SYDNEY, Feb 11 - Cooler weather helped thousands of firefighters begin to get a grip on Australia's deadliest bushfires on Wednesday but 181 people were confirmed dead in parts of the southeast devastated by the...
SYDNEY, Feb 10 - Australian police treated the country's entire bushfire disaster zone as a crime scene on Tuesday as investigators combed through a blackened wasteland to find clues to the culprits behind the country's...
WHITTLESEA, Australia, Feb 9 - Australia's deadliest bushfires eased on Monday, but the death toll rose to 116 as firefighters and families searched for the missing in the twisted, charred ruins. Police believe some of...
WHITTLESEA, Australia, Feb 9 - Australia's deadliest bushfire crisis eased on Monday, but the death toll kept rising with at least 108 people killed as families...
SYDNEY, Feb 10 - Australian police combed through blackened wastelands on Tuesday, searching for clues in the hunt for arsonists they believe started some of the nation's deadliest...
SYDNEY, Feb 17 - Flooding rivers and heavy rains cut off towns, stopped mining operations and damaged crops in three Australian states on Tuesday -- one week after devastating bushfires swept the country's southeast killing...
by James Grubel CANBERRA, Feb 16 - The death toll from Australia's bushfire disaster rose by eight to 189 on Monday with warnings the toll would continue to climb, as a court relased details of...
PERTH, Feb 16 - Australian energy firm SP AusNet, controlled by Singapore Power, said it was facing a class-action lawsuit relating to the country's deadliest bushfires which killed 181 people and destroyed thousands of homes....
CANBERRA, Feb 9 - Australia's deadliest bushfires, and devastating floods in the nation's tropical north, will increase pressure on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to take firmer action on climate change, environmentalists said on Monday. At...