Shane Watson hit a century on his return from injury and Phil Hughes cracked 86 as Australia scored a daunting 329 for seven in the third one-day international against the West Indies today.

India's top squash player Dipika Pallikal pulled off a major upset in the USD 5,000 Australian Squash Open, defeating sixth seed Camille Serme 3-1 to storm into the quarterfinals of the event here on

A 32-year legal mystery over the death of a baby in Australia's outback came to an end on Tuesday when a coroner found a dingo was responsible for killing infant Azaria Chamberlain, a case that split

An Australian billionaire on Monday said he will build a high-tech replica of the Titanic at a Chinese shipyard and its maiden voyage in late 2016 will be from England to New York, just like its namesake planned.

Australia could one day allow U.S. spy flights to operate from a remote Indian Ocean island, Defence Minister Stephen Smith confirmed on Wednesday, supporting the U.S. pivot to Asia but likely upsetti

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Monday survived a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, crushing her arch-rival in a damaging battle to head the ruling Labor party.

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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai said his government talks to the Taliban every day through intermediaries, according to an interview by Australia's SBS television for broadcast on Tuesday.

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Zurich has topped Tokyo to become the world's most expensive city, as surging currencies push up the cost of living in countries like Switzerland and Australia, a survey showed on Tuesday.

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Employees of an Australian bus company have been given a 15 million Australian dollars ($16 million) share of the proceeds of the business sale as a thank-you for their loyalty, an executive and a new

Opener Virender Sehwag suffered his second failure of the match as India declared at 90 for 2 on the final morning of the three-day match against Cricket Australia Chairman's XI here on Wednesday.

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