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The weather bureau says a category four cyclone in the Coral Sea poses no immediate threat to the Queensland coast.
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Australian families have made serious allegations of corruption within Australia's inter-country adoption program with Ethiopia.
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The Good Guys and National Australia Bank (NAB) are among the winners of Australia's best suppliers of goods and services handed out by consumer watchdog Choice.
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British prime minister Gordon Brown says he will stay on as the Labour Party's leader even if it fails to win a majority at the general election expected in May.
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An Irish man suffered serious head injuries after an assault in Sydney's eastern suburbs at the weekend.
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A new report says Australia could cut its emissions by 25 per cent by 2020 through measures which would cost households less than $4 a week.
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Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet and her director husband Sam Mendes have separated after six years of marriage.
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US FBI agents have joined a Mexican probe into attacks on US consular staff and their families that left three dead in the border city of Ciudad Juarez.
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An Indian-born British MP has died suddenly at his home, police say.
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A suspected Al Qaeda chief was killed in a new wave of Yemeni air raids against the branch of the global terrorist network thought to be behind a botched US airliner bombing, an official said.
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The Guiness Book of Records says the world's shortest man, 75-centimetre He Pingping, has died in Rome.
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Australia's longest road tunnel, the $3 billion CLEM7 under the Brisbane River, has been officially opened for business.
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A woman at Broken Hill hospital was given the wrong newborn to breastfeed at the weekend.
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Supporters of ousted Thai prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra threaten to pour 1,000 litres of their own blood on the steps of Bangkok's parliament.
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The Greens say Wilson Tuckey should be kicked out of the Liberal Party if he does not apologise for comments he made about Aboriginal people.
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Japan was accused of scare tactics at world talks on wildlife protection on Monday as it campaigned against a proposal to curb trade in bluefin tuna, the succulent sushi delicacy.
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A new opinion poll shows voter satisfaction with Kevin Rudd's performance has dropped to its lowest level since he became the leader of the federal Labor Party.
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Baboons with a taste for Chardonnay grapes are terrorising farmers in South Africa's Western Cape wine region, munching tonnes of grapes ready for harvesting, local media reported.
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A strong magnitude 6.0 aftershock has struck Chile two weeks after a huge quake and tsunami killed hundreds and caused massive damage, the US Geological Survey said.
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Australian right-to-die activist Dr Philip Nitschke has arrived in London to hold a workshop on voluntary euthanasia.
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A former magistrate says she is dismayed by a decision to reunite two young girls with their father, a registered sex offender.
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Hundreds of people in northern India have attended the cremation of three-year-old Gurshan Singh, who was found dead beside a road in Melbourne earlier this month.
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Clinicians should soon have more help treating depression in young people, pregnant women and new mothers with the development of new guidelines.
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Lote Tuqiri scored from his first touch of the ball, as the Wests Tigers triumphed 26-22 over Manly in a thrilling round one encounter at Sydney Football Stadium on Monday night.
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A local GP has left Kevin Rudd red-faced by suggesting he take a leaf out of Cuba's book when formulating his public health overhaul.