Archive for the 'Australia' Category
Sunday, November 9th, 2008
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Sydney Morning Herald
Zoo’s new baby turns out for the cameras
November 8, 2008
Taronga Zoo’s new pygmy hippo baby was unfazed by the cameras, lapping up lunch before jumping into a bath.
But her birth three weeks ago was almost too much for Monifa, whose name means “I am lucky” in Nigerian.
A difficult breach birth left the calf […]
Posted in Nature, Movies, Australia, Zoo/Aquarium |
Friday, March 28th, 2008
Australian farmer finds mystery space junk
Fri Mar 28, 12:57 AM ET
A cattle farmer in Australia’s remote northern outback on Friday said he had found a giant ball of twisted metal, which he believes is space junk from a rocket used to launch communications satellites.
Farmer James Stirton found the odd-shaped ball last year on his 40,000 […]
Posted in Australia, Space Travel, 1950s |
Tuesday, July 10th, 2007
Catholic School Opens Gates to Hell Boy
July 9, 2007 - 10:19pm
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - The Hell family has protested to a Catholic school in Australia after it objected to enrolling their son because of his name.
Officials said the boy had been offered a place at the St. Peter the Apostle school in the southern city […]
Posted in Education, Newspapers, Australia, Holier Than Thouists-Roman Catholic Arm |
Friday, July 6th, 2007
U.K. terror suspects made U.S. inquiry
By THOMAS WAGNER and MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press Writers 15 minutes ago
LONDON - Two suspects in the failed car bombings in Britain had contacted a clearinghouse for foreign doctors about working in the United States, the FBI said Friday, and British officials probed links between the attacks and al-Qaida in […]
Posted in India, Great Britain, Terrorism, Australia, Medicine |
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007
‘Monster’ toad captured
An Australian cane toad the size of a small dog is found during a roundup of the toxic animals and fight fixers.
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Until his arrest at the Canberra Gold Gloves semis, this was the last known sighting of Frogsy Di Ciccio–taken in Sunnyside Gardens.
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Please find the entire […]
Posted in Nature, Boxing, Australia |
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
Breast implant demands force order upsizes
By Paul Weston
March 25, 2007 01:45am
Article from: The Sunday Mail (Qld)
SILICONE breast implants are getting much larger, with models deciding “bigger is better” for their careers.
The trend has forced Australian plastic surgeons to import the super-large 1000ml implants from the US.
They credit former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, despite her recent […]
Posted in Fashion, Health, Australia, S-E-X, Celebrities |
Friday, October 27th, 2006
One American Uses a Clerics’ Words to Say Vote Democratic
My Jesuitical training in logic tells me that in the cleric’s mind, veiled women are still meat–only shrink-wrapped. Either way, it is a less than an inviting scenario. Could it be that he is angling for guest appearances on the cooking channel?
Anyone who had […]
Posted in Law, Religion, Womens' Issues, Australia |
Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
Are Stingrays turning up in the trunks of cars, left on street corners and drowned with concrete blocks tied to their tails? Not necessarily, but ten dead rays–some tortured–are frightening conservationists and people who fear brainless reprisals. A spokesray for the Stingray Benevolent Society took off thegloves and snarled, “This is a reef thing and […]
Posted in Nature, Oddity, Australia |
