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Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett fell off a concert stage and hit his head during a show in Sydney Wednesday. According to TMZ, doctors at Sydney’s St. Vincent’s Hospital said that Buffett, 64, was in stable condition four hours after he was admitted. Any further details have not been revealed. An official message posted on Buffett’s website [...]
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Microsoft celebrates 1 million consoles in Australia by auctioning off custom consoles.
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The food is unhygienic, the water is dirty, and there’s one toilet for more than 250 people. One man has died because of the unsanitary conditions in which he, his family, and his friends were forced to live.
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BRISBANE, Australia — After more than 60 years, the wreck of the doomed hospital ship AHS Centaur has been located. The wreck, which was found by Bluewater Recoveries on December 20, lies due east of Moreton Island on a seabed approximately a mile and a half under water. It is a grave to 268 medics [...]
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BRISBANE, Australia — An Australian Special Forces Explosives Detection Dog named Sabi has been found alive and well almost 14 months after being declared missing in action in Afghanistan. The black Labrador retriever, who was trained to detect improvised explosive devices in the Oruzgan province, was recovered by a US soldier at an isolated patrol [...]
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Sorry, the position for “the best job in the world” has been filled. Ben Southall, a freckled and golden-haired 34-year-old Brit beat out 34,000 applicants from 200 countries to land the coveted island job.
March 1, 2009 2 Comments

“It’s a beautiful day today in California!” That’s how our chat with Australian singer, Gabriella Cilmi (pronounced chill-me) begins. And it just kept getting sunnier. Blast got to spend a few moments with the 17-year old who has already become famous in her home country of Australia and across Europe, and we learned that the [...]
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Do you want to hear former U.S. President George W. Bush speak? Probably not. But Australian celebrity agent Max Markson thinks the people of Australia might. That’s why he’s planning to bring the 43rd president down under, and charge $650 a head and $6,500 per table, to hear W. talk.
Feb. 12, 2009 1 Comment

This is an exclusive special report from Blast Magazine BRISBANE, Australia — At least 181 people have been confirmed dead and thousands of homes have been destroyed in Victoria’s worst bushfire disaster. According to ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) online, Victorian police are prepared for the death toll to reach 300 pending formal identification and retrieval [...]
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This is an exclusive special report from Blast Magazine. BRISBANE, Australia — As bush fires continue to devastate the southern state of Victoria, residents in far north Queensland are still battling floodwaters resulting from ex- Cyclone Ellie’s torrential rainfall. The cyclone, which was downgraded to a tropical low after crossing the coast on Feb. 2, [...]
Feb. 8, 2009 1 Comment
The death toll continues to rise in Australia, thanks to raging wildfires that have burned entire towns off the map. Currently at 108, officials say the toll could rise even further as they battle flames and search through wreckage, according to Reuters.
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