A sharp increase in the number of reported cases of the H1N1 virus in Australia may prompt the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the first global pandemic in over forty years.
Australian swine flu spike could force WHO pandemic declaration
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Australian rugby league apologizes for sex scandal
Australia’s National Rugby League apologized on Tuesday for the behavior of its players after ABC’s "Four Corners" current-affairs program revealed allegations of group sex in 2002 between players and a New Zealand woman. Two other women told the program they were sexually abused by NRL players. “Violence against women is abhorrent, and sexual assault and the degradation of women is just that,” said David Gallop, the NRL’s chief executive.