Sydney - Australia remained on course to qualify for the World Cup after beating Uzbekistan 2-0 in a qualifier in Sydney on Wednesday.
However the Socceroos' will have keep celebrations waiting after Bahrain defeated Qatar 1-0 to keep their chances alive.
Substitute Joshua Kennedy put Australia in front on 66 minutes and a Harry Kewell penalty seven minutes later made the game safe for Australia after Richard Garcia was fouled in the area.
Sydney - Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto Ltd said Wednesday it had received approval from a German regulator to sell iron ore and aluminium assets to the Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) for 19.5 billion US dollars to shore up its balance sheet.
Chinalco, which already owns 9 per cent of Rio Tinto, would see a doubling of its stake in dual-listed Rio if shareholders, governments and regulators approve the deal.
Sydney, April 1 : In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.
Sauropods were about as heavy as a whale and had necks nearly five times the length of a giraffe's.
The animals have generally been reconstructed with upright necks and it was assumed they grazed on tall trees.
Sydney - An 87-year-old Australian citizen accused of killing a Jewish teenager in his native Hungary in 1944 Tuesday lost his latest court battle to prevent extradition to face war crimes.
Charles Zentai received an adverse finding in his appeal to the Federal Court over a magistrate's ruling that he was eligible for surrender to Hungary.
Zentai will remain in prison until a further appeal is heard before the full bench of the Federal Court.
His son, Ernie Steiner, said the family would fight on.
Sydney, March 31 : A new study has found that stressed mushroom corals can switch from male to female and back again, the first to show that coral can change sex in either direction, all for conserving energy.
According to a report by ABC News, researchers at Tel Aviv University in Israel conducted the study.
Mushroom corals belong to a family called Fungiidae. They are solitary, mobile species that live throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Sydney - Australia remained on course to qualify for the World Cup after beating Uzbekistan 2-0 in a qualifier in Sydney on Wednesday.
Sydney - Anglo-Australian mining firm Rio Tinto Ltd said Wednesday it had received approval from a German regulator to sell iron ore and aluminium assets to the Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) for 19.5 billion US dollars to shore up its balance sheet.
Sydney, April 1 : In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.
Sydney - An 87-year-old Australian citizen accused of killing a Jewish teenager in his native Hungary in 1944 Tuesday lost his latest court battle to prevent extradition to face war crimes.
Sydney, March 31 : A new study has found that stressed mushroom corals can switch from male to female and back again, the first to show that coral can change sex in either direction, all for conserving energy.
Sydney - Canberra police stand guard as a motorcade sweeps along closed roads in a blaze of black metal and shiny chrome.
