AC/DC Honored with Street Name in Australia
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MELBOURNE (Billboard) - AC/DC formed in Sydney in 1974, but  it's the Australian city of Melbourne that has honored the  veteran hard rock band with its own street.
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CANBERRA, Australia  - Aborigines won limited rights to land that includes an Australian state capital for the first time, potentially setting a precedent that could apply to other capitals.
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Australians paid tribute on Tuesday to the life of environmentalist and television &quot;crocodile hunter&quot; Steve Irwin, a year after his death from a stingray barb while filming.
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MELBOURNE -- Maybe no man is an island, but this underpopulated Pacific isle called Australia -- 20 million strong -- is riding on one man. Riding for dear life because glowering yet flowering Lleyton Hewitt is the last horse in the perpetually lost race for the Australian Open title.
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Melbourne has named a city lane in honour of its most famous cross-dressing megastar Dame Edna Everage.
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Aborigines have long lived on the fringe of Australian society, but they will take center stage when Parliament holds a historic ceremony to acknowledge the nation's capital is built on their land.
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Revelers in Australia staked out prime spots along Sydney's iconic Harbor Bridge foreshore Monday, ready to be among the first to usher in 2008 with a massive fireworks display. Meanwhile, celebrations in other parts of Asia were marred by casualties.
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Australia's conservative Prime Minister John Howard, a key U.S. ally and supporter of the Iraq war, celebrated his election win on Sunday after voters enjoying the fruits of a strong economy gave him another term.
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By Jonathan B. Cox, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 17--Wangfujing Street in central Beijing is a shortcut to the other side of the world.   Above the Mercedes-Benzes and Audis whizzing nearby, a billboard promotes Adidas.
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WASHINGTON - The District of Columbia Council voted 7-6 yesterday to approve legislation that clears the way for the Montreal Expos to move to Washington next season and be renamed the Nationals.
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The Killers, Tool, Jet, Muse and My  Chemical Romance are among the first acts confirmed for the  15th annual Big Day Out festival tour of Australia and New  Zealand, which begins January 19 in Auckland.
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Irish rockers U2 are set to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Organisers announced yesterday (13.12.04) the band - Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr - will be honoured at the prestigious event in March, in New York.
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Almost 200 locations linked to England's rock and pop history are celebrated in a new tourism campaign.
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By DENNIS PASSA BEERWAH, Australia - &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin was remembered Wednesday for his &quot;great zest for life&quot; at a public memorial service for the beloved conservationist and entertainer.
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Flags on Sydney's famed Harbour Bridge have been lowered to half-mast in a sombre bow to Australia's iconic television &quot;Crocodile Hunter&quot; Steve Irwin and the late racing legend Peter Brock.
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US talk show host Larry King is honoured by Los Angeles city officials, who have named a square after him.
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This is a transcript from The World Today. The program is broadcast around Australia at 12:10pm on ABC Local Radio.