Australia considers procedural changes after soldiers shoot 2 Afghan policeCANBERRA, Australia — The Defense Department will consider changing check point procedures in Afghanistan after Australian soldiers shot two Afghan police officers, one fatally, an army general said Friday. Indian Australian woman killed her husband by setting his genitals on fireADELAIDE - A jealous Indian Australian wife has been charged with killing her husband by setting his penis on fire. She is expected to answer her murder charge in October. UN expert says Australia breached Aborigines’ rights with measures mean to curb child abuseCANBERRA, Australia — Australia breached international obligations on human and indigenous rights by imposing radical restrictions on Aborigines during a crackdown on child abuse in Outback communities, a United Nations expert said Thursday. Eldorado Gold agrees to pay $1.8B in shares for rest of Sino Gold which has big China presenceVANCOUVER, British Columbia — Canada’s Eldorado Gold Corp. said Wednesday it has agreed to swap about $1.8 billion in stock for all remaining shares of Australia’s Sino Gold Mining Ltd., one of the largest gold mining groups in China. Comments on the death of Sen. Edward KennedyComments from family members, politicians and others on the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy from brain cancer Tuesday: Australian High Court rules military tribunal illegal, throwing 171 cases into doubtCANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s highest court ruled Wednesday that the country’s military justice system is unconstitutional because its judges are not independent of the military command — throwing into doubt 171 cases judged in the past two years. Australian government gives final approval for $41 billion gas sale to ChinaCANBERRA, Australia — Australia gave final approval Wednesday for a natural gas field development that will export $41 billion in energy to China over 20 years. Terror suspects in Australia wanted their attack to be ‘monstrous,’ a court hearsMELBOURNE, Australia — Alleged conspirators in a terror plot to attack an Australian army base hated non-Muslims and described their planned suicide mission as a “great, monstrous thing,” a court heard Tuesday. Lowe’s to form joint venture with Woolworths in Australia to open home-improvement storesMOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe’s Cos. said Monday it is forming a joint venture with Australia’s largest retailer, Woolworths Ltd., to develop home-improvement stores. Australian man taken to hospital after being glued to toilet seat in shopping mallCAIRNS, Australia — A man who used a public toilet in a shopping mall was taken to a hospital to have the toilet seat removed from his backside after someone smeared it with glue in what an official condemned Monday as a sick joke. Police urged possible witnesses to come forward after the 58-year-old man was humiliated in the northeastern city of Cairns by the prank. World stock markets jump after Fed chairman’s comments, housing data; Tokyo up over 3 pctHONG KONG — World stock markets jumped Monday as upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve’s chairman and signs the U.S. housing industry was healing strengthened confidence in a global recovery. Plugging leaking oil well off Australia could take weeks, operator saysPERTH, Australia — Plugging a leak at an offshore drilling rig that has caused an oil slick off Australia will take weeks, the operator said Sunday, though officials said there was little threat of environmental damage. Australia designates Somali extremist group as terrorists after alleged plot on Sydney baseSYDNEY — Australia’s government designated a Somali extremist group with links to al-Qaida as a terrorist organization on Friday, just weeks after several men allegedly associated with the group were charged with planning a suicide attack on an Australian military base. Beeps drown out croaks: Traffic noise may foil efforts by urban frogs to attract sex partnersCANBERRA, Australia — Traffic noise could be ruining the sex lives of urban frogs by drowning out the seductive croaks of amorous males, an Australian researcher said Friday. Murdered Indian Australian woman’s father had an affair with his nieceBRISBANE - A Brisbane magistrate’s court was told today that the father of an Indian Australian woman, who was allegedly murdered by her boyfriend in 2003, had an affair with his niece. Woman believed to be victim of ‘54 unsolved Boulder murder found living in AustraliaBOULDER, Colo. — Investigators say a woman they believed might have been killed in 1954 and found along a Boulder creek actually has been living in Australia for the last 46 years. Rio Tinto’s first-half profit falls nearly 65 percent on falling commodity pricesMELBOURNE, Australia — Mining giant Rio Tinto said sharp falls in metals and mineral prices were behind first-half profit dropping by nearly two thirds. Australian Parliament passes law to require 20 percent renewable energy by 2020CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Parliament passed a law Thursday requiring that 20 percent of the country’s electricity come from renewable sources such as the sun and wind by 2020, matching European standards and up from about 8 percent now. Australia expects to begin swine flu vaccinations next monthCANBERRA, Australia — Australia said Thursday it expects to launch swine flu vaccinations starting next month, in what may turn out to be the first such program since the emergence of the disease in April. Australian Senate passes bill to require 20 percent renewable energy by 2020CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Senate passed legislation Thursday to require that 20 percent of the country’s electricity come from renewable sources such as the sun and wind by 2020, matching European standards and up from about 8 percent now. A look at Australia’s Gorgon gas field project and its developersA snapshot of the Gorgon gas field development off Australia’s far northwest coast: Known for oil, Exxon Mobil focused on growing natural-gas productionHOUSTON — Exxon Mobil may be synonymous with Big Oil, but two major deals announced this month show the company is focused on expanding natural-gas output. Australia announces new measures to safeguard education for overseas studentsCANBERRA - The Australian Minister for Education, Julia Gillard, today warned education providers that they risk being shut down if they don’t comply with rules relating to international students. Murdered Indian Australian woman’s jewellery, diary missing, says her motherBRISBANE - The mother of murdered Indian Australian woman Neelma Singh today told a Brisbane magistrate’s court that a sapphire given to her by her boyfriend Max Sica, and a diary were missing from the home where her body was found in 2003. Australian parties agree on 20 percent renewable energy target by 2020CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s main political parties struck an agreement Wednesday on a new law requiring that 20 percent of the country’s electricity comes from renewable sources such as the sun and wind by 2020 — more than twice the current level. Rio Tinto receives binding $2 billion offer from Amcor Ltd. for Alcan Packaging divisionsMELBOURNE, Australia — Packaging company Amcor has offered to buy Rio Tinto’s remaining Alcan Packaging divisions for $2.025 billion, the mining giant said Tuesday. ‘Shiva’s Trishul’ used to kill Indian Australian woman, siblings!BRISBANE - Prosecutors in Brisbane have accused Max Sica of using a pitchfork resembling “Shiva’s Trishul” to murder Indian Australian women Neelma Singh and her siblings Kunal and Sidhi in their Brisbane home in 2003. Australia says China canceled minister’s visit over Uighur activist rowCANBERRA, Australia — China canceled a senior minister’s trip in anger that Australia granted a visa to an exiled Uighur activist, the government said Tuesday, in the latest sign that ties between the two countries are strained. Chinese takeover of Australia’s Felix Resources embraced by investors as shares soarSYDNEY — Investors on Friday firmly endorsed an Australian dollars 3.5 billion ($3 billion) plan for Yanzhou Coal to buy Felix Resources Ltd. in what would be China’s biggest investment yet in the Australian minerals sector. Australian judge rules quadriplegic man can direct carers to stop feeding him so he can dieCANBERRA, Australia — Christian Rossiter has proven his legal right to die and declared himself a champion of other quadriplegics who no longer find life worth living. |
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