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NEWS ABOUT: New South Wales

New South Wales stories: 7 news summaries

5 Guilty of Plotting
Aussie Terror Attacks

Jihadists convicted of planning mass killings after 10-month trial

Oct 16, 09 1:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Five men have been convicted of conspiring to carry out terrorist attacks in Australia using guns and home-made explosives. The men, busted in raids in Sydney, were accused of plotting attacks to force the government to change its Middle East policy. One of the men trained at a terror camp... More »

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terrorism • Australia • jihad • terror plots • New South Wales • Lashkar-e-Taiba

(Newser) - A British teenager is recovering in the hospital after an afternoon trip that turned into a 12-day ordeal in the Australian wilderness, the BBC reports. Jamie Neale, 19, got lost in the Blue Mountains and survived by eating seeds and grass, and sheltering under logs amid freezing temperatures. His son... More »

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Australia • missing person • New South Wales • hikers • backpacking

 Cops Seek Help 
 With Grisly Murder Case 

Australian police seek leads in grisly murder

Apr 24, 09 1:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Australian police, frustrated by the lack of leads in the 2008 murder of a Chinese immigrant, have released photos showing the 34-year-old’s grisly death, Reuters reports. Chen Liu was shot 34 times in the head and neck with a high-powered nail gun before his body was dumped in a... More »

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Australia • murder • homicide • death • Sydney • New South Wales • nail gun • Chen Liu

 Aussies Snap Over Shark Terror 

Series of attacks mars Australia's summer

Jan 13, 09 5:04 AM CST
(Newser) - A series of shark attacks in Australia has triggered a summer of terror and a national debate over whether it makes sense to continue to protect one of nature's most implacable predators. Three people were attacked in a single 48-hour period last month, reports Time. All that was found of... More »

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conservation • Australia • shark • New South Wales • shark attack • Perth • Taronga Park zoo

 Kangaroo Cull Canceled 

Hopping mad protesters win reprieve for Canberra 'roos

Apr 2, 08 2:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hundreds of kangaroos living on a former Australian naval base have won a stay of execution, the Independent reports. Plans to cull the animals met with a public outcry, and protesters vowed to form a human shield to protect the 'roos. The animals have been grazing heavily on grassland at... More »

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Australia • animal rights • New South Wales • animal • kangaroo • Canberra

Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

Children were abducted to 'assimilate' them

Jan 31, 08 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - More than 100,000 Aborigine children were abducted from their parents and placed in  Australian orphanages and foster homes in a century-long campaign to assimilate them into European culture. Now new Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd will apologize for the abductions, carried out between 1869 and 1969, reports the Times... More »

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Australia • Aborigines • Queensland • Kevin Rudd • New South Wales • stolen generations • Gamilaroi • Rabbit Proof Fence

Floods Swamp Eastern Australia

Thousands stranded after storms batter coast

Jan 8, 08 9:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands on the east coast of Australia have been isolated by flooding from heavy rains, the BBC reports. Thunderstorms and overflowing rivers have battered the northeast parts of New South Wales, the country’s most populous state, and the southern parts of Queensland; both have been declared natural disaster zones.... More »

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Australia • flood • Queensland • natural disaster • New South Wales • disaster zones

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