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• World markets plunge on fears of growing crisis
Markets in mainland China, Australia, South Korea, India, Singapore and Thailand also dropped sharply. Indonesia’s key index plummeted 10 percent, its biggest one-day drop ever, while the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index sank 3.7 percent to 2,293 ...
• Scientists learn space lessons in Antarctica
SINGAPORE - In the depths of the Antarctic winter, expeditioners at Australia’s research bases might as well be on the moon. Or on their way to Mars. “When you are in Antarctica you know you can’t get out — there’s no rescue during winter ...
• Missing Australian feared eaten by crocodile
SYDNEY, Australia - Police and wildlife officials searched a murky river in Australia's tropical north Thursday for signs of a camper authorities suspect was killed by a crocodile. Arthur Booker, 62, of Brisbane, hasn't been seen since Tuesday when ...
• Liquid assets: 2 great wines for tough times
One place is Australia. Barossa Valley Estate Vineyards, known as BVE, is a cooperative of growers in the famed Barossa Valley region of South Australia, owned in part by Constellation Brands, the world's largest wine company. The area is known for ...
• Boy, 7, breaks into zoo, feeds animals to croc
SYDNEY, Australia - A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock, the zoo's director said Friday. The 30-minute rampage, caught on the zoo's ...