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A banner hung by the Australian Olympic team sits on the side of the Athlete's Village as police boat patrols in Vancouver, British Columbia February 5, 2010. REUTERS/Andy Clark

Aussie boxing kangaroo flag wins bout against IOC

Reuters - Monday, February 8 07:34 am

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A large Australian team flag depicting a boxing kangaroo will remain hanging from the athletes' village after an agreement between Australian team officials and the International Olympic Committee. More »

  • Tourist's texts to Greece save him in New Zealand

    Reuters - Monday, February 8 05:27 am

    WELLINGTON (Reuters Life!) - A tourist who got lost on a New Zealand mountain was rescued after sending text messages to his family in Greece, newspapers and websites reported on Monday. More »

  • Australia's "Top End" too dry to become food bowl

    Reuters - Monday, February 8 04:27 am

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - The dream of turning Australia's tropical north into a major food bowl to replace drought-stricken southern farmlands and feed a future Asia has been shattered by a new report released on Monday. More »

  • Australia Remembers Bushfire Victims

    Australia Remembers Bushfire Victims

    SkyNews - Sunday, February 7 11:15 am

    Australia has marked the first anniversary of the bushfires which killed 173 people, with a day of national mourning and services of remembrance. More »

  • Australia Remembers Bushfire Victims

    Grieving Australia Mourns Bushfire Victims

    SkyNews - Sunday, February 7 08:33 am

    Australia has marked the first anniversary of the bushfires which killed 173 people, with a day of national mourning and services of remembrance. More »

  • Activists, Japanese whalers clash in Antarctic waters

    Activists, Japanese whalers clash in Antarctic waters

    AFP - Sunday, February 7 07:42 am

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Anti-whaling activists and Japanese harpoonists have blamed each other for a collision between their ships in Antarctic waters, as the environmentalists warned Sunday of more clashes to come. More »

  • Australia Remembers Bushfire Victims

    Grieving Australia Mourns Wildfire Victims

    SkyNews - Sunday, February 7 06:54 am

    Australians are holding a national day of mourning for the 173 people who died a year ago in the country's worst wildfire disaster. More »

  • Model Miranda Kerr presents a creation during the 2009 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in New York November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

    No dressing down for banker in supermodel blunder 

    Reuters - Friday, February 5 03:50 pm

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian banker who became an internet sensation after he was caught on live television viewing images of a scantily clad supermodel on his computer will keep his job, Macquarie Bank said on Friday. More »

  • Internet campaign to save Aussie banker's job

    Reuters - Friday, February 5 03:48 pm

    SYDNEY (Reuters) - An online campaign has started to save the job of an Australian banker who became an internet sensation after he was caught on live television viewing images of scantily-clad supermodel Miranda Kerr on his computer. More »

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