Australia Fires

Australia's Daylesford Residents Brace For Worst As New Fire Threatens Town

The Australian | Lauren Wilson | Posted 03.26.2009 | World

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A BUSHFIRE was bearing down on the Victorian resort town of Daylesford last night, hours after an out-of-control grass fire threatened Melbourne's eas...

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The Burning Question

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 03.20.2009 | World

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What if our lost decade lasts long enough to meet an environmental crisis involving extreme weather?

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Brendan Sokaluk: Facebook Users Post Photos Of Alleged Australian Arsonist

guardian.co.uk | Ellen Connolly in Sydney | Posted 03.19.2009 | World

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Facebook users angered by a court order suppressing details of the man accused of starting one of the deadly bushfires that devastated Australia have ...

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Australia Charges Suspect With Arson

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

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BUXTON, Australia — Residents of the town worst-hit by Australia's wildfire disaster made a brief and emotional return there on Saturday but wer...

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Australia's Animals Scorched In Wildfires

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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SYDNEY — Kangaroo corpses lay scattered by the roadsides while wombats that survived the wildfire's onslaught emerged from their underground bur...

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Australian Emergency Operators Heard Fire Victims Final Calls

The Australian | Aaron Langmaid | Posted 03.14.2009 | World

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TRIPLE-0 operators listened to people "dying over the phone" at the height of the Victoria fires. More than 4200 terrifying phone calls were made to ...

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VIDEO, PHOTOS: Australia Wildfires Destroy Entire Towns

Huffington Post | Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

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Entire towns have been destroyed by Australia's deadliest-ever wildfires. See this slideshow of the wildfires: Watch these videos: ...

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Australian Wildfires Called An Act Of "Mass Murder" By Prime Minister

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 03.12.2009 | World

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WHITTLESEA, Australia — Disaster teams found charred bodies on roadsides and in crashed cars _ grim signs of the futile attempt to flee raging w...

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