Archive for August, 2007

Stamford Grand our best (Adelaide Now)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A HOTEL overlooking the beach at Glenelg is one of the top three hotels in South Australia, according to an online survey.

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Australia advises citizens to shun Zim (The Herald)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

AUSTRALIA has advised its citizens against travelling to Zimbabwe, claiming that the political situation was deteriorating in yet another veiled attempt to isolate Zimbabwe.

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Mobile phone credit cards (Herald Sun)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A MOBILE phone with a built-in credit card will be tested in Melbourne next year in an Australian-first.

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Australia beefs up security for APEC (UPI)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Australia announced 5,000-plus police officers are being deployed to its largest city, Sydney, for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in September.

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Another Flight Delay? Find Your Haven and Win $1,000 (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

ST. PAUL, Minn.—-Here’s the scene - a two-hour flight has suddenly become a six-hour ordeal, thanks to a weather delay. Meanwhile, you have a presentation to finish and you haven’t checked e-mail since last night.

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Equine Flu in Australia Costs Millions (Bay News 9 Tampa Bay)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

By The Associated Press SYDNEY, Australia (AP) — Human error was likely responsible for the spread of equine influenza which has hit two Australian states, curtailing horse racing and costing millions of dollars in lost jobs and revenue, Australia federal agriculture minister Peter McGauran said Friday.

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Thorpe cleared by Australia drugs agency (The Jakarta Post)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

SYDNEY, Australia (AP): Australia’s sports doping agency has cleared champion swimmer Ian Thorpe of doping charges fueled in March when urine tests showed elevated levels of two banned substances.

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Fortress-Like Security For APEC Summit in Sydney (Voice of America)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

More than 5,000 police officers and troops will be deployed throughout Australia’s biggest city, Sydney, for next month’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. It is the biggest security operation Australia has ever seen. From Sydney, Phil Mercer files this report.

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BODY IN HOTEL STIRS FEAR (New York Post)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A chambermaid made a grisly discovery while cleaning a Times Square hotel room yesterday - the corpse of a young woman, bundled in black garbage bags and abandoned under the bed. Police tentatively identified the woman as a 22-year-old tourist…

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Miss Finland cleared for interstate travel (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Top mare Miss Finland has been allowed to travel to Melbourne from Lindsay Park stud in South Australia for tomorrow’s races, after leading trainer David Hayes received special travel permits.

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Australia’s Qantas plans pollution offset program (AlertNet)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Source: Reuters (Repeats to additional subscribers) By Victoria Thieberger MELBOURNE, Aug 31 (Reuters) - Australia’s largest airline, Qantas Airways Ltd, said it plans to start a carbon credit …

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China overtakes Japan as Australia’s largest trading partner (Channel NewsAsia)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

SYDNEY : China has overtaken Japan as Australia’s number one trading partner, according to official figures released Friday.

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China overtakes Japan as Australia’s largest trading partner (AFP via Yahoo! Asia News)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

SYDNEY (AFP) - China has overtaken Japan as Australia’s number one trading partner, according to official figures released Friday.

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Indonesia’s Bank ANK to merge with Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (TODAYonline)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

A cyclist passes a Commonwealth Bank of Australia sign in Sydney, in February. Indonesia’s Bank Arta Niaga Kencana will be merged into Australia’s Commonwealth Bank (CBA) once a planned takeover is completed, the banks said Friday.

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Australia, India to undertake joint FTA study (IANS via Yahoo! India News)

Friday, August 31st, 2007

Sydney, Aug 31 (IANS) Australia and India have agreed to undertake a joint feasibility study into the merits of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the two countries, Federal Minister for Trade Warren Truss announced Friday.

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