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Australia Mining Pit, Visible From Space, Threatens To Swallow Town

GlobalPost | Kathy Marks | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Barrick Gold, Boom Town, Kalgoorie, Western Australia, Australian Desert, Golden Mile, Australia, Gold Mining, Gold Rush, Mining, Perth, Super Pit, World News

More than a century on, the "Golden Mile" is still yielding riches, mainly from the so-called Super Pit, an enormous open-cut mine created from scores...

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Australians Told To Eat Camels For The Environment

AFP | Tue Dec 9, 2:00 Am ET | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Camel Meat, Environment, Australia, Australian Desert, Animals, Desert Knowledge Cooperative Research Centre, Eating Matters, Green News

A three-year study has found that Australia's population of more than a million feral camels -- the largest wild herd on earth -- is out of control an...

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