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Aussie 'miracle' elephant baby gaining strength
(AP)
 AP - An elephant calf that was believed to have died during a nine-day labor is feeding itself and has earned the nickname "Mr. Shuffles" since learning to stand, Taronga Zoo officials said Thursday.
03/11/2010 - 08:26 AM
2 Australians charged in vicious attack on tourist
(AP)
AP - Two Australian teenagers have been charged in a brutal attack in a Sydney train station on a Canadian tourist in a wheelchair.
03/11/2010 - 04:44 AM
Australian authors protest China visa refusal
(Reuters)
Reuters - More than 90 Australian authors signed a letter on Thursday decrying China's refusal to grant a visa to one of the country's most celebrated writers because he was HIV-positive, a move that Beijing defended.
03/11/2010 - 03:38 AM
24-hour vigil for miracle Aussie elephant 'Mr. Shuffles'
(AFP)
 AFP - Australian zoo keepers were keeping a round-the-clock vigil for "Mr. Shuffles", the miracle elephant calf who survived a marathon nine-day labour despite being declared dead.
03/11/2010 - 01:23 AM
Sydney teens charged over attack on Canadian wheelchair-user
(AFP)
 AFP - Two Australian teenagers have been charged over a vicious attack on a disabled Canadian tourist who was knocked out of his wheelchair and battered with a metal bar, police said on Thursday.
03/10/2010 - 07:01 PM
E.Timor president insists does not want warcrimes tribunal
(AFP)
 AFP - East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta on Wednesday denied claims by Amnesty International that he would support a tribunal for abuses committed during Indonesia's occupation.
03/10/2010 - 12:14 PM
Tasmanian devil colony shows immunity to cancer
(AP)
 AP - The discovery of a genetically distinct colony of Tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the population, Australian scientists said Wednesday.
03/10/2010 - 11:16 AM
Indonesia president confirms Bali mastermind killed in raid
(AFP)
 AFP - Indonesia's president Wednesday confirmed the killing by police of a suspected Bali bombing mastermind and, in a historic speech to Australia's parliament, vowed to hunt down Islamist extremists.
03/10/2010 - 11:16 AM
New Caledonia taps Australia for reef protection
(AFP)
 AFP - New Caledonia on Wednesday enlisted Australia's help to protect its massive coral reef, the world's second biggest after the Great Barrier Reef.
03/10/2010 - 03:22 AM
Australia's reputation damaged by violence: FM
(AFP)
 AFP - Violence against Indian students has damaged Australia's reputation and will lead to a drop in the number of foreign students, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said.
03/10/2010 - 01:07 AM
Indonesian leader vows to hunt terrorists
(AFP)
 AFP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Wednesday pledged to hunt down terrorists and jail people-smugglers in a landmark address to Australia's parliament.
03/10/2010 - 12:44 AM
Indonesian president confirms terror man's death
(AFP)
 AFP - Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday that suspected terror mastermind Dulmatin had been killed in a police raid in Jakarta.
03/09/2010 - 11:04 PM
NKorea has medium-range missile division: report
(AP)
 AP - North Korea has recently created an army division in charge of newly developed intermediate-range missiles capable of striking U.S. forces in Japan and Guam, a South Korean news agency said Tuesday.
03/09/2010 - 10:32 AM
Indian taxi driver remanded over boy's death in Australia
(AFP)
 AFP - An Indian taxi driver was remanded in custody Tuesday over the killing of Indian toddler Gurshan Singh, as the boy's mother voiced her anguish at losing her "beautiful boy".
03/08/2010 - 09:24 PM
Shell, PetroChina bid for Australian gas company
(AFP)
 AFP - Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina joined forces for a 2.96 billion US dollar bid for Australia's Arrow Energy on Monday, hoping for a bigger slice of the country's booming liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector.
03/08/2010 - 02:01 AM
'Beast of a storm', record floods hit Australia
(AFP)
 AFP - Melbourne was bracing for more bad weather Sunday after a "beast of a storm" ripped through Australia's second largest city, bringing with it hailstones the size of tennis balls.
03/07/2010 - 04:40 AM
Arrest made over India toddler's death in Australia
(AFP)
 AFP - Australian police said Sunday they had made an arrest over the death of Indian toddler Gurshan Singh.
03/07/2010 - 04:35 AM
Japan beat Philippines 5-0 in Davis Cup
(AFP)
 AFP - Japan comfortably won the remaining two dead rubbers to complete a 5-0 whitewash over the Philippines in the Davis Cup tennis Asia-Oceania zone Group One first-round tie on Sunday.
03/07/2010 - 02:11 AM
Hailstorm delays sports, trains in Australia
(AP)
AP - A severe thunderstorm dumped hail and rain on the eastern Australian city of Melbourne on Saturday, delaying sporting events, shutting down transportation and forcing the evacuation of a train station when the storm tore a hole in its roof.
03/06/2010 - 12:25 PM
Australian police search anti-whaling ships
(AP)
 AP - Australian police conducted searches Saturday on two anti-whaling vessels that recently clashed with Japanese ships in the Antarctic Ocean in an attempt to obstruct their annual catch, police and activists said.
03/06/2010 - 02:31 AM
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