Melbourne, Oct 30 : Australian markets have pulled a chocolate-flavoured body sex paint off the shelves as authorities continue the crack down on melamine imports from China.
Six other items, besides the paint, Boxer Lovers Body Pen Set, have already been banned.
The banned items include Lotte Koala Biscuits, Cadbury Eclairs, Kirin Milk Tea, Orion Tiramisu Italian Cake, Dali Yuan brand First Milk, and White Rabbit Creamy Candy.
It had earlier been discovered that Chinese food manufacturers were using melamine, a nitrogen-rich chemical used in the plastics industry, in their livestock feed and baby milk formulas, to give them an appearance of having higher protein content.
Melbourne, Oct 30 : American singer Jermaine Jackson has confirmed rumours that The Jackson 5 are reuniting, and that they will be touring from next year.
Jackson also revealed, while attending a pay TV launch in Sydney on October 29, that their brother Michael Jackson will join them to resurrect the ''70s hit band.
“This has been a long time coming for the Jackson family to get back together,” News. com. au quoted Jackson as saying.
“It is just the timing, so what we''ve been doing is working on the music and all the logistics.
Sydney - A blind flamingo police believe was beaten and left for dead by a group of teenagers visiting an Australian zoo is expected to survive after vets worked through the night to treat its wounds.
"He's just an icon, he's the oldest resident of the zoo, he's just a symbol of the beauty of nature," Adelaide Zoo chief executive Chris West said Thursday.
Four teenage boys have been charged over the attack that took place in broad daylight an in front of other zoo visitors on Wednesday.
The bird, the oldest of its kind in captivity, is believed to be in its 80s, having taken up residence in the zoo in the 1930s.
Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose by 2.23 dollars Wednesday, as the weaker dollar buoyed oil markets, according to data released by OPEC on Thursday.
One barrel (159 litres) of OPEC crude stood at 58.13 dollars on Wednesday, up from 55.90 dollars on the previous day.
The oil price rebounded as interest-rate cuts in the United States and China on Wednesday led to a depreciation of the dollar, Vienna-based analysts JBC Energy said.
Manila - Australia said Thursday it will provide a 17-million-peso (346,940-dollar) grant to the Philippines to improve weather forecasting and help the disaster-prone country better prepare for natural calamities.
The Australian embassy in Manila said the fund will be provided to the country's weather bureau, which has often been criticized for inaccurate forecasts, through the Australian Agency for International Development.
"As a regional neighbour and key development partner, Australia is helping improve the Philippines' preparedness to manage and respond to disasters and emergencies," Australian Ambassador Rod Smith said. "The poor are the most affected by natural disasters."
Vienna - The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) rose by 2.23 dollars Wednesday, as the weaker dollar buoyed oil markets, according to data released by OPEC on Thursday.
