 The Independent The former Australia captain has been too good a player for that but only the fiercest of English cricket fans could have failed to have felt something for him these past two years. The diminutive Tasmanian's characteristic tenacity and courage were ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WA's firefighting capabilities still under scrutiny ABC Online In the last three years, more than 140 homes have been razed by bushfires in WesternAustralia. In January 2009, clashing power lines were blamed for the the start of a blaze in which 38 houses were lost and many more damaged in Toodyay. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Four saved in boat fire drama Nebraska City News Press Four people including two children have been rescued after their boat caught fire and sank off the coast of Australia. A German man has been charged Wednesday with more than three dozen counts of arson in connection with a rash of fires that terrorized... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Firefighter treated for burns after Cloverdale bushfire Perth Now FOLLOWING on from our second wettest year in 2010, 2011 proved wet once again with Australia recording its third wettest year on record. FIRES and blackouts plague sweltering south and electrical storms may trigger more, as Queensland braces for ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Power-cuts to limit fire risks Tasmania Mercury The Victorian Bushfires Royal Commission found fires caused by failures of electricity assets were responsible for the deaths of 117 of the 173 people killed during the Black Saturday fires of 2009. In South Australia this week, authorities cut off ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| No compensation for businesses affected by energy company's decision to cut ... SmartCompany.com.au Roberts disputes that insufficient warning was given, saying at 8am on the morning of the blackout ETSA told the media it was monitoring three areas in South Australia forfire danger and Roberts himself did an interview with ABC radio at 8:30am. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wildfires on Mont. Reservation Force Evac TIME (See "Why Global Warming May Be Fueling Australia's Fires.") The Hutterites arrived in Cut Bank about 9:30 pm Wednesday and remained until after 1 am, when US Highway 2 reopened, said Jennifer Biegler, Cut Bank's parks and recreation director. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Bushfire in Flinders Range out of control NEWS.com.au They have also revealed they are searching for a serial arsonist after three fires south of Adelaide, the latest on Wednesday at Blewett Springs. Detective Chief Inspector John Schrader said there had been other fires dating back over several years, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australian Mainstream Media Ignore US Alliance War Carnage In Reviewing 2011 Just International For Australia, heatwaves, fires, floods, and Southern Australian droughts are all expected to become more frequent and more intense in the coming decades [p46] … Water security, or reliability if water supply, in southern and eastern Australia is ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Relief at last as cool change blows in Clare Northern Argus Victorians are finally enjoying a reprieve from the new-year heatwave after thunderstorms delivered a cool change - as well as lightning that ignited new fires in the state's west. The Country Fire Authority ended its two-day fire ban across Victoria's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Southern Australia Sizzles NTDTV Temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius - 104 degrees Fahrenheit - combined with hot dry winds are sparking spot and grass fires in many areas - and causing widespread electricity blackouts. With cases of heat-related illnesses on the rise, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| WAGS hot for Michael Clarke as he fires up Courier Mail Picture: Getty Images) Source: The Courier-Mail AUSTRALIA'S No. 1 cricket WAG Kyly Boldy looks like she has a bit of hot competition on her hands - from none other than Australian captain Michael Clarke's former fiancee, Lara Bingle. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bushfire in Flinders Range out of control Ninemsn They have also revealed they are searching for a serial arsonist after three fires south of Adelaide, the latest on Wednesday at Blewett Springs. Detective Chief Inspector John Schrader said there had been other fires dating back over several years, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| The Prime Minister who Disappeared Smithsonian (blog) Harold Holt, the Australian Prime Minister, taking a swim. Image courtesy of the National Archives of Australia On the gusty afternoon of December 17, 1967, a group of five adults arrived at Cheviot Beach, near Portsea, Victoria, and strolled along the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| A Punch to the Mouth—Food Price Volatility Hits the World Business Insider Unknown to most casual observers is the fact that during the past few decades the frequency of weather-related disasters (floods, fires, storms) has been growing at a much faster pace than geological disasters (such as earthquakes). ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Africa: Arab Spring - Stolen Revolution AllAfrica.com Attempts by the West to light the fires in Tehran flopped, but they were published. On January 14, chanting crowds converging at Tunisia's Ministry of the Interior got puppet president Ben Ali and his family fleeing to Saudi Arabia. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Cargill, Dean murder trials highlight 2011 Tri County Leader 8) Arp, Troup and Whitehouse firefighters helped battle fires all around the county and even in neighboring counties. Dozens of fires threatened several homes and property. (Sept. 15) Mike Jeter, Tony Hill and Paul Licht filed for places in the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Key notes: Mini among monsters Adelaide Now The new bag fires from the driver's seat and is intended to provide protection against side impacts on the passenger's side, as well as from impacts between driver and passenger. It will be fitted in 2013-model cars later this year. See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bushfire threatens in SA Sky News Australia A community meeting is scheduled at nearby Wilmington tonight to provide advice and an update to local residents, while police in the area have closed a number of roads. They are also searching for a serial arsonist after three fires south of Adelaide, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Caterpillar and Rio Tinto lock outs force unions into underdog fight against ... rabble.ca (blog) Usually labour disputes are communicated through the narrow prisms of media conference statements and brief images of hooded workers huddled around oil canfires. But what if this time a lot of Canadians connect in a human and personal way to these ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Just Add Water 2012 Victor Harbor Times Just Add Water fires up in January with the free community event Watersong (see below for details). This is an evening with the State Opera of South Australia and was inspired by the essential elixir of life - water. As the name suggests, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trapped in a brutal guerrilla conflict — New edition of 'masterful' book Your-Story.org (press release) Nicholas Inman (France) The new edition of Between Two Fires – Guerrilla war in the Spanish sierras is published by Maroma Press (http://maromapress.wordpress.com/) and printed by Lightning Press in Britain, the USA and Australia. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Akram Khan Cancels Show Due to Injury New York Times (blog) In media news, The Village Voice fires its longtime film critic, the rise and rise of Tyler Brule, and why JRR Tolkien never won the Nobel Prize. The publisher is doubling down on parenting magazines, where it already dominates. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Australia: No higher risk from French implants WRAL.com Los Angeles has been hit with more suspicious fires in the past weekend than any time since race riots nearly 20 years ago. Now… It's the final full day of campaigning beforeTuesday night's Iowa caucuses. Polls show Mitt Romney with a slight lead over... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Bush fires spread in Australia - BBC Temperatures have risen to 40C (104F) sparking a wave of fires. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16389978 | ||
| Deliberately lit scrub fires in Blewitt Springs area - South Australia ... South Australia Police Home Page · Home · More News Deliberately lit scrub fires in Blewitt Springs area. PDF Print E-mail. Thursday, 5 January 2012 1:05pm ... www.sapolicenews.com.au/.../5693-deliberately-lit-scrub-fires-... | ||
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| Health - WSJ.com: VIDEO: Bush fires spread in Australia VIDEO: Bush fires spread in Australia. (Posted on BBC News - Home at Tue, Jan 03, 2012 at 10:25AM). Temperatures have risen to 40C (104F) sparking a wave ... onespot.wsj.com/health/.../video-bush-fires-spread-in-australia | ||
| Bush fires spread in Australia - Blogrunner Temperatures have risen to 40 sparking a wave of fires. .. (BBC NEWS) www.blogrunner.com/.../D/0/.../bush_fires_spread_in_australi... | ||
| Chef, ad exec lose families in fires - Australia - NZ Herald News Severe house fires in Australia and the United States caused holiday horror in which nine people died. www.nzherald.co.nz/australia/news/article.cfm?l_id=15... | ||
| Video: Australia scorched by over 100 fires - The Globe and Mail Approximately 100 fires are now under control in Victoria state, southern Australia.Australia is dealing with a brutal heat wave, strong wind and lightning strikes. www.theglobeandmail.com/news/video/.../article2289620/ | ||
| Heatwave in southern Australia triggers spot fires and affects ... Adelaide, Geelong, Robe, Australia (Reuters) A heatwave in southern Australia brings numerous spot fires and leaves animals struggling with high ... www.theweathernetwork.com/.../storm_watch_stories3&storm... | ||
| Catapulted Fires In Standish Handicap | Australia CatapultedClassy six year old sprinter Catapulted got within half a second of the course record to win the Group Three Standish Handicap at Flemington The ... formguide.cyberhorse.com.au/.../Catapulted-Fires-In-Standish-... | ||
| VIDEO: Bush fires spread in Australia - HertsAndEssexObserver VIDEO: Bush fires spread in Australia. Temperatures have risen to 40C (104F) sparking a wave of fires. Social networking links. Reddit · Facebook · Digg ... www.hertsandessexobserver.co.uk/.../VIDEO-Bush-fires-sprea... | ||
| The Watchers - Record heatwave in Australia - hottest start of the ... Weather conditions are so extreme that South Australia's power distributor cut electricity to some communities to prevent bushfires yesterday, and it has not ruled ... thewatchers.adorraeli.com/.../record-heatwave-in-australia-hott... | ||
| WEATHER ANOMALIES: Bizarre and Extreme Weather Hits ... WEATHER ANOMALIES: Bizarre and Extreme Weather Hits Australia – The Hottest New Year For More Than A Century, Authorities Warns of Bushfires and ... www.poweroftheweb.net/weather-anomalies-bizarre-and-extre... | ||
| Murray arrives in Australia - Yahoo! News 7News 0:31 | 175 views. A giant python has had her annual weigh in at the AustralianReptile Park north of Sydney. Chile fires spread as police investigate ... news.yahoo.com/.../murray-arrives-in-australia-27730700.htm... | ||
| Police investigating outback fire - ABC News (Australian ... The CFS is still monitoring a fire at Bulgunnia Station but has contained three others in SA's north-west pastoral district. Three of the fires are believed to have ... www.abc.net.au/news/2011-12-26/cfs-battles.../3747648 | ||
| Dry lightning increases heatwave fire risk Emergency services are on high alert as lightning storms roll across western Victoria, threatening to start fires as southern Australia continues to swelter. www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-03/lightning.../3756848 | ||
| VIDEO: Bush fires spread in Australia | Articles Blog More than 100 bush fires have broken out in southern Australia in the past 48 hours, stretching emergency crews to the limit. articlesposting.com/top/video-bush-fires-spread-in-australia-2/ | ||
| Winds, heat stoke more fire warnings Authorities are on high alert as soaring temperatures in Victoria and South Australiacause a number of bushfires. A helicopter has dropped strike-team ... www.smh.com.au/.../winds-heat-stoke-more-fire-warnings-20... | ||
| Total fire bans in most areas after fire services battled 150 blazes on ... MOST of South Australia is facing severe fire conditions, with the state set to swelter as the mercury tops 40 degrees. www.adelaidenow.com.au/.../story-e6frea83-1226234306332         |
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