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Ford to shut Australian production |
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| May. 17 |
Australia |
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Australian politician injured in kangaroo attack
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| May. 10 |
Hawaii |
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Carbon dioxide passes symbolic mark
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Search ends for 2 Australian Carnival cruise ship passengers Two Australians plunged off a cruise ship into the ocean despite higher-than-required railings to prevent accidental falls, the cruise compa...
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Sydney |
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2 cruise line passengers missing off Australian coast| Authorities launched a search Thursday after two passengers went missing overnight when the Carnival Cruise ship Spirit docked in Sydney | |
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| Apr.23 |
Australia |
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Australia hacking 'leader' charged |
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| Apr.16 |
Papua New Guinea |
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Strong quake hits Papua New Guinea |
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| Apr.3 |
Papua New Guinea |
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Deadly bus crash in Papua New Guinea |
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| Mar.24 |
Australia |
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Australia PM condemns infighting |
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia PM calls leadership vote |
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Australia sorry for forced adoptions |
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| Mar.15 |
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NZ hit by worst drought in 30 years |
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| Feb.27 |
Sydney |
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Australia finds largest meth haul |
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| Feb.26 |
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Shark kills man in New Zealand |
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Cyclone Rusty closes in on Australia |
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Jerusalem |
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Israel to launch Prisoner X inquiry |
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| Feb.6 |
Solomon Islands |
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5 dead after powerful quake strikes in South Pacific
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Flooding hits eastern Australia
Three people have died and hundreds of homes are under water after heavy rain brought flooding to parts of the Australian state of Queenslan...
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Djokovic wins Australian tennis Open |
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| Jan.9 |
Australia |
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Australia races to control fires
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| Jan.8 |
Australia |
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Cool relief for blazing Australia |
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| Jan.7 |
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Heat and wind fan Australia fires
Map of New South Wales Australia| High winds and record temperatures have fanned fires in south-east Australia, as the prime minister warned of a 'very dangerous day' | |
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| Dec.13 |
Samoa |
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Cyclone Evan rips through Samoa |
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| Oct.2 |
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Half of coral lost from Barrier Reef |
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| Jun.26 |
Australia |
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Boat sinks off Christmas Island
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| Jun.21 |
Australia |
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Ship with about 200 aboard capsizes off Australia
A ship carrying about 200 people capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia. A merchant ship was diverted to the scene
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| Jun.11 |
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Dingo to blame for Australian baby's death |
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| Feb.28 |
New Zealand |
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Reef ship pair plead guilty in NZ |
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| Feb.21 |
Australia |
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Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigns |
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| Feb.6 |
Queensland |
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Australians urged to flee flooding |
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| Feb.2 |
Papua New Guinea |
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Fears grow for PNG ferry missing |
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More than 200 rescued after ferry sinks
Map of Cape Fortification Papua New Guinea The Australian authorities have been helping Papua New Guinea with rescue efforts after the ship, the MV Rabaul Queen, sank off Cape Fortification
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| Jan.29 |
Melbourne |
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Djokovic beats Nadal in Australian epic |
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| Jan.26 |
Australia |
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Mob threatens Australian prime minister |
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| Jan.25 |
Papua New Guinea |
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'Mutiny' amid PNG power struggle |
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| Jan.22 |
New Zealand |
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Megaupload boss seeks bail in NZ |
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| Jan.7 |
New Zealand |
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Stricken NZ cargo ship breaks up |
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| Jan.6 |
New Zealand |
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Hot air balloon crash kills 11 |
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| Nov.16 |
Australia |
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Obama stakes US claim to Pacific |
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| Oct.30 |
Australia |
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Qantas resuming flights
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Qantas ordered to end labor dispute |
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| Oct.29 |
Australia |
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Labour row grounds Qantas flights
The Australian airline Qantas is grounding all international and domestic flights with immediate effect due to an industrial dispute
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| Oct.12 |
New Zealand |
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'Massive' oil spill clean-up underway |
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| Oct.10 |
New Zealand |
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Spill NZ 'worst marine disaster' |
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NZ ship oil spill 'significant'
Efforts to recover oil from a ship carrying nearly a half million gallons of heavy fuel that ran aground after striking a reef
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Sydney |
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Bomb squad helps teenager Bomb-squad officers have freed an 18-year-old girl who was inside a house in Sydney with a bomb that was reportedly strapped to her body
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| Jun.20 |
Australia |
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Ash cloud grounds Australian flights
An ash cloud is drifting around the world for a second time after spewing from a Chilean volcano more than two weeks ago
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| Jun.11 |
New Zealand |
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Chile volcano affects NZ flights
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| Mar.2 |
New Zealand |
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'No more survivors' from NZ quake
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| Feb.26 |
New Zealand |
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Central Christchurch 'faces demolition' |
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| Feb.23 |
New Zealand |
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Hopes fade for NZ quake missing
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Rescue offers ray of hope after quake |
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| Feb.22 |
New Zealand |
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City in ruins after quake kills at least 75
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| Feb.21 |
New Zealand |
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Earthquake leaves 65 dead |
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Deadly quake strikes New Zealand
Map of Christchurch New Zealand A 6.3-magnitude earthquake ripped through Christchurch, causing multiple fatalities as it toppled buildings onto buses, buckled streets
| The quake caused widespread damage and several power outages, particularly in the city of Christchurch.
The epicentre was 40 kilometers west of Christchurch. The hypocentre was at a shallow depth of 10 km
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Queensland |
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Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland
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Queensland |
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Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi |
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| Jan.12 |
Queensland |
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Brisbane flood levels reach peak
Map of Brisbane Australia| The city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a meter lower than feared. Dozens of suburbs and thousands of properties are inundated.
The death toll went up to 15; dozens more reported missing.
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| Jan.10 |
Queensland |
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Australia floods menace Brisbane |
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Queensland |
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8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood |
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| Jan.4 |
Queensland |
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City Rockhampton hitting flood peak
Flood preparations in the inundated Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test as river Fitzroy levels hit their peak
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| Jan.3 |
Queensland |
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Australian floods 'to last weeks' |
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| Jan.2 |
Queensland |
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Supplies flown to Queensland city |
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Queensland |
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Australia facing 'biblical' flood
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| Dec.28 |
Queensland |
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Flood chaos forces mass evacuations North-eastern Australia's worst flooding in decades is continuing to cause chaos across the region
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| Dec.19 |
Australia |
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Up to 48 Dead in Christmas Isl. Shipwreck
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| Dec.14 |
Australia |
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'Many drown' in asylum shipwreck
Map of Christmas Island Australia Many people are feared to have drowned after a boat carrying suspected asylum seekers crashed into rocks on Australia's Christmas Island
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| Nov.25 |
Fiji |
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Boys found alive after 50 days at sea
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| Nov.23 |
New Zealand |
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Mine: 'No survivors' after second blast
All 29 miners trapped in a coal mine in New Zealand are believed to be dead after the ignition of gases in mine meant a rescue was very unli...
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| Nov.22 |
New Zealand |
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Robot searching for miners breaks down |
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| Nov.19 |
New Zealand |
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Rescue on hold for trapped coal miners |
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| Nov.18 |
New Zealand |
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Miners missing after explosion
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| Nov.7 |
Australia |
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Qantas' A380 fleet to remain grounded |
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| Nov.4 |
Australia |
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Qantas grounds Airbus A380
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| Oct.17 |
Vatican |
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Australia got its first Catholic saint |
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| Sep.6 |
Australia |
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Key Australia MP backs opposition
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| Sep.4 |
New Zealand |
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Overnight curfew after NZ quake |
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| Sep.3 |
New Zealand |
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7.0 quake strikes near Christchurch
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| Aug.21 |
Australia |
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Australia set for hung parliament
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| Aug.19 |
Australia |
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Poll: Dead heat in Australian election |
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| Jul.16 |
Australia |
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New Australian PM to call for elections
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| May.14 |
Sydney |
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Australia hails solo yachts girl
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| Apr.3 |
Australia |
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Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef |
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| Mar.29 |
Shanghai |
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Rio Tinto executives jailed |
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| Mar.16 |
Fiji |
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Fiji damage 'overwhelming,' PM says |
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| Dec.29 |
Western Australia |
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Homes burn in West Australia fires |
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| Nov.15 |
Australia |
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Australia apologizes to ex-child migrants |
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| Oct.7 |
Melanesia |
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Tsunami warning in south Pacific |
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| Sep.29 |
Samoa |
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85 deaths reported after quake
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| Aug.3 |
Melbourne |
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Australia detains terror suspects |
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| Feb.21 |
Melbourne |
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Australia mourns bushfire victims |
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| Feb.12 |
Australia |
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Man charged with arson |
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| Feb.10 |
Melbourne |
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Winds continue to spread wildfires |
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| Feb.9 |
Melbourne |
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181 
| Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately. The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Ov... | |
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| Feb.8 |
Melbourne |
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Raging wildfires killed at least 130 people |
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Bush fires kill at least 93 people |
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| Feb.7 |
Australia |
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Raging bushfires kill at least 65 |
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| Nov.8 |
New Zealand |
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Clark admits defeat in election |
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| Feb.20 |
Hawaii |
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US missile hits 'toxic satellite'
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| Feb.12 |
Australia |
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Australia apologizes to Aborigines |
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| Jan.10 |
New Zealand |
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Everest legend Edmund Hillary dies
Sir Edmund Hillary gained worldwide fame after he and guide Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest
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| Dec.20 |
New Zealand |
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New Zealand rocked by huge quake |
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| Nov.24 |
Australia |
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Rudd: I will be prime minister for all
Opposition leader Kevin Rudd greeted jubilant supporters, as he promised changes in environmental, education and workplace policies
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| Jul.6 |
Sydney |
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Live Earth concerts kick off
24-hour global concert series to raise awareness about climate change got a traditional Aboriginal welcome
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| Jun.26 |
Australia |
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Aborigines threaten tourist ban |
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| Apr.19 |
Queensland |
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'Ghost yacht' found Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast
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| Apr.3 |
Solomon Islands |
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Officials: Not enough aid arriving |
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| Apr.1 |
Solomon Islands |
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13 dead from tsunami
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| Dec.4 |
Fiji |
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Military 'takes control of Fiji'
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| Oct.25 |
Australia |
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Cleric in dress furore |
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| Sep.4 |
Australia |
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'Croc Hunter' died in stingray attack Steve Irwin enthralled audiences around the world with his wildlife adventures
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| May.8 |
Australia |
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Trapped miners rescued
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| Dec.26 |
Sydney |
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Media magnate Kerry Packer dies |
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| Dec.12 |
Sydney |
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Second night of riots |
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| Dec.1 |
Singapore |
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Young Australian hanged |
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| Mar.23 |
South Africa |
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Australia retained cricket World Cup |
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| Mar.22 |
Fiji |
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Mir destroyed in fiery descent |
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| Feb.9 |
Hawaii |
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U.S. sub, Japanese trawler collide
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| Oct.1 |
Sydney |
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Olympic Games closed |
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| Sep.15 |
Sydney |
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Olympic Games open Organizers thrilled the 110,000 spectators and an 4 billion TV viewers with a spectacular opening ceremony
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