Topic: Tasmania

Could the US learn from Australia's gun-control laws?

As the US debates its gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, some Australians are urging the US to consider modeling its laws after Australia's.

Global sympathy for Newtown, antipathy for US gun laws (+video)

Even as observers around the world mourned the teachers and children killed in Newtown, many expressed frustration with a US political system that has left guns so easily accessible.

Gun control after school shootings: Lessons from around the globe

Australia enacted tougher gun laws and saw a drop in school shootings to zero. After the 1998 hand gun ban, the United Kingdom saw a rise in gun-related crimes.  Do gun controls reduce gun-related crime?

A day off at the Tour de France: Not exactly restful

Tour de France cyclists still head out for a ride and juggle press conferences and massages. Back in the day, riders had 14 days off and some even swam in the Mediterranean.

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Vertical gardening with small vines

When gardeners are faced with tight spots, they can grow vertically, with vines. A garden designer recommends several good small vines.

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In Australia, Aborigines and government face off over sacred spot

The government of the Australian state of Tasmania is moving ahead with plans to build a bridge – straight through land containing Aborigine artifacts.

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Alaska - a peony paradise?

In the Last Frontier. peonies mature at a time that no others in the world are blooming.

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Midocean trawlers mine world’s seamounts

Unregulated fishing fleets work fast and deep, but rising cost of fuel may rein them in before laws do.

Australia to apologize to Aborigines for injustice: how helpful?

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the gesture will remove a "blight on the nation's soul."