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• Aussie airline goes under, strands 4,000 travelers

  (AP) -- Thousands of travelers from Hawaii to Thailand were stranded Friday after budget airline Air Australia ran out of money and went into voluntary administration, immediately grounding its five-jet fleet.The Brisbane-based international and domestic   Read more »

• Singapore visitors rise to record 13 million

  (AP) -- A record number of visitors came to Singapore last year as new casinos lured gamblers, the tourism authority said Tuesday.Visitor arrivals rose to 13.2 million, up 13 percent from 2010, the Tourism Board said in a statement. About 2.6 million Ind   Read more »

• Australian prime minister flees angry crowd

  The Associated PressCANBERRA, Australia -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard stumbled and was caught by a security guard as riot police helped her force a path through a crowd of rowdy protesters after a ceremony to mark Australia's national day ye   Read more »

• 3 shark attacks in Australia in less than 3 weeks

  (AP) -- A snorkeling guide was attacked by a 10-foot (3-meter) tiger shark off a remote beach in Australia's third attack this month. That's as many attacks as the country generally sees in an entire year.David Pickering, 26, was leading a group of snork   Read more »

• Second Aussie surfer this month attacked by shark

  (AP) -- A 44-year-old surfer suffered serious wounds to his thigh and buttocks in Australia 's second shark attack this month.Australia normally has about three shark attacks per year -- one of them fatal -- but there already have been two attacks so far   Read more »

Around the web

• Santos Admits Environmental Errors in CSG Operation

  to the government or minority shareholders we found out true positions," The Australia n quoted Santos Head of eastern Australia James Baulderstone. Following the Santos report, the NSW Greens pushed for a moratorium on all CSG drilling in the state. "Twenty 56 m ago from International Business Times Read more »

• Origin considers further APLNG stake sale

  Origin Energy has left the door open for further reductions in its stake in the $20 billion Australia-Pacific liquefied natural gas (APLNG) project in Queensland after booking a strong interim net profit. The energy producer and retailer on Thursday posted 2/22/12 from Sydney Morning Herald Read more »

• Travel Companion Buddy Needed - North America 2012 June July

  I'm a 25yo female from Australia and am planning a trip to North America from around mid June until 20th July. My plan is to start in LA (check out Disneyland, Universal Studios, Hollywood, Beverly Hills) for about a week followed by San Francisco (Alcatraz 2/22/12 from Travellers Point Read more »

• Google Earth to be extended under water with pictures of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

  Catlin Seaview camera, which specialist divers have used for months to capture thousands of 360-degree underwater panoramas of the Australian beauty spot It is part of the first comprehensive study to document and reveal the composition and health of coral 2/22/12 from Daily Mail - UK Read more »

• Unknown fault darkens Australia’s Internet

  doing over Christmas” message, and Optus was seeking information from its network personnel. Posts to Australia's AusNOG (Australian network operators' group) mailing list attributed the problem to a Telstra international cable, however at the time of writing, 2/22/12 from The Register Read more »