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June 16, 2016

Australian elections a bore next to US, and that's a relief

The election campaign underway in Australia is often summed up by the local media with the following words: "A marathon." ''Endless." ''Exhausting." That endless, exhausting marathon lasts a whopping eight weeks — an eternity for Australians who cannot conceive of the years-long campaigning Americans are subjected to by their presidential candidates.

June 16, 2016

Australia's opposition leader says he won't welcome refugees

Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten rejected a newspaper report Thursday saying his center-left Labor Party would lay out a welcome mat for asylum seekers if it wins next month's national election.

June 15, 2016

Australian navy sailor dies during shore leave in Oman

Officials say an Australian navy sailor has died during shore leave in the Oman port town of Muscat.

June 15, 2016

Defense: No solid evidence Indonesian woman killed friend with cyanide in coffee

Lawyers for an Indonesian woman accused of murder told an overflowing courtroom that the evidence she poisoned her friend with cyanide was vague and illogical.

June 15, 2016

Islamic cleric leaves Australia before visa canceled

An Islamic cleric has left Australia after comments he made against homosexuality sparked a government review of his visa, officials said Wednesday.

June 15, 2016

Australia releases prisoner convicted in China of fraud

An official says Australia has granted early release to an Australian businessman convicted in China of financial crimes and transferred home under a prisoner exchange agreement.

June 15, 2016

Police identify body found off Sydney beach as US student

Police have identified a body found of Sydney's Bondi Beach as American student Endicott Ackerman, who became the fourth person killed in recent storms on the Australian east coast.

June 10, 2016

Debris from MH370 may have washed ashore in Madagascar and Australia

Debris found washed ashore in Madagascar by a man who previously found a part from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 will be examined by investigators to see if it, too, came from the missing plane, officials said Friday.

June 9, 2016

Police wound knife-wielding man, 3 others in mall near Sydney

Police officers opened fire on a man armed with a carving knife in a Sydney shopping mall on Thursday, wounding the man and three women aged between 60 and 80, police said.

June 9, 2016

Australian parties remain neck and neck as election looms

Midway through a national election campaign in Australia, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's honeymoon with voters continues to wane, raising the prospect of the country having its fifth leader in just over three years.