UK hiker lost in Australian mountains found alive

A British teenager lost for 12 days while hiking in Australia's Blue Mountains was found alive and well Wednesday, just hours before his father — who had all but given up hope of ever seeing him again — planned to fly back to England.

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In a sensational development, British backpacker Jamie Neale, lost for 12 days in the rugged forests of Australia's Blue Mountains, has been found alive. He walked out of the thick bushland early today, stunning searchers who had all but given him up for dead.

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A DEVELOPER plans to keep koalas in the basement of a shopping centre as part of an indoor zoo.

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Police are drilling through an underground bunker in an abandoned Blue Mountains house, as they investigate the disappearance of a Sydney woman in 1979.

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Ah @!$%#, there goes the neighborhood...

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Until August of 2000 it was thought that the largest living organism was a fungus of the same species (Armillaria ostoyae) that covered 1,500 acres (600 hectares) found living in the state of Washington.

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The body of 17-year-old David Iredale has been airlifted out of an area of the Blue Mountains where he was found earlier today. He had been missing since last Monday, when he became lost while bushwalking with two friends.

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Concerns are growing for a teenage boy who has been lost for a week in rugged bushland in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. Police Superintendent Pat Paroz says despite an extensive search, 16-year-old David Iredale is yet to be found.

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Police are continuing to search for a Sydney teenager missing in the Blue Mountains for more than 48 hours. The 16 year old Boy was on a 3 day Bush walk with two other Boys, they became sepperated at Mount Solitary

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Emergency crews battling a bushfire in the Blue Mountains are relieved that strong winds forecast for this morning have not arrived.

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Firefighters are still battling to control two bushfires which have been burning since Monday in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. The first fire, 2km north of Mount Victoria, is now mostly contained but has burnt out nearly 1,100 hectares of private property and parkland.

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The Rural Fire Services Commissioner, Phil Koperberg, says he was courted by both major parties to run for Parliament in New South Wales but decided to go with Labor because of its commitment to social values.

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Australia's Blue Mountains in political turmoil

An Australian election junkie like myself thought, just six months ago, that the Blue Mountains (a scenic, spread-out city an hour west of Sydney) was the political doldrums. Safe seats at both state and federal level, and no likelihood of change.

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