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  • Rescuers hoping to reach softer rock
  • Tributes flow for Carleton
  • Brimble's daughter deserves answers over her death: father
  • Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq
  • Brain damage fears for Delezio
  • Large family payment to be extended to those with 3 children
  • Downer to meet with Solomons PM
  • Swans pile on more misery for Lions
  • Rescuers hoping to reach softer rock
  • Tributes flow for Carleton
  • Brimble's daughter deserves answers over her death: father
  • Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq
  • Brain damage fears for Delezio
  • Large family payment to be extended to those with 3 children
  • Downer to meet with Solomons PM
  • Swans pile on more misery for Lions

    Just In

  • Anti-polio campaign begins on Afghan-Pakistan border
  • British military confirms 5 killed in helicopter crash
  • Rescuers hoping to reach softer rock
  • Tributes flow for Carleton
  • Nationals welcome roads funding boost
  • Iran rejects UN's call for talks with US
  • Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq
  • Brimble's daughter deserves answers over her death: father
  • Miners remain trapped as tough rock hinders rescuers
  • Israeli police evict settlers from Hebron house
  • Car bombs in Kerbala, Baghdad kill 29
  • Large family payment to be extended to those with 3 children
  • Perth siege ends as man arrested
  • Journalist Richard Carleton dies
  • Police negotiate with armed man holding 2-year-old girl
  • Downer to meet with Solomons PM
  • Reporter Richard Carleton collapses at Beaconsfield mine
  • Miners 'unlikely' to be freed today
  • Rights group claims torture rising in Zimbabwe
  • Costello says Budget focus on mums, roads
  • Brain damage fears for Delezio
  • Glasses to alert drowsy drivers
  • Solomons PM urges RAMSI exit strategy
  • Tasmanian MPs retain seats
  • Go-Betweens frontman McLennan dies
  • Opposition urges tax relief for middle Australia
  • Liberals' age slur makes PM 'decrepit'
  • East Timor denies unrest reports
  • British govt loses Hicks appeal bid
  • Civil libertarians rally behind nude bather
  • Hard rock delays rescue tunnel
  • Rate rise fails to dampen property auctions
  • US tight-lipped on CIA boss departure
  • Hart auction expected to set record prices
  • Stars shine at MTV Asia Awards
  • Czech chief spy dons television disguise
  • Ruling party wins Singapore election
  • Solomons PM defends cabinet selection
  • End speculation on Kovco death, wife asks
  • Fatal clashes follow Iraq chopper crash

    world/South East Asia

  • East Timor denies unrest reports
  • Stars shine at MTV Asia Awards
  • Ruling party wins Singapore election
  • DFAT East Timor travel warnings 'over-cautious'
  • E Timor appeals for UN help
  • Jailed Bali bomber 'guiding' wanted terrorist
  • E Timor won't request Aust military assistance: Ambassador
  • Angkor temple reopens to public
  • Ramos-Horta plays down Dili violence
  • Oxfam to sack Aceh staff over fraud
  • PM open to East Timor deployment
  • Suharto admitted to hospital
  • E Timor border security still an issue: report
  • Global child labour figures fall for first time
  • Aust, Singapore to lead pandemic test
  • Downer unfazed by ambassador's absence
  • Thousands flee Mount Merapi lava
  • 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

    world/Pacific

  • Downer to meet with Solomons PM
  • Solomons PM urges RAMSI exit strategy
  • Solomons PM defends cabinet selection
  • Call for Fiji's elections chief to resign
  • Downer condemns Solomons Cabinet decision
  • Polls open in Fiji
  • Aust warns Solomons of Cabinet appointment consequences
  • Jailed MPs sworn into Solomons Cabinet
  • RAMSI likely to continue: Downer
  • Australia, NZ to discuss Pacific issues
  • Global child labour figures fall for first time
  • Downer confident Solomons peace will hold
  • 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

    world/North Asia

  • Stars shine at MTV Asia Awards
  • US sends Chinese Guantanamo detainees to Albania
  • Vaile pushes for broad Chinese FTA
  • Global child labour figures fall for first time
  • Chinese bishops 'violate freedom': Pope
  • Hundreds hurt in clash over new S Korea US base
  • Japanese firm plans Qld sequestration project
  • 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

    world/South Asia

  • Anti-polio campaign begins on Afghan-Pakistan border
  • Stars shine at MTV Asia Awards
  • Ten dead in US helicopter crash
  • US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
  • Australian soldier injured in Afghanistan
  • Britain takes charge of ISAF in Afghanistan
  • 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

    world/Europe

  • Czech chief spy dons television disguise
  • Sober celebrations in Austria for Freud's 150th birthday
  • US sends Chinese Guantanamo detainees to Albania
  • US blocking EU aid for Palestinians, diplomats say
  • Angkor temple reopens to public
  • Russia allows Briton to continue trek
  • Sitting in silence good for your health: research
  • Moussaoui's mum seeks jail transfer
  • Russia using oil and gas as 'tools of intimidation'
  • Australian dollar rises overnight
  • Chinese bishops 'violate freedom': Pope
  • US dismisses 'absurd' rendition claims
  • 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

    world/UK and Ireland

  • British military confirms 5 killed in helicopter crash
  • British govt loses Hicks appeal bid
  • Fatal clashes follow Iraq chopper crash
  • British helicopter reportedly shot down in Iraq
  • British helicopter crashes in Iraq
  • Fire out on cruise liner off English coast
  • Cruise liner on fire off English coast
  • UK seeks leave to appeal against Hicks decision
  • Blair reshuffles Cabinet after local election thrashing
  • Russia allows Briton to continue trek
  • Blair hit in local elections
  • Sitting in silence good for your health: research
  • Folic acid linked to high risk of in-vitro twins
  • British residents lose legal fight over Guantanamo detention
  • Britain takes charge of ISAF in Afghanistan
  • Saturn's days longer 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'

    world/US and Americas

  • Iran rejects UN's call for talks with US
  • US tight-lipped on CIA boss departure
  • Ten dead in US helicopter crash
  • US helicopter crashes in Afghanistan
  • Disney, Pixar finalise $9.6b merger
  • Bush likens 'war on terror' to WWIII
  • US sends Chinese Guantanamo detainees to Albania
  • US blocking EU aid for Palestinians, diplomats say
  • Wall Street hits six-year high
  • CIA boss quits
  • Randy Quaid drops 'Brokeback Mountain' lawsuit
  • US denies torture allegations
  • Three US soldiers killed by bomb in Iraq
  • Russia allows Briton to continue trek
  • Contact lens solution withdrawn
  • UN chief urges direct US-Iran talks
  • Dylan's DJ debut stuns critics
  • 14pc of world now online, survey finds
  • Moussaoui's mum seeks jail transfer
  • Scientists discover new ocean species
  • Russia using oil and gas as 'tools of intimidation'
  • Australian dollar rises overnight
  • Global child labour figures fall for first time
  • Judge delivers Moussaoui sentence
  • US air assault kills 13 Iraqis: medics
  • Hundreds hurt in clash over new S Korea US base
  • US dismisses 'absurd' rendition claims
  • Global warming weakens air currents
  • Saturn's days longer 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

    world/Africa

  • Rights group claims torture rising in Zimbabwe
  • Annan pushes Sudan to move fast on UN peacekeepers
  • Govt, rebel group sign Darfur peace deal
  • Darfur rebel faction, Sudan govt agree on peace deal
  • Rebels refuse to sign Darfur peace deal
  • Darfur peace deal deadline passes
  • Malawi calls Mugabe an 'African hero'
  • Global child labour figures fall for first time
  • 27 missing as bulk carrier sinks
  • 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

    world/Middle East

  • British military confirms 5 killed in helicopter crash
  • Iran rejects UN's call for talks with US
  • Car bombs kill 30 in Iraq
  • Israeli police evict settlers from Hebron house
  • Car bombs in Kerbala, Baghdad kill 29
  • Fatal clashes follow Iraq chopper crash
  • British helicopter reportedly shot down in Iraq
  • British helicopter crashes in Iraq
  • Suicide bomber kills 3 Iraqi officers
  • US blocking EU aid for Palestinians, diplomats say
  • Israeli air strike kills four
  • Three US soldiers killed by bomb in Iraq
  • UN chief urges direct US-Iran talks
  • 14pc of world now online, survey finds
  • Israeli MPs approve Olmert govt
  • Olmert ready to redraw Israel borders on own terms
  • US air assault kills 13 Iraqis: medics
  • Abbas to put any peace deal to vote
  • Courthouse bombing kills 9 Iraqis
  • 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

    Business

  • Wall Street hits six-year high
  • Business lobby urges training reform
  • Labour shortage delays Chinese Museum upgrade
  • Unions going soft on IR: Greens

    Politics

  • Downer to meet with Solomons PM
  • Large family payment to be extended to those with 3 children
  • Nationals welcome roads funding boost
  • Independent MP Breen joins Labor Party
  • Govt defends record on endangered species
  • Liberals' age slur makes PM 'decrepit'
  • Tasmanian MPs retain seats
  • Mental health nursing program questioned

    Health

  • Anti-polio campaign begins on Afghan-Pakistan border
  • NT urges Budget cancer unit funding
  • Govt warns on food allergies in school kids
  • Mental health nursing program questioned
  • Medical students defend skill level
  • $3m to fund mental health nursing scholarships
  • No Diet Day focuses on young women
  • Surgeons doubt waiting list pledge
  • College warns on junior doctors' basic skills
  • Rural doctors back midwives plan
  • Flu pandemic a certainty: expert
  • Sitting in silence good for your health: research
  • Cancer services upgrade delays 'disadvantage' patients
  • Contact lens solution withdrawn
  • Govt's antenatal care plan raises health risk worries
  • Folic acid linked to high risk of in-vitro twins
  • Treatment not jail the key to cannabis problem, govts told
  • WA hospital capacity 'disastrous', says AMA
  • Spiritual group linked to measles outbreak
  • Asthma treatment guidelines outdated: study
  • Medicare should cover all midwifery: nurses
  • Budget to help incontinence sufferers
  • Many Tasmanians ignore weight issues: study
  • Abbott sees struggle over Medicare Gold
  • 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

    Arts

  • Go-Betweens frontman McLennan dies
  • Hart auction expected to set record prices
  • Stars shine at MTV Asia Awards
  • Disney, Pixar finalise $9.6b merger
  • Randy Quaid drops 'Brokeback Mountain' lawsuit
  • Somers, Jackie O take out Fugly Awards
  • Govt urged to rethink Burrup industries
  • Dylan's DJ debut stuns critics
  • Sale to test worth of Pro Hart paintings
  • Pro Hart estate claims 'misinformed'
  • 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

    Sci-Tech

    Environment

  • Locals rally against marine park zoning
  • Govt defends record on endangered species
  • Climate change could shift rainfall line
  • Whales set new season record
  • 13 new marine parks designated
  • Labor urges national coasts plan
  • Pell angers Muslims, environmentalists
  • Rathdowney landowners to meet over dam concerns
  • Call for more water saving promotion
  • Politicians at odds over Denmark wind farm
  • WA Opposition rejects wind farm claims
  • Union raises Lucas Heights safety concerns
  • Scientists discover new ocean species
  • Tougher water restrictions ruled out in Victoria
  • Roo cull plan needs careful thought: EPA
  • Global warming weakens air currents
  • Water use shame campaign 'last resort'
  • Croc pulled from popular swimming area
  • Growcom urges compo for dam-affected farmers
  • Dioxin leak shuts water treatment plant
  • 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

    Indigenous

  • National parks handed back to Indigenous owners
  • Alice Springs mayor backs dry town law
  • ALP condemns Alice town camps funding
  • Tiwi Is to host Wadeye gang members
  • Wadeye's journalist concerns unfounded: Scullion
  • Tiwi Is home ownership deal 'a step forward'
  • $30m plan to fix town camps
  • Station staff to get training after animal neglect fine
  • Govt urged to rethink Burrup industries
  • Minister to return national parks to traditional owners
  • MP urges camel industry for Docker River
  • More consultation urged to solve Indigenous housing issues
  • Tiwi Islands school deal 'a landmark'
  • 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

    offbeat

  • Czech chief spy dons television disguise
  • Somers, Jackie O take out Fugly Awards
  • 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

    scitech

  • Scientists discover new ocean species
  • Glasses to alert drowsy drivers
  • 14pc of world now online, survey finds
  • Global warming weakens air currents
  • Saturn's days longer than thought
  • Cooked vegetables can be as acidic as soft drinks: study
  • WA Science Council's future uncertain