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• Girls warned playing didgeridoo could cause infertility

  - 2008-09-02

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian girls were warned Wednesday that playing the Australian Aboriginal didgeridoo could lead to infertility as a consequence of messing with "men's business". Debate about whether women should play the didgeridoo has been sparked by the publication of the Australian edition of "The Daring Book for...

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• Indiana Jones a great hero but awful archaeologist, says expert

  - 2008-05-23

  SYDNEY AFP — Indiana Jones may provide great entertainment but he's an ethical nightmare as an archaeologist, the head of the World Archaeological Congress said Friday. Professor Claire Smith from Australia's Newcastle University said the fourth instalment in the adventure series, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal...

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• Australian TV comics escape trial over bin Laden prank

  - 2008-04-27

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian television comics who breached security at a global summit by posing as part of a Canadian motorcade carrying an Osama bin Laden look-alike Monday had all charges against them dropped. The team from The Chaser's War on Everything show came within metres of US President...

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• 1,000 evacuated after Sydney explosion: officials

  - 2008-02-03

  SYDNEY AFP — A powerful explosion tore through a building in inner-city Sydney on Monday, injuring two men and forcing the evacuation of 1,000 others, Australian officials said. Police said they were investigating the blast at the Quadrant Building in Ultimo which left a ground floor chicken shop ablaze...

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• Disgraced Aussie kayaker faces new drugs charges

  - 2007-11-21

  SYDNEY AFP — Disgraced former world champion kayaker Nathan Baggaley appeared in court Thursday charged with manufacturing and supplying a chemical used to make the drug ecstasy, national radio reported. The Olympic silver medallist was arrested with his brother on Wednesday, less than a month after he failed in...

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• Australian meatworks beefs up security after gallstone thefts

  - 2007-10-05

  SYDNEY AFP — An Australian abattoir has beefed up security because thieves in its slaughterhouse were stealing cattle gallstones, which are worth almost their weight in gold, a report said Friday. The Borthwicks Meatworks in Queensland state will cut the pockets off its employees' overalls and conduct random searches...

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• Australian comedians arrested for stunt at Bush hotel

  - 2007-09-06

  SYDNEY AFP — Two stars of a hit Australian comedy show were arrested on Thursday as they carried out a prank outside the hotel where US President George W. Bush is staying, their network said. Julian Morrow and Chas Licciardello, from the satirical program "The Chaser's War on Everything,"...

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• Australia cautious on Indian doctor's 'Al-Qaeda links'

  - 2007-08-01

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian authorities have seen no evidence linking an Indian doctor who was detained here over a British car bomb plot to the Al-Qaeda terror organisation, police chief Mick Keelty said Thursday. Australia's SBS television late Wednesday said it had obtained an unsigned and undated "dossier," apparently...

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• Australian farmers urged to raise kangaroos, not sheep

  - 2007-07-10

  SYDNEY AFP — Australian farmers should rear kangaroos rather than sheep because they do less damage to the country's environment, according to a prominent ecologist. University of Sydney ecologist Chris Dickman believes much Australian farmland used for sheep or wheat would be better suited to kangaroos, the Australian Broadcasting...

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• US army to buy Australian-made armoured vehicles: report

  - 2007-06-29

  SYDNEY AFP — An Australian company is close to signing a multi-million dollar deal to supply the United States army with armoured vehicles, a report said Friday. Defence manufacturer Thales Australia is expected to announce it will provide 1,500 Bushmaster armoured personnel carriers to the US within days, the...

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