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TV show fined in Australia for killing, eating rat

AP - Wednesday, February 10

ADELAIDE, Australia - A British broadcaster has been convicted of animal cruelty after two reality show contestants skinned, cooked and ate a rat during filming in Australia. More »

  • Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

    Race motive 'clear' in some Indian attacks: Australian FM

    AFP - Wednesday, February 10

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia's foreign minister Tuesday told parliament some of the recent violence against Indian students had clearly been racially motivated and had "considerably damaged" the nation's reputation.

  • Australia spends $173 million on airport security

    AP - Tuesday, February 9

    CANBERRA, Australia - Australia announced its response Tuesday to the attempted terrorist attack on an airliner over the United States last Christmas: a 200 million Australian dollar ($173 million) upgrade of airport security around the country that will cause passenger delays.

  • Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas

    Activists ambush Japanese whalers in Antarctic seas

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Anti-whaling activists said Tuesday they had exchanged water cannon fire with Japanese fishermen after ambushing them in Antarctic waters.

  • Australian PM 'sick' over tales of racism

    Australian PM 'sick' over tales of racism

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said his Chinese son-in-law has worried him with stories about racism, but he believes Australia is a tolerant country despite recent violence against Asians.

  • Political leader criticized over housewife warning

    AP - Tuesday, February 9

    CANBERRA, Australia - The opposition leader has drawn criticism that he is behind the times and sexist after he suggested that a key concern of Australia's "housewives" when discussing global warming policy would be the cost of ironing clothes.

  • Australian family learn of tragedy on Facebook

    Australian family learn of tragedy on Facebook

    AFP - Tuesday, February 9

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian twins Angela and Maryanne Vourlis learned their teenage brother had died in a car crash from reading Facebook, after a police delay in informing the family, a newspaper reported Monday.

  • Australia to boost Myanmar aid but keep sanctions

    AP - Tuesday, February 9

    CANBERRA, Australia - Australia will inject more humanitarian aid into Myanmar but maintain sanctions until the Southeast Asian nation's military junta significantly improves how it treats its people, a top official said Monday.

  • Australia tightens skilled migration rules

    AP - Monday, February 8

    CANBERRA, Australia - Australia tightened its migration rules Monday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers.

  • Australia axes 20,000 applications in migrant halt

    Australia axes 20,000 applications in migrant halt

    AFP - Monday, February 8

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia on Monday axed 20,000 migrant applications in a major overhaul aimed at clamping down on foreign students gaining permanent residency through courses such as hairdressing and cookery.

  • Australia mourns lives lost in wildfires 1 year on

    AP - Monday, February 8

    KINGSLAKE, Australia - Releasing butterflies to honor the dead, Australians marked the one-year anniversary of the country's worst-ever wildfires Sunday in big-city cathedrals and small towns still bearing burn scars.

  • Australia marks anniversary of deadly firestorm

    AFP - Monday, February 8

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Australians marked the first anniversary of devastating wildfires that killed 173 people, grieving for those who lost their lives and praying for the survivors in a national day of mourning Sunday.

  • Attacks on Indians in Australia: Is it racism?

    AP - Saturday, February 6

    CANBERRA, Australia - A spate of violent attacks on Indians in Australia is straining bilateral relations and costing Australian universities lucrative foreign student revenue.

  • Australian saint-to-be tweets from beyond the grave

    Australian saint-to-be tweets from beyond the grave

    AFP - Saturday, February 6

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - An Australian nun has taken to Twitter on behalf of saint-in-waiting Mary MacKillop, bringing the late sister's messages of hope and forgiveness to a new audience a century after she died.

  • Darwin 'trolley bomb' suspect appears in court

    Darwin 'trolley bomb' suspect appears in court

    AFP - Friday, February 5

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - The man accused of firebombing an Australian insurance office, injuring 19 people, appeared in court Friday charged with nine counts of attempted murder.

  • Aussie model joins campaign to save red-faced banker

    Aussie model joins campaign to save red-faced banker

    AFP - Friday, February 5

    SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) - - A top Australian model has backed a growing campaign to save the job of a banker caught viewing risque shots of her on live TV, in footage that has caused an Internet sensation.

  • Men At Work slam 'greed' in plagiarism case

    Men At Work slam 'greed' in plagiarism case

    AFP - Friday, February 5

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Men At Work singer Colin Hay on Friday hit out at a court case which found his iconic "Down Under" anthem plagiarised a well-known Girl Guides ditty, describing it as "opportunistic greed".

  • Hollywood studios lose landmark Internet download battle

    AFP - Thursday, February 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Hollywood film studios lost a landmark court bid Thursday to hold an Australian Internet provider responsible for illegal movie downloads by its customers, in a serious blow to their fight against piracy.

  • Australia PM pays tribute to 'Black Saturday' survivors

    Australia PM pays tribute to 'Black Saturday' survivors

    AFP - Thursday, February 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia's Prime Minister Kevin Rudd paid tribute Thursday to the "extraordinary courage" of survivors of the 'Black Saturday' wildfires ahead of the disaster's first anniversary.

  • Australia wildfires haunt 'lost soul' survivors

    Australia wildfires haunt 'lost soul' survivors

    AFP - Thursday, February 4

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Twelve months after devastating firestorms reduced his home to ashes, Eugene Howe contemplates the first anniversary of Australia's worst natural disaster with a mix of hope and dread.

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