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Power back on in Sydney after second blackout in a week - The Australian
NZ Herald Dunedin MetroPower back on in Sydney after second blackout in a weekThe ...

Body found in SE Qld floodwaters - ABC Online
Brisbane TimesBody found in SE Qld floodwatersABC OnlinePolice have found a body ...

Briton in last 16 for 'best job in the world' on Great Barrier Reef - guardian.co.uk ...
guardian.co.ukBriton in last 16 for 'best job in the world' on Great Barrier ...

Virgin Blue plane returns to Melbourne after lightning strike - Melbourne Herald ...
The AgeVirgin Blue plane returns to Melbourne after lightning strikeMelbourne Herald ...

Indigenous Minister dismisses Fed Govt's symbolic act - ABC Online
MSN IndonesiaIndigenous Minister dismisses Fed Govt's symbolic actABC OnlineTANYA ...

Bikie to face court after arrested in street with loaded gun - The Australian
LIVENEWS.com.auBikie to face court after arrested in street with loaded gunThe AustralianArticle ...

Sydney to Hobart winner wrecked - NEWS.com.au
Sail WorldSydney to Hobart winner wreckedNEWS.com.auYESTERDA Y morning she stood ...

Stimulus package provides housing boost
THE Federal Government has announced $173 million funding to build new social housing ...

Valuable lessons as credit crunch hits
SCHOOLKIDS are being taught how to manage mobile phone and credit card bills as the ...

Dangerous prisoner back in hospital
A DANGEROUS prisoner serving time for attempted murder who escaped a high security ...

Plane forced down by lightning strike
A VIRGIN Blue jet on its way from Melbourne to Launceston has been forced to make ...

Woman mistakenly told hubby was dead
A WOMAN was mistakenly told her husband, who was being treated in hospital, was dead ...

Man killed while repairing car
A VICTORIAN man has died after being hit by a car he was repairing.

Man jailed for raping sleeping woman
A MAN who fled Australia after raping a woman while she slept has been jailed for ...

Extra Nato troops for Afghan elections - Times Online
Times OnlineExtra Nato troops for Afghan electionsTimes OnlineGORDON Brown welcomed ...

Binghamton Looks for Reason Gunman Killed 14 - New York Times
ABC NewsBinghamton Looks for Reason Gunman Killed 14New York TimesRebecca Catlett/Press ...

False Alarm Sounded Saturday in Japan over North Korean Missile Launch - Voice of ...
Voice of AmericaFalse Alarm Sounded Saturday in Japan over North Korean Missile LaunchVoice ...

INSTANT VIEW: G20 agrees $1.1 trillion to help economy - Reuters
Telegraph.co.ukINSTANT VIEW: G20 agrees $1.1 trillion to help economyReutersLONDON ...

Violence rocks Pakistan; Obama to set conditions - Reuters
China DailyViolence rocks Pakistan; Obama to set conditionsReutersBy Robert Birsel ...

The inner-city girls Michelle Obama left feeling 'really inspired' - guardian.co.uk ...
guardian.co.ukThe inner-city girls Michelle Obama left feeling 'really inspired'guardian.co.u ...

Afghan Law That Legalizes Rape Poses Problem for Obama and Clinton - FOXNews
Aljazeera.netAfghan Law That Legalizes Rape Poses Problem for Obama and ClintonFOXNewsObama ...

Colombian army spots US hostages
COLOMBIA'S army has located three US nationals in the hands of Marxist FARC rebels, ...

Free hostages, Chavez tells FARC
VENEZUELA'S President Hugo Chavez urged the new leader of the Marxist FARC insurgency ...

City plants roof gardens to fight smog
MEXICO City, one of the world's most polluted capitals, is planting rooftop gardens ...

Brazil to protect more of Amazon
BRAZILIAN President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, under pressure over his stewardship ...

9/11 accused 'ready to be martyrs'
THREE of five alleged plotters in the September 11, 2001 attacks demanded today to ...

9/11 accused chants in court
THE accused al-Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks stood in a US military ...

Gay soldier AWOL - or victimised
A BRAZILIAN soldier who publicly flaunted his homosexuality has been detained by ...

Police find body in floodwaters
QUEENSLAND police and SES crews have found the body of an elderly woman whose car ...

Dengue researcher catches disease in lab
QUEENSLAND Health says there's absolutely no risk of people in Brisbane catching ...

Sydney to Hobart winner wrecked
YESTERDAY morning she stood proud before the wind, 14m of ocean-going grace and glory. ...

Dams get a welcome boost
DAMS in southeast Queensland continue to creep towards 50 per cent of capacity.

Final seats counted in state poll
LABOR has secured 51 seats in the Queensland parliament at the end of official counting. ...

Jail for alternative medicine solution
AN alternative medicine devotee jailed for causing his sick daughter brain damage ...

Outlaw bikies on extortion charges
FOUR members of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang have extorted business owners in ...

Police find body in floodwaters
QUEENSLAND police and SES crews have found the body of an elderly woman whose car ...

Stimulus package provides housing boost
THE Federal Government has announced $173 million funding to build new social housing ...

Wounded Diggers back from Afghanistan
TWO Australian soldiers injured 11 days ago in Afghanistan have returned home for ...

Rees vents anger after power restored
POWER has been restored to Sydney's CBD, eastern and inner suburbs after the second ...

Second blackout hits Sydney CBD
ABOUT 50,000 homes and businesses in parts of Sydney's CBD and the eastern suburbs ...

Residents evacuated after petrol spill
MORE than 30 people have been evacuated from their homes after thousands of litres ...

Hells Angel caught with loaded gun
A HELLS Angel bikie will appear in court today on gun possession charges after he ...

Union backs Holden workforce cut
A MOVE to cut production at Holden's Adelaide plant will provide certainty for the ...

Bikie link to prison drug ring bust
A DRUG trafficking operation has been uncovered in South Australia's Mobilong Prison ...

Raise your game, Obama tells allies
US President Barack Obama has warned Europe should boost its military as it is more ...

Brits offer troops for Afghan election
BRITAIN has offered to send more troops to Afghanistan to secure presidential elections ...

Police shooting 'was not political'
THE shooting of two policemen in central Athens, leaving one seriously wounded, is ...

Madonna to appeal adoption refusal
MADONNA'S lawyer says she will appeal a judge's surprise ruling that she cannot adopt ...

Antarctic ice shelf to break loose
A JAMAICA-sized ice shelf is close to wrenching itself away from Antarctica, following ...

Gunman massacres 13 in US rampage
AS many as 13 people may have been killed in a rampage by a gunman believed to be ...

Queen not amused by noisy world leader
ITALIAN Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi startled the Queen by shouting out to the ...

Second blackout hits Sydney
ANGRY NSW Premier demands answers after a second blackout hits Sydney's CBD in a ...

Gunman massacres 13 in US rampage
A GUNMAN in upstate New York has killed 13 people before turning the gun on himself. ...

Rudd rage causes mass exodus
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd's short fuse has triggered an exodus of personal staff. ...

Toddlers 'need career counselling'
THE head of Principals Australia wants kids to start considering their careers while ...

The village that took on Google and won
VILLAGE residents have formed a human chain to stop Google Street View cameras entering. ...

Kyle pays out rival Watts
FOLLOWING his blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance on Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities ...

Fools Day prank sparks trading frenzy
IT was the April Fools Day prank that sent traders on a $1.9 billion ride - but no ...

Saints beat Crows by 32 points
ST KILDA last night shrugged off its tag of being the AFL's worst performer at AAMI ...

SuperCoach Round 2 updates
UPDATE 11.10PM: FIND out how your players are going as Round 2 progresses.

Voss won't be copy cat
THERE'S a compelling reason why Michael Voss is refining, perhaps redefining, the ...

AFL teams - Round 2
ALL the Round 2 AFL selections including finalised Sunday teams. How is your SuperCoach ...

Hodge will be main target
PETER Everitt has detailed the blueprint Sydney will use against premier Hawthorn ...

Time to force my hand
RICHMOND coach Terry Wallace has revealed he threw out a challenge to reinforcements ...

Lyon warns players of long slog ahead
ST KILDA coach Ross Lyon has stopped short of saying his team's gutsy 32-point win ...

People smuggler jailed
AN Indonesian fisherman who accepted a payment from people smugglers has been sentenced ...

Remember reforms, says retiring McGinty
RETIRING West Australian MP and Labor Party powerbroker Jim McGinty wants to be remembered ...

Skimming devices found on ATMs
ATM skimmers have accessed cards worth thousands of dollars using a device on a machine ...

Shark attack victim still not found
A MAN believed killed by a shark has not been found hours after the attack but his ...

No more fishing, says man speared in head
A MAN has survived a fishing accident that left him with a spear embedded 15cm into ...

Uni offers porn as drinking alternative
AN attempt to distract university students from late-night drinking with a feature-length ...

Man cuts his own throat - from the inside
A man used some nail scissors as a toothpick, but swallowed them when he laughed ...

White House gives out number to sex line
JOURNALISTS got a shock when the number they were given to call Hillary Clinton on ...

Stephen Conroy 'auctioned' on eBay
A PRANKSTER tried to sell Communications Minister Stephen Conroy on eBay - and received ...

Big difference between T-lane and T-way
WHAT'S the difference between a T-lane and a T-way? About $486 and a looming court ...

Letterboxes too dangerous for posties
RESIDENTS in a suburban block of flats say they were shocked when Australia Post ...

Power back on in Sydney after blackout
POWER has been restored to Sydney's CBD, eastern and inner suburbs after the second ...

Gulpilil urges rogue croc trophy hunt
DAVID Gulpilil reckons he can make a crocodile appear by singing it. Mick Pitman ...

Alarm on broadband security
TELSTRA has raised serious national security concerns about the Rudd Government's ...

Cheques in the mail after court ruling
MORE than seven million taxpayers who have lodged tax returns will begin receiving ...

First-home grant hit by price jump
HOUSING prices at the lower end of the market have soared by as much as $20,000 since ...

A recovery budget to follow G20
KEVIN Rudd will next week begin framing a budget based on the prospect of a world ...

Airports left open to attack
ASIO has failed to undertake a complete security overhaul of the nation's main airports, ...

Police find body of woman in floodwaters (AAP)
Queensland police and SES crews have found the body of an elderly woman whose car ...

Rain tops up SE Qld dams (ABC)
Steady rain over the past few days is continuing to reach south-east Queensland's ...

Stimulus package provides housing boost (AAP)
The federal government has announced $173 million funding to build new social housing ...

Power restored to Sydney after outage (AAP)
Power has been restored to Sydney's CBD, eastern and inner suburbs after the second ...

Nationals met by protestors (ABC)
The Community and Public Sector Union is calling on the WA Nationals to honour their ...

Nicky Buckley joins fire safety campaign (AAP)
TV personality Nicky Buckley says living in a bushfire prone part of Victoria has ...

Small petrol stations 'need protection' (AAP)
Two senators are joining forces to protect independent fuel retailers from "predatory ...

Antarctic ice shelf to break loose
A JAMAICA-sized ice shelf is close to wrenching itself away from Antarctica, following ...

Two killed, eight hurt in blast
TWO people were killed and eight wounded when a bomb exploded outside a restaurant ...

Obama 'plans Indonesia visit' in 2010
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama is planning to visit Indonesia this year, the state-run ...

Celebrities line up for Hollywood Ashes
HUGH Jackman, Rupert Murdoch, Ozzy Osborne, Shane Warne and former British prime ...

Report blames police for Solomons riot
AN official report into the 2006 riots in the Solomon Islands which destroyed parts ...

Protest against 'nation of servants' barb
HONG Kong's Filipino community plans to hold a rally to protest a satirical column ...

Prosecutors outline Khmer Rouge torture
PROSECUTORS have given harrowing details of the torture and execution of thousands ...

G20 puts confidence in positive spin
THE Group of 20 summit in London has been a success.

Shimmying up to the coolest kid
IF the world recovers from recession in 2010, then the Group of 20 summit just concluded ...

Fire in the soul
FIRE. As any archeologist knows, when you find ancient ashes you're on the way to ...

The magic between species
IT is regal, magnificent, soaring in the air, and then it's down.

Perils of playing follow-the-leader
ONE of the most common questions I get asked as Collingwood coach is "Are you going ...

Climate changers into wholly whine
SOUNDS like God's backing the bailout then. Maybe Kev sent him a $900 cheque, too. ...

Dark solution to the discomfort zone
TIME zones in Australia are the diurnal equivalent of our railway gauge system, a ...

Bikie nabbed by new law
A Hells Angel becomes the first bikie arrested under legislation to clamp down on ...

First-home rush keeps prices on boil
Some agents are warning people are paying too much for their properties after first ...

Treasury takes aim at welfare payments
Disability pensioners face stronger pressure to return to work.

Still birth in hospital toilet
A WOMAN gave birth to a stillborn baby in the toilets of Bankstown Hospital after ...

'Redundant' rabbi appeals to a higher power
THE synagogue could seat 300 worshippers, but few of its Saturday services attract ...