-02-09 09:20) | | HEALESVILLE, Australia – A spokesman says fire officials have confirmed that 640 houses have been destroyed in Australia's deadly wildfires and that tally will rise. Hayden Lane of the Victoria Country Fire Service said Sunday that 550 of the houses... |
| Australia bush fires kill 14, burn dozens of homes( 2009-02-09 09:20) | | SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian bush fires killed 14 people and destroyed dozens of homes in the southern state of Victoria Saturday, police and local media said, as a "once in a century" heatwave sparked dozens of blazes across the country.... |
| Crocs, snakes feared in flooded Australian region(By TANALEE SMITH, Associated Press Writer Tanalee Smith, Associated Press Writer 2009-02-05 12:13) | | SYDNEY – As if torrents washing through homes and sweeping away furniture wasn't scary enough. Authorities in storm-battered northeastern Australia warned residents Wednesday to beware of crocodiles roaming the floodwaters covering large parts of Qu... |
| Australian floods wash crocodiles into streets(by Amy Coopes Amy Coopes 2009-02-05 12:13) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – Floods ravaging northern Australia have washed crocodiles onto the streets, where one was hit by a car, authorities said in a warning to residents Wednesday. More than 60 percent of the vast northeastern state of Queensland has been d... |
| Australian Muslim cleric, six others jailed on terror charges( 2009-02-03 04:37) | | MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) – A Muslim cleric and six followers were jailed for up to 15 years Tuesday for forming an Australian terror cell that plotted bomb attacks designed to kill thousands. "The organisation fostered and encouraged its memb... |
| One whale survives mass Australia beaching( 2009-01-24 19:06) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – Just one sperm whale from a group of almost 50 that beached en masse in Australia's south has survived, and remains sandwiched among the dead, officials said on Saturday. The pod of 48 whales became trapped this week on a sandbar 150... |
| Malaysian woman charged with smuggling drug in bra( 2009-01-24 19:06) | | MELBOURNE, Australia – Australia has charged a Malaysian woman with attempting to smuggle heroin into Melbourne by hiding the drug in her bra. Customs Department officials say they suspected the woman may have been carrying drugs when she arrived Th... |
| Men say bird vomit saved their lives in 25 days lost at sea: report( 2009-01-21 16:39) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – Two men who spent 25 days lost at sea in a giant icebox survived their extraordinary ordeal thanks to rainwater from tropical storms and fish spat out by passing birds, a report said Wednesday. The men, who were rescued by helicopter... |
| BHP Billiton to cut 6,000 jobs(by Amy Coopes Amy Coopes 2009-01-21 09:10) | | SYDNEY (AFP) – The world's biggest miner, BHP Billiton, said Wednesday it would cut about 6,000 jobs because of the global economic downturn and weakening demand for its products. "These are very serious types of decisions and we don't take the... |
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