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Microbats expected to invade Adelaide homes as winter sets in, prompting ...

Microbats entering Adelaide homes in a bid to hibernate through winter could carry a rabies-like virus and should not be touched, the state's Environment Department warns. The nocturnal bats are about the same size as a mouse and can slip inside ... >> view original

Adelaide Crows injury woes, Fremantle wake up call in Round 7 The Barometer

ON THE BLOCK: Adelaide have lost Matthew Jaensch for the rest of the season after scans confirmed the defender will need a knee reconstruction. Brodie Smith could possibly miss one game after suffering his second concussion this season. It is a bitter ... >> view original

[VIDEO] Brisbane Lions vs Port Adelaide Power highlights: AFL scores, blog

The Brisbane Lions will be looking for their second win of 2015 when they take on the Port Adelaide Power at the Gabba on Sunday night. Join The Roar for live scores and blog of the match from 4:40pm AEST. Two weeks ago, this match would have been a ... >> view original

Slippery Adelaide pavers a traffic concern

First it was Hindley Street and now it's Victoria Square where pavers are causing slippery problems for Adelaide traffic. The South Australian opposition says it's taken a number of calls from bus drivers concerned the recently laid pavers in the ... >> view original

Nepal earthquakes: Orphanage gets bamboo shelter for 50 children with ...

An Adelaide school community is helping to build a shelter for Nepalese children whose orphanage was severely damaged by two recent earthquakes. Two members of the Pulteney Grammar School community, Jo Boucher and Lynn Rawson, have gone to ... >> view original

Adelaide man who murdered sleeping housemate with frying pan, mop jailed

An Adelaide man who used a frying pan and a mop to murder his sleeping housemate has been jailed for at least 21 years. Peter James Freyer, 49, struck Joe Triulcio, a father of two, up to 15 times in the head with the frying pan and later shoved the ... >> view original

Adelaide Jesuit priest jailed for child pornography given permission to appeal ...

An Adelaide Jesuit priest and teacher jailed for child pornography offences has won permission to appeal against his sentence. Stanislaus Hogan was found with more than 1,500 pornographic images in his private quarters at St Ignatius College in August ... >> view original

In Ukraine, Economic Ties to Russia Are Hard to Break

BERDYCHIV, Ukraine—Billboards here hail the army's fight against Russia-backed separatists in the east of the country, the statue of Lenin has been torn down and activists have covered the word “Russia” on a bank sign with Ukraine's yellow-and-blue flag. >> view original

Fears Grow for Southeast Asia's Stranded Migrants

Fears are growing for the survival of boatloads of ethnic Rohingya and Bangladeshis abandoned by human-traffickers in waters off Thailand and Malaysia, with aid groups struggling to make contact. Aid workers estimate that there are several boats each ... >> view original

Kerry denounces North Korea over cyberattacks, hack on Sony Pictures

iI a speech on cybersecurity, U.S. Secretary of State John F. Kerry on Monday singled out North Korea as a violator of Internet freedom and took the reclusive country to task for November's hacking attack on Sony Pictures. Kerry called the attack on the Los ... >> view original