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Telegraph.co.uk
Quake causes widespread damage: Journos
Sydney Morning Herald
The earthquake which rocked New Zealand on Saturday morning was felt across the South Island and caused widespread damage, journalists say. Whole parts of Christchurch were reduced to rubble and one man was seriously injured when a chimney fell on him, ...
NZ's biggest quakesStuff.co.nz
New Zealand's biggest earthquakesNew Zealand Herald
Latest updates: Canterbury earthquakeTVNZ
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Reuters
Pyne warns of Labor 'mongoose and cobra' coalition
ABC Online
Opposition Education Minister Chris Pyne says the three rural independents should support a Coalition-led government because they will have less in common with Labor. Mr Pyne has described Labor's attempts to woo the Greens and the rural independents ...
Coalition accused of dirty tricks campaignNEWS.com.au
Cavorting with carriers of the keys to the kingdomSydney Morning Herald
Black rights top Bob Katter's wish listThe Australian
The Age -Cairns Post -Adelaidenow
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ABC Online
Coalition pledges to prioritise detention security
ABC Online
A group of Afghan asylum seekers staged a break-out protest at the Darwin detention centre this week. (ABC: James Glenday) The Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says if the Coalition wins Federal Government it would immediately ...
Asylum-seekers feared 'being tricked'The Australian
AFP won't explain why Indonesians left to languishABC Online
Protesters broke through electric fencesThe Australian
The Australian -Sydney Morning Herald -BBC News
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Globe and Mail
Analysts Pessimistic on Chances of Mideast Talks Success
Voice of America
Photo: AP US sponsored peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaderships are under way again after a two-year hiatus. On Thursday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the US administration wants an agreement within a year. ...
Attack threats loom over Middle East talksBBC News
Israeli, PA negotiating teams to meet on Monday in JerichoHa'aretz
'US supports Israeli security and Palestinian aspirations'Jerusalem Post
The Associated Press -New York Times -AFP
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Daily Mail
Incredible tiger shark feeding frenzy captured on video
Daily Mail
By Mail Foreign Service These incredible images show more than 100 tiger sharks taking part in a feeding frenzy off the coast of Australia. The sharks were filmed by a rescue helicopter as they preyed on a school of fish off the southern Queensland ...
Hundreds of sharks in feeding frenzySydney Morning Herald
Hundreds Of Tiger Sharks In Feeding FrenzySky News
Shark feeding frenzy near Noosa | QLD News | Breaking News in QueenslandSunshine Coast Daily
Discovery News -CBS News -NTDTV
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Globe and Mail
Hurricane Earl lashes US East Coast
Sydney Morning Herald
A weakened but still nasty Hurricane Earl is lashing the US East Coast with heavy winds and high surf, triggering warnings right up to Canada, after dealing a glancing blow to North Carolina. Coastal residents who chose to stay behind had battened down ...
Earl Upsets Travels, Weakens, on Way to New EnglandBloomberg
Hurricane Weakens as It Hits the CoastNew York Times
Weakening Hurricane Earl aims for MassachusettsUSA Today
CTV.ca -National Geographic -TODAYonline
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The Age
Coalition accused of dirty tricks campaign
NEWS.com.au
Liberal Party insiders believe that power is slipping away from Tony Abbott. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian LIBERAL and National Party branch members are believed to be behind an orchestrated scare campaign in the local ...
Greens to rush same-sex billThe Australian
… and then there were threeThe Age
Independents stand firm in face of fear campaignABC Online
Sydney Morning Herald -The Australian -ABC Online
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ABC Online
Soldier's courage, humour honoured
Sydney Morning Herald
A BRISBANE soldier killed in Afghanistan has been farewelled as a courageous father who used humour to get through tough times. Hundreds attended the military funeral of Private Grant Kirby, 35, yesterday. Private Kirby and colleague Private Tomas Dale ...
Goodbye to soldier, larrikin and daddy Grant KirbyCourier Mail
Memorial service for fallen soldiersSydney Morning Herald
The Life of Private Grant Kirby celebrated in moving ceremony todayAustralian Department of Defence
Australian Department of Defence -North West News -TMCnet
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BigPond News
Big storm to hit Victoria on Saturday
Sydney Morning Herald
Heavy rain and unstable weather are moving across western Victoria, with the biggest storm in more than a decade expected to hit the state on Saturday. The village of Hopetoun, in the northwest, has had more than 15mm of rain dumped on it on Friday ...
Wildest storm in 15 years to hit VictoriaNEWS.com.au
Victoria braces for wild weatherThe Age
'The biggest storm in 15 years'Herald Sun
ABC Local -ABC Online -Ballarat Courier
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The Hindu
53 killed, 197 wounded in Pakistan suicide bombing: Police
Times of India
QUETTA: At least 53 people were killed and 197 have been wounded on Friday in a suicide bombing targeting a Shiite Muslim rally in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta, police said. "According to the reports collected from hospitals, 53 people have ...
Pakistan bombing kills 53, wounds 197Ninemsn
Explosion rocks Shia Muslim rally in PakistanBBC News
Pakistan suicide bomber kills 43 in Shia parade backing PalestiniansThe Guardian
Hindustan Times -The Hindu -Indian Express
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Premier Anna Bligh more unpopular than nuclear power
Herald Sun
Anna Bligh's popularity with voters has taken a dive. Picture: Grant Parker Source: The Courier-Mail RIGHT now, and despite her best efforts, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh is more unpopular than nuclear power. ...
Curtain to fall on BlighGold Coast Bulletin News
Bucks must stop hereGold Coast Bulletin News
Queensland is the battlegroundCourier Mail

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NTNews.com.au
Tomorrow When the War Began
ABC Online
The much-loved Aussie book has made it to the big screen, with stunning scenery, an attractive cast, and a few explosions. There's an amusing moment during Tomorrow When the War Began when a character is reading the book My Brilliant Career. ...
Tomorrow, When the War BeganSydney Morning Herald
Bombshell in the bushSydney Morning Herald
Tomorrow gets ball rolling with $765KInside Film
NTNews.com.au -Warrnambool Standard (blog) -encore
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ABC Online
War on South Australian locust plague declared
Adelaidenow
A swarm of Australian plague locusts still in their hopper stage when they cannot fly can still cause devastation to crops. Scientists fear NSW is going to be hit by its worst locust plague in 30 years when the insects hatch in spring. ...
First locusts hatch in predicted record plagueABC Online
First of worst locust plague hatchedSydney Morning Herald
Locusts may hatch in a weekWeekly Times Now
Narromine News -BusinessWeek -ABC Local
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CBC.ca
Hogan free to return to US as tax office relents
The Australian
Paul Hogan shows his frustration at the scrutiny Project Wikenby has placed on him. Picture: Renee Nowytarger Source: The Australian PAUL Hogan is free to leave Australia after striking a deal with the tax office that included the lifting of his ...
ATO says Hogan free to leaveSydney Morning Herald
Crocodile Dundee cleared to return to USTelegraph.co.uk
Paul Hogan's heroes help secure freedomDaily Telegraph
ABC Online -BBC News -Reuters
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Sydney Morning Herald
Poetry in motion as Governor-General takes political hurdles in her stride
Sydney Morning Herald
Business as usual ... the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, visits the Queen Victoria Women's Centre in Melbourne yesterday. Photo: Rebecca Hallas THE political decision before the Governor-General, Quentin Bryce, could not have been further from her ...
Lindsay Tanner's resignation acceptedThe Australian
Lindsay Tanner resignsABC Online
Governor-General opens new Queenwood complexMosman Daily

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Sydney Morning Herald
McLeay portfolios shared out
Sydney Morning Herald
The Premier, Kristina Keneally, has carved up the ministerial portfolios of the disgraced Paul McLeay (pictured) and divided them between two senior cabinet members. In a move that avoids a full cabinet reshuffle six months before the state election, ...
Keneally shuffles Cabinet after McLeay resignationABC Online
Shock: MPs not all badThe Australian (blog)
Eric Roozendaal new Minister for the IllawarraIllawara Mercury
Australian Mining -ABC Local -Daily Telegraph
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Sydney Morning Herald
Des Campbell: 'Suffer the rest of your mongrel life'
Daily Telegraph
Des Campbell is led away from Supreme Court after being found guilty of murdering his wife Janet in 2005. Picture: Cameron Richardson Source: The Daily Telegraph Des Campbell has been sentenced to at least 24 years in jail without parole for murdering ...
British policeman who pushed wealthy Australian wife off cliff for money jailedTelegraph.co.uk
Cold execution of a truly awful deathSydney Morning Herald
Campbell gets 24 years for wife's cliff deathABC Online
The Guardian -The Australian -Illawara Mercury
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Stuff.co.nz
Clubs to fight pokies changes
The Australian
JULIA Gillard could face resistance from NSW over her plan to roll out smartcard technology to limit gamblers' losses on poker machines. Clubs Australia has revealed it began lobbying the Keneally government over its concerns within hours of the plan ...
Wilkie's system won't work: pokies kingSydney Morning Herald
Club boss appalled by pokie politicsABC Local
Wilkie wins pledge to reform pokiesThe Age
SBS -Daily Telegraph -The Shout
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NEWS.com.au
Gang bashes man at station
The Age
A WITNESS to a brutal gang attack on the Frankston line says he was stunned by the ferocity and speed of the assault on a passenger who had complained about youths smoking on a train. Student Chris Tagle, 19, said he was on the train heading to ...
Thugs have no respectHerald Sun
Commuter bashed after glaring at youthsSydney Morning Herald
Man attacked on Melbourne trainABC Online
The Age -Stonnington Leader
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CBC.ca
Pakistan bomb attack leaves at least 42 dead
Telegraph.co.uk
At least 42 people have died in a suicide attack during a Shiite Muslim rally in Pakistan's south-western city of Quetta in the second major strike by militants within 48 hours. By Rob Crilly, Islamabad The attack has raised fears that the Pakistan ...
35 killed in suicide attack on Shia rally in PakThe Hindu
Pakistan: Dozens killed in pro-Palestinian rallyYnetnews
Suicide blast rips through Pakistan city, killing 44Toronto Star
Economic Times -Oneindia
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