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  • Terrorism warning for hotels, restaurants
  • Task force to aid Beaconsfield's recovery
  • New Solomons PM urged to get to work
  • Resignation my own decision: Doyle
  • Iemma seeks details of Wood's bail
  • Coroner sees criminality in Ching death
  • High Court IR laws case under way
  • Hackett to make early return from injury

    Just In

  • High Court IR laws case under way
  • UNHCR holds back support for offshore asylum seeker plan
  • Sept 11 relatives welcome Moussaoui sentence
  • Workers widen rescue tunnel
  • Govt uses website to boost anti-whaling efforts
  • New Solomons PM elected
  • Tonga has 'lucky' quake escape
  • Rates rise will help some Australians: Costello
  • Wood granted bail in Caroline Byrne murder case
  • Doyle quits as Victorian Liberal leader
  • Saints won't challenge points decision
  • Tsunami panic prompts NZ emergency planning review
  • Westpac records $1.47b half-year profit
  • Leading 'Waltzing Matilda' expert dies
  • Cooked vegetables can be as acidic as soft drinks: study
  • Fears rate rise will force farmers out of business
  • Damage from Papua mine worse than thought: report
  • Saints ponder legal action over points decision
  • Dollar climbs higher on back of interest rate rise
  • US moves to ban soft drink sales in schools
  • Jury orders life in jail for Moussaoui
  • Tas highway crash claims four lives
  • Tiger Woods' father dies
  • Rates rise will hurt consumer spending, retailers warn
  • Thousands flee Mount Merapi lava
  • Task force to aid Beaconsfield's recovery
  • Resignation my own decision: Doyle
  • New Solomons PM urged to get to work
  • Rio Tinto shareholders query Freeport activities
  • Bushwalkers find missing pair
  • Budget to fund illegal fishing crackdown
  • Optus to invest despite profit squeeze
  • Police interview man who jumped from plane
  • Coroner sees criminality in Ching death
  • Iemma seeks details of Wood's bail
  • Police fear for lost walkers' health
  • Vaile warns Doha Round faces delays
  • New deposit unearthed in Ballarat gold mine
  • Terrorism warning for hotels, restaurants
  • Labor accused of private school funds 'freeze'

    world/South East Asia

  • Rio Tinto shareholders query Freeport activities
  • UNHCR holds back support for offshore asylum seeker plan
  • Fortune-telling judge couldn't see sacking coming
  • Damage from Papua mine worse than thought: report
  • East Timor to probe grievances in wake of riots
  • Protesters clash with police over Indonesian labour law reforms
  • Indonesia says received $5.9b in tsunami aid
  • Ramos-Horta dismisses rebel leader's fight claim
  • East Timor rebel leader to continue fight from mountains
  • Dozens detained over E Timor riots
  • Downer considers requesting UN extension in E Timor
  • Police uncover Bali explosive devices link
  • E Timor soldiers didn't fire on protesters: Ramos-Horta
  • E Timor to address former soldiers' claims
  • Indonesian police find 'Bali size' bomb
  • World's workers fete May Day in battle for labour rights
  • Indonesian jails man for harbouring alleged militant
  • Residents returning to Dili, says Foreign Minister
  • Vanstone warns of possible E Timor refugees
  • 'Buru Quartet' author dies, aged 81
  • Seven injured in clash at Papua mine
  • Dili calm despite unrest fears
  • PM blames Dili riots on 'foreign interests'
  • Explosives found in Indonesian raid
  • Dili braces for more trouble
  • AFP played role in Indonesian terrorism raid
  • Indonesia police raid misses capturing militant Top
  • Indonesian police 'close in' on Noordin
  • Calm returns to Dili after riots
  • Indonesia appeals Bali nine sentence cuts
  • Cholera sweeps across Papua
  • E Timor riots prompt DFAT travel warning increase
  • E Timor soldiers continue protests
  • GAM leaders to contest Aceh polls
  • Baby's life-saving surgery 'successful'
  • Sentence cut leaves Lawrence smiling
  • Lawrence welcomes jail sentence reduction

    world/Pacific

  • New Solomons PM urged to get to work
  • New Solomons PM elected
  • Tonga has 'lucky' quake escape
  • Tsunami panic prompts NZ emergency planning review
  • Major quake hits Tonga
  • Changes to NZ telecommunications aim to improve broadband services
  • NZ doctors backflip on legal drinking age
  • Rini demands Australia recall diplomat
  • AFP waits for Solomons to name new leader
  • Richards making 'speedy recovery'
  • Greenpeace urges ban on illegally logged timber imports
  • Plants evolve quicker in tropical zones: study
  • Opposition MP calls for the Solomons Parliament to dissolve
  • Grandson aims to emulate Kon-Tiki voyage
  • UNESCO plans tsunami alert test
  • Rolling Stones' Richards suffers concussion
  • 'White Mouse' awarded NZ's war honour
  • Philip Morris pulls Maori Mix cigarettes
  • NATO mulls Australian alliance

    world/North Asia

  • N Korea unlikely to cave in: S Korea
  • Chinese saw only failed asylum seekers: Vanstone
  • Immigration denies endangering Chinese asylum seekers
  • World's workers fete May Day in battle for labour rights
  • Teachers angered over 'super-short' skirt ban
  • Spring thaw releases trapped pollution, says Russia
  • Compensation paid for Tiananmen crackdown death
  • UNESCO plans tsunami alert test
  • Yahoo denies aiding dissident's arrest
  • Giant panda released into wild
  • Hyundai chairman arrested on fraud charges
  • Prosecutors seek arrest of Hyundai Motor chief
  • China sends satellite into space

    world/South Asia

  • Nepal's new government calls ceasefire with Maoists
  • Bus plunges into creek, 28 dead
  • Child malnutrition problem must be addressed: UNICEF
  • Two killed in suspected suicide attack
  • India clears wheat shipment of pesticide fears
  • Sri Lanka Navy 'under attack' from Tamil Tigers
  • India questions Australian wheat shipment
  • Nepal's premier calls on Maoists to renounce violence
  • Nepal's new PM sworn in
  • Sri Lankan rebel raid kills 20
  • Taliban confirms killing Indian hostage
  • Kidnappers order Indians out of Afghanistan
  • Skirmishes continue in Sri Lanka
  • Barracks explosion kills 8 Nepali soldiers
  • Protesters rally against corruption in Kyrgyzstan
  • India's Maoist rebels kill 13 civilians: police
  • America's back broken in Iraq: Zawahri
  • Sri Lanka on edge despite cease-fire
  • Nepal parliament opens, PM-designate fails to show
  • Nepal PM-designate too sick for swearing in
  • Nepal's King appoints new PM

    world/Europe

  • Serbian PM laments suspended talks
  • EU cancels talks with Serbia
  • Khodorkovsky ill after hunger strike
  • All passengers, crew killed in Armenian jet crash
  • Media score well in global trust poll
  • 'No sign' of survivors at plane crash site
  • Plane with 100 passengers crashes into Black Sea
  • German hostages freed in Iraq
  • Berlusconi resigns as Italian PM
  • Three jailed over 'Scream' theft
  • Iran jails two Swedes for spying
  • World's workers fete May Day in battle for labour rights
  • Hundreds flee Romanian homes as defences break
  • Mladic in hiding as deadline passes
  • Spring thaw releases trapped pollution, says Russia
  • Jewish leader Spiegel dies at 68
  • Italy's Berlusconi to quit
  • Police find explosives in Rotterdam, arrest four
  • Hundreds of Romanians go home as Danube recedes
  • Streakers face bigger fines in Germany

    world/UK and Ireland

  • Snoop Dog held in London after airport melee
  • Judge silent code in 'Da Vinci Code' ruling
  • Saturn spinning slower than thought
  • Cooked vegetables can be as acidic as soft drinks: study
  • Media score well in global trust poll
  • Foam could have saved first Australian to die in Iraq, pilots
  • Richards making 'speedy recovery'
  • Rolling Stones' Richards suffers concussion
  • Doherty arrested in new drugs case
  • Raids ordered over deportation row
  • Crime pays for texting informants
  • Tests clear UK chickens of H5N1
  • Prince Harry honours mum with charity
  • Five men deny planning London transport bombings
  • 21 new 'Icons of England' named
  • NATO mulls Australian alliance

    world/US and Americas

  • Saturn spinning slower than thought
  • Sept 11 relatives welcome Moussaoui sentence
  • Man sues for right to have graffiti on house
  • US moves to ban soft drink sales in schools
  • Jury orders life in jail for Moussaoui
  • Hackers defame Canadian PM on train signs
  • Media score well in global trust poll
  • Van Gogh portrait fetches $52m
  • US strike threat prompts Iranian warning to Israel
  • Discovery commander waving goodbye to NASA
  • Rice deputy heads to Darfur to aid peace talks
  • Polar bears, hippos now threatened
  • Ex-Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith wins US ruling
  • Lawyer rejects claims Hicks 'arrogant'
  • Illusionist Blaine holds his breath
  • Bolivia to nationalise oil and gas resources
  • Wolfensohn steps down as Gaza envoy
  • Napster offers free music
  • US illegals stop work to protest immigration laws
  • Hicks 'a bit arrogant'
  • New govt a 'turning point' for Iraq, Bush says
  • Oil jumps 2.5pc over supply worries
  • Iran complains to UN over US attack threat
  • World's workers fete May Day in battle for labour rights
  • US illegal immigrants in stop-work protest
  • High petrol prices 'here to stay'
  • US stalls on Guantanamo releases
  • Bush turned down chances to kill Zarqawi: ex-CIA spy
  • Economist Galbraith dies
  • Grandson aims to emulate Kon-Tiki voyage
  • UNESCO plans tsunami alert test
  • Bush hails Iraq's political progress
  • Thousands march in US anti-war rally
  • NASA flags lunar commerce
  • Bush approves Dubai buying defence supplier
  • America's back broken in Iraq: Zawahri
  • Downer urged to oppose strike on Iran
  • Iraqis see US pullout by mid-2008
  • Discovery's fuel tank upgrade on hold
  • Colonel charged over Abu Ghraib abuse
  • Microsoft woes hit US market
  • Terrorists killed 14,600 last year: US
  • Iran speeding up nuclear work: IAEA
  • Work begins at World Trade Centre site
  • Earth needs intergalactic police: ethicist
  • Philip Morris pulls Maori Mix cigarettes
  • US hits four with sanctions over Darfur
  • Fed chief warns of oil price's impact
  • Rates speculation boosts Wall St
  • UN has to act on Iran: Rice
  • NATO mulls Australian alliance
  • Snoop Dog held in London after airport melee
  • Iraq unveils plan for coalition troop cuts

    world/Africa

  • Ambassador mulls Aust troop deployment to Sudan
  • Media score well in global trust poll
  • Polls open in one-sided Chad election
  • Another extension for Darfur peace talks
  • Rice deputy heads to Darfur to aid peace talks
  • Polar bears, hippos now threatened
  • Aust boosts Sierra Leone court funding
  • Sudan peace deal fading away
  • Four die in shoot-out with Egyptian bombing suspects
  • Western peacekeeping forces in Sudan 'necessary'
  • Sudanese rebels reject peace deal
  • Three killed as Egypt sweeps Sinai for bomb suspects
  • Sudanese Govt accepts Darfur peace deal
  • Egyptian Govt seeks to extend emergency law
  • Nigerian militants bomb fuel tankers
  • Rebels reluctant to sign Darfur peace deal
  • Egypt unveils new memorial to WWII diggers
  • Deadline approaches for Darfur peace deal
  • 300 dolphins wash up on Zanzibar beach
  • Prince Harry honours mum with charity

    world/Middle East

  • UN mulls draft resolution on Iran nuclear suspension
  • 34 tortured bodies found in Baghdad
  • Iran sanctions premature: UN ambassador
  • US strike threat prompts Iranian warning to Israel
  • German hostages freed in Iraq
  • Three killed in suicide attack
  • Two killed in security base blast
  • Over 100 insurgents killed in Ramadi
  • Iran jails two Swedes for spying
  • Wolfensohn steps down as Gaza envoy
  • New govt a 'turning point' for Iraq, Bush says
  • Iran complains to UN over US attack threat
  • Palestinian crisis talks shelved amid power struggle
  • Bush turned down chances to kill Zarqawi: ex-CIA spy
  • Iraqi leader talks up deal with insurgents
  • Iran sets condition for 'maximum' nuclear cooperation
  • Iran increases nuclear enrichment level
  • Bush hails Iraq's political progress
  • Iran rejects demands to abandon uranium enrichment
  • Bush approves Dubai buying defence supplier
  • America's back broken in Iraq: Zawahri
  • Downer urged to oppose strike on Iran
  • Iraqis see US pullout by mid-2008
  • Colonel charged over Abu Ghraib abuse
  • Terrorists killed 14,600 last year: US
  • Iran speeding up nuclear work: IAEA
  • Sadr's militants target Australian troops
  • Iran spurns UN pressure in nuclear dispute
  • New Israel government to 'reduce' settlements
  • 30 killed in insurgent attacks in Iraq
  • Hamas considers softer stance on Israel
  • Sistani urges action against Iraqi militia
  • Olmert edges closer to forming govt
  • UN has to act on Iran: Rice
  • Iraq unveils plan for coalition troop cuts
  • Sister of Iraq's vice president shot dead

    Business

  • Westpac records $1.47b half-year profit
  • Rio Tinto shareholders query Freeport activities
  • Vaile warns Doha Round faces delays
  • High Court IR laws case under way
  • Terrorism warning for hotels, restaurants
  • Lamb sales to Japan booming
  • New deposit unearthed in Ballarat gold mine

    Politics

  • Resignation my own decision: Doyle
  • High Court IR laws case under way
  • Budget to fund illegal fishing crackdown
  • UNHCR holds back support for offshore asylum seeker plan
  • Labor accused of private school funds 'freeze'
  • Iemma seeks details of Wood's bail
  • Beattie puts $21m toward obesity fight

    Health

  • Victorian doctors reject pay deal
  • Beattie puts $21m toward obesity fight
  • Pools remain closed over meningitis fears
  • Govt rules out fees for public dental system
  • Cooked vegetables can be as acidic as soft drinks: study
  • Doctors stop-work in pay rise dispute
  • WA health plan 'fanciful'
  • US moves to ban soft drink sales in schools
  • NZ doctors backflip on legal drinking age
  • Toyne admits health funds missing from Budget
  • Patients urged to question medical costs
  • Beattie open to health funding benchmarks
  • Cancer Council cautions on screening research
  • Funds to expand services for elderly
  • No such thing as puppy fat: expert
  • Medical professional to face sex assault trial
  • Doctor blames water for baby defects
  • Treasurer urges Qld to improve health system
  • Summit to tackle Qld obesity problem
  • Screening prompts drop in breast cancer death rate
  • Govt to provide housing, disability services one stop shop
  • Govt pushed to release human cloning report
  • Qantas welcomes aviation drug testing plans
  • Stem cell research boost for Brisbane
  • Heart disease, obesity stats cause for alarm: Heart Foundation
  • RFDS highlights remote recruitment challenge
  • Companies 'overstep mark' to promote drugs
  • Male suicide forum aims to find answers
  • Vaccine trial aims to prevent ear infections
  • Doctor sues specialist college for millions
  • Coffee may make us say 'yes': research
  • Skin cancer gel trial gets positive results
  • GP shortages forecast for Qld
  • Study finds success in combined mental health, drug treatment
  • ACT Govt urged to offer disability services assurances
  • Departing doctor wants rural hospital changes
  • Research finds chronic GP shortage
  • Shortage may leave patients without GP
  • Memorial service to put heart disease in focus
  • Rural training program impresses doctors
  • St Helens hospital crisis internal: adviser
  • Veterans fear loss of psychologists
  • Measles outbreak prompts vaccinations
  • Pay rises won't sap health budget: Govt
  • Tests clear UK chickens of H5N1
  • Frazer urges research funding boost
  • Cholera sweeps across Papua
  • Senate inquiry recommends postnatal depression helpline
  • E Timor thanks Australians for baby's surgery
  • Male contraception trial proves successful
  • Tasmania, Denmark forge nursing links
  • Alcohol program funds 'a pittance'
  • Victorian doctors plan stop-work meeting
  • Cystic fibrosis sufferers lack services: doctors
  • Minister urges family to lodge complaint over son's death
  • Patel compensation scheme extended
  • Opposition seeks permanent doctor for St Helens
  • Baby's life-saving surgery 'successful'
  • Patient wins fight to return home
  • Plastic surgeons predict rise in next decade
  • SA measles cases prompt calls for vaccination checks

    Arts

  • Leading 'Waltzing Matilda' expert dies
  • Van Gogh portrait fetches $52m
  • Australian film presence at Cannes 'most successful'
  • Forum to focus on Burrup rock art significance
  • Three jailed over 'Scream' theft
  • Richards making 'speedy recovery'
  • Govt unveils new arts funding
  • Pro Hart Gallery to remain open
  • ABC programs win Rose d'Or awards
  • 'Buru Quartet' author dies, aged 81
  • Tasmanian wins Golden Tripod honours
  • 'Play School' comes to outback Australians
  • Lost Vivaldi work to make Aust debut
  • Rolling Stones' Richards suffers concussion
  • Doherty arrested in new drugs case
  • Restored theatre to stage shows again
  • Snoop Dog held in London after airport melee
  • Judge silent code in 'Da Vinci Code' ruling

    Sci-Tech

    Environment

  • Budget to fund illegal fishing crackdown
  • Wind farm opponents welcome national code
  • Minister heads to western Qld as drought worsens
  • Govt uses website to boost anti-whaling efforts
  • WA warns Fed Govt trying to stop wind farms
  • Mill fined over molasses spill
  • Esperance desalination plant could be WA's next water option
  • Damage from Papua mine worse than thought: report
  • NSW Govt to allow Snowy sale inquiry
  • Group questions Tas clear-felling pledge
  • 'Burrowscope' aids fight to save penguins
  • Sugar mill pleads guilty to polluting waterways
  • Company raises funds for alternative energy search
  • Support for Kimberley water plan rejection
  • Wind farm discussion paper set for debate
  • Concerns raised over aquifer plan environmental impact
  • Petition highlights marine park worries
  • Harbour anglers' favourites found with lower dioxin levels
  • No time frame for 1080 phase out
  • Cut greenhouse emissions for 43c a week
  • Polar bears, hippos now threatened
  • WA Premier rules out Kimberley water canal
  • Greenpeace urges ban on illegally logged timber imports
  • Community group to appeal against wind farm approval
  • Climate change may shift Goyder's Line
  • MP says wind farm legal fight waste of money
  • Govt urged to encourage more water tanks
  • Qld Govt gives dam decision six weeks
  • Research highlights improved Snowy health
  • Govt says hands tied over waste dump site offers
  • Company up-beat about reversing wind farm rejection
  • Main Roads under fire over Tugun work
  • Green groups air planning law worries
  • Spring thaw releases trapped pollution, says Russia
  • Antarctica ripe for mining, says Joyce
  • Devil tumour disease spreads
  • Abattoir closed after second wastewater spill
  • Opinions sought on Mary River dam plan
  • Thieves urged to return stolen devil monitoring equipment
  • River rehabilitation funds available
  • Giant panda released into wild
  • 300 dolphins wash up on Zanzibar beach
  • Investigation continues into abattoir pollution spill
  • Stage one of WA irrigation project completed
  • 35 projects to explore storm water saving ideas
  • $80m water saving deal announced
  • King River clean-up continues
  • Mini turbine generates farm power
  • Water trading available for southern Qld farmers
  • Vic Govt to challenge wind farm ban
  • Tennant Creek residents oppose toxic dump
  • Community groups air coastal policy concerns
  • Politicians cast doubt on south-east dam plan
  • Lake authority plays down seafood dioxins risk
  • Newcastle makes final 'Solar Cities' bid
  • Millions allocated to SA water projects
  • Burn-offs may cover Melbourne in smoke
  • Premier attacks Federal Govt's wind farm intervention
  • Minister promises close study of ruby mining application
  • Task force dismisses fox sighting

    Indigenous

  • Indigenous housing crisis to be investigated
  • New Murray crossing search to begin
  • Rioli flags possible retirement
  • QC offers landowner support in fight over Indigenous massacre site
  • Minister confident National Park negotiations set for completion
  • Push for suicide prevention to target Indigenous people
  • Indigenous people's rights denied in courts: ALS
  • Police try to quell Wadeye violence
  • Violence greets Brough in Wadeye
  • Aboriginal corporation fined for neglecting cattle
  • Brough won't oppose national parks hand-back
  • Uncertain future for night patrol
  • Govt to be quizzed over Portland land issue
  • Forum to focus on Burrup rock art significance
  • Uluru sunrises to boost visitor numbers
  • Brough pledges Indigenous input as town camps overhauled
  • Kalgoorlie ALP attacks direct debit welfare plan
  • Money for alcohol court not enough, says agency
  • Councils contribute to Indigenous apology document
  • Govt says hands tied over waste dump site offers
  • Vaccine trial aims to prevent ear infections
  • Minister has 'no power' to remove Aboriginal children
  • Pubs close as family feud reignites
  • Gippsland woman secures Indigenous leadership fellowship
  • Pilbara pastoral strike anniversary remembered
  • Council backs Rubibi native title ruling
  • Land council feels snubbed over wild rivers
  • Ex-Kalgoorlie MP backs rehashed welfare direct debit plan
  • Inquiry launched into shire transfer plan
  • Mundine wants better conditions for local Indigenous
  • Concern for Govt proposal to direct debit welfare
  • Brough mulls welfare changes 'for kids' benefit'
  • 'Play School' comes to outback Australians
  • At-risk kids hostel plan 'shocking'
  • Govts mull moving at risk camp kids
  • Native title system in 'state of gridlock'
  • Talks continue over proposed Indigenous land use deal
  • Regional Indigenous leaders urged to stand for local govt
  • Court to hand down native title claim ruling
  • Canadian researchers to detail work with Indigenous community

    offbeat

  • Fan insures himself against England World Cup exit
  • Fortune-telling judge couldn't see sacking coming
  • Man sues for right to have graffiti on house
  • Hackers defame Canadian PM on train signs
  • Woolly beachwear, merino bikinis impress fashionistas
  • Illusionist Blaine holds his breath
  • Teachers angered over 'super-short' skirt ban
  • Grandson aims to emulate Kon-Tiki voyage
  • Streakers face bigger fines in Germany
  • Crime pays for texting informants
  • Crocodile steals man's chainsaw
  • Animal activists' abattoir protest backfires
  • Judge silent code in 'Da Vinci Code' ruling

    scitech

  • Saturn spinning slower than thought
  • Cooked vegetables can be as acidic as soft drinks: study
  • Bosses consider blog ban
  • Govt pushed to release human cloning report
  • Liberals seek answer on chief scientist's resignation
  • Discovery commander waving goodbye to NASA
  • Polar bears, hippos now threatened
  • Plants evolve quicker in tropical zones: study