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Australian man raped woman for 13 hours
A 49-year-old Australian man on Wednesday sentenced to 10 years in prison for raping and sexually assaulting a woman for nearly 13 hours.
Bruce Dale Brady from Adelaide gagged and repeatedly raped th
WikiLeaks founder Assange honoured
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been awarded a gold medal by the Sydney Peace Foundation in recognition of his "exceptional courage in pursuit of human rights", the Australian Associated Press reported. Previous winners of the award include Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Japanese Buddhist leader Daisaku Ikeda.
Students battle slum conditions in Sydney
Slum conditions, overcrowding and dodgy landlords - welcome to foreign student accommodation in Australia's most glamorous city.
More than 350,000 foreign students are enrolled in colleges and univer
Football: AFL player sent off for 'dangerous' haircut
An Australian Rules player was sent off because his gelled mohawk haircut was deemed dangerous, a report said on Tuesday.
Nathan Van Someren, who plays for Victorian country side Simpson Tigers, was
'SlutWalk' coming to Australia
Women protesting for the right to wear what they like and behave how they choose without facing sexual harassment are set to hold 'SlutWalks' across Australia as the movement goes global.
SlutWalk be
Lebian girl, 13, latest victim of 'corrective rape' in South Africa
A 13-year-old lesbian girl in South Africa has become the latest victim of ‘corrective rape’ - so called, when men rape a woman to try to ‘fix’ her homosexual orientation.
'The government condemns th
Bin Laden death won't stop war’: Ex Guantanamo Bay detainee
The death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden will not end the war on terror and there is no evidence he masterminded the September 11 attacks, said former Guantanamo Bay detainee Mamdouh Habib.
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Australia to hold nude Olympics
Over 500 competitors will take part in a nude Olympics to be held in Australia during the weekend, Australian broadcaster ABC reported.
A range of physical competitions including tug of war, marathon
Now, a 1500 dollar limited edition book with Bond's embossed 9mm bullet
British luxury car marque Bentley has teamed up with publishers Hodder and Stoughton to produce a special limited edition version of the new 007 novel, Carte Blanche, written by Jeffery Deaver and ava
Australian infant attacked by dingoes
A three-year-old girl was savaged by dingoes after wandering into bushes on a popular Australian tourist island, according to witnesses.
The toddler suffered bite wounds to her legs after she was set
