Clarke appointed captain of Australia cricket team
Michael Clarke was appointed Australia's Test and one-day captain on Wednesday, a day after Ricky Ponting bowed to pressure and quit after the country's World Cup exit.
Long seen as heir-apparent, th
Equador offers home for Assange
Quito (Ecuador), Nov. 30: If Wikileaks founder Mr Julian Assange, 39, needs a home, Ecuador’s deputy foreign minister, Mr Kintto Lucas, says his nation will provide one.
The Australian, who has ince
Australian burns Quran and Bible
An Australian has posted a video of himself burning the Quran and the Bible on video sharing website YouTube, drawing widespread criticism, a media report said on Monday.
Queensland University of Tec
Crocodile predicts Oz PM's win in polls
A saltwater crocodile has picked Australian prime minister as winner of federal election in a snap poll in Darwin on Thursday, a media report said.
The 4.9 metre crocodile named Harry was given the c
Indian students’ cars torched in Australia
Sydney, July 14: A group of international students, mostly Indians, in the Australian city of Adelaide are living in constant fear after a gang fire-bombed three of their cars on Tuesday, the latest i