Australian court orders halt to program that sought to kill 7,000 kangaroos around capital

September 30th, 2009 Police: 2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo are deadBELGRADE, Serbia — Two of the Belgrade Zoo's kangaroos died Wednesday, one of them a baby that got loose in downtown Belgrade and was killed by an apparent hit-and-run driver, police said. Witnesses spotted the baby kangaroo and called authorities, but by the time officers arrived it was dead, senior officer Zeljko Perosevic said.

September 30th, 2009 2 kangaroos from Belgrade zoo killedBELGRADE, Serbia — Two of the Belgrade Zoo's kangaroos died Wednesday, one of them a baby that got loose in downtown Belgrade and was killed by an apparent hit-and-run driver, police said. Witnesses spotted the baby kangaroo and called authorities, but by the time officers arrived it was dead, senior officer Zeljko Perosevic said.

September 23rd, 2009 CANBERRA - In what is seen as a vital decision for the Government of India and Indian students in Australia, the Australian Government has released an issue paper that has sought advice on how to improve the country's troubled international education sector. According to reports, Australian Education Minister Julia Gillard had last month requested former Liberal Member of Parliament Bruce Baird to conduct a review on the effectiveness of the 15.5 billion Australian dollar international education sector.

September 2nd, 2009 Australian terror cell member jailed for 5 yearsMELBOURNE, Australia — The last of eight men convicted of being part of a terrorist cell that planned to kill hundreds of people with a bombing in Australia's second largest city was sentenced on Wednesday to five years in prison. Shane Kent, a 32-year-old Australian-born convert to Islam, pleaded guilty in the Victoria state Supreme Court in July to charges that he was part of a terrorist organization and made a film in preparation for a terrorist act.

September 1st, 2009 Humpback whale freed from net off Australian coastBRISBANE, Australia — Rescuers freed a young humpback whale that spent more than three hours tangled in a net Tuesday off an eastern Australian coastal tourist town. The 26-foot (eight-meter) whale, an endangered species, became ensnared 440 yards (400 meters) off shore in a nylon net used as a barrier between sharks and swimmers, government shark control program manager Tony Ham said.

August 26th, 2009 Australian military court ruled unconstitutionalCANBERRA, Australia — Australia's highest court ruled Wednesday that the country's military justice system is unconstitutional because its judges are not independent of the military command — throwing into doubt 171 cases judged in the past two years. The previous government created the Australian Military Court in October 2007 as a modern means of enforcing military discipline, replacing the systems of courts-martial and military magistrates.

August 25th, 2009 Australia terror suspects wanted to 'strike big'MELBOURNE, Australia — Alleged conspirators in a terror plot to attack an Australian army base hated non-Muslims and described their planned suicide mission as a "great, monstrous thing," a court heard Tuesday. Phone calls between the men and with an Islamic cleric in Somalia that were intercepted by police show the suspects thought they could kill up to 10 soldiers in about 20 minutes before being killed themselves in the attack, according to police records presented to the court.

August 18th, 2009 BRISBANE - Prosecutors in Brisbane have accused Max Sica of using a pitchfork resembling "Shiva's Trishul" to murder Indian Australian women Neelma Singh and her siblings Kunal and Sidhi in their Brisbane home in 2003. The Brisbane Times quoted the lawyers as saying in a magistrate's court that the pitchfork was kept in a prayer room at the Singh's Brisbane home.

August 13th, 2009 Australian charged with infecting 3,000 computersADELAIDE, Australia — A 20-year-old Australian man has been charged with infecting more than 3,000 computers around the world with a virus designed to capture banking and credit card data, police said Thursday. The man, whose name will not be released until he appears in an Adelaide court on Sept.

August 4th, 2009 Australia launches major anti-terror operationMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police launched a major anti-terrorism operation on Tuesday, arresting four men they said were part of a terrorist cell that was planning to launch a suicide attack on several Army bases in the country. The Melbourne-based group was believed to be linked to an Islamic extremist group in Somalia, al-Shabaab, and had planned to use automatic weapons in their attack, Australian Federal Police Acting Commissioner Tony Negus said.

August 3rd, 2009 Australia launches major anti-terror raidMELBOURNE, Australia — Australian police launched a major anti-terrorism operation on Monday, detaining several people they said were suspected of plotting an attack in the country. About 400 officers from state and national security services took part in at least 19 pre-dawn raids on properties in the southern city of Melbourne, Victoria state police said in a statement.

July 29th, 2009 Canadian company acquiring coal-to-liquids companyBILLINGS, Mont. — A Canadian company is acquiring the Australian energy firm that has proposed a $7.4 billion coal-to-liquids plant on Montana's Crow Indian Reservation.

July 20th, 2009 La. menagerie keeper adds 'roo pouch to outfitsFOLSOM, La. — Christina Cooper has been wearing a kangaroo lately — a foundling named Skippy, who was rejected by his mother at a wildlife park in eastern Louisiana.

May 8th, 2009 Australia to shoot 6,000 kangaroosCANBERRA, Australia — Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin their population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said Friday, outraging conservationists who have vowed to protest. The killings are intended to protect endangered plants and insects that share the grassy habitat with the kangaroos.

April 23rd, 2009 Australia charges 2 with people smugglingPERTH — Australia has charged two Indonesian men with attempting to smuggle people into Australia in separate incidents earlier this month. The charges brought by the Australian Federal Police on Thursday allege that the men operated boats carrying asylum seekers into Australian waters.