Melbourne, June 11 : The mystery man who was bitten on the penis by a deadly snake has come forward to describe his unusual remedy - a soothing cold can of rum and coke.

Cairns carpenter Daryl Zutt was bitten on the unfortunate area by a brown snake while relieving himself near Laura, 300km northwest of Cairns on April 27.

“I thought I was gone. I thought, ‘Maybe, this is it. Maybe, I’m gonna cark it’," The Cairns Post quoted him as saying.

Zutt and his mates were returning from a pig-hunting and fishing trip near Musgrave Station.

"I squatted down … I reckon I must’ve nearly sat on his head. As soon as I felt it, I yelled. It really hurt. When it happened, I knew in the back of my mind it was a snake. I seen him coming out from between my legs," he said.

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Melbourne, June 9: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, the first Western leader to visit Hiroshima after it was destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, has called for an end to nuclear weapons.

“Hiroshima should cause the world community to resolve afresh that all humankind must exert their every effort for peace in this 21st century,”' Rudd said.

“We, the people of the Asia-Pacific region, should resolve afresh to make this Asia-Pacific century a century of peace and, for the world at large, that we should aspire now for a world free of nuclear weapons,” he added.

Melbourne, June 9: Two separate researcher groups in Australia may be on the verge of obtaining the first licences to clone human embryos.

Melbourne, June 6 : The sensitive new age man who helps in the kitchen and in other household chores is not for real, at least not in Australia, says a new study, which found that the blokes Down U

Melbourne, June 5 : When it comes to breast size, British women have a complete different take on it than their American counterparts.