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Astronomers have discovered a fast-spinning, super-sized pulsar in a stretched-out orbit around an apparent Sun-like star. This combination (as well as that many hyphenated words in one sentence) has never seen before, and astronomers are puzzled about...

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May 14 2008 by AP0 Comments

Australia’s new government won praise from the United Nations and human rights groups Wednesday for offering refugees permanent sanctuary rather than temporary visas.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP1 Comments

Westpac Banking Corp. and smaller rival St. George agreed to a takeover deal Tuesday worth 18.6 billion Australian dollars ($17.5 billion) that would create Australia’s biggest bank by market capitalization.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

An Australian man has been fined after buckling in a case of beer with a seat belt but leaving a 5-year-old child to sit on the car’s floor, police said Tuesday.

 
 
May 13 2008 by AP0 Comments

St. George Bank on Tuesday agreed to an 18.6 billion Australian dollar ($17.5 billion) takeover offer from Westpac Banking Corp. that would create Australia’s biggest bank and be one of the country’s largest corporate deals.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Wildfires in central Florida have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Wildfires in central Florida have forced hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Westpac Banking Corp. said Monday it has approached rival St. George Bank Ltd. with a $14 billion takeover offer that could lead to the biggest shakeup of Australia’s banking sector in years.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

An Australian swimmer says he survived a mauling by a 16-foot shark by wrestling with the beast, finally getting free by poking it in the eye.

 
 
May 12 2008 by AP0 Comments

Brush fires forced residents to flee more than 100 homes in central Florida on Saturday and closed a major interstate, authorities said.

 
 
May 10 2008 by AP0 Comments

Australian Olympic chief John Coates says there’s a good chance some athletes will protest on the medal podium at the Beijing Olympics.

 
 
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15 hr. ago by Jayaprashanth0 Comments

Oceans have tremendous untapped potential for power generation which technology firms have been trying to harness for quite some now. Despite all these efforts, harnessing the Ocean’s huge power hasn’t been very successful till date. Now an...

 
 
May 10 2008 by Jayaprashanth0 Comments

Australian design firm Buro North has teamed up with Victorian Eco Innovation Lab to come up with this smart looking solar shelter called the VEIL Solar Shade. The VEIL is one big solar panel which looks like a king cobra’s hood and is made up of...

 
 
May 5 2008 by Leena Komarraju0 Comments

Changing climate and the resulting rise in the level of water is the biggest threat that the inhabitants of the islands of the Torres Strait in Australia are facing. The worst affected ones are the low-lying islands like the Murray Island where the...

 
 
Apr 29 2008 by Jayaprashanth1 Comments

Sir Richard Branson is one big billionaire who really knows how to live life full throttle. To let his staff at Virgin Airlines also be a part of the good life, Sir Richard bought the Makepeace Island situated in the middle of Queensland’s Noosa river...

 
 
Apr 28 2008 by Deepa0 Comments

It’s been a year now but I still cannot get over my trip to Minus 5 in Sydney. It was freezing yet so inviting! But with the Mammoth Ice Bar, it’s truly a crazy mammoth race over the ice. It is a mobile ice bar set to travel across the country...

 
 
Apr 23 2008 by Atul0 Comments

Welcome to the future! I could put the head as the ‘Invisible House’ but for the fact that the house pictured above isn’t completely invisible or is rather visible differently from different angles I had to satiate my self with what I jotted...

 
 
Apr 21 2008 by Deepa1 Comments

If you just cannot get out of your shower without being yelled at for wasting water, then the Quench Shower system is what doctor advised for you. This system will actually allow you to drench your self to your heart’s desire without feeling guilty...

 
 
Apr 21 2008 by Atul0 Comments

Nicole Kidman seems to be real busy with her personal life these days right from guising that baby bump to purchasing a home in LA. Apart from that she also has time to spend with her rocker husband Keith Urban that to in her own country Australia....

 
 
Apr 15 2008 by attitude0 Comments

I guess limited edition is the way to go if you really want to market something. Of course, that would mean that you need to get a lot more special and specific with your design and performance, but the price on some of those thing is well worth...

 
 
Apr 10 2008 by Atul0 Comments

If you are an Aussie and have a burning passion for conquering the XBOX 360 gaming challenges you might just end up with a perfect gift as a reward for your fanaticism. A heavy duty chopper designed by none other than Wayne Harrison, the world...

 
 
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Fog envelops Sydney’s central business district as commuters make their way to work Thursday, May 15, 2008. International flights were diverted to Brisbane and Melbourne from Sydney Airport and Sydney Ferries services were also suspended for some time...