Copyright (c) 2008 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2119 Australia & Oceania en-us Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:18 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2119 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale ap/20080821/australia_baby_whale AP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:58:18 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f4538d08f36245a4adc2a5c505c3132b.australia_baby_whale_syd110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7UTJTmpdQVchdT1NXzLN1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this handout photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)" border="0" /></a>AP - Officials who had planned to euthanize an injured and abandoned baby whale postponed the operation Thursday night after being unable to find the animal in the dark waters off north Sydney.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080821/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_baby_whale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080820/capt.f4538d08f36245a4adc2a5c505c3132b.australia_baby_whale_syd110.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7UTJTmpdQVchdT1NXzLN1A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this handout photo released by NSW Parks and Wildlife, a lost humpback whale calf swims around the Pittwater, north of Sydney Harbour Wednesday, Aug 20, 2008. The 1- to 2-month-old calf was first sighted Sunday in waters off north Sydney, and on Monday tried to suckle from a yacht, which it would not leave. (AP Photo/NSW Parks and Wildlife)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhale afp/20080821/australiaanimalwhale AFP Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:15:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niy55.210808141504.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=wThKHM1c1Hf81pV4wYnNgQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="ABC TV grab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from a yacht near Sydney. Wildlife rangers said the whale will soon be killed to end its suffering.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A lost baby whale which captured Australians' hearts as it tried to suckle from a yacht it thought could be its mother will soon be killed to end its suffering, wildlife rangers said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080821/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhale"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080821/capt.cps.niy55.210808141504.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=wThKHM1c1Hf81pV4wYnNgQ--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="ABC TV grab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from a yacht near Sydney. Wildlife rangers said the whale will soon be killed to end its suffering.(AFP/HO/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_hungary_extradition ap/20080820/australia_hungary_extradition AP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:42:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_hungary_extradition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0" /></a>AP - An 86-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II can be extradited to Hungary to face charges, an Australian judge found Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080820/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_hungary_extradition"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_asia_afp/australiahungarywwiiwarcrimes afp/20080820/australiahungarywwiiwarcrimes AFP Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:10:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_asia_afp/australiahungarywwiiwarcrimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An 86-year-old alleged war criminal accused of murdering a young Jewish man in World War II lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080820/wl_asia_afp/australiahungarywwiiwarcrimes"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/australia_zentai_dc nm/20080820/australia_zentai_dc Reuters Wed, 20 Aug 2008 03:53:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/australia_zentai_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - An alleged World War Two war criminal living in Australia was eligible for extradition to Hungary to face justice, an Australian court ruled on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080820/wl_nm/australia_zentai_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080820/capt.cps.nio96.200808100928.photo00.photo.default-350x512.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=yGEYcdQGWWIcOjj6kMgpHg--" align="left" height="130" width="88" alt="photo" title="File photo shows the former Hungarian soldier accused of wartime atrocities, Charles Zentai, leaves the Perth Magistrates Court, in Perth. Zentai lost a court battle Wednesday against extradition from Australia to Hungary. A Perth magistrate ordered Zentai be taken into custody after finding that he was eligible for extradition.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/sciencebritainaustraliaaborigineslanguage afp/20080819/sciencebritainaustraliaaborigineslanguage AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:27:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/sciencebritainaustraliaaborigineslanguage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nii79.190808132706.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=93bQht3wdY.M5F8k36Dsvw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Gumatj Aboriginal children play by a fish net in Arnhem Land, the Northern Territory, Australia, December 2005. Australian Aboriginal children can count even without having words for numbers, according to a study by British and Australian experts.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australian Aboriginal children can count even without having words for numbers, according to a study by British and Australian experts released Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/ts_afp/sciencebritainaustraliaaborigineslanguage"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nii79.190808132706.photo00.photo.default-512x350.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=93bQht3wdY.M5F8k36Dsvw--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Gumatj Aboriginal children play by a fish net in Arnhem Land, the Northern Territory, Australia, December 2005. Australian Aboriginal children can count even without having words for numbers, according to a study by British and Australian experts.(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/20080819/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat afp/20080819/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:06:28 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih39.190808100452.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=Dehdh0uB6fQMnGoN3f0krg--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an yacht near Sydney. Fears were growing Tuesday for the whale(AFP/HO/Abc Tv)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Fears were growing Tuesday for the survival chances of a lost baby humpback whale who tried to suckle from an Australian yacht in the belief it was its mother.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_asia_afp/australiaanimalwhaleoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih39.190808100452.photo00.photo.default-512x283.jpg?x=130&y=71&q=85&sig=Dehdh0uB6fQMnGoN3f0krg--" align="left" height="71" width="130" alt="photo" title="An ABC TV framegrab shows a baby humpback whale trying to suckle from an yacht near Sydney. Fears were growing Tuesday for the whale(AFP/HO/Abc Tv)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_uk_afp/australiabritainenergytakeoverorigin afp/20080819/australiabritainenergytakeoverorigin AFP Tue, 19 Aug 2008 07:17:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_uk_afp/australiabritainenergytakeoverorigin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih04.190808091626.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=J2btPFu8g4KHYYzluCdaSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="The Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney. Australia's Origin Energy has formally urged shareholders to reject a 13.8-billion-dollar (12-billion-US) hostile takeover bid by Britain's BG Group.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia's Origin Energy on Tuesday formally urged shareholders to reject a 13.8-billion-dollar (12-billion-US) hostile takeover bid by Britain's BG Group.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080819/wl_uk_afp/australiabritainenergytakeoverorigin"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080819/capt.cps.nih04.190808091626.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=J2btPFu8g4KHYYzluCdaSw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="The Australian Stock Exchange in Sydney. Australia's Origin Energy has formally urged shareholders to reject a 13.8-billion-dollar (12-billion-US) hostile takeover bid by Britain's BG Group.(AFP/File/Anoek de Groot)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080819/wl_nm/australia_pacific_aborigines_dc nm/20080819/australia_pacific_aborigines_dc Reuters Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:46:36 GMT Reuters - Small Pacific nations and East Timor are jostling for inclusion in an Australian plan to ship in seasonal workers from overseas, but Aborigines said on Tuesday that local indigenous people should get preference. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/ts_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhpresults afp/20080818/australiabritainminingcompanybhpresults AFP Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:28:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/ts_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhpresults"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nid51.180808180146.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=RhjXZCQwSFv2JeUuIGLw9g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="File photo shows BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper and uranium operation at Roxby Downs in South Australia. The world's biggest mining company has posted a record US$15.39billion annual net profit, setting an Australian corporate record(AFP/BHP BILLITON/File)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The world's biggest mining company BHP Billiton Ltd. posted a record 15.39-billion-US-dollar annual net profit Monday and said it expected Asian demand to remain strong despite a global slowdown.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080818/ts_afp/australiabritainminingcompanybhpresults"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080818/capt.cps.nid51.180808180146.photo00.photo.default-512x345.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=RhjXZCQwSFv2JeUuIGLw9g--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="File photo shows BHP Billiton's Olympic Dam copper and uranium operation at Roxby Downs in South Australia. The world's biggest mining company has posted a record US$15.39billion annual net profit, setting an Australian corporate record(AFP/BHP BILLITON/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_qantas ap/20080815/australia_qantas AP Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:36:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_qantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080815/capt.cps.nhi37.150808075000.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=LZN5QxE5tUOklPA9ciZuZg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="A Qantas plane is shown taxiing past the air traffic control tower at Sydney International Airport. Australia's largest airline revealed a small body panel fell off a jet en route to Singapore Friday, the latest malfunction to beset the carrier in recent weeks.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0" /></a>AP - An engine access panel fell off a Qantas Airways jumbo jet en route to Singapore from Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, the latest in a string of incidents for the airline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_qantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080815/capt.cps.nhi37.150808075000.photo00.photo.default-512x354.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=LZN5QxE5tUOklPA9ciZuZg--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Qantas plane is shown taxiing past the air traffic control tower at Sydney International Airport. Australia's largest airline revealed a small body panel fell off a jet en route to Singapore Friday, the latest malfunction to beset the carrier in recent weeks.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_climbing_death ap/20080815/new_zealand_climbing_death AP Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:41:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_climbing_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080726/i/r2169672918.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=IWoSOYBNL7re6I9udqbRIg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark at Government House in Auckland July 26, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Marple (NEW ZEALAND)" border="0" /></a>AP - New Zealand's prime minister tried in vain to help resuscitate her climbing guide and friend after he suffered an apparent heart attack while on a trip in a remote alpine valley, authorities said Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080815/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_climbing_death"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080726/i/r2169672918.jpg?x=105&y=130&q=85&sig=IWoSOYBNL7re6I9udqbRIg--" align="left" height="130" width="105" alt="photo" title="US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (L) meets with New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark at Government House in Auckland July 26, 2008. REUTERS/Nigel Marple (NEW ZEALAND)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_au_an/australia_priest_charged ap/20080814/australia_priest_charged AP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:27:44 GMT AP - Australian police say they have arrested a Catholic priest and charged him with 30 counts of sexual assault related to abuse allegations dating back three decades. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/ts_afp/australiaadulteryauctioninternetoffbeat afp/20080814/australiaadulteryauctioninternetoffbeat AFP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 04:15:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/ts_afp/australiaadulteryauctioninternetoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb39.140808061453.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=eZwdtn4WALgZVe8UiRvwwA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="An internet image of the lacy black panties, described as "size humongous", along with the "size small" condom wrapper, which an Australian woman is auctioning after her husband's alleged affair with a woman named Kylie in Queensland(AFP/Anna)" border="0" /></a>AFP - An Australian woman has taken revenge on her cheating husband by auctioning his mistress's "huge" panties and his "size small" condom packet on eBay.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080814/ts_afp/australiaadulteryauctioninternetoffbeat"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080814/capt.cps.nhb39.140808061453.photo00.photo.default-512x375.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=eZwdtn4WALgZVe8UiRvwwA--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="An internet image of the lacy black panties, described as "size humongous", along with the "size small" condom wrapper, which an Australian woman is auctioning after her husband's alleged affair with a woman named Kylie in Queensland(AFP/Anna)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_qantas ap/20080814/new_zealand_qantas AP Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:50:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_qantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080804/capt.5f85a0d95a024696bb567d429c3e7c62.australia_qantas_syd101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=9YfK1mPv8Rjl52nKCtwLXA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A Qantas jet takes off over the M5 motorway in Sydney, Australia, Monday Aug. 4, 2008. Australia's aviation agency launched a review of Qantas Airway's safety standards after a Manila-bound jetliner spraying fluid made the airline's third high-profile emergency landing in eight days. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Qantas Airways flight landed safely Wednesday night after a problem with one of its engines on a flight from Australia to New Zealand, the company said, the latest in a series of mechanical incidents for the airline.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_qantas"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080804/capt.5f85a0d95a024696bb567d429c3e7c62.australia_qantas_syd101.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=9YfK1mPv8Rjl52nKCtwLXA--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Qantas jet takes off over the M5 motorway in Sydney, Australia, Monday Aug. 4, 2008. Australia's aviation agency launched a review of Qantas Airway's safety standards after a Manila-bound jetliner spraying fluid made the airline's third high-profile emergency landing in eight days. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiaindiausnuclearpoliticsnsgsingapore afp/20080812/australiaindiausnuclearpoliticsnsgsingapore AFP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:43:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiaindiausnuclearpoliticsnsgsingapore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngr15.120808184206.photo00.photo.default-512x410.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=VNuBrGCrjMG_AsWQoNTY8A--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd greets the audience upon arrival to deliver his speech at the 29th annual Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Australia will support a civilian atomic energy deal between India and the United States at a meeting of key nuclear supplier states, Rudd said.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Australia will support a civilian atomic energy deal between India and the United States at a meeting of key nuclear supplier states, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said here Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiaindiausnuclearpoliticsnsgsingapore"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngr15.120808184206.photo00.photo.default-512x410.jpg?x=130&y=104&q=85&sig=VNuBrGCrjMG_AsWQoNTY8A--" align="left" height="104" width="130" alt="photo" title="Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd greets the audience upon arrival to deliver his speech at the 29th annual Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore. Australia will support a civilian atomic energy deal between India and the United States at a meeting of key nuclear supplier states, Rudd said.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/ts_afp/australiabritainclimateanimals afp/20080812/australiabritainclimateanimals AFP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:23:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/ts_afp/australiabritainclimateanimals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngo05.120808112115.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1KXI7IrqfLeT7HRz.bIumQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="This 2002 handout photo shows the skeleton of a giant marsupial 'lion' found in a cave in Australia containing the skeletons of giant lions, kangaroos and wombats. A new study has revealed that the chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction.(AFP/WA Museum/File/Clay Bryce)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction, a new study reveals.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/ts_afp/australiabritainclimateanimals"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngo05.120808112115.photo00.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=1KXI7IrqfLeT7HRz.bIumQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="This 2002 handout photo shows the skeleton of a giant marsupial 'lion' found in a cave in Australia containing the skeletons of giant lions, kangaroos and wombats. A new study has revealed that the chance discovery of the remains of a prehistoric giant kangaroo has cast doubts on the long-held view that climate change drove it and other mega-fauna to extinction.(AFP/WA Museum/File/Clay Bryce)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080812/ap_on_re_au_an/new_zealand_pie_metal ap/20080812/new_zealand_pie_metal AP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 07:37:16 GMT AP - A New Zealand bakery was ordered to pay more than 11,000 New Zealand dollars ($7,700) for selling a pie with a dangerous filling — metal slivers. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/australia_asylum_dc nm/20080812/australia_asylum_dc Reuters Tue, 12 Aug 2008 05:37:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/australia_asylum_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080812/2008_08_12t015356_450x281_us_australia_asylum.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=flcd5um5DcZKzJQF3MX3qw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="Thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims wait for Pope Benedict XVI to move from a boat (top R) to the main stage to make a speech at a harbourside site known as Barangaroo in Sydney July 17, 2008. (Robert Pearce/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - About 20 Catholic pilgrims who attended World Day Youth services in Australia with Pope Benedict XVI last month have claimed asylum, with more applications expected, refugee advocates said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080812/wl_nm/australia_asylum_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20080812/2008_08_12t015356_450x281_us_australia_asylum.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=flcd5um5DcZKzJQF3MX3qw--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="Thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims wait for Pope Benedict XVI to move from a boat (top R) to the main stage to make a speech at a harbourside site known as Barangaroo in Sydney July 17, 2008. (Robert Pearce/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiavaticanpopepoliticsrefugees afp/20080812/australiavaticanpopepoliticsrefugees AFP Tue, 12 Aug 2008 03:37:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiavaticanpopepoliticsrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngm21.120808053648.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=5j6zTF0oeEzOWmv86M9gXw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Pilgrims wave to Pope Benedict XVI at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on July 20. About 20 pilgrims who came to Australia for the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI are seeking asylum in the country, a refugee support group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Krystle Wright)" border="0" /></a>AFP - About 20 pilgrims who came to Australia for the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI are seeking asylum in the country, a refugee support group said Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/oceania/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080812/wl_asia_afp/australiavaticanpopepoliticsrefugees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080812/capt.cps.ngm21.120808053648.photo00.photo.default-512x329.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=5j6zTF0oeEzOWmv86M9gXw--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Pilgrims wave to Pope Benedict XVI at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney on July 20. About 20 pilgrims who came to Australia for the recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI are seeking asylum in the country, a refugee support group said Tuesday.(AFP/File/Krystle Wright)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)