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Australia says China ties 'back on track'
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:15:22 GMT
 AFP - Relations with China are "back on track", Australia said Tuesday, adding it was optimistic Beijing would behave as a "responsible stakeholder" in global harmony as its power grew.
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Australian leader polls below 50 percent for first time
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:47:33 GMT
 AFP - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's popularity has fallen to its lowest level since he took office more than two years ago despite a recent media blitz, a newspaper poll released Tuesday said.
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Rio 'in talks' with Chinalco over big Africa field
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:36:51 GMT
 AFP - Rio Tinto is in talks with China's Chinalco on a massive mining project in Guinea, reports said Tuesday, raising hopes of a rapprochement that could unlock one of the world's biggest iron ore fields.
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Australian says Aborigine recognition is tokenism
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:43:20 GMT
AP - A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Aborigines and sparking a political debate.
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Australia debates pardon for Boer War soldiers
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:49:12 GMT
 AFP - Australian lawmakers on Monday debated asking Britain for an official pardon for two soldiers, executed during the Boer War, whose story has become a cause celebre.
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Woman, 92, charged in death of 98-year-old husband
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:44:34 GMT
AP - Police in Australia have charged a 92-year-old woman with killing her 98-year-old husband.
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Miracle baby elephant makes public debut
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 07:25:53 GMT
 AFP - A baby elephant thought to have died in the womb made its first public appearance at Sydney's Taronga Zoo on Sunday, amid predictions it will make a full recovery from its arduous birth.
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Parents take body of boy, three, home to India
(AFP)
Sun, 14 Mar 2010 03:40:00 GMT
 AFP - The parents of a three-year-old Indian boy whose body was found dumped by the side of the road have left Australia after an emotional memorial service in Melbourne, reports said Sunday.
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Obama delays Pacific trip for healthcare
(Reuters)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:54:49 GMT
Reuters - President Barack Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia and Australia next week to stay home and focus on his final push for a healthcare overhaul, White House officials said on Friday.
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Grave likely holds East Timorese freedom fighters
(AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:42:00 GMT
AP - Nine blindfolded and buried bodies found during construction of a beachfront luxury hotel likely were East Timorese freedom fighters executed and put in a mass grave early in the Indonesian occupation, experts said Friday.
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Aussie cabbie to take tourists on 4,000-mile drive
(AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:25:29 GMT
AP - A Western Australian taxi driver named the state's favorite cabbie in an online contest has won the right to take 22 passengers on a 4,000-mile (6,500-kilometer) ride.
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Australian navy faces inquiry in alleged sex ring
(AP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:31:14 GMT
AP - Australian officials have launched an investigation into allegations that sailors on board a navy ship were running a sex competition during an overseas deployment last year.
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Australian authors condemn China snub of HIV-positive writer
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:19:28 GMT
 AFP - More than 90 authors, including Nobel winner JM Coetzee, have condemned China for refusing an HIV-positive Australian writer entry to the country for a government-sponsored tour.
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Australia opens fresh probe into navy 'sex betting ring'
(AFP)
Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:24:01 GMT
 AFP - Australia opened a fresh probe into an alleged navy sex betting ring on Friday after an initial investigation was scrapped because of bias.
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Aussie 'miracle' elephant baby gaining strength
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:26:31 GMT
 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.
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2 Australians charged in vicious attack on tourist
(AP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:44:53 GMT
AP - Two Australian teenagers have been charged in a brutal attack in a Sydney train station on a Canadian tourist in a wheelchair.
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Australian authors protest China visa refusal
(Reuters)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:38:51 GMT
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.
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Sydney teens charged over attack on Canadian wheelchair-user
(AFP)
Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:01:21 GMT
 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.
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E.Timor president insists does not want warcrimes tribunal
(AFP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:14:51 GMT
 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.
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Tasmanian devil colony shows immunity to cancer
(AP)
Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:16:51 GMT
 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.
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