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Perth Airport's owner is pushing the Federal Government to allow more international discount airlines to fly into the State, potentially delivering cheaper fares and boosting tourism. Westralia Airpor...

Amanda Seyfried ("Mean Girls"), who plays the girl; Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård, who play the men; and, most of all, fearless Meryl Streep, who throws herself into the proce...

ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. -- First it was air-conditioning units. Then, it was catalytic converters. Now, police in Elizabethtown, Ky., say the demand for copper has thieves resorting to stealing it from tor...

Todd Bennett, son of iron ore heiress Angela Bennett, has made the billionaire family's first foray into the public company arena, agreeing yesterday to join the board of Mark Ashley's Apex Minerals. ...

to tomorrow's protest against its proposed oil shale mine in north Queensland. The 72-metre ship will arrive off Airlie Beach tomorrow as Greenpeace ramps up its protest over the proposed mine near...

London, July 19 : Orissa's Dongria Kondh tribe, said to be one of the world's most remote hill tribes, is waging a huge struggle against being evicted by Vedanta Resources, one of the world's largest mining companies.

Beijing, July 19 (Xinhua) Georgina and Caroline Swindell are twin sisters known to almost everybody in their home country New Zealand for their excellent performances in rowing in the past decade. They will come to the Olympics with high expectations of adding to their kitty.

Shares in South Perth-based property company Finbar Group rose 1.7 per cent after the firm announced an anticipated 300 per cent rise in its net profit for the 2007-2008 financial year this morning. ...

SINGAPORE: Gold fell below $960 an ounce on Friday on a recovery in stock markets, but tensions in the Middle East and worries about rising energy costs were likely to limit losses.

The government is trying to attract cement companies into the country, as it responds to a growing demand from uranium mines and to a backlog in housing, Steve Motinga, Director of Industrial Developm...