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6 hrs ago | The Independent

Australia gets first female governor general

Quentin Bryce inspects the Federation Guard in Canberra after being sworn in yesterday as Australia's first female governor general enlarge Nearly 40 years after Germaine Greer wrote The Female Eunuch, ...

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Travel, Australia Travel, Oceania, Religion, Anglican, Kevin Rudd

Sat Sep 06, 2008

ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com

Ohioan finds his niche with outdoor sculptures

YELLOW SPRINGS - A towering sculpture called Wind Dragon at Olympic Park in Beijing is his.

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Related Topix: Yellow Springs, OH, Australia, World News, Dayton, OH, Dayton Metro

The Sydney Morning Herald

Xinwen pays Linc $1.5b for coal permits

Xinwen Mining Group, producer of more than 35 million metric tonnes a year of coal in China, will buy coal exploration permits in Australia for $1.5 billion to expand overseas.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, China, Oceania

Fri Sep 05, 2008

Defence Industry Daily

IAI's I-View UAV Partners, Wins Australia's JP129 Contract

View, landing On Nov. 11, 2005, DID relayed a report from the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz , which noted that Australia had purchased 18 Heron UAV systems.

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Related Topix: World News, Australia, Oceania,

Wed Sep 03, 2008

MSNBC

Miners win battle over 'Croc Hunter' reserve

An Australian mining company has won the right to continue exploration on land that includes a wildlife reserve run by the family of the late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin, a court ruled Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

News.com.au

Fatal crash pilot had no passenger licence

ONE of Australia's flying legends, veteran aerobatic champion Barry Hempel, was not licensed to carry commercial passengers when his stunt plane plunged into the ocean off south-east Queensland on Sunday, ...

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Southeast Asia News

Australian school apologises to Sikh boy

South East Asia News.Net Wednesday 3rd September, 2008 A private school in Brisbane has apologised to a 12-year-old Sikh boy it had refused to admit earlier this year because his turban breached the uniform ...

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Tue Sep 02, 2008

The Sydney Morning Herald

Stand down, lawyers tell Keelty

THE Australian Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, should stand down pending the outcome of the Clarke Inquiry into the handling of the Haneef case, the Australian Lawyers Alliance said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Mon Sep 01, 2008

Newkerala.com

Continuous brain cell generation key to learning and memory

London, September 1 : Experiments on mice conducted at Kyoto University in Japan have shown that new cells that some parts of the brain keep generating are key to learning and memory.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Sun Aug 31, 2008

hosted The Associated Press | The Associated Press

February hearing for 'Dr. Death' in Australia

An Indian-born, American surgeon charged with manslaughter in connection with the deaths of three patients in Australia was ordered Monday to appear in court in February to determine whether there is sufficient evidence for a jury trial.

Dr. Jayant Patel, 58, has been free on bail in the Queensland state capital of Brisbane since he was extradited from his home in Portland, Oregon, in July.

He faces 13 charges, including manslaughter, causing grievous bodily harm and fraud relating to his employment as director of surgery at Queensland's Bundaberg Base Hospital between 2003 and 2005.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News,

Conde Nast Traveler

Brisbane: Emporium Hotel

Every May, Conde Nast Traveler releases its Hot List , a collection of the best new hotels, spas, restaurants, and nightspots.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Sat Aug 30, 2008

The Statesman

Australia calling: Holiday or invest

Ajita Singh NEW DELHI, Aug. 23: If you dream of walking the streets the legendary cricketer Don Bradman once walked and played before he came to be known as 'The Don' or desire to inhabit one of the virgin ...

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Related Topix: World News, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania

Fri Aug 29, 2008

Victoria Advocate

Indian doctor cleared in Australian terrorism case

August 29, 2008 - 7:08 a.m. An Indian doctor jailed in Australia last year in a bungled terrorism case has officially been cleared, Australian police said Friday.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, Australia,

Thu Aug 28, 2008

The Post Chronicle

'Natural' Cesarean Mimics Vaginal Birth Experience

A cesarean childbirth procedure developed in the UK takes a "woman-centered" approach and incorporates many important aspects of natural childbirth, according to a recent report.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Health

Wed Aug 27, 2008

Shanghai Daily

Vet's death tied to rare horse virus

AN Australian veterinarian has died of a rare virus after treating infected horses at his clinic, the Queensland Health Department said yesterday.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

Tue Aug 26, 2008

The Age

Australian journalist abducted

An Australian photojournalist kidnapped by suspected Islamic insurgents in Somalia has been identified as Queensland man, Nigel Brennan.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News, Somalia, Africa,

Mon Aug 25, 2008

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Man charged over video store stabbing

Queensland Police have charged a man with attempted murder after a stabbing in Brisbane's eastern suburbs overnight.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

News.com.au

Family ties: Rudd's mate handed $225k G-G job

A CAREER diplomat with close links to Kevin Rudd and his two prime ministerial predecessors has been given the job of steering Australia's first female governor-general through the vice-regal world.

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Related Topix: Kevin Rudd, Australia, Oceania, World News,

Canada.com

Canadian, Australian journalists held hostage in Mogadishu: union

A Canadian journalist and an Australian photojournalist kidnapped at gunpoint near the Somali capital of Mogadishu this weekend are believed to be held by militia in the northeastern neighbourhood of Suqa ...

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Related Topix: Australia, Iraq

Sun Aug 24, 2008

UPI

Australian adoptees may be kidnap victims

At least 13 Australian families may have to return Indian children they adopted almost a decade ago, officials said.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, India,

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