Only the University of Queensland in Australia and the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel attracted more votes.
Other notable annual highs came from Queensland, Australia (156 degrees in 2003) and China's Turpan Basin (152 degrees in 2008).
China is also wracked with drought, while floods of biblical proportions submerged Queensland, Australia, and parts of Thailand and Central America.
It said it will take a 79% stake in the Alpha and Alpha West coal mines in the Galilee Basin in Queensland, Australia.
"This is an event that will have a ripple effect across Queensland, Australia and some parts of the international region for many months to come, " she said.
Since January 2005 it has acquired the rights to Ben Lomond, a 10-million-pound uranium deposit, and to Maureen (6.5 million pounds), both in Queensland, Australia.
To get to the Bloomfield Lodge in Queensland, Australia, you must hop on a chartered plane, drive through the Outback, then cruise down a river.
"Ashley has played a big part in Queensland's recent run of success and we have been very impressed with his form for both Queensland and Australia A, " Hohns explained.
"The Screening Room's" Myleene Klass presented the award Tuesday in front of a crowd of over 700 film industry figures at a special ceremony on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia.
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Sepang Goldcoast was conceptualised as an integrated holiday destination catering to international tourists and travellers, modelled on famous beach havens such as the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia and Miami Beach in the United States.
The OER Foundation, Otago Polytechnic (New Zealand), the University of Southern Queensland (Australia) and Athabasca University (Canada) are collaborating in this project as founding anchor partners to provide flexible pathways for OER learners to earn formal academic credit and pay reduced fees for assessment and credit.
During Papa Mau's journey, he weathered gale force storms, fended off sharks, spent more than 365 days at sea, skirted around the Great Barrier Reef, and finally battled and surfed the East Australian Current (EAC) to reach his final destination in Hervey Bay near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia.
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Liquid Robotics, the Silicon Valley startup that makes the surfboard-sized robot called a Wave Glider, announced Wednesday that Papa Mau arrived off the coast of Queensland, Australia, on Nov. 20 after surviving storms, sharks and 25-foot surf while its solar-powered sensor arrays collected terabytes of data on ocean and atmospheric conditions during the year-long journey.
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Queensland has been Australia's fastest-growing state and receives much Asian investment in property and tourism.
The first trial of the pink ball, at a women's match in Brisbane in January between Queensland and Western Australia, was deemed a success.
Freight business includes transport of bulk mineral commodities, including iron ore, agricultural products, mining and industrial inputs and general freight throughout Queensland and Western Australia.
More recently there are signs of increased housing stress in southeast Queensland and Western Australia, again following sharp rises in house prices in these areas.
The heads of government of Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory, the regions most affected by the judgment, have mounted a vociferous campaign against aborigines having any rights over such lands at all.
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During the research, a team led by Dr Hamish Campbell, from the University of Queensland, captured 20 crocodiles living in the North Kennedy tidal river in Queensland, northern Australia, and tagged them with satellite transmitters.
Australia is a federal state, and most such decisions are made not by the federal government but by those of the six states (New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania) and the two territories (the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory, around Canberra).
World Press Freedom Day's annual conference is held in a different location each year and this year the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia holds the honour.
Camels roam freely across an area of 3.3 million sq km (1.3 million sq miles) encompassing the states of Western Australia, South Australia and Queensland, as well as the Northern Territory.
Born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1980, Scott showed early promise as a golfer growing up in Australia's tropical state of Queensland -- a favored golfing destination in Australia.
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But after picking a fight with the resources sector over his plans for a super tax on their super profits, the polls slumped again - especially in the mining states of Western Australia and Queensland.
In other second-round action on Saturday, Australia's Queensland Reds beat the Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand 39-25 in Brisbane.
However, the prosperity and economic activity seen in the mining fields of Western Australia and northern Queensland - the so-called quarry of the world - has not spread across this vast continent.
The University Network will include in its initial phase eight universities: Autonomous University of Barcelona (Spain), University of the West Indies (Jamaica), Cairo University (Egypt), University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), Temple University (USA), Beijing Tsinghua University (China), Sidi Mohamed Ben Abdellah University (Morocco) and Queensland University of Technology (Australia).
He has also represented Australia in rugby league and Queensland in the State of Origin series.
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Law has extensive experience playing first-class cricket in Australia having captained state side Queensland to three successive championships.
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Simon Washington, a civil-engineering professor at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, co-wrote a study for the Arizona Department of Transportation in 2005 that cited other work showing that extending yellow-light intervals can reduce red-light running by 50% to 70%.
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