Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2119 world Australia & Oceania en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:46 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2119 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain afp/20091107/australiaweatherrain AFP world Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:04:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567560335-1-0.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=a.6E6NhY3VtJQVgrIz2xNg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="A woman with a child in a pusher is seen struggling in rain and wind as she walks through Sydney centre, a few days ago. Australian authorities have declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian authorities declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/wl_afp/australiaweatherrain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257567560335-1-0.jpg?x=76&y=130&q=85&sig=a.6E6NhY3VtJQVgrIz2xNg--" align="left" height="130" width="76" alt="photo" title="A woman with a child in a pusher is seen struggling in rain and wind as she walks through Sydney centre, a few days ago. Australian authorities have declared a natural disaster along parts of the country's east coast as heavy floods cut the main road linking major cities, stranding thousands of people.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigrationrefugees afp/20091106/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigrationrefugees AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:28:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigrationrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257488885520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cR8ta829mD.oQkyaDL6g7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand on the lower deck of the Australian Customs and Immigration Fisheries Patrol vessel anchored off Indonesia's Riau Island of Tanjung Pinang, in October 2009. The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Indonesia extended by a week on Friday a deadline for an Australian customs ship loaded with 78 protesting Sri Lankan asylum seekers to leave its territory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigrationrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257488885520-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cR8ta829mD.oQkyaDL6g7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Sri Lankan asylum seekers stand on the lower deck of the Australian Customs and Immigration Fisheries Patrol vessel anchored off Indonesia's Riau Island of Tanjung Pinang, in October 2009. The leader of a boat of Sri Lankan asylum seekers held in Indonesia is a known people smuggler previously deported from Canada, the government said Friday, a charge he has strongly denied.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliadiplomacyoffbeat afp/20091105/britainaustraliadiplomacyoffbeat AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:52:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliadiplomacyoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257421922590-1-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=eyztb8OMj.PPC1ucm1Az0A--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard, seen here in 2007, during a debate at Cambridge University.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard during a debate at Cambridge University, the quick-thinking student who caught the shoe said on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_uk_afp/britainaustraliadiplomacyoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257421922590-1-0.jpg?x=110&y=130&q=85&sig=eyztb8OMj.PPC1ucm1Az0A--" align="left" height="130" width="110" alt="photo" title="An angry man threw a boot at former Australian prime minister John Howard, seen here in 2007, during a debate at Cambridge University.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiacrimeprison afp/20091105/australiacrimeprison AFP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:27:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiacrimeprison"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257386230372-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=n2BcWmpvd84A9kfRbi3lmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="File photo of central Melbourne. Australian police have arrested a 49-year-old man in Melbourne over a stabbing rampage at a secure psychiatric hospital which left two patients dead, they said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian police laid murder charges against a 49-year-old male patient on Thursday over a stabbing rampage at a secure psychiatric hospital that left two people dead.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiacrimeprison"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257386230372-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=n2BcWmpvd84A9kfRbi3lmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="File photo of central Melbourne. Australian police have arrested a 49-year-old man in Melbourne over a stabbing rampage at a secure psychiatric hospital which left two patients dead, they said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091105/ap_on_re_au_an/as_australia_hospital_stabbings ap/20091105/as_australia_hospital_stabbings AP world Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:56:10 GMT AP - A psychiatric patient was charged Thursday with two counts of murder in the overnight stabbing deaths of two men who were also patients at an Australian hospital. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionoil afp/20091105/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionoil AFP science Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:09:20 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257397676894-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=KxrOy2l9i70.OCcnd3zawQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Oil leaks from the Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea. Australia launched an inquiry on Thursday into a major oil spill off its coast which has been described as one of the country's worst environmental disasters.(AFP/WWF/Annabelle Sandes)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia launched an inquiry on Thursday into a major oil spill off its coast which has been described as one of the country's worst environmental disasters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091105/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionoil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091105/capt.photo_1257397676894-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=KxrOy2l9i70.OCcnd3zawQ--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Oil leaks from the Montara oil rig in the Timor Sea. Australia launched an inquiry on Thursday into a major oil spill off its coast which has been described as one of the country's worst environmental disasters.(AFP/WWF/Annabelle Sandes)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_crab_sex ap/20091104/as_australia_crab_sex AP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:29:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_crab_sex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.018c3f3d1db64dcf8a25e360a305f7d6.australia_crab_sex_syd103.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=cP0mQcgrsr0ooIQqXLRmEA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this November 2008 photo provided by The Australian National University, two male fiddler crabs fight on a beach on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbor against intruders, partly because the females will dole out sex in return, according to the Australian study published Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/The Australian National University, Tanya Detto)" border="0" /></a>AP - In the world of fiddler crabs, the best form of protection for females is, apparently, having sex with the neighbors, according to an Australian study published Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091104/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_crab_sex"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091104/capt.018c3f3d1db64dcf8a25e360a305f7d6.australia_crab_sex_syd103.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=cP0mQcgrsr0ooIQqXLRmEA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this November 2008 photo provided by The Australian National University, two male fiddler crabs fight on a beach on Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra found that male fiddler crabs will happily defend a female neighbor against intruders, partly because the females will dole out sex in return, according to the Australian study published Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. (AP Photo/The Australian National University, Tanya Detto)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionspill afp/20091104/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionspill AFP science Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:00:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionspill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257320104789-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=H9wup1cu8aF.MCOjTCcIxg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="A man looks at a waxy substance found in water affected by the Montara oil rig leak in the Timor Sea. Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said on November 4 as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.(AFP/WWF/Kara Burns)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said Wednesday as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiathailandenvironmentpollutionspill"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257320104789-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=74&q=85&sig=H9wup1cu8aF.MCOjTCcIxg--" align="left" height="74" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man looks at a waxy substance found in water affected by the Montara oil rig leak in the Timor Sea. Monitoring the clean-up of a huge oil spill in pristine Australian waters could take as long as seven years, an official said on November 4 as environmentalists urged a wide-ranging inquiry into the disaster.(AFP/WWF/Kara Burns)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaviationincidentqantas afp/20091104/australiaaviationincidentqantas AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 06:19:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaviationincidentqantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257315557090-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pd7QcOK_gdrwKpHTFtVNvA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="File photo shows a Qantas aircraft taking off from Sydney Airport. Two Australian pilots have been suspended for preparing to land a passenger plane without the correct landing gear, in what air safety investigators Wednesday labelled a "serious incident".(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Two Australian pilots have been suspended for preparing to land a passenger plane without the correct landing gear, in what air safety investigators Wednesday labelled a "serious incident".</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaviationincidentqantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257315557090-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pd7QcOK_gdrwKpHTFtVNvA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows a Qantas aircraft taking off from Sydney Airport. Two Australian pilots have been suspended for preparing to land a passenger plane without the correct landing gear, in what air safety investigators Wednesday labelled a "serious incident".(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaccidentsea afp/20091104/australiaaccidentsea AFP world Wed, 04 Nov 2009 02:07:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaccidentsea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257300386009-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=W8pfNw6fCpgxsWrgArQdBA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="Map locating the area near Cocos Islands where a boat carrying 39 people sank November 1, with at least 12 people feared. Australia called off an air and sea search for survivors on Wednesday(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia called off an air and sea search for survivors on Wednesday after a boat carrying unidentified Sri Lankans sank in remote seas far off its northwest, killing 12.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091104/wl_asia_afp/australiaaccidentsea"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257300386009-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=W8pfNw6fCpgxsWrgArQdBA--" align="left" height="130" width="98" alt="photo" title="Map locating the area near Cocos Islands where a boat carrying 39 people sank November 1, with at least 12 people feared. Australia called off an air and sea search for survivors on Wednesday(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091103/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_boat_sinks ap/20091103/as_australia_boat_sinks AP world Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:28:28 GMT AP - Planes and ships searching a remote patch of the Indian Ocean found no signs Tuesday of additional survivors from the sinking of a suspected asylum-seeker boat. Eleven people were believed missing, while 27 were rescued. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091102/wl_nm/us_australia_boatpeople nm/20091102/us_australia_boatpeople Reuters world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:02:43 GMT Reuters - A boat carrying around 40 people, possibly asylum seekers, has sunk off the remote Cocos Islands in the Indian Ocean, with 19 people rescued and aircraft searching for other survivors, Australian officials said on Monday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_uk_afp/australianzealandbritainroyals afp/20091102/australianzealandbritainroyals AFP world Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:21:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_uk_afp/australianzealandbritainroyals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257133902877-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=hjxnz3GCLkVMziakuyqv7A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="Prince William at the Guildhall in London on October 9. Prince William will embark on his first official tour of the Commonwealth in January, visiting Australia and New Zealand to "get to know" the people, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Chris Jackson)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Prince William will visit New Zealand early next year for his first official overseas trip, then travel to Australia as he steps up his royal duties, the countries' leaders said Monday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091102/wl_uk_afp/australianzealandbritainroyals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257133902877-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=hjxnz3GCLkVMziakuyqv7A--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="Prince William at the Guildhall in London on October 9. Prince William will embark on his first official tour of the Commonwealth in January, visiting Australia and New Zealand to "get to know" the people, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Monday.(AFP/Pool/File/Chris Jackson)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigration afp/20091101/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigration AFP world Sun, 01 Nov 2009 05:39:53 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257053931237-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S51gvSyDS7Wz1VlsYA5QvA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Sri Lankan asylum seeker on a boat moored at Merak seaport in Indonesia's Java island. Australia has said it would increase the number of beds at its main immigration centre to cope with an influx of boatpeople, amid concerns about growing numbers of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia said Sunday it would increase the number of beds at its main immigration centre to cope with an influx of boatpeople, amid concerns about growing numbers of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091101/wl_asia_afp/australiaindonesiasrilankaimmigration"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091101/capt.photo_1257053931237-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=S51gvSyDS7Wz1VlsYA5QvA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Sri Lankan asylum seeker on a boat moored at Merak seaport in Indonesia's Java island. Australia has said it would increase the number of beds at its main immigration centre to cope with an influx of boatpeople, amid concerns about growing numbers of asylum seekers from Sri Lanka.(AFP/File/Adek Berry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091031/wl_asia_afp/australiairelandcrimetourism afp/20091031/australiairelandcrimetourism AFP world Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:51:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091031/wl_asia_afp/australiairelandcrimetourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091031/capt.photo_1256964614699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=z46bQgL6r2T.iZ.GWAxv.Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This aerial view looks west from Sydney's Bondi Beach, not far from the beachside suburb of Coogee. An Australian man has been charged over the death of an Irish backpacker who died after being assaulted during an argument in the Sydney beachside suburb of Coogee late Sunday following a drinking session.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian man was charged Saturday over the death of an Irish backpacker, police said, following an emotional plea by the victim's mother that he turn himself in.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091031/wl_asia_afp/australiairelandcrimetourism"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091031/capt.photo_1256964614699-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=z46bQgL6r2T.iZ.GWAxv.Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="This aerial view looks west from Sydney's Bondi Beach, not far from the beachside suburb of Coogee. An Australian man has been charged over the death of an Irish backpacker who died after being assaulted during an argument in the Sydney beachside suburb of Coogee late Sunday following a drinking session.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiachinadiplomacytrade afp/20091030/australiachinadiplomacytrade AFP world Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:26:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiachinadiplomacytrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256877434495-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=V0Kz0SByOp7sahltqeDfJQ--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard (right), shares a joke with Executive Vice-Premier of China, Li Keqiang, during a bilateral meeting in Sydney. China has called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year.(AFP/Pool/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - China on Friday called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiachinadiplomacytrade"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256877434495-2-0.jpg?x=130&y=108&q=85&sig=V0Kz0SByOp7sahltqeDfJQ--" align="left" height="108" width="130" alt="photo" title="Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Julia Gillard (right), shares a joke with Executive Vice-Premier of China, Li Keqiang, during a bilateral meeting in Sydney. China has called for a sweeping new era in ties with Australia including a free-trade deal, marking a dramatic turnaround in relations which reached crisis-point this year.(AFP/Pool/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091030/ap_on_re_as/as_indonesia_australia_oil_spill ap/20091030/as_indonesia_australia_oil_spill AP science Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:00:57 GMT AP - Thousands of dead fish and clumps of oil have been found drifting near Indonesia's coastline more than two months after an underwater well began leaking in the Timor Sea, officials and fishermen said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091030/wl_csm/oasylum csm/20091030/oasylum The Christian Science Monitor world Fri, 30 Oct 2009 09:00:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091030/wl_csm/oasylum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ad394de2aa84406db7d87240061cfbb4.switzerland_human_rights_award_be108.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oo9Q8xDivpzd3SnIqKeQCA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam, one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace with special focus on Darfur, speaks after having been awarded the prize for freedom and human rights in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)" border="0" /></a>The Christian Science Monitor - It is the enduring image of the John Howard era: special-forces troops boarding a Norwegian freighter, the Tampa, to prevent it from docking in Australia with 430 asylum-seekers rescued from their sinking boat. The 2001 incident sparked international condemnation but it helped the conservative prime minister to win his third general election.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091030/wl_csm/oasylum"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.ad394de2aa84406db7d87240061cfbb4.switzerland_human_rights_award_be108.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=oo9Q8xDivpzd3SnIqKeQCA--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="Laureate Safaa Elagib Adam, one of the founding members for the Community Development Association (CDA), a Sudanese non-governmental organization working on sustainable development and peace with special focus on Darfur, speaks after having been awarded the prize for freedom and human rights in Bern, Switzerland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Keystone, Peter Klaunzer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (The Christian Science Monitor) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiabritainroyalsyouth afp/20091030/australiabritainroyalsyouth AFP world Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:25:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiabritainroyalsyouth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256890570258-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=yKacyJlZVnBBsbuRGHK.5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="Prince Edward, the youngest son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, waves during a visit to St Mary?s Cathedral School in Sydney on October 28. The prince sparked controversy with claims that young people were drawn to his outdoor adventure scheme by the thrill of death.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The youngest son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Edward, sparked controversy Friday with claims that young people were drawn to his outdoor adventure scheme by the thrill of death.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091030/wl_asia_afp/australiabritainroyalsyouth"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091030/capt.photo_1256890570258-1-0.jpg?x=91&y=130&q=85&sig=yKacyJlZVnBBsbuRGHK.5Q--" align="left" height="130" width="91" alt="photo" title="Prince Edward, the youngest son of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, waves during a visit to St Mary?s Cathedral School in Sydney on October 28. The prince sparked controversy with claims that young people were drawn to his outdoor adventure scheme by the thrill of death.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_nm/us_australia_china nm/20091029/us_australia_china Reuters world Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:01:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_nm/us_australia_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r2531494284.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LoxIJc1tJAS1qksRmUbq7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) reacts to the audience during the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Tax Dialogue Global Conference in Beijing October 26, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The arrival of China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang in Sydney on Thursday and a glowing editorial in one of China's most popular newspapers this week seem to seal the end of diplomatic tensions between Canberra and Beijing.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091029/wl_nm/us_australia_china"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091029/i/r2531494284.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=LoxIJc1tJAS1qksRmUbq7w--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="China's Vice Premier Li Keqiang (R) reacts to the audience during the opening ceremony of the 3rd International Tax Dialogue Global Conference in Beijing October 26, 2009. REUTERS/David Gray" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)