http://abc.net.au/news/ News feeds provided by Newslookup.com en Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:13 EST http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434937.htm?section=justin The Reserve Bank of Australia is tipped to slash rates when it meets today. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434932.htm?section=justin Aussies flocked to see Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman in Baz Luhrmann's epic Australia on the weekend, making it the number one film in the country. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434931.htm?section=justin Zimbabwe's Government will defy a southern Africa tribunal ruling to stop the seizure of white-owned farms and will continue its land reforms, a state-run newspaper quoted a minister as saying. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434930.htm?section=justin A German mother has been sentenced to more than four years in jail for killing two of her babies whose bodies she stashed in the family freezer. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434927.htm?section=justin International coalition warships have stopped Somali pirates from hijacking a luxury cruise ship in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend, the Danish navy said. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434924.htm?section=justin 350,000 people are stranded in Thailand following anti-government protesters' takeover of Bangkok's airport. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434917.htm?section=justin Reports have surfaced that Indian authorities ignored early warnings about the attacks on Mumbai. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434916.htm?section=justin As Britons tighten their belts to cope with the credit crunch, a new poll showed their favourite leisure activity is whipping off their pants for a quick roll in the hay. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/02/2434915.htm?section=justin A spate of attacks targeting security forces in the heart of Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul have killed around 30 people, the bloodiest day in the country in three weeks. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434913.htm?section=justin US President-elect Barack Obama is set to name Hillary Clinton as secretary of state. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434895.htm?section=justin Authorities in the Italian city of Venice have issued a flood alert, warning that the sea was due to rise 1.60 metres above its normal level, the highest for 30 years. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434893.htm?section=justin Thirty-two people have been killed and dozens injured in two days of clashes blamed on activists from rival political parties in Pakistan's largest city Karachi, police said. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434888.htm?section=justin A suicide attack against police forces has killed 10 people including two policemen and wounded another 27 in southern Afghanistan, the police chief of Helmand province said. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434869.htm?section=justin Chinese President Hu Jintao has marked World AIDS Day by visiting patients in Beijing. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434841.htm?section=justin A suspected break-in at Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's home intruded on her electioneering when bodyguards accidentally broadcast an alert over her telephone line as she gave a live radio interview. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434836.htm?section=justin Zimbabwe has cut water supplies to the nation's capital Harare, state media reported, leaving most of the city dry as authorities struggle to contain a cholera epidemic. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434835.htm?section=justin Thailand's anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy is moving the headquarters of its campaign to Bangkok's two main airports . http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434833.htm?section=justin No-one in immigration detention should be held for longer than 12 months unless they pose a significant risk to the community, a parliamentary committee has recommended. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434824.htm?section=justin Salvation Army workers in Papua New Guinea have dismissed reports that women in the remote Highlands region are killing male babies to end a tribal war that has spanned more than 20 years. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434823.htm?section=justin Green groups have condemned Forestry Tasmania for extending its wood supply agreement for Gunns planned Tamar Valley pulp mill by two years. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434817.htm?section=justin Romania's Liberal Democrat (PDL) party has emerged the winner in general election, gaining a small lead over the rival Social Democrats (PSD), first official results showed. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434770.htm?section=justin A court hears a woman had a SA Jockey Club ballot paper filled out for her, to get free membership. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434763.htm?section=justin A member of parliament in Papua New Guinea is calling on his fellow politicians to better understand the threat HIV/AIDS poses to the country. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434760.htm?section=justin Rolf Harris should stick to doing portraits of the Queen instead of painting Indigenous Australians with "bigoted brushstrokes," the Aboriginal Legal Service (ALS) says. http://abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/01/2434747.htm?section=justin The Israeli navy turned back a Libyan ship as it tried to transport humanitarian aid to the blockaded Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said.