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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: Australia

Australia stories: 273 news summaries

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 Hubby to Serve 
 Year in Newlywed 
 Wife's Dive Death 

Alabama man admits letting his bride sink to her death off the Great Barrier Reef

Jun 5, 09 3:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Alabama man will serve 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter in the death of his wife off Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the Guardian reports. Gabe Watson, an experienced diver trained in rescue procedures, made no attempt to save his wife, a novice diver, as she sank... More »

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Australia • murder • drowning • manslaughter • diving • Great Barrier Reef

Tumor-Stricken Tasmanian Devils Now 'Endangered'

Australia ups protections for devastated, iconic species

May 22, 09 9:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tasmanian devil, the iconic inhabitant of the island off Australia and the world’s largest surviving carnivorous marsupial, is now officially endangered, reports the BBC. Under attack by a virulent disease characterized by facial tumors, the devil population may be as low as 20,000, down 70% since the... More »

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cancer • endangered species • Australia • Tasmanian Devil • Tasmania • tumor

Aussie Surfer Saves
Skippy the 'Roo From Jaws

Aussie man bounds into action after swimming kangaroo gets in trouble

May 14, 09 5:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - An Aussie surfer saved a kangaroo from near-certain death in shark-infested waters, reports the Times of London reports. John McCallum watched dumbfounded from the beach as the 'roo hopped straight into the ocean and was pulled 200 yards offshore by a dangerous rip. He then jumped on his board and... More »

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Australia • beach • surfers • kangaroo

 Flu Spreads, Kills US Man 

Australia, Japan see cases

May 10, 09 7:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health officials have confimed that a 30-year-old Washington state man died last week of the H1N1 flu strain, raising its US death toll to  three, Reuters reports. He had suffered from heart problems. The disease has now been found in some 2,200 Americans and has spread to Japan and... More »

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Australia • Japan • Washington state • influenza • flu • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Australia to Kill 6K Kangaroos 

Burgeoning population is harming rare plants; protests planned

May 8, 09 9:08 AM CDT
(AP) - Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin the animal population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said today, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest. The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos.... More »

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endangered species • Australia • cull • kangaroos • animal population

(Newser) - No man is an island—but now is the time for him to own one. Australia’s ritzy Queensland island resorts are going for bargain prices, but between the recession, a slew of natural disasters, and a nasty oil spill, no one’s biting, reports the Telegraph. Dunk Island is... More »

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real estate • Australia • tourism • Queensland

 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

New Doughnut Puts Krispy Kreme in Sticky Situation

Australian company says 'Dough-Vo' breaches trademark

Apr 24, 09 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Krispy Kreme’s limited edition line of Down Under-themed pastries has prompted an indignant protest from the company that makes a beloved Australian cookie, the BBC reports. The Iced Dough-Vo is a tribute to Arnott’s Iced Vo-Vo biscuit, says the doughnut company. But Arnott’s sees it as a... More »

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Australia • donut • Krispy Kreme • trademark • cookies • Arnott's • Iced Vo-Vo • Iced Dough-Vo

 Aussie Pageant Teen 
 'Dangerously Thin' 

 

Contestant meets World Health Authority standards for malnourishment, says doc

Apr 24, 09 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Health experts are sounding the alarm over a dangerously underweight Australian beauty contestant in the Miss Universe pageant in Sydney, reports the Telegraph. Observers were stunned by the protruding bones of 19-year-old Stephanie Naumoska, who stands 5 foot 11 and weighs just 108 pounds. "There appears to be significant... More »

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bulimia • Australia • anorexia • Miss Universe • starvation • Sydney • Miss Universe pageant • eating disorders • beauty contest

Great Barrier Reef Rebounds From Crisis

Scientists credit luck
for natural wonder's 'spectacular' healing

Apr 22, 09 1:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parts of the Great Barrier Reef bleached by warming waters 3 years ago have made a speedy recovery because of a few lucky breaks, the Guardian reports. Reefs typically take at least a decade to overcome human-created crises, but a combination of biological factors helped the reef's speedy healing, Australian... More »

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Australia • El Nino • coral reef • scientific study • Great Barrier Reef • coral bleaching

Israel Yanks Ambassador
to Switzerland

Outraged as Iranian, Swiss leaders meet at UN racism conference

Apr 20, 09 7:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has angrily called home its ambassador to Switzerland after that country's president met with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ahead of a politically charged UN meeting on racism that began today, the Times of London reports. On Israel's Holocaust Memorial Day, Switzerland’s “guest of honor is a racist... More »

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Iran • Israel • United Nations • Australia • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Germany • Poland • Holocaust • Canada • Italy • Switzerland • United States • Benjamin Netanyahu • Netherlands • New Zealand • racism • boycott • ambassador • Ban Ki-Moon

Snakes on a Plane 2: Baby Pythons Escape in Flight

The 12 non-venomous snakes were not found

Apr 16, 09 10:01 AM CDT
(AP) - Four baby pythons escaped from a container aboard a passenger plane in Australia, leading to a search that forced the cancellation of two flights, the airline said today. Twelve non-venomous Stimson pythons were being transported Tuesday on a flight from Alice Springs to Melbourne, but when the flight landed it... More »

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Australia • snakes • airline • Snakes on a Plane • airplane • pythons

 Battered Australia a Preview 
 of Climate Devastation 

Country grapples with drought, wildfires, and heat

Apr 9, 09 9:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pummeled by drought, wildfires, and heat, Australia may be offering the world a preview of what’s to come as the planet warms, experts say. “Australia is the harbinger of change,” says a paleontologist. Many say climate change has already taken a human toll in the 173 killed... More »

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climate change • environment • Australia • drought • global warming • cyclone • heat wave • flooding • extinction • wildfires

analysis

US' Yellow Tail 
Fever Taints
Aussie Wines

Australia's bargain
reputation hurts
exports of primo stuff

Apr 8, 09 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Droughts, wildfires, and weak currency have hurt Australia's wine exports—but for losing their reputation as premium vintners, the Aussies have no one but themselves to blame. When $7 Yellow Tail flooded US markets three years ago, "Australia made itself synonymous with cut-rate, generic wines," Mike Steinberger writes... More »

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Australia • wine • recession • US imports • wine industry • Yellow Tail

 Castaway 
 Pooch 
 Survived 
 4 Months 
 on Island 

Sophie Tucker washed overboard on sailing trip

Apr 7, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A family pet who was washed overboard during a November sailing trip has turned up on a remote Australian island, the BBC reports. Sophie Tucker, an Australian cattle dog, swam some 5 miles and survived on baby goats until she was found by rangers who patrol St. Bees Island. "... More »

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Australia • sailing • island • goats • dog • Sophie Tucker

 Schindler's List Found 
 in Aussie Library 

List of saved Jews that inspired book was buried deep in box of author's papers

Apr 7, 09 5:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - A rare copy of one of Oskar Schindler's original lists has been found in an Australian library, Reuters reports. The 13 yellowing pages list hundreds of Jews the German industrialist saved from the gas chambers by employing them in his factories. The list was given to Schindler's List author Thomas... More »

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Australia • Holocaust • Jews • author • Oskar Schindler • library

(Newser) - Coke has to run a series of we-goofed ads in Australia after asserting in a recent campaign that the soft drink doesn’t rot teeth, make you fat, or contain much caffeine, the Australian reports. “The moment we saw the ad our eyebrows were raised and that turned... More »

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obesity • Australia • advertising • Coca Cola • caffeine • teeth • retract • dental hygiene • print advertising • corrective

glossies


 Outlaw Biker Attacks 
 Shock Aussies 


Mar 30, 09 7:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rash of biker-gang attacks in Australia has outraged citizens and spurred officials to consider new laws, Time reports. In a recent eruption, one biker bludgeoned another to death with a steel post at a crowded Sydney airport. Shootings have also rattled quiet neighborhoods and defied the biker code of... More »

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Australia • Hells' Angels • motorcycle gang

(Newser) - Aussies killed thousands of "toxic" cane toads today in an annual hunting festival to help reduce their ravenous numbers, reports the Sydney Morning Herald. The toads were introduced in 1935 from South American to eat pest beetles, but they now number in the millions and are driving out... More »

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Australia • toxic • environmental impact • environmental damage • toad venom • toad

 It's Lights Out for Earth Hour 


Mar 28, 09 10:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - Earth Hour is under way. The annual event in which cities around the world dim their lights for an hour at 8:30pm local time kicked off in Sydney, Australia, the Age reports. China's Bird's Nest stadium, London's Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Vatican, and the Empire State Building... More »

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environment • Australia • Melbourne • Sydney • Earth Hour • nocturnal darkness

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