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File-sharing site Megaupload’s founder Kim Dotcom has been denied bail in New Zealand, where he is charged with internet piracy and money laundering.
Residents in Australia’s third largest city, Brisbane, sandbagged their homes against rising waters on Monday as torrential rain worsened floods.
The death of 28 asylum seekers has renewed pressure on Prime Minister Julia Gillard to soften Australia’s asylum policy.
A faulty part or a design issue may have caused the explosion in an engine on a Qantas Airways Airbus A380, Qantas chief Alan Joyce said on Friday.
Julia Gillard called an election on Saturday for August 21, with the poll to be decided over policies on economic management, climate and border
Thai authorities launched a clean-up operation in Bangkok’s charred commercial district on Sunday as the city prepared for the resumption of business.
A series of tsunamis smashed into the Pacific island nations of American and Western Samoa, killing possibly more than 100 people.
A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport and forcing people indoors.
Pope Benedict apologised on Saturday for sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Australia, saying those responsible should be brought to justice.
Aboriginal leaders used national ”Sorry Day” on Monday, the day Australia acknowledges past injustices to Aborigines, to renew calls for compensation for their past mistreatment.…
Forty-five children living in the Australian mining town of Mount Isa, where Xstrata produces 4% of the world’s lead, have unsafe blood lead levels above World Health…
The 1 000th whale shark, a rare and threatened species, has been discovered by researchers using a global programme in which eco-tourists and scientists identify new sharks and…
Australian Prime Minister John Howard cast his ballot in national elections on Saturday, hoping voters would reject a younger opposition leader offering generational change and…
Australian Prime Minister John Howard used YouTube on Monday to sell an Asia-Pacific leaders summit in Sydney this week, ahead of expected protests against global warming and the…
The world’s biggest Aids conference closed on Wednesday with a call for the development of child-specific drugs to ensure millions of HIV-infected children not only survive to…
HIV-infected babies have a greater chance of survival if they receive treatment before they show signs of illness or a weakened immune system, the International Aids Society was…
The biggest challenge in the global fight against HIV/Aids is no longer money for drug research and treatment but the lack of local health services in nations worst-hit by the…
Australian protesters held a ”picnic rally” against the logging of native forests while hundreds of Indian policemen swapped guns for spades on Tuesday to highlight World…
Aborigine Jackie Huggins remembers when she was regarded as part of Australia’s native wildlife. As a young girl, Huggins was not counted as part of the Australian population.…
Australia’s most notorious outlaw Ned Kelly, dead for 126 years, is again eluding authorities. Kelly, who became a folk hero of Australia’s colonial past with his gangs’ daring…
