Darwin Australia

US Marines Touch Down Under

AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 04.04.2012

CANBERRA, Australia -- The first detachment of 200 U.S. Marines has arrived in northern Australia, where a permanent joint training hub is taking shap...

Crocodile Found In Family's Living Room

AP | Posted 02.09.2012

CANBERRA, Australia (Associated Press) -- Wildlife rangers have helped an Australian family deal with an uninvited guest: a 5-foot-6-inch (1.7-meter) ...

The Road to War in Asia

Eric Margolis | Posted 01.22.2012

Eric Margolis

Clever diplomacy, not more Marines, is the answer. The over-extended American Raj has got to face strategic reality or it risks going the way of the Soviet Empire.

Customer Allegedly Firebombs Insurance Business In Darwin, Australia

Posted 05.25.2011

DARWIN, Australia (AP) -- A disgruntled customer wheeled a shopping cart loaded with gasoline-filled jerry cans and lit fireworks into an Australian i...