Over half of people engaging in cybersex cheat spouseSYDNEY - Sixty-five percent of people who engage in cybersex also cheat on their spouses or girlfriends, says a new research. Skies clear, cleanup begins after Australia’s most severe dust storm blankets SydneySYDNEY — Millions of Australians were wiping a film of reddish Outback grit from nearly everything Thursday after the country’s worst dust storm in seven decades played havoc with transport systems and sent asthmatics scurrying inside. Red dust from Outback shrouds Sydney, obscuring Opera House, Harbour Bridge, diverting flightsSYDNEY — Red Outback grit shrouded Australia’s largest city Wednesday, blotting out such landmarks as the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge and even reaching underground to coat subway stations. The country’s worst dust storm in 70 years diverted planes and produced an eerie orange sky. Skies turn red in NSW, Queensland records worst ever dust storm in historySYDNEY - A dust storm covered the New South Wales and southern Queensland on Wednesday and blanketed the states in an eerie red haze and pushed air pollution levels to 1500 times their normal levels - the highest in the history of the states. Consumers in a group seek variety when ordering food, drinksSYDNEY - Consumers tend to seek variety in ordering foods and drinks when in a group, then gravitate toward similar choices, reveals a study. Let giant pandas go extinct, says leading conservationistSYDNEY - BBC wildlife presenter and conservationist Chris Packham has stirred controversy after calling on wildlife groups to let giant pandas go extinct because of their inability to effectively evolve. Dust storm blankets SydneySYDNEY - Residents in this Australian city woke up Wednesday to an eerie red haze, said to be the worst in the past 70 years, causing commuter chaos and cancellation of several fights, a media report said. Dust storm shrouds Sydney in red grit, causing flight chaos and prompting health warningsSYDNEY — Australia’s worst dust storm in 70 years blanketed the heavily populated east coast Wednesday in a cloud of red Outback grit, nearly closed the country’s largest airport and left millions of people coughing and sputtering in the streets. Cat survives after being shot 13 times in the head with pea rifle!SYDNEY - A Victorian country cat has survived after being shot 13 times in the head with a pea rifle. Rampant Conficker worm could crash global InternetSYDNEY - Technology experts worldwide are finding it “almost impossible” to defeat the Conficker worm, which has infected more than 5 million computers and could even knock down the internet in all countries. Australia: Washington has not asked for more troops for AfghanistanSYDNEY — Australia says it has not been asked to send more troops to Afghanistan and does not expect Washington to make any quick decisions on a top-level warning that the war there could be lost without more multinational forces. New vest to help fire fighters, rescue workers keep coolSYDNEY - Inventors have developed a vest that can help fire fighters and emergency workers maintain their cool. Fishy find: Australian teens hand in $87,000 after surprise catch on angling adventureSYDNEY — Two Australian teenagers who found almost 100,000 Australian dollars ($87,000) in cash during a fishing trip have handed it over to police — after spending some time thinking about it. The pair discovered the money earlier this month near the New South Wales town of Nimbin — a center of hippie culture where members of numerous communes annually celebrate a festival to promote cannabis use. Rudd, Obama unlikely to ever become best of friends, says Oz envoySYDNEY - Kim Beazley, who will take up the position of Australian Ambassador to the United States in February 2010, has said that Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and US president Barack Obama are unlikely to become close mates. Australian policemen caught with pants downSYDNEY - Shoppers in Brisbane were not dreaming when they saw two naked men get back into a police van after running around it in broad daylight in the middle of Australia’s third-largest city, Queensland Police Deputy Commissioner Stewart said Monday. Rare meteorite found in Australian desertSYDNEY - Researchers have discovered an unusual kind of meteorite in the Western Australian desert and have uncovered where in the solar system it came from, a new finding suggests. Volcanic eruption ‘3000 years overdue’ in Australia, warns scientistSYDNEY - A scientist has said that a volcanic eruption is “well overdue” in Australia from the past 3,000 years and there are hundreds of volcanoes that could cause trouble, from South Australia and Victoria through to Queensland. World’s most over-rated tourist sites
Australian state premier cancels Mumbai trip over terror fearsSYDNEY - The premier of Australian state of Victoria John Brumby has cancelled his planned trip to Mumbai during his coming visit to India over fears of terrorism, media reports said Sunday. Don’t break the law, Australian PM warns Indian studentsSYDNEY - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Thursday warned students from India not to take the law into their own hands after writer and activist Farrukh Dhondy reportedly urged Indians in the country for “some form of retaliation” following the brutal assault on four Indians in Melbourne. Australians appalled by their own Fritzl caseSYDNEY - An Australian kept his daughter as a sex slave for 30 years and fathered her four children in the Melbourne house he shared with his wife, the Herald Sun newspaper reported Thursday. Man bids $40,000 for a dozen Australian mangoesSYDNEY - A box of 12 Australian mangoes received a record bid price of $40,000 at a fundraiser here. The Age reported that Sydney Markets staged its 19th annual charity auction Wednesday to mark the official start of the mango season and raise money for the Westmead Children’s Hospital and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. Aussie police command wobbled by sexual harassment claimsSYDNEY - Female police officers at an Australian police command have alleged that they were sexually harassed and intimidated by their male counterparts apart from being told that their place was in the home. Ultra-fine fibres can now be strengthened with carbonSYDNEY - Researchers have discovered a way to strengthen plastic nanofibres or ultra-fine fibres, with one of the world’s strongest materials, carbon. The added strength could lead to new uses of nanofibres. Researchers find molecular support for Darwin’s theorySYDNEY - An international team of researchers has come by molecular evidence to support a key tenet of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Lost and found: Australian cat starts transcontinental journey homeSYDNEY - A cat that went missing three years ago in the chilly far south of Australia and turned up earlier this year in the tropical far north will begin the 3,800-kilometre journey back home Tuesday. Overheating disables bugs used in groundwater purificationSYDNEY - Overheating disables bugs that help break down groundwater contaminants under the soil, says a new study. Socks and hiking boots can spread seeds over large distancesSYDNEY - A new research has revealed that socks and hiking boots can spread seeds over large distances. Meet Baby Gaga who’s making waves in Sydney’s nightclubs!SYDNEY - Visitors at Sydney’s nightclubs are being treated to special Lady Gaga act by someone who is not quite as tall as her and is better known as Baby Gaga. Earth-sized moons may orbit around ‘hot Jupiters’SYDNEY - In a new study, scientists have determined that giant gas planets like Jupiter, which orbit close to their parent star, could harbour moons the size of Earth. |
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SYDNEY - A book, titled, “The Road Less Travelled: 1,000 Amazing Places Off the Tourist Trail”, has outlined the world’s most over-rated tourist sites.
