Helicopter crashes during Australia bushfire operation
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A helicopter crashed while fighting a bushfire in northern Australia on Wednesday and the pilot managed…
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Australia and Oceania
Disgraced Catholic Cardinal Pell gets last chance to appeal sex abuse convictions
CANBERRA, Australia (AFP) -- Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell was handed a final chance to clear his name Wednesday,…
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Australia bushfire threat still high after narrow escape
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia escaped the worst-feared impacts of bushfires during a day of "catastrophic" conditions but the threat…
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Australians trapped by bushfires told ‘too late to leave’
by Daniel DE CARTERET / with Holly Robertson in Winmalee HILLVILLE, Australia (AFP) -- Dozens of fires fanned by gale-force…
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Australia readies for ‘catastrophic’ bushfires
by Holly ROBERTSON / with Daniel de Carteret in Taree, New South Wales WINMALEE, Australia (AFP) -- Thousands of firefighters…
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Sydney region faces ‘catastrophic’ bushfire threat
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A state of emergency was declared on Monday and residents in the Sydney area were warned…
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Australia bushfires leave three dead, at least 150 homes lost
by Daniel DE CARTERET Agence France Presse BOBIN, Australia (AFP) -- Catastrophic bushfires in eastern Australia have killed at…
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Two dead, at least 100 homes lost in Australia bushfires
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- At least two people have died and 100 homes…
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Volanic eruption creates new island in Tongan archipelago
NUKU'ALOFA, Tonga (AFP) -- An undersea volcanic eruption in the Tongan archipelago has sunk one island and created another three…
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6.6 magnitude quake strikes off Tonga: USGS
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) --A 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of the Pacific island nation of Tonga on Tuesday,…
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