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Apr 1 2008, AP

Seven historic Aboriginal paintings were stolen Tuesday from an Australian museum then recovered hours later after the thief apparently changed his mind and dumped them in a park, police said.

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Jun 26 2008 by AP0 Comments

Drinkers at an Outback watering hole may have wondered if perhaps they’d had one too many when they were greeted by a crocodile at the pub’s door.

 
 
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.

 
 
Apr 3 2008 by AP0 Comments

A man rescued his wife from the jaws of a crocodile in remote northern Australia by jumping on its back, police said Thursday.

 
 
Feb 21 2008 by AP0 Comments

East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta was slowly being returned to consciousness by doctors who have kept him sedated since he was shot in an assassination attempt last week, his spokesman said Thursday.

 
 
Jan 9 2008 by AP0 Comments

An Australian teenager blamed the influence of marijuana for his decision to steal two crocodiles and a monkey, local media reported Wednesday.

 
 
Dec 19 2007 by AP0 Comments

A judge ruled Wednesday that a hospital can remove a car accident victim from life support against his family’s wishes, saying the patient was unlikely to recover.

 
 
Dec 12 2007 by AP0 Comments

A senior Australian lawmaker who was once handcuffed in his underpants to a pole during a drunken night in a Russian strip club said Wednesday he had learned from the experience: “always wear clean underwear.”

 
 
Nov 13 2007 by AP0 Comments

A notoriously dangerous type of jellyfish is believed to have killed a 6-year-old boy who died within minutes of being stung while swimming off a tropical northern Australian beach, police said Tuesday.

 
 
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Mar 27 2007 by Irani0 Comments

It was in the 1930s, Australia took up to wipe out toxic amphibian – the toads – from the land. For the job, it employed an environmental group, which since then has killed countless animals.

But, the volunteer-run organization – Frogwatch – hit...

 
 
Sep 18 2006 by Kanchan0 Comments

Jetstar will replace regular Qantas services on the Cairns-Darwin-Singapore route from October 29. This will help increase capacity on the route by about 10 percent, or 115 seats. John Borghetti, the Executive General Manager of Qantas, said,...

 
 
Jun 19 2006 by Irani0 Comments

Cane toads have wrought havoc on Australia’s indigenous animals. It is in the 1930s, these toxic amphibians have been brought to the country from Hawaii to help eradicate the cane beetles. Since then, it is spreading in plague-like numbers across...

 
 
Feb 8 2006 by Irani0 Comments

While on the one hand, climate change is threatening our long-term future on the planet, on the other, scientists are claiming it to have helped bring us into being in the first place!

Spurring our ancestors to stand tall on two legs, grow large...

 
 
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In the July 7-14 double issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, June 30): “The (mostly) Big Thoughts Edition.” In this second annual double issue on global cultural literacy, Newsweek poses questions in essays on everything from whether presidents...