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Australian navy investigating sex bet allegations

Australian navy investigating sex bet allegations

AFP - 1 hour 27 minutes ago

MELBOURNE (AFP) - - The Australian navy is investigating allegations that male sailors ran a betting ring offering rewards for having sex with female colleagues, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard said. More »

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  • First Asian elephant born in Australian zoo

    AP - 2 hours 27 minutes ago

    SYDNEY - A 265-pound (120-kilogram), big-eared and long-nosed bundle of joy was welcomed in Australia as an important step in helping to save the endangered Asian elephant. More »

  • Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant

    Australia welcomes its first new-born elephant

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia has welcomed the first elephant ever born in the country with the arrival of a 100-kilogram (220.4-pound) male calf at a Sydney zoo, according to keepers. More »

  • Australian dinosaur that lived 98M years ago found

    AP - Saturday, July 4

    CANBERRA, Australia - Scientists have confirmed for the first time that Australia was once home to a dinosaur that was big, fast and terrifying, and they've named it like something from an Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. More »

  • Three new dinosaur species found in Australia

    Three new dinosaur species found in Australia

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian scientists hailed the country's most significant dinosaur discovery in decades on Friday after three new species were unearthed in a Queensland billabong. More »

  • Australia pledges millions to Aborigines

    Australia pledges millions to Aborigines

    AFP - Saturday, July 4

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia announced a 155 million US dollar package for isolated Aboriginal communities, after a new report revealed shocking levels of child abuse among the downtrodden minority. More »

  • Top Australia firefighter criticised over wildfires

    Top Australia firefighter criticised over wildfires

    AFP - Friday, July 3

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - An inquiry into Australia's worst bush blazes heard that a top firefighter did not warn residents properly as flames bore down on their homes, engulfing entire towns and killing 173. More »

  • Gap widening between indigenous, other Australians

    AP - Thursday, July 2

    SYDNEY - Children in Australia's Aboriginal communities are six times as likely to be abused or neglected than the country's non-indigenous children, a government report said Thursday. More »

  • Australia urges calm after child flu death

    Australia urges calm after child flu death

    AFP - Thursday, July 2

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Australian authorities told parents not to panic over the spread of swine flu after the country recorded its first child death related to the virus. More »

  • Australia uncovers international credit card scam

    AP - Thursday, July 2

    SYDNEY - Australian authorities have uncovered a 6 million Australian dollar ($4.8 million) international credit card scam that used stolen personal information from people as far away as Britain and Spain, officials said Thursday. More »