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AFL disappointment driving Demons' Jones

TIGERS UPSET HAWKS

Daniel Jackson kicked a booming goal to start the Tigers' runaway win from favourites Hawthorn.

Scores killed in Syria attack

Over 92 killed in Syria attack, 32 of them children - U.N.

More than 32 kids and 60 adults killed in an artillery barrage by government forces, activists say. 08:54 am

Related:: UN observers warn of Syria civil war after massacre

Murder charge over GC balcony fall

Man charged over the death of a nightclub promoter who plunged from a Gold Coast high rise. 08:03 am

Related:: Baby dies after Pacific Highway crash

Suspected rooftop gunman arrested

An 18yo man arrested after gunman opens fire from a rooftop in a Finnish town centre, killing two. 05:24 am

Related:: Two US men held in Japan after Irish student's death

Drugged up truckies caught

Police have suspended the licenses of ten truckies who were nabbed during a random drug test blitz. 10:41 am

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Man stabbed in Sydney home invasion

Police have arrested a teenager and a man after a 49-year-old man was stabbed during a home invasion in Sydney's southeast. May 26, 2012, 6:54 pm

Bikie stabbed outside Sydney clubhouse 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
Coroner halts inquest into 1991 nanny murder May 27, 2012, 6:29 am
Baby dies after Pacific Highway crash May 27, 2012, 4:10 am
Driver urged to come forward over fatal hit and run May 26, 2012, 6:54 pm

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National

Greek crisis sees new wave of migrants

The face of Australia's Greek community is rapidly changing because of the economic crisis crippling Greece. May 27, 2012, 5:34 am

Andrew Wilkie says he feels like a pawn 14 minutes ago
Bikie stabbed outside Sydney clubhouse 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Shots fired in Hobart suburb 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
Man charged over Gold Coast high rise murder May 27, 2012, 7:04 am

Sport

Sheedy defends poor crowd

Kevin Sheedy has defended the modest crowd that turned out for the first-ever match at Skoda Stadium against high flyers Essendon on Saturday night... 9 minutes ago

Relief for Sarah Walker in BMX World Champs 25 minutes ago
Sorensen doubtful for Euro 2012 opener 32 minutes ago
Sanderson clips 'un-Adelaide like' Crows 33 minutes ago
Marco confident of ending Andretti Curse 44 minutes ago

Entertainment

Past winners lead the pack for Cannes film award

CANNES, France (Reuters) - The 2012 Cannes film festival ends on Sunday evening with the award of the Palme d'Or for best picture at a red carpet gala… 54 minutes ago

Cannes gets happy ending with river film "Mud" May 26, 2012, 10:34 pm
Cannes' Middle East films show Arab Spring unfurl May 26, 2012, 10:25 pm
Jon Favreau starring in but not directing "Iron Man 3" May 26, 2012, 9:47 am
Kevin Costner and Bill Paxton on "Hatfields & McCoys" May 26, 2012, 9:39 am

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Dean Felton
May 21, 2012, 11:06 am

How Australia has locked up a pregnant wife and two little boys. Maybe forever.
Late last year, a Melbourne man’s trip to the Hajj religious pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia went suddenly and unexpectedly wrong. He was detained by authorities in Medina, imprisoned, and sentenced to 500 lashes and a year in jail for alleged...

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Kate Osborn
December 8, 2011, 6:11 pm

Matthew Johnson: A life behind bars
I wasn't at all surprised when I heard who'd killed Carl Williams.Most people were asking, ‘Matthew who?' But I knew of Matthew Johnson. There was an image of him etched into my mind.I'd come across him three years earlier, when he and a mate were...

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Laurel Irving
October 27, 2011, 6:24 pm

Protesting the 2011 way
Last week's Occupy Melbourne clashes provided us with scenes not witnessed here since the S-11 protests in 2000. But they also gave us an insight into how protest movements have changed in the digital age. From a television point of view, the...

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Nick McCallum
February 13, 2012, 10:35 am

Commemorating our heroes...at long last
A few weeks ago I arrived home to half a dozen 18 and 19 year olds....my son and his friends. They were all lazing around watching the reality show "Cake Boss" on TV, drinking, laughing, joking. It made me smile to see them so happy and...

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