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Australian state shelves project to export coal to India

Australia's Victoria state has canned its plan to allow mining and export of coal to India, a media report said.

Iceberg, 19 km by 8 km, drifting towards Australia

An iceberg twice the size of Sydney Harbour is heading towards Western Australia, news reports said Wednesday.10:04 PM on December 09

Australian woman jailed for killing her 'clingy' child

An Australian single mother, who killed her two-year-old child because he was 'overly clingy' and reminded her of his father, pleaded guilty to the 2007 murder and will serve a minimum of 19 years in jail.10:01 PM on December 09

Tough road ahead of Australia to reclaim top Test spot

If Australia have to wrest the top position from India in the cricket Test rankings they will have to wallop their opponents in the next four series.6:06 PM on December 09

Australia's FIFA World Cup dream runs into rough weather

Australia's hope to bid for the 2018 or 2022 FIFA World Cups suffered a set-back with rules football and rugby bodies refusing to step aside to relinquish their ownership of stadiums.4:02 PM on December 09

Australia retain squad for third Test against West Indies

Australia Wednesday announced an unchanged 12-member sqaud for the third Test against the West Indies beginning Dec 16 at the Western Australia Cricket Association (WACA) ground in Perth.2:05 PM on December 09

Road rage: Indian taxi driver stabbed in Australia

An Indian student working as a taxi driver was viciously stabbed and left bleeding in this Australian city in a possible road rage incident, police said Wednesday.2:02 PM on December 09

US markets drop on global credit worries

US stocks fell Tuesday, following a retreat in global markets amid credit worries for Dubai and Greece.6:00 AM on December 09

Benson failed to cope with his job's pressure: ICC

After attributing umpire Mark Benson's mystifying absence from the Adelaide Test to ill-health, International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday also admitted the elite panel umpire failed to handle the 'pressure' of his demanding job.6:04 PM on December 08

Indian students hit as two Australian colleges close

Scores of Indian students in Australia have been exposed to an uncertain future as two more colleges here have been shut down by a state regulator, The Age reported Tuesday.4:03 PM on December 08

Hot rocks key to producing low cost fresh water

An underground source of hot-rock energy may have the potential to produce low-cost fresh water, says a new study.2:02 PM on December 08

A device that measures ultra-cold temperatures

Physicists have devised a thermometre that can potentially gauge temperatures as ultracold as tens of trillionths of a degree above absolute zero.2:01 PM on December 08

Benson's leave had nothing to do with referral system: ICC

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Monday refuted reports that England umpire Mark Benson, who flew back home midway the second Test between Australia and Pakistan, was genuinely ill and not exasperated at Test cricket's torturous new decision referral system.8:01 PM on December 07

Climate change makes reef fishes more aggressive

Climate change could bring about unpredictable alterations in one's personality. Coral reef fish, for instance, can become more aggressive in warmer water, says a new study.4:06 PM on December 07

Aymar, Dwyer win world hockey awards

Luciana Aymar of Argentina, Naomi Van As of The Netherlands and Jamie Dwyer were named the World Hockey Players of the Year 2009, here Sunday.10:01 PM on December 06