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Sydney, June 19: Police in Australia charged a man Wednesday in connection with a vicious gang attack on the owner of an Indian restaurateur earlier this month.

When the Russians liberated the Jews from the horrors of Auschwitz in Poland ,the main NAZI concentration camp in WW2 ,they were horrified by what they saw and the stories they were told by the Jewish survivors.This holds a special importance for Israelis, and they don,t easily forget that time in there past.

Elder Wilfred Hicks with ancient Aboriginal rock art depicting a kangaroo high above Bloodwood Creek on the Burrup Peninsula near Dampier.

A serial sex offender was sentenced to life in prison on Wednesday for raping and murdering an Irish woman while he was free on parole after previous convictions for raping five women.

's Homeless. Yearly, business leaders and CEO of different big companies experience what it is to be homeless as they sleep out in the streets.

With the mainstream media shedding jobs, but universities bumping up their numbers of journalism students, where will these fresh-faced wannabe Lois Lanes find work? Freelance writer Kylar Loussikian looks at the numbers.

A leap and bound over a small section of the Southern Ocean, Kangaroo Island awaits for a distinctive adventure just south of Adelaide, Australia .

GOVERNMENTS must continue to provide subsidies to keep manufacturers such as Holden in Australia, says former SA Thinker in Residence and industry expert Goran Roos.

AN accused murderer thumped the wall of the prisoner's dock as she listened to evidence from a man she allegedly stabbed during a violent brawl at a Bribie Island holiday unit.

The New South Wales budget for the 2013-14 financial year shows a strong ICT focus compared to other states in Australia, according to the Australian Computer Society.

More than 100 former WA hostel boarders have applied for sex abuse compensation after the Blaxell inquiry examined a litany of abuse across WA schools.

Here is the Australian Climate Commission's complex figure showing global warming resulting largely from the burning of fossil fuel; image ; Credit: Australian Climate Commission The Australians have suffered more than most from climate change problems, with fire and flood dominating their headline news annually.

THE "feel-good" factor of the Adelaide Festival has been given a dollar value for the first time, with research showing this year's event was worth almost $85 million - far greater than its strict economic benefit.

BALLARAT MP Catherine King could be in danger of losing her seat at the next federal election, according to a political expert.

Global surveillance is a threat to our personal freedom. And yet, the NSA revelations have barely caused a ripple on this side of the world Protesters hold placards as they march to the US consulate in Hong Kong, in support of Edward Snowden.

It's still not clear if a Queensland bushwalker who was shot in the stomach was the victim of an attack or an accident, police say.

Kendall St, Bundaberg was severely affected by flooding. More than 1000 homes remain at risk of being inundated in future floods.

Few religious communities have gone as far in fighting climate change as a church in Queensland, Australia, which has 24 solar panels bolted to the roof in the shape of a Christian cross.