2009-02-23 14:56:06 GMT Xinhua English
CANBERRA, Feb. 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from Victoria's bushfires has reached 210, Australian police said on Monday.
2009-02-16 09:26:01 GMT
CANBERRA, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Australian police have confirmed the deaths of another eight people in the Victorian bushfires, taking the toll to 189, ABC News reported Monday.
2009-02-16 06:06:08 GMT China Daily
MELBOURNE – Australian police called for calm Monday as a suspected arsonist was named in court after a swarm of wildfires killed more than 180 people and destroyed hundreds of homes.
2009-02-12 04:26:58 GMT China Daily
SYDNEY -- Kangaroo corpses lay scattered by the roadsides while wombats that survived the wildfire's onslaught emerged from their underground burrows to find blackened earth and nothing to eat.
2009-02-22 05:01:12 GMT Xinhua English
MELBOURNE, Australia, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Bells sounded in Australia on Sunday to mark the beginning of the memorial service to remember those who died in Victoria's bushfires.
2009-02-15 11:32:40 GMT
MELBOURNE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Memorial services have been held across the state of Victoria on Sunday to remember those killed in Australia's deadly bushfires.
2009-02-15 04:52:08 GMT
MELBOURNE, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two firefighters were injured while battling bushfires in Victoria, according to Australian authority on Sunday.
2009-02-13 08:57:45 GMT China Daily
MELBOURNE, Australia -- A media report says a suspect has been charged with lighting one of the wildfires that killed more than 180 people in Australia last weekend.
2009-02-13 03:35:36 GMT SINA.com
YEA, Australia – Police arrested a suspect Friday in connection to one of the deadly wildfires in southern Australia that killed more than 180 people and left about 7,000 homeless.
2009-02-12 04:45:18 GMT
MELBOURNE, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Australian police have arrested two people in relation to suspicious activity in the aftermath of the deadly bushfire, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported on Thursday.
2009-02-12 03:53:49 GMT SINA.com
SYDNEY – Australian police have detained two people suspected of deliberately lighting one of the bushfires which savagely swept through southeast Australia killing at least 181 people and leaving 5,000 homeless.
2009-02-11 07:00:07 GMT Reuters
During a parliament session which was convened to pay condolences to the fire victims, Rudd spoke of a "common resolve to rebuild each of these communities so these communities can live again".
2009-02-09 06:27:07 GMT Reuters
The death toll in a massive Australian bushfire rose to over 80 Sunday, making it the deadliest bushfire in Australian history.
