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It wasn't grand theft. It was tiny. But the snatching of a baby meerkat from a zoo has not only become a major story in the Australian city of Perth, it has led to the arrest of three people. In September, Perth Zoo was ready to ...
Australian nurse survives snake bite by using what he had learned in training
An Australian nurse has spoken about how he survived a bite from one of the world's deadliest snakes by using medical training to instruct his rescuers as he passed in and out of consciousness. Christian Wright, 33, was bitten on his foot by a brown ...
An Australian judge has ruled against a hospital in favor of a 6-year-old cancer patient's parents who want their son to die without further potentially life-saving treatment. Family Court Justice Richard O'Brien ruled on Thursday that Oshin Kiszko's best interests would be served by palliative ...
Aussie pilot who took part in WWII's The Great Escape, dead at 101
Paul Royle, an Australian pilot who took part in a mass breakout from a German prisoner of war camp during World War II that is remembered as The Great Escape, has died in his hometown of Perth, his son said Friday. He was 101. The ...
