‘Zero Baggage’ service in Australia, Canada to enable tourists to hire clothesMELBOURNE - A new service to be launched in Australia next year will make it possible for travellers to hire clothes for their holidays rather than lug heavy baggage to the airport. Australian Sex Party gets electoral thumbs-upMELBOURNE - The Australian Electoral Commission has approved for the registration of the Australian Sex Party as a political group. OZ woman opens hair lice salon!MELBOURNE - A woman has opened southeast Queensland’s first hair lice salon to help schoolchildren get rid of the parasite. Oz Govt. to provide 8-mn dollars to fund Australia India InstituteMELBOURNE - Australia’s Minister for Education Julia Gillard today announced that the Government will provide more than eight million dollars (Australian) to fund a new Australia India Institute at the University of Melbourne. ‘Best Job in the World’ winner to get assistantMELBOURNE - Tourism Queensland is likely to provide ‘Best Job in the World’ winner Ben Southall with an assistant. Mobile addicts ‘have slower minds, make more mistakes’MELBOURNE - Heavy mobile phone users have poorer memory, slower reaction times and make more mistakes, a new study has found. Exiled Uighur activist says China inflames ethnic tensions by deceiving people about unrestMELBOURNE, Australia — China is inflaming ethnic tensions by deceiving its own people about last month’s deadly riots in western Xinjiang province, an exiled Uighur activist whom Beijing blames for the unrest said Wednesday. ‘Two-envelope’ money problem crackedMELBOURNE - A long-standing problem about how an individual decides between two envelopes containing different amounts of money may have been solved. Man in alleged terror plot against Australian army base angrily tells court he’s innocentMELBOURNE, Australia — One of five men charged in an alleged plot to shoot up an Australian military base angrily denied he was a terrorist in court Wednesday and accused the country’s troops of killing innocent people overseas. Australia says Somali-linked militants planned suicide attack on army baseMELBOURNE, Australia — A handful of extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked group in Somalia planned to storm one of Australia’s largest military bases and launch a fight to the death with troops, police said Tuesday. World’s top five germ-laden tourists attractions revealedMELBOURNE - A poll of more than 4600 travellers has revealed world’s top five germ-laden tourists attractions. Wanted: Men who pay for sex and prostitutes who accept payment!MELBOURNE - In the hope to destroy some of the myths surrounding prostitution, an Australian researcher is on a lookout for men who visit prostitutes in New South Wales (NSW). Four arrested at Australian army base for role in suicide attack plotMELBOURNE/SYDNEY - Four men have been arrested and several more are being questioned over an alleged plot to launch a suicide shootout attack at an Australian Army base. Australia foils terror plot for suicide attack on army base, arrests 4 Somali-linked suspectsMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police said Tuesday they thwarted a terrorist plot in which extremists with ties to an al-Qaida-linked Somali Islamist group planned to invade a military base and open fire with automatic weapons until they were shot dead themselves. Australian police arrest 4 Somali-linked terrorism suspects in huge operation in MelbourneMELBOURNE, Australia — Police foiled a suicide plot in Australia on Tuesday, arresting four men suspected of links to a Somali Islamic extremist group who were allegedly planning commando-style attacks on at least one army base, senior officers said. Prime minister says foiled plot is a ’sober reminder’ of terrorist threat to AustraliaSYDNEY — Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the exposure of a suicide attack plot in Australia is a sober reminder of the threat of terrorism to Australia. Police launch large anti-terror operation in Australia; arrest Somali-linked suspectsMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police launched a major anti-terrorism operation on Tuesday, arresting four men they said were part of a terrorist cell that was planning to launch a suicide attack on several Army bases in the country. Police launch large anti-terror raid in Australia; arrest Somali-linked suspectsMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police launched a major anti-terrorism operation on Monday, detaining several people they said were suspected of plotting an attack in the country. India does not want attacks to ‘infect’ ties with AustraliaNEW DELHI - Ahead of External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna’s visit to Australia, India has said it was concerned about attacks on Indian students but does want the issue to “infect” growing relations between the two countries. Fosters to release Australia’s ‘poshest’ beer priced at 70 dollarsMELBOURNE - Fosters Group is set to launch one of the ‘poshest’ beers in Australia. Priced at 70 dollars, the so-called luxury beer has traces of vanilla and curry leaf, with hints of honey and passion fruit. China summons Australian ambassador to protest visit by Uighur activist Rebiya KadeerBEIJING — China summoned the Australian ambassador to protest a proposed visit to his country by an exiled Uighur leader whom Beijing accuses of instigating recent ethnic riots that killed nearly 200 people, the Foreign Ministry said Saturday. Youth watching new ‘Harry Potter’ film burn woman after being asked to be quietMELBOURNE - A Brit woman was left badly burnt after she had bleach poured on her by youngsters she had asked to be quiet during a screening of the new Harry Potter film. Men ‘better at distance vision, women close-up’MELBOURNE - If your hubby blames you for missing the bigger picture, then you might want to tell him this: Men are better at seeing things in the distance due to their hunter-gatherer past chasing animals, while women are better focusing on things at close range. Web addresses exceed world’s populationMELBOURNE - Internet is growing in dimensions every second, so much so that there are more addresses than there are people on Earth, claims the team behind Microsoft’s new search engine Bing. Brisbane dog owner finds pooch in Melbourne after nine years!MELBOURNE - A dog lost in Brisbane is set to be reunited with her owner after being found in Melbourne nine years after she went missing. Indian student market in Australia showing signs of collapseMELBOURNE - The Indian student market is showing early signs of collapse, with the recruitment body IDP Education Australia reporting an 80 per cent fall in appointments by students at its 14 Indian offices. Lost Australian dog found alive and well 9 years later _ and 1,200 miles awaySYDNEY — Nine years after vanishing from outside her Australian family’s home, Muffy the dog was found alive and well this month in another backyard — 1,200 miles away — officials said Thursday. Saturn’s day becomes shorter by five minutesCANBERRA - An analysis of Saturn’s atmosphere has resulted in the definition of the planet’s ‘day’ becoming shorter by five minutes. China embassy complains to Australia about Uighur activist’s visit to Melbourne film festivalCANBERRA, Australia — China has repeatedly complained to the Australian government about the planned visit to a Melbourne film festival of the Uighur activist Beijing accuses of inciting ethnic riots in its far west, an official said Wednesday. Stripper’s sex toy rape on best man was an ‘accident’, says lawyerMELBOURNE - The lawyer of a stripper, accused of raping the best man at a buck’s night with a sex toy, has said that the incident was an ‘accident’. |
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