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Being shot better than detention, rioters say
Accused people smugglers protesting at the Darwin Detention Centre would rather die than be detained, Indonesian consulate says....
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| 2010-08-30 18:58 |
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Predator drones to watch entire Mexico border
The US government will have unmanned surveillance aircraft monitoring the whole border with Mexico from September 1, as it ramps up border security....
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| 2010-08-30 18:58 |
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Man drove home with pellet gun head wound
Detectives will today question a man who drove himself home after being shot in the head with a pellet gun in Sydney's west overnight....
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| 2010-08-30 18:58 |
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Child suffers head injuries in balcony fall
A two-year-old girl suffered head injuries when she fell from a balcony at Lalor in Melbourne's north last night....
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| 2010-08-30 18:43 |
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Power of writing heals students from Kinglake, Kabul
Two very different groups of school students have been brought together in Victoria's bushfire-affacted areas by shared stories of hope and survival....
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| 2010-08-30 18:43 |
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West Bank supermarket a lesson in co-existence
A supermarket inside a Jewish settlement could provide the best lesson for Israeli and Palestinian leaders on peaceful co-existence....
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| 2010-08-30 18:43 |
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Disease scare sparks cruise ship rescue
A man with a suspected case of the potentially fatal meningococcal disease has been winched off a cruise ship off the south-east Queensland coast....
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| 2010-08-30 18:43 |
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Future elderly to pay more for aged care
A report commissioned by the aged care industry says people are going to have to pay more of their own aged care costs in future....
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| 2010-08-30 18:13 |
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Protest continues at Australian detention centre |
| 2010-08-30 17:43 |
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Police investigate teen drowning
Victoria Police are investigating the circumstances following the apparent drowning of a teenager in the Yarra River in Melbourne this morning....
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| 2010-08-30 17:43 |
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Obama to mark end of Iraq combat ops
The White House says US president Barack Obama will not be declaring "mission accomplished" when he delivers a speech about Iraq tomorrow (Australian time)....
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| 2010-08-30 17:43 |
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Italian doctors brawl in delivery room
Italy's health minister has apologised to a woman after doctors began to fight each other in the delivery room as she was about to give birth....
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| 2010-08-30 17:43 |
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Ex-girlfriend says Asif admitted match-fixing
The ex-girlfriend of Pakistani paceman Mohammad Asif says he told her the team would not win a single match on its Australian tour last summer....
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| 2010-08-30 17:28 |
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Pakistan lawmakers demand cricket board qui |
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UN climate panel needs to fundamentally reform |
| 2010-08-30 17:13 |
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Obama fails to ease market jitters
US president Barack Obama has tried to calm jittery markets by promising new measures to keep the US economy moving....
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| 2010-08-30 17:13 |
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Iranian media brands Bruni a prostitute
French first lady Carla Bruni has been branded a "prostitute" and "immoral" by Iranian news outlets, after she expressed support for an Iranian woman who was sentenced to death by stoning....
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| 2010-08-30 16:28 |
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'Invisible' gang leader escapes from jail
One of Venezuela's most notorious criminals has lived up to his gang's name - The Invisibles - by fleeing jail in an embarrassing turn for the government, which is under fire because of crime as an election nears....
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| 2010-08-30 16:28 |
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Hurricane Earl menaces US coast
Hurricane Earl has turned into a major Category 3 storm as it lashes north-east Caribbean islands on a track that could see it swiping the US east coast in the next few days, the US National Hurricane Centre says....
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| 2010-08-30 16:28 |
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Trio arrested over man's death
Three people have been arrested after a man was found dead in Melbourne's west....
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| 2010-08-30 16:13 |
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Medical team on flood relief mercy flight
A civilian medical team will leave the Amberley RAAF base, west of Brisbane this morning to help flood affected communities in Pakistan's Punjab province....
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| 2010-08-30 14:13 |
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Mexico fights police corruption
Mexico is cracking down on alleged corruption and incompetence in its federal police, firing 3,200 officers this year, or around 10 per cent of the force....
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| 2010-08-30 14:13 |
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Dozens killed in Ecuador bus plunge
A bus careered into a ravine in central Ecuador, killing at least 38 people in the nation's worst road accident of the year....
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| 2010-08-30 13:28 |
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US slaps new sanctions on North Korea |
| 2010-08-30 13:28 |
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NKorea's leader wants nuclear talks restarted |
| 2010-08-30 13:28 |
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Sri Lankan cabinet backs constitutional changes |
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India kills six rebels on Kashmir border |
| 2010-08-30 13:28 |
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Seven US soldiers killed in Afghan bomb attacks |
| 2010-08-30 12:43 |
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Fresh violence in Kashmir, ten dead
Indian troops killed nine suspected militants as they tried to cross the de facto border with Pakistan that divides the volatile region of Kashmir....
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| 2010-08-30 12:28 |
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UN climate change review
An international review has concluded the UN's climate science body needs fundamental reforms to the way it is managed....
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| 2010-08-30 12:28 |
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Seven US troops killed in Afghanistan
Seven US soldiers have been killed in two bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan....
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| 2010-08-30 11:28 |
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Vote count strips Gillard's legitimacy: Bishop
Liberal deputy leader Julie Bishop has seized on figures that show Labor has lost its lead in the two-party preferred vote....
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| 2010-08-30 10:28 |
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Man flees after stabbing dog in kennel
Police are investigating the stabbing of a dog at Lalor, in Melbourne's north, yesterday afternoon....
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| 2010-08-30 10:28 |
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Solomons PM confident of parliament's support
The Solomon Islands prime minister believes he now has the numbers to stave off a no confidence motion in his fledgling government....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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ACC overhaul needed, says veteran drug investigator
Nick McKenzie
ONE of Australia's most experienced drug investigators says the fight against the nation's crime bosses - including those behind big international drug shipments - is being hampered due to a lack of resources and political will....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Analyst took reports to bikies, court told
Kim Arlington
AS AN intelligence analyst with the NSW Police, Terry Gregoriou had access to highly classified information, including confidential reports on bikie gangs....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Nationwide hospital alert aims to prevent another epidural tragedy
Julie Robotham HEALTH EDITOR
HOSPITAL doctors have been warned against keeping skin antiseptics on the same tray as epidural pain-relieving drugs, in a statewide alert issued in response to a June accident that left a woman with severe neurological injuries....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Trauma plan puts lives at risk, say doctors
Kate Benson
A DECADE-long plan by the health department to limit the number of hospitals allowed to treat seriously injured patients is on the brink of collapse and has been labelled dangerous and under-funded by senior doctors....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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In the forest of bones, there is one name police will not utter
Nick Ralston
HIS GRUESOME crimes are synonymous with the area, but police investigating the latest discovery of human remains in the Belanglo State Forest were cautious not to mention the name Ivan Milat....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Uni degrees never sleep, and leave sharemarket in the shade
Peter Martin ECONOMICS CORRESPONDENT
AGED 18 and looking for an investment that will return far more than the sharemarket or real estate? Enrol at university and stay there for four years....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Patti says she warned Newton's girlfriend
Michael Idato
THE troubled actor Matthew Newton is on suicide watch, according to his parents....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Breastfeeding babies benefits mother, too
Amy Corderoy
WOMEN who do not breastfeed their babies are at greater risk of diabetes, research shows....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Churches get opt-out point on same-sex adoption bill
Sean Nicholls STATE POLITICAL EDITOR
THE independent state MP Clover Moore has moved to shore up support for her same-sex adoption bill by giving church adoption agencies the right to refuse services to gay and lesbian couples without breaching anti-discrimination laws....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Oxford easier to enter than Sydney
Anna Patty EDUCATION EDITOR
AUSTRALIAN students have found it harder to gain entry into the University of Sydney than Oxford after graduating with the International Baccalaureate, the Australasian manager of the year 12 qualification said....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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The real spin doctors emerge
Lobbyists are gaining in force - now more than ever, writes Mark Davis....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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MPs in a grey zone when they stay on local council
Jacob Saulwick NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT
BEN CHIFLEY served on a council while prime minister, but can a candidate be elected to Federal Parliament in 2010 do the same?...
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Coal crackdown will not reduce emissions
Tom Arup ENVIRONMENT CORRESPONDENT
LABOR'S promised emissions standards for new coal electricity generators would not cut greenhouse gas emissions from any of the 12 coal power plants proposed in Australia, an analysis of the carbon profiles of each project shows....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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History wars set to break out again
Anna Patty EDUCATION EDITOR
THE new national school curriculum could be delayed under a Coalition government, which would review it and address ideological concerns it has about some history topics....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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Apologetic Abbott on heels of 'the devil'
Dylan Welch
TWO phone calls in two days have been made by the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, to the key independents to apologise for a series of phone calls from overenthusiastic Liberals....
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| 2010-08-30 10:13 |
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One in 10 would vote differently in election
Phillip Coorey CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT
MORE than one in 10 voters would have voted differently had they known Australia was headed towards a hung parliament, according to a new poll....
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