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Year off gives Jones motivation for fourth Olympics
Rome :: Italy | 2 days ago
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Australia's Leisel Jones believes the year she took away from serious competition has given the multi-medal winner added motivation to compete at the 2012 Olympics. Three-time Olympian Jones had considered retiring after the 2008 Beijing Games but her...
Tags: Australian Associated Press, Leisel Jones, Italy, Rome, Breaststroke, allnews
AAP chief leaves to head Britain's PA
Sydney :: Australia | 16 days ago
Credibility His new appointment heralds a return to the country and the company he left in 2001 to take the reins at AAP. Mr Marshall spent eight years in senior roles at the London-based PA Group, the last as a director, before moving to Australia. He will return...
Australia to boost support to Pakistan
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 2 months ago
Credibility Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Friday Australia would boost support to Pakistan in an effort to promote stability and counter extremism. Rudd made the announcement following the Friends of Democratic Pakistan Summit in New York, according...
Tags: Pakistani, Community Services Australia, Australian Associated Press, Kevin Rudd, Pakistan, Karāchi
Swine flu vaccine given green light
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility The TGA has decided to will register the vaccine made by CSL after determining from the recent adult trials it is safe for use for people over the age of 10. A future decision will be made about whether children aged nine or under will be able to take...
Tags: swine flu, flu vaccination, Australian Associated Press, Australian Vaccination Network, World Health Organization, World Health Organisation, Australia, Sydney
Cate Blanchett injured on stage
Sydney :: Australia | 2 months ago
Credibility Sydney Theatre Company production of A Streetcar Named Desire, after Joel Edgerton accidentally hit her in the head with a prop. Blanchett is said to have been hit in the head with a ’60s-style radio, the impact of which was heard in the audience as the...
Tags: Cate Blanchett, Sydney Theatre Company, named desire, streetcar named, Joel Edgerton, head injury, winning actress, actress cate, blanchett suffered, Australian Associated Press
Australia likely to roll out A/H1N1 flu vaccine by October
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Australia's chief medical officer Jim Bishop said on Friday the rollout of a national A/H1N1 flu vaccine would be ready to proceed by October. Clinical trials into the flu vaccine have finished but the results are still being analyzed. "Early...
Tags: flu vaccination, Australian Medical Association, Jim Bishop, Australian Associated Press, h1n1 flu
Australia announces next ambassador to Lebanon
Canberra :: Australia | 3 months ago
Credibility Diplomat Jean Dunn will be Australia's next ambassador to Lebanon, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith announced Monday. Smith said Dunn would replace Lyndall Sachs who had served as ambassador in Beirut since March 2006, Australian Associated Press reports....
Voting begins in Tokyo assembly election
Sār :: Iran | 4 months ago
Credibility Voters began casting ballots Sunday in the Tokyo metropolitan assembly election, widely seen as a bellwether of the upcoming general election. A total of 221 candidates, including 52 women, are vying for the 127 seats, with the focus on whether the...
Tags: Macao Special Administrative Region, Democratic Party of Japan, Chui Sai On, political platform, Japan-U.S, Chui Sai-on, Liberal Democratic Party, Australian Associated Press, SAR, Papua
Socceroos - there'll be no letting up
Sydney :: Australia | 5 months ago
Credibility Socceroos have nothing to play for in their final two World Cup qualifiers are in for a rude shock. The Australians flew home on Monday setting themselves new mountains to climb after their goalless draw in Qatar secured a second successive World Cup...
Tags: world cup, Australian Associated Press, Lucas Neill, Socceroos, South Africa, Bahrain, Japan, cup final
Australia won?t take lead
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 5 months ago
Credibility Australian troops would not take up a commanding role in Afghanistan’s southern Oruzgan province even if Dutch forces leave the region, Australian Defense Force chief Angus Houston said Wednesday. “The government has a firm position that we would not...
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