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 2010-08-31 20:13     The Age (World)    Swedes question Assange
Stockholm Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been interrogated by police in Sweden, where he is facing molestation allegations....

 2010-08-31 19:43     ABC News Online    Greens sign deal to back Labor
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Greens have signed a formal deal to join forces as Labor tries to secure a parliamentary majority....

 2010-08-31 19:43     ABC News Online    Election uncertainty hurts manufacturing
The pace of growth in Australia's manufacturing industry slowed in August, with the ambiguity related to the federal election affecting demand in the sector....

 2010-08-31 19:43     ABC News Online    Stern, Garnaut are lightweights: Katter
Key independent MP Bob Katter says he did not bother to attend briefings on offer by prominent economists Ross Garnaut and Nicholas Stern because they are "lightweights"....

 2010-08-31 19:43     ABC News Online    Motorist killed in freight train collision
A motorist is dead after a freight train hit a car near Wee Waa, in northern New South Wales....

 2010-08-31 19:43     ABC News Online    Wilkie rejects first ALP offer
Hobart-based Independent Andrew Wilkie says he is still hopeful of striking a deal with Labor, even though he has rejected what the Prime Minister has offered so far....

 2010-08-31 19:13     ABC News Online    Blair 'desperately sorry' for Iraq war deaths
Former British prime minister Tony Blair says he is "desperately sorry" for the deaths in the Iraq war, in extracts released from his memoirs....

 2010-08-31 18:58     ABC News Online    Chile mine owners beg forgiveness
The owners of a Chilean mine which collapsed early this month, trapping 33 men underground, have asked forgiveness for the accident, as a giant Australian drill slowly bored through the earth to rescue the miners....

 2010-08-31 18:58     ABC News Online    Hunger strike farmer awaits High Court decision
NSW farmer Peter Spencer is today expected to find out the fate of his legal challenge against land clearing laws....

 2010-08-31 18:58     Radio Australia    Detainees stage Darwin break-ou
 2010-08-31 18:28     ABC News Online    Senator defends $500 taxpayer taxi
Tasmanian Labor Senator Nick Sherry has defended a $500 taxpayer-funded taxi ride from Tasmania's north-west to Hobart....

 2010-08-31 18:28     ABC News Online    Ceremonies remember Battle for Australia
Ceremonies will be held around the country today to mark the Battle for Australia during World War II....

 2010-08-31 18:13     ABC News Online    Woman hurt in drive-by shooting
A woman has been taken to hospital with minor injuries after a drive-by shooting in Sydney's west last night....

 2010-08-31 18:13     ABC News Online    Police find guns in streets and drain
Adelaide police have found four guns in three locations in the western suburbs in recent days....

 2010-08-31 18:13     ABC News Online    Qantas plane forced to land after engine explosion
An Australia-bound Qantas flight has been forced to make an emergency landing in San Francisco after an explosion punched a hole in its engine casing....

 2010-08-31 18:13     ABC News Online    Inmates stage Darwin break-out
More than 90 detainees from the Darwin detention centre have scaled the fence and staged a protest outside the facility....

 2010-08-31 18:13     ABC News Online    Aussie gamer loses Playstation court fight
A gamer who sued Sony over an upgrade that removed functions from his Playstation 3 has lost a court claim....

 2010-08-31 17:43     Radio Australia    Australian, NZ citizens killed in PNG plane crash
 2010-08-31 17:43     Radio Australia    Alleged Pakistan 'fixers' not expected to continue cricket tour
 2010-08-31 17:43     Radio Australia    US ends Iraq combat operations
 2010-08-31 17:43     Radio Australia    Memorial service to honour fallen Australian soldiers
 2010-08-31 17:28     ABC News Online    Driver caught doing 117kph over speed limit
A 31-year-old Melbourne man faces several charges after he was allegedly clocked driving at 117 kilometres per hour over the speed limit....

 2010-08-31 17:28     ABC News Online    Poor pay puts nursing home residents at risk: Union
The union that represents aged care employees says as long as workers are poorly paid, the health and safety of nursing home residents will be compromised....

 2010-08-31 17:28     ABC News Online    Greens compare Darwin centre to Gitmo
The Greens say the Federal Government is inviting accusations that it is running a Guantanamo Bay-like regime by holding Indonesian crewmen accused of people smuggling indefinitely without trial....

 2010-08-31 17:28     ABC News Online    Tasmania moves to recognise same-sex unions
Tasmania's closer recognising same-sex marriages registered in other states or countries....

 2010-08-31 17:13     ABC News Online    Vote count breach won't affect Flynn outcome: AEC
Counting is continuing in the central Qld seat of Flynn amid an investigation into a breach of electoral handling laws....

 2010-08-31 17:13     ABC News Online    Zsa Zsa Gabor rushed to hospital
Ailing 93-year-old Hollywood socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor was rushed to the emergency room after being found "unresponsive" by her husband on Tuesday (local time)....

 2010-08-31 17:13     ABC News Online    Sleep deprivation triples risk of mental illness: study
New research suggests young people getting less than five hours sleep per night are tripling their chances of developing a mental illness....

 2010-08-31 17:13     ABC News Online    France condemns Iranian insults against Bruni
France says insults in the Iranian media against first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, who has been branded an "Italian prostitute" who "deserves death", are unacceptable....

 2010-08-31 17:13     ABC News Online    Former Tour winner Fignon dies
Two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died of cancer aged 50, French television has reported....

 2010-08-31 16:43     ABC News Online    Threat of war crimes charges over mass rapes
The leaders of militias that carried out mass rape in Democratic Republic of Congo will face war crimes charges, a United Nations (UN) conflict envoy said....

 2010-08-31 16:43     ABC News Online    Eight killed in Cancun bomb attack
At least eight people were killed when petrol bombs were thrown into a bar in the Mexican town of Cancun, a resort area popular with United States tourists, officials said....

 2010-08-31 16:43     ABC News Online    'No victory lap' as US ends Iraq combat ops
As US president Barack Obama readies his Oval Office address to mark the combat pull-out from Iraq, Nouri al-Maliki hails his "sovereign and independent" country....

 2010-08-31 16:13     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Canberra stakes claim for Sydney airport
Andrew West The federal and NSW governments should abandon hope of building a second main airport in the Sydney basin and upgrade Canberra's airport instead, linking the two cities with a high-speed rail link, says an airline industry leader....

 2010-08-31 15:28     ABC News Online    Memorial service to honour fallen troops
The families, friends and colleagues of three Australian soldiers recently killed in Afghanistan will attend a service in Brisbane today....

 2010-08-31 15:28     ABC News Online    Israelis shot dead in West Bank
Four Israelis have been shot dead near a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, in what police are describing as a terrorist attack....

 2010-08-31 12:58     ABC News Online    Pakistani cricketers not expected to continue tour
Three Pakistani cricketers are expected to play no further part in the team's current tour of England, following allegations of involvement in a betting scam....

 2010-08-31 12:58     ABC News Online    Terror suspects arrested in Amsterdam
Two Yemenis suspected for involvement in terrorism have been arrested in Amsterdam off a flight from the United States....

 2010-08-31 12:28     ABC News Online    Toddler found hanged in Germany
A three-year-old boy has been found hanged next to the body of his badly-beaten mother in the cellar of a house in Germany....

 2010-08-31 11:58     ABC News Online    Three Australians killed in PNG plane crash
Australia's Foreign Minister has confirmed three Australians were killed in a plane crash on a remote island in Papua New Guinea....

 2010-08-31 11:43     Radio Australia    3 Australians, 1 New Zealander killed in plane crash in PNG
 2010-08-31 11:43     Radio Australia    Three arrested in Britain over cricket betting scam
 2010-08-31 11:43     Radio Australia    Sri Lanka supreme court takes up constitutional changes
 2010-08-31 11:43     Radio Australia    India's Supreme Court reviews Bhopal sentences
 2010-08-31 11:43     Radio Australia    Australia appeals WTO ruling on apple imports
 2010-08-31 10:58     ABC News Online    ISP group urges independents not to back NBN
A group of small and medium-sized internet providers is urging the Federal Independent MPs not to back the Government's national broadband internet plan....

 2010-08-31 10:58     ABC News Online    Online scammers turning to pedigree dog ads
The ACCC is warning would-be dog owners not to be fooled by advertisements offering pedigree dogs at bargain prices....

 2010-08-31 10:13     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Rural independents' decision is likely by Friday
Phillip Coorey and Andrew Darby The three rural independents have signalled they will give their decision by as early as Friday about who will govern Australia. The fourth independent, Andrew Wilkie, has shelved his promise of a quick decision after rejecting a confidential offer from Labor....

 2010-08-31 10:13     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    ICAC begins inquiries into Sydney Water employees
Sean Nicholls The NSW corruption watchdog has launched two investigations involving employees of the state-owned Sydney Water corporation, including a bizarre plan to bottle Sydney drinking water and market it internationally. Public hearings are scheduled to begin this month....

 2010-08-31 10:13     Sydney Morning Herald (National)    Macdonald defied cabinet to appoint his man for Middle East
Linton Besser The disgraced former minister Ian Macdonald appointed Karl Kazal as his personal envoy to the Middle East despite the cabinet office refusing to endorse an official appointment....


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