Australia

Australia splits on carbon trading

Sydney - Australia's commitment to tackle global warming wavered Monday with the opposition Liberal Party's shock decision to renege on a long-standing promise to introduce a carbon-trading scheme

Nano-zinc may give detectives clearer fingerprints even on wet surfaces

Melbourne, July 7 : Australian researchers say that detectives can obtain a clearer image of fingerprints even on wet surfaces by using a powder made up of zinc oxide nanoparticles during the inspe

Dungeon dad Josef Fritzl plans to sell his story

Josef FritzlLondon, July 7: Austrian incest fiend Jo

U.S. planned to use nerve gas on Oz soldiers during Cold War: Report

Melbourne, July 6 : The U. S. military planned to test deadly nerve gas on Australian soldiers in Queensland during the Cold War.

Sylvan piano interlude for Pope Benedict

Sydney  - Pope Benedict XVI will holiday in a Blue Mountains forest lodge in rural Australia later this month before presiding over the World Youth Day celebrations in Sydney, news reports said Sun

Workouts will soon be compulsory for three-year-old Aussie kids!

Melbourne, July 5 : Preschoolers in Australia will now be undergoing two hours of compulsory exercise regimes.

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