• 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.

    BBC: Australia, home to the world's largest camel herd

  • 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.

    BBC: Kevin Rudd's rapid fall from grace

  • This implicit attempt to bind the space-based capabilities of both the United States and Australia is an example of the shrewd maneuvering the Pentagon must continue to make to stay ahead of the anti-access curve.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: China's assymetrical strategy

  • South Africa's AngloGold and Newmont of the United States are battling for control of Australia's Normandy, with the winner set to emerge as the world's biggest gold producer.

    BBC: Gold battle nears end

  • Watson resigned as president and executive director of the conservation society in the United States and as president of the society in Australia.

    CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

  • All of our nations -- Australia, the United States -- all of our nations have a profound interest in the rise of a peaceful and prosperous China.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Speaks to the Australian Parliament

  • Also speaking today were the representatives of France, Japan, Libya, Uganda, Russian Federation, Mexico, Viet Nam, Croatia, Costa Rica, Burkina Faso, United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden (on behalf of the European Union), Israel, Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, Finland, Liechtenstein, Canada, Papua New Guinea (on behalf of the Pacific Small Island Developing States), Bangladesh, Germany, Australia, Italy, Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Nigeria, Argentina, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Iceland, Afghanistan, Peru, Timor-Leste, United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya.

    UN: Security Council

  • The government must urgently follow the lead of Australia and the United States and recognise that international students should not be included in net migration figures.

    BBC: Foreign students to stay in migration figures

  • DOHA, Qatar (CNN) -- A tape recording attributed to Osama bin Laden's top deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, urged Muslims to take a lesson from the September 11 hijackers and "light a fire under the feet" of the United States, Britain, Australia and Norway by attacking embassies as well as corporations.

    CNN: Al-Jazeera airs purported al Qaeda message

  • Among the women, four-time winner Cindy Harris of the United States will be taking part, as well three-time winner Suzy Walsham of Australia.

    WSJ: Up, up and away: Racers climb NYC's Empire State

  • Two academics, Kathleen Keirnan and Rosangela Merlo, studied what happened in Australia as a succession of states granted rights to cohabiting couples.

    ECONOMIST: Cohabitation

  • "The realignment approach being taken is consistent with the security interests of both Japan and the United States, " Obama said, noting it fit his strategy announced in Australia last year of broadening the U.S. military presence in the region to offset China's growing dominance.

    CNN: Obama affirms strong economic, security ties with Japan

  • In European countries immigrants can receive welfare more easily than join the workforce, and their job prospects are confined by education levels that lag those of immigrants in the United States, Canada and Australia.

    FORBES: Who's Racist Now? Europe's Increasing Intolerance

  • None, of course, congratulated the United States, Britain, Australia or Poland, whose people had done all the work.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: losers_chirac_schroeder

  • In April it raised tobacco excise by 25% to help pay for its grand plan for the federal government to take over most of the financing of Australia's health system from the states.

    ECONOMIST: A rare rich-world leader for whom a budget brings good news

  • EU, along with Australia and the United States, imposed as one of its sanctions an embargo on arms sales.

    ECONOMIST: George Bush and Europe: Merci, y'all | The

  • But they also agreed that this was an extremely important trip for the United States of America for the President to go to Indonesia and to Australia.

    WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

  • Youth participants currently confirmed are from Pacific Island communities including Australia, Cook Islands, Fiji, Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, New Zealand, Niue, American Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tokelau and Vanuatu.

    UNESCO: United Nations International Holocaust Remembrance Day

  • Australia has been a staunch ally of the United States, fighting side by side with the U.S. in World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the first Gulf War, and Howard argued that Australians should always remember that no nation is more important to our long-term security than that of the United States.

    CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: johnhoward314

  • In February, it came to light that an informant sold German officials the names of 1, 400 LGT clients when a tax sweep in Germany resulted in the arrest of a prominent executive for tax evasion. (See "The Robin Hood Of Taxes") The United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Italy and several other countries soon joined the investigation.

    FORBES: Tax Havens Under Attack By Congress

  • French wine exports have suffered badly, as those of countries such as Australia, South Africa and the United States have risen.

    ECONOMIST: The wine business

  • Keith Dayton will leave for Iraq Monday to head a team of more than 1, 300 investigators from the United States, UK and Australia.

    CNN: More weapons inspectors head to Iraq

  • Some states in Canada, the US and Australia, as well as the whole of South Africa, have introduced legislation, but in each case it has been focused on stopping smoking where children are present.

    BBC: Ban smoking in cars, says British Medical Association

  • As America gathers its forces in the Gulf with help from Britain, Canada, Australia, and a sprinkling of others, including some Gulf states Russia, France and the Arab League are scrambling for a formula to avert a military strike.

    ECONOMIST: Iraq’s damage done | The

  • 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).

    ECONOMIST: The limits to growth

  • It is common in a number of European countries and Australia and is gaining in popularity in the United States.

    FORBES: Attention Stressed-Out High School Seniors: Need a Break Before College? Consider Attending a Gap Year Fair

  • Since 2007, there have been more than a dozen comprehensive reviews of BPA studies by independent government scientists around the world, including in Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and the United States, and each has concluded that current uses of the chemical are safe.

    FORBES: Limitations of NHANES survey to analyze BPA

  • Data caps are new to the United States, but they are already in place in many parts of the world including Canada and Australia.

    FORBES: AT&T Data Cap Puts Squeeze On Netflix, AppleTV

  • This is part of the broader effort I discussed in Australia last year in which the United States is once again leading in the Asia Pacific.

    WHITEHOUSE: President Obama holds a Press Conference with Prime Minister Noda of Japan | The White House

  • Studies in Australia, Brazil and the United States suggest that animals in half or more of farms in many parts of those countries are infested with drug-resistant worms.

    ECONOMIST: Parasitology: The risks of global worming | The

$firstVoiceSent
- 来自原声例句
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定
小调查
请问您想要如何调整此模块?

感谢您的反馈,我们会尽快进行适当修改!
进来说说原因吧 确定