Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

World

Gillard, Obama meet in Japan

Julia Gillard has declared Australia and the United States "great mates" in a meeting with President Barack Obama dominated by finding a way to bring home Diggers and GIs from Afghanistan.
November 13, 2010, 3:18 pm
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Asian-Pacific leaders vow to work for free

Asian-Pacific leaders endorsed a blueprint for future growth today that calls for pushing ahead with free trade agreements and rolling back protectionist measures put in place during the financial crisis.
November 14, 2010, 12:17 pm
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PM dress gaffe makes headlines in Japan

South Korea's national dress faux pas has followed Julia Gillard across the Korea Strait and into Japan.
November 13, 2010, 9:44 am

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Tiger shark's unhappy snap

This amazing picture show the terrifying moment a tiger shark snatched a photographer's camera.
November 12, 2010, 1:36 pm
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Singapore Airlines grounds A380s

Singapore Airlines has been forced to ground three of its A380s over on-going problems surrounding the Rolls Royce Trent 900 engine throwing travel plans for thousands of Australians into chaos.
November 10, 2010, 8:52 am

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French helicopter missing in Antarctica

A helicopter carrying four people working with a French research station has disappeared in bad weather in Antarctica after sending a distress beacon, French authorities say.
October 29, 2010, 11:27 am
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Missing Aussies found as quake toll rises

Nine Australians missing for almost 24 hours after a powerful earthquake triggered a deadly tsunami in Indonesia’s west have been found safe and well.
October 27, 2010, 5:29 am

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Clinically dead woman wakes up

A clinically dead woman has woken up in a French hospital after her sons refused to turn off her life-support system.
October 21, 2010, 6:41 am
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French natural wine pioneer dies

Wine pioneer Marcel Lapierre, who led a generation of French growers away from chemical-heavy methods towards a natural philosophy, has died.
October 13, 2010, 6:56 am
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Bali bombing pain resurfaces

They shared each other's pain and grief and they joined together to help each other cope.
October 13, 2010, 5:38 am

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Last Aussie standing in Iraq

Staff Sergeant Dean Morfitt was returning from a patrol on the outskirts of Baghdad when he noticed a couple of friendly young Iraqi boys waving at him. He had just lifted his hand to wave in return when the roadside bomb detonated.
October 4, 2010, 6:02 am

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Legend of the screen

Life of a screen legend celebrated.
September 30, 2010, 6:32 pm
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Contador tests positive to banned substance

Cycling star Alberto Contador has tested positive to a banned substance, according to reports this morning.
September 30, 2010, 9:00 am

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Games fate to be decided by Saturday

Commonwealth Games officials are flying to New Delhi today for an emergency meeting with India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in a bid to resolve the safety issues threatening to derail the Games.
September 23, 2010, 5:49 am

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Prison risky for Polish suspect

A man accused of masterminding a European crime ring cannot get proper medical treatment while he is awaiting extradition in a WA jail, documents reveal.
September 20, 2010, 5:56 am

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'Heart attack killed Aussie glacier trekker'

An obese Australian tramper died of a heart attack while wedged in an ice crevasse on Franz Josef Glacier, a coroner's court in Greymouth was told on Thursday.
September 17, 2010, 11:22 am
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Mum 'gave pot to toddler'

A mother has been charged after a video of her two-year-old daughter smoking marijuana was posted on the internet.
September 17, 2010, 8:05 am
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India 'ready' for Games

Indian High Commissioner to Australia Sujatha Singh has dismissed claims the Commonwealth Games venues in New Delhi won't be fully functional by the time of the opening ceremony on October 3.
September 16, 2010, 6:52 am

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Diver had homicide injuries: autopsy

Dutch backpacker Mariska Mast had about 20 internal and external injuries before she died in Honduras, an autopsy report shows.
September 14, 2010, 6:24 am

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Cruise ship battered in dramatic footage

Footage of a cruise ship battered by violent seas during a storm off the New Zealand coast has been posted on the internet.
September 9, 2010, 11:41 am
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