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Melbourne, Nov 14 (ANI): An ardent animal lover, who died alone in her Sydney home, has left her 3-million-dollar estate to stray cats and dogs.

Pretoria, Nov. 14 (ANI): South African star athlete Caster Semenya has revealed how her life has changed since winning the women's 800 metre world championship in Berlin, and the controversial gender row that followed afterwards.

Melbourne, Nov. 14 (ANI): A senior sergeant in Australia's Victoria Police has filed racism complaint against the force, alleging that he was called "a wog" by his senior officers.

New Delhi, Nov.14 (ANI): Rotary Australia has taken on Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd for apparently promising barbecues to Indian students in his country while on a visit to Indian capital New Delhi, saying barbecues were not an ideal welcoming gesture as most Indians are vegetarian.

President Hugo Chavez is stirring trouble with Colombia to disguise domestic failures and Venezuela would be "mad" to enter a conflict with its neighbor, a prominent opposition leader said.

Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): A Sydney couple has withdrawn their two children from a public primary school because Muslim students bullied their 11-year-old son for eating a salami sandwich during Ramadan.

Melbourne, November 13 (ANI): Former Miss California USA Carrie Prejean's ex-boyfriend has claimed that she asked him to lie about her age in the sex tape she made of herself.

Melbourne, Nov 13 (ANI): A seven-year-old boy from Spandau near Berlin has vowed never to drink alcohol again after a playground booze binge almost killed him.

A magnitude 6.5 quake shook northern Chile early on Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries, Chile's state emergency office said.

Melbourne, Nov 12(ANI): Swedish automobile manufacturer Volvo's all-new S60 compact sedan equipped with the ground-breaking technology to avoid hitting wayward pedestrians will be sold in Australia from 2010.

For centuries, farmers like Berhanu Gudina have eked out a living in Ethiopia's central lowlands, tending tiny plots of maize, wheat or barley amid the vastness of the lush green plains.

Melbourne, Nov 12 (ANI): A Gold Coast radiographer, who created a fake identity by using photos of a female porn star, and tricked a nurse into sending him raunchy photos of herself, has been taken to court.

Colombia brought what it called threats of war from neighboring Venezuela to the U.N. Security Council on Wednesday after Hugo Chavez, leader of the neighboring country, told his army to get ready to fight.

Melbourne, November 12 (ANI): Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has strongly defended a steamy photoshoot done by the crewmembers for the company's 2010 calendar.

Melbourne, Nov.12 (ANI): Bashed Indian Australian doctor Mukesh Haikerwal today bravely faced his attackers in court after recovering from head injuries that almost killed him last year.lfer Azzopardi, Michael Baltatzis and Sean Gabriel have admitted to attacking the former Australian Medical Association boss and robbing others during a violent spree last year.

Brazil's president sought an urgent explanation on Wednesday for the worst power outage in a decade, which left a huge swath of the country in the dark for more than five hours and raised doubts about the reliability of its energy infrastructure.

Nairobi, Nov 11 (IANS) A Greek cargo ship with at least 20 crew members on board was seized by Somali pirates Wednesday in the Indian Ocean, news agencies reported citing the European Union Naval Force.

Copenhagen, Nov 11 (DPA) A Danish student journalist who was detained in Iran a week ago for allegedly working illegally returned to Denmark Wednesday following his release.

Melbourne, Nov 11 (ANI): Thailand's main airport is shifting 12 tall 'demon' statues from arrivals area to the check-in section of the terminal to improve morale of people working at the airport who thought the figures brought bad luck.

Melbourne, Nov 11 (IANS) A man bit a dog in an Australian beach to save his own dog from being mauled to death.