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The animals, which live in a maze complex underground tunnels, can grow up to a length of around 40 inches long and 14 inches high.

Artist's concept of the four tails of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way.

Using advanced technology that makes passengers appear as stick figures , mandatory full-body scans are being rolled out at all of Australia's major airports.

It was envisaged as an Afghan utopia for returned asylum seekers - a purposebuilt housing estate with running water, jobs, schools and small businesses on the outskirts of the capital, Kabul.

St George, Queensland, has seen thousands of residents evacuated as record-high flood waters invade their town, the Australian ABC said on Monday.

Thousands of Australians were today forced to abandon their homes as the worst floodwater for 35 years continued to rise.

SINGAPORE: Leading international experts in type 2 diabetes are in Singapore to address specific challenges and opportunities of bariatric or metabolic surgery for Asian patients and health care systems.

5 about the deaths of two filmmakers in an Australian helicopter crash, The Associated Press reported erroneously the location of the crash.

Thousands of Australians were forced to abandon their homes on Sunday as a record deluge swept through areas still reeling from last year's devastating floods, claiming its first life.

The day Queen Elizabeth II ascended the throne - upon the death of her father - as it was reported 60 years ago.

Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has renewed his attack on proposed law changes limiting the airline's ability to hire foreign flight crews, arguing they will force it to dump services to Darwin and Cairns.

Canberra struggles for street cred in the tourist stakes. Commonly derided as a boring, buttoned-up backwater of civil servants and sensible shoes, Australia's capital belies its unflattering reputation.

National Geographic says award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia.

Authorities were using military helicopters and a C-130 cargo plane Sunday to evacuate thousands of residents stranded by rising floodwaters in the eastern Australian state of Queensland, the government said.

CANBERRA, Australia: A mob ransacked the Syrian Embassy in Australia after reports of the bloodiest episode yet in Syria's nearly yearlong crackdown on dissent, officials said Sunday.

Queensland, Australia - Christel Boeljon birdied the 72nd hole Sunday to polish off a come-from-behind victory at the Australian Ladies Masters.

Two world-renowned filmmakers were killed in a helicopter crash in Australia on Saturday.

Authorities urged residents of St George, a town of 3,800 people in the state of Queensland, to leave their homes as rising floodwaters threatened to isolate the area, with time running out to shore up a levee.

KEVIN Rudd has made international headlines launching a fierce broadside at Europe, saying the financial crisis has caused it to turn in on itself and warning it risked an "early grave" amid Asia's rise.

HAND UP: An airport employee in the US raises her hands as she is scanned by a TSA full body scanner.