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Two more held in Aussie missionary Graham Stains murder case
Central Bureau of Investigation or CBI Friday arrested two more persons in connection with a case in which Australian missionary Graham Stains and his two minor sons were burnt alive by a mob in ...
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Vic 12-year-old girl returns home
CHANNEL 9 have refused to apologise to the parents of a baby girl who was branded "ugly" by panellists on The Footy Show and likened to rugby league great Peter ...
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Asylum seeker boat intercepted on Saturday
HMAS Leeuwin intercepted a boat on Saturday believed to have 83 passengers and two crew on board.Border Protection Command has transferred the passengers to Australian government authorities on Christmas Island, where they will undergo initial security, health and identity ...
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Twins recruited to help promote science for Royal Institute of Australia
MEET Sara and Sanja Krneta - the identical twins recruited by the RiAus Science Exchange to help peak their peers' interest in science as an area of study. The Year 12 Australian Science and Mathematics School students, who came to Adelaide as Bosnian refugees in 2001, are producing a series of online videos to promote science as fun and exciting. "What we've found is that children ...
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Young South Australian women shunning regular pap smears
YOUNG South Australian women are shunning pap smears, with just 45.4 per cent of 20 to 24-year-olds undergoing the cervical cancer screening test. The figure has been declining in SA and across the country since the introduction in 2007 of a national immunisation program offering the Gardasil vaccine free to women aged 12 to 26. The drop - from 48.8 per cent in 2007-08 - has prompted SA Health ...
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Turner from the Tate The Making of a Master exhibition breaks South Australia Art gallery records
AN exhibition of works by one of Britain's greatest artists has broken the Art Gallery of South Australia's attendance record for paid exhibitions staged in the past 25 years. The gallery's communications manager, Marika Lucas-Edwards, said yesterday that Turner from the Tate: The Making of a Master had eclipsed the previous record-holder, Egyptian Antiquities from the Louvre, which ...
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Australia coach Robbie Deans announces squad to face Lions – video
despite being left out of the initial Wallabies squad . Deans included three uncapped players in his squad to face the Lions on their Australia tour, but said it was not the end for players who hadn't been named as there are still six more places to be ...
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Vic cops fear for 12-year-old missing girl
A 12-YEAR-OLD girl has gone missing from her home and police believe she may be with a teenage boy. Police say Calliopeia Tolongou was last seen at a relative's house in McClelland Ave, Lara, southwest of Melbourne, around 11pm (AEST) on Saturday night and has not been seen since. They believe Calliopeia may be travelling in a brown 1999 VT Holden Commodore sedan with registration number PMN ...
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Aussie trio solid in Japan
Brendan Jones, Paul Sheehan and Scott Strange have recorded top-15 finishes at the PGA Championship Nissin Cupnoodles Cup on Sunday.The trio finished tied for 15th at two over at the Sobu Country Club Sohbu Course near Tokyo, with Jones and Strange the best of the group on the final day with even-par 71s while Sheehan shot two over.South Korea's Kim Hyung-Sung claimed the Japan Golf Tour ...
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NRL deal with Tigers needs balance Wests
Financially powerful Western Suburbs are demanding to be on equal terms with Balmain in the struggling Wests Tigers merger.However, the Magpies faction denied they would attempt to separate themselves from Balmain, saying it would be unrealistic for the foundation club to re-enter the NRL as a lone entity.Wests Tigers Chairman Mike Bailey - who is from the Magpies side - along with deputy ...
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Ports Hinkleys AFL honeymoon over
Port Adelaide's hot early-season AFL form has given way to a run of three straight defeats, culminating in Sunday's disappointing loss to ...
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Crows beat Saints by 40 points in AFL
Adelaide squared their AFL season with a 40-point victory against St Kilda in Sunday's twilight match. The Crows floored the Saints with a third term burst which set up a 12.15 (87) to 6.11 (47) triumph at AAMI Stadium. Adelaide now have a four-four win-loss record and St Kilda's struggles continue with their sixth loss of the season. Crows forwards Josh Jenkins and Tom Lynch both ...
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Inu could be in trouble over leg twist
Canterbury centre Krisnan Inu could be facing another stint on the sidelines after a sickening leg twist on Newcastle's James McManus in the Knights' 44-8 win over the Bulldogs on Sunday. Inu has only just returned from a five-game ban for a spear tackle on Inglis and although he was not placed on report, the incident is certain to come under scrutiny from the match review committee. ...
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Magpies want equal place in Tigers merger
Financially powerful Western Suburbs are demanding to be on equal terms with Balmain in the struggling Wests Tigers merger. However, the Magpies faction denied they would attempt to separate themselves from Balmain, saying it would be unrealistic for the foundation club to re-enter the NRL as a lone entity. Wests Tigers Chairman Mike Bailey - who is from the Magpies side - along with deputy ...
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Leo opts out of Sydney premiere
After premieres in New York and Cannes, Leonardo DiCaprio has dropped out of the Australian launch of The Great Gatsby. The Hollywood star, who plays Jay Gatsby in Baz Luhrmann's lavish adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's famous novel, has cited a schedule change for missing the Sydney premiere this week. ''My time shooting, living and working in Sydney, with the most ...
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Bennett praises improved Knights
Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett praised his team for the manner of their performance against Canterbury as the Knights ended a poor run of form with a 44-8 victory on Sunday. The Knights were a shadow of the side that capitulated in the second half against Canberra last week in an almost flawless display that also impressed Bulldogs coach Des Hasler. Two tries from young winger Kevin Naiqama and ...
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Time for Barnett to deliver Albanese
THE cross-country battle over billions in transport funding for Western Australia continues, with federal infrastructure minister Anthony Albanese bluntly telling state Premier Colin Barnett it is time to act on his election ...
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Almost 1850 asylum seekers this month
AUTHORITIES have helped another two rickety boats to shore with the latest boat bringing to 1846 the number of asylum seeker arrivals this ...
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MORE boats have been brought to shore with the latest influx bringing to 1846 the number of asylum seeker arrivals this month - 8930 this ...
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Richmond hold AFL top-eight spot
Richmond held their spot in the AFL's top eight with a hard-fought 34-point win against the under-siege Melbourne at the MCG on Sunday. Second-year player Brandon Ellis had a career-best 39 possessions to spark the Tigers who improved their win-loss record to 5-3 with a 15.16 (106) to 11.6 (72) victory. Jack Riewoldt and Dustin Martin kicked three goals each for the Tigers who were only ...
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AFLs Blues still a way off Malthouse
Carlton coach Mick Malthouse admits the Blues remain very much a work in progress after they ground their way to an 18-point win over a disappointing Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium on Sunday. Carlton won a scrappy game 16.13 (109) to 14.7 (91), with captain Marc Murphy kicking three goals playing mostly as a forward in his 150th match, Jeff Garlett snaring four and Heath Scotland slotting two ...
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Sharks happy winners after downing Raiders
In the world of sport, winning fixes everything. And that is certainly proving true - at least for now - for a Cronulla outfit who looked set to crumble under the pressure of an ASADA investigation that was ripping them from every angle. The investigation has slowed in recent weeks following stand-in captain Wade Graham's aborted interview with ASADA officials. Since that day, the Sharks ...
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WA Ballet casts enchanting spell
NEW figures from the Real Estate Institute of WA show rental listings were up 41 per cent this week compared with the same time last ...
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Bracks right man as consul-general
JULIA Gillard says Steve Bracks is the best person to serve Australia in New York and has warned the Coalition not to axe him based on a political party ...
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Blues down disappointing Power in AFL
Carlton captain Marc Murphy has snared three goals in an 18-point AFL win over a disappointing Port Adelaide at Etihad Stadium.The Power won their first five games under Ken Hinkley, but showed little sign of that form against the Blues as they suffered their third straight defeat.Port's kicking was terrible, their turnovers frequently gifting Carlton easy goals to help the Blues win 16.13 ...
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Cost of driving is becoming punitive in Brisbane
Is driving in Brisbane becoming punitively expensive? With the recent toll increases, on top of those made in 2006 and 2008, as well as last year, and the recent mis-management surrounding the privatisation of major roads in Sydney, it seems that using major roads in Brisbane is going to become even more expensive.
Brisbane, like many cities across Australia, is facing a mounting budget deficit in the wake of the near-crippling financial crisis and ensuing recession, as the state capital, it must also oversee Queensland’s plunge in revenues, which has created a budget deficit of over $2.3 billion for the state. Read more
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