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  • June 2008

    • Man Charged in Wife's Honeymoon Dive Death

      Associated Press  |  Jun 20, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Man Charged in Wife's Honeymoon Dive Death

      (Newser) - An Alabama man has been charged with murdering his wife on a diving trip to Australia's Great Barrier Reef, the AP reports. The bride, a novice diver, drowned minutes after diving to a shipwreck with her husband. He was a qualified dive rescuer but rose to the surface rather than save her, officials said. Australian police became suspicious when he changed his account of her death and are seeking his extradition. More »

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      murder  • Australia  • drowning  • Queensland  • coral reef  • diving

  • May 2008

    • Aussies Ditch Dueling Law

      Sydney Morning Herald  |  May 3, 08 12:56 PM CDT

      Aussies Ditch Dueling Law

      (Newser) - There's no longer a law against challenging somebody to a duel in Queensland, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. As part of an effort to get old laws off the books, the Australian state is also scrapping laws against piracy on the high seas, and mayors will no longer have to read the Riot Act to mobs of angry townspeople before rioters can be charged. More »

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      Australia  • gun  • law  • piracy  • Queensland

  • January 2008

    • Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 31, 08 3:47 AM CST

      Australia to Apologize to Aborigines for Stolen Kids

      (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 of London. The policy inspired the movie, Rabbit-Proof Fence, which details two sisters' heart-breaking flight from their remote orphanage. More »

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      Australia  • Kevin Rudd  • Queensland  • Aborigines  • New South Wales  • stolen generations

    • Floods Swamp Eastern Australia

      BBC  |  Jan 8, 08 9:29 AM CST

      Floods Swamp Eastern Australia

      (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. The government has begun relief operations, dropping food by helicopter. More »

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

  • August 2007

    • Camel Kills Owner in Apparent Mating Attempt

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Aug 20, 07 2:34 PM CDT

      Camel Kills Owner in Apparent Mating Attempt

      (Newser) - A pet camel killed its Australian owner—purportedly after trying to mate with her. The camel, 10 months old but already weighing in at about 330 pounds, knocked the 60-year-old woman to the ground and lay on top of her. “I’d say it’s probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing,” a policeman spokesman guessed. More »

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      Australia  • pets  • sexual behavior  • Queensland  • camel

  • July 2007

    • Ouch! Player Sports Tooth in Forehead

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 18, 07 2:18 PM CDT

      Ouch! Player Sports Tooth in Forehead

      (Newser) - An Australian rugby player visited his doctor last week, but his ailment was a job for a dentist—someone else's dentist. Nearly 4 months after colliding with an opponent during a game, Ben Czislowski learned that he had a tooth lodged under the skin of his forehead. He says he's thankful his head only looked “uglier than it does normally.” More »

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      Australia  • sports  • Queensland  • rugby  • tooth

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