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Climate change report: Australian coast threatened

AP - Tuesday, October 27

SYDNEY - A new report into the effects of climate change on Australia's vast coastline is forcing Aussies to consider the unthinkable: life away from the surf. More »

  • Rising seas 'threaten Australian homes'

    Rising seas 'threaten Australian homes'

    AFP - Tuesday, October 27

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia may have to force people to evacuate coastal areas as rising sea levels threaten thousands of homes, an official report has warned.

  • Japanese solar car leads race Down Under

    Japanese solar car leads race Down Under

    AFP - Tuesday, October 27

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Japan's Tokai Challenger was on Monday leading a solar car race across the harsh Australian Outback, having covered about half of the 3,000 kilometre (1,860 mile) desert course, officials said.

  • Four tried over Australian army suicide plot

    AFP - Tuesday, October 27

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - A man accused of plotting to kill Australian soldiers in an armed assault on a Sydney barracks expressed delight at devastating bushfires which killed 173 people here, a court heard Monday.

  • Australian police post reward for 'vampire' murder

    Australian police post reward for 'vampire' murder

    AFP - Monday, October 26

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian police have posted a 1.0 million dollar (927,000 US) reward for a man suspected to have ordered the killing of a self-proclaimed vampire.

  • Sydney Harbor Bridge becomes grassy picnic ground

    AP - Sunday, October 25

    SYDNEY - Thousands of people ate breakfast on the Sydney Harbor Bridge as the iconic steel span was transformed Sunday into a grassy picnic ground.

  • Australians kick off world climate change protest

    Australians kick off world climate change protest

    AFP - Saturday, October 24

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Climate activists gathered on the steps of Sydney's iconic Opera House Saturday and along the city's beaches to kick off an international day of protest about global warming.

  • Rights body claims Australia detaining children

    AP - Friday, October 23

    CANBERRA, Australia - Children are being held in a crowded detention camp for asylum seekers on a remote Indian Ocean island, contrary to government policy that they should be housed elsewhere, a state rights commission reported Friday.

  • Australia PM shrugs off population boom concerns

    Australia PM shrugs off population boom concerns

    AFP - Friday, October 23

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd shrugged off concerns from a top Treasury official that the country could not sustain a forecast population boom of 60 percent by 2049.

  • Australia's 'war criminal' to fight extradition

    Australia's 'war criminal' to fight extradition

    AFP - Friday, October 23

    PERTH, Australia (AFP) - - An 88-year-old accused of Nazi war crimes has vowed to fight his extradition to Hungary after being taken into custody in Australia, a report said.

  • Alleged Nazi criminal in Australian police custody

    AP - Friday, October 23

    PERTH, Australia - An 88-year-old man accused by Hungary of Nazi war crimes during World War II surrendered to Australian police Thursday after exhausting his appeals against extradition.

  • Australian PM sickened by hate mail sent to war widows

    Australian PM sickened by hate mail sent to war widows

    AFP - Thursday, October 22

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - A self-styled Muslim cleric sent hate mail to the families of Australian soldiers killed in Afghanistan, reports said Thursday, prompting sharp condemnation from Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

  • Australian TV star Don Lane dies

    AP - Thursday, October 22

    SYDNEY - Don Lane, an American song-and-dance man who became an enduring television celebrity in Australia known as "The Lanky Yank," died Thursday.

  • Insecurity, jobs drive Sri Lanka's boat people

    Insecurity, jobs drive Sri Lanka's boat people

    AFP - Thursday, October 22

    COLOMBO (AFP) - - Fear of persecution and a lack of jobs at home are driving thousands of Sri Lankans to risk perilous boat rides to developed countries, according to officials and politicians.

  • Australia seeks quick Afghan troop withdrawal

    AFP - Thursday, October 22

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Australia on Wednesday said it wanted to bring its military involvement in Afghanistan to a quick end, despite US and NATO calls for more troops to shore up the campaign against a resurgent Taliban.

  • Australian carrier Virgin defends safety record

    Australian carrier Virgin defends safety record

    AFP - Wednesday, October 21

    MELBOURNE (AFP) - - Australian budget airline Virgin Blue defended its safety record Wednesday after a front wheel malfunctioned on landing, sending an aircraft veering across the runway.

  • Many Australians urged to flee fires: officials

    Many Australians urged to flee fires: officials

    AFP - Tuesday, October 20

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - Residents were urged to leave their homes Tuesday as erratic winds brought wildfires dangerously close to hundreds of suburban properties in Australia's northeast, officials said.

  • Aussie solo sailor asleep as yacht crashed: inquiry

    Aussie solo sailor asleep as yacht crashed: inquiry

    AFP - Tuesday, October 20

    SYDNEY (AFP) - - An Australian schoolgirl bidding to become the youngest solo round-the-world sailor was asleep and tracking the wrong vessel when she hit a giant cargo ship during a test run, an inquiry found Tuesday.

  • No hugging allowed for preteens at Aussie school

    AP - Tuesday, October 20

    ADELAIDE, Australia - An Australian elementary school has banned hugging and other displays of affection between preteen boys and girls to set a good example for younger students, the principal said Tuesday.

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