Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

World

Rich, famous back space mining start-up

A corporate start-up evidently devoted to mining asteroids for metals is to make its public debut on Tuesday in the US northwest city of Seattle.
April 22, 2012, 10:21 am
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Kearney questions Kiwi coaching role

New Zealand coach Stephen Kearney says Parramatta's struggles in the NRL could force him to reconsider his role with the Test side.
April 20, 2012, 5:12 am
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Scientists grow hair on bald mouse

Scientists in Japan have successfully grown a tuft of black hair on a bald mouse.
April 19, 2012, 9:22 am

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Pippa's Paris party turns sour

AAP - Weekend partying in Paris has turned sour for Pippa Middleton after an acquaintance drew a handgun and aimed at photographers.
April 17, 2012, 12:10 pm

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Mum dies after surgeon forgets clips

A woman has died after surgeons left clips inside her abdomen after keyhole surgery.
April 17, 2012, 7:40 am

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Football star has 10 children

A New York Jets football star has fathered 10 children by eight different women.
April 16, 2012, 8:47 am
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North Korean rocket launch fails

North Korea’s long-range rocket broke apart after its launch this morning.
April 13, 2012, 7:36 am

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Lucky escape for residents in quake zone

Residents surveying damage from two powerful earthquakes that awoke memories of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami say they could hardly believe their luck.
April 12, 2012, 4:22 pm
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Tsunami warning after Indonesia quake

Update, 8pm: An 8.6 magnitude earthquake has struck off Indonesia this afternoon, leading panicked locals to leave their homes to seek refuge.
April 11, 2012, 5:00 pm

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Vaccine targets 90pc of cancers

A vaccine that can train cancer patients’ bodies to seek out and destroy tumour cells has been developed by scientists.
April 10, 2012, 9:01 am
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Carjacked driver sends SMS from boot

A carjacked driver trapped in the boot of his Volkswagen sent a text message to his girlfriend who then posted a message on Twitter to raise the alarm.
April 10, 2012, 8:55 am
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Newton arrested in the US

Australian actor Matthew Newton has been released from jail after allegedly trespassing and resisting arrest in the United States.
April 8, 2012, 10:47 am

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Aussie stones scheme smashed in US

Three New Yorkers are accused of offering investors 400 per cent returns from the sale of Permapave stones, a porous product imported from Australia.
April 8, 2012, 10:11 am

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Aussies confront 'Bali bombmaker'

Three Australians survivors of the 2002 Bali bombings have come face-to-face with the man accused of building the explosive devices used in Indonesia's deadliest terrorist attack.
April 5, 2012, 12:04 pm
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Japan reactor has fatally high radiation

One of Japan’s crippled nuclear reactors still has fatally high radiation levels and much less water to cool it than officials had estimated, according to an internal examination that renews doubts about the plant’s stability.
March 28, 2012, 2:21 pm
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Child bomber attack 'revenge', says Taliban

UPDATE 7:40am: The child suicide bomber attack that injured an Australian aid worker in Afghanistan was reportedly a Taliban revenge plot following a US soldier's murder spree of 17 Afghan civilians.
March 28, 2012, 5:20 am

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Santorum beats Romney in Louisiana

Rick Santorum has won the Louisiana Republican presidential primary, but it does not change the overall dynamics of the race.
March 25, 2012, 10:39 am

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Tourists praise Bali terror police

Perth tourists and expats have praised Indonesian authorities for foiling terror attacks on three Balinese targets.
March 20, 2012, 3:55 am

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Small tsunami hits Japan after quake

Update, 7.45pm: A small tsunami wave has hit Japan’s northeastern coastline, officials say, after a strong earthquake rocked the region a year on from the country’s worst post-war natural disaster.
March 14, 2012, 5:46 pm

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'Man vs. Wild' star Bear Grylls fired by TV network

Bear Grylls, the British adventurer and star of survival show "Man vs.
March 14, 2012, 7:02 am
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