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Bligh, Beattie 'unaware of secret payment' - ABC Online

1 hour 39 min ago

ABC Online

Bligh, Beattie 'unaware of secret payment'
ABC Online
The Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, and the state's former leader, Peter Beattie, have both given evidence at a corruption trial in Brisbane. Businessman Harold Shand, 58, has pleaded not guilty to corruptly making a secret payment to ...
Nuttall didn't declare $60000: BlighSydney Morning Herald
Nuttall 'couldn't influence state', says former Premier Peter BeattieCourier Mail
Peter Beattie gives evidence in corruption trial of Harold ShandThe Australian
ABC Online
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Teens held over disabled man's bashing - ABC Online

1 hour 44 min ago

ABC Local

Teens held over disabled man's bashing
ABC Online
Police have arrested a second person over the brutal bashing of a wheelchair-bound man in Sydney's west last night. The 35-year-old Canadian man suffered a fractured skull after being attacked at Mount Druitt Railway Station. ...
Man bashed with bar from own wheelchairSydney Morning Herald
Wheelchair-bound Canadian brutally bashed at Sydney train stationThe Australian
Wheelchair-bound Canadian beaten in AustraliaCBC.ca
Mt Druitt Standard -Montreal Gazette -MedIndia
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DNA test confirms Bali bombing mastermind killed - Xinhua

1 hour 49 min ago

Reuters

DNA test confirms Bali bombing mastermind killed
Xinhua
JAKARTA, March 10 (Xinhua) -- Indonesian police confirmed on Wednesday that the DNA test and physical characters of one of the terrorists killed in a raid on Tuesday on the outskirts of Jakarta was Dulmatin, a key figure behind 2002 Bali bombing that ...
Bomber's death fresh blow to Indonesia militantsReuters
Bali bombing suspect confirmed dead in police raidThe Associated Press
Official: Bali bombing mastermind deadCNN International
Sydney Morning Herald -Jakarta Post -Aljazeera.net
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Biden meets Abbas amid row over settlements - BBC News

1 hour 51 min ago

BBC News

Biden meets Abbas amid row over settlements
BBC News
US Vice-President Joe Biden is meeting the Palestinian Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas, in Ramallah. The Israeli government's approval of plans for 1600 more homes in a Jewish settlement in occupied East Jerusalem is expected to dominate the talks. ...
'R. Shlomo plan timing regrettable'Jerusalem Post
Israel sorry for announcing homes plan during Biden visitThe Guardian
Biden's West Bank tour clouded by settlement plansThe Associated Press
New York Times -Ha'aretz -Washington Post
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Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early - The Associated Press

2 hours 8 min ago

The Hindu

Gates: Some troops could leave Afghanistan early
The Associated Press
PUL-E-CHARKHI, Afghanistan — US Defense Secretary Robert Gates raised the possibility Wednesday that some of the US forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin ...
Bomb kills 5 as Gates, Ahmadinejad visit AfghanistanSydney Morning Herald
Afghanistan gets vows of friendship from US and IranCNN International
Iran's Ahmadinejad in Afghanistan, Gates departsReuters
The Guardian -BusinessWeek -Aljazeera.net
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Bullied girl hopes court win helps other victims - ABC Online

2 hours 21 min ago

ABC Online

Bullied girl hopes court win helps other victims
ABC Online
A teenager says she hopes a landmark court decision allowing her to seek compensation for being bullied will help other victims in the future. The Victorian Supreme Court has overturned a ruling that the bullying victim was ineligible ...
Students' crimes 'won't fill courts'Sydney Morning Herald
Girl tormented and abused by child bullies wins landmark compensationNEWS.com.au
Bullying by girl, 8, deadly seriousThe Age
Herald Sun -ABC Online
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'R. Shlomo plan timing regrettable' - Jerusalem Post

3 hours 35 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

'R. Shlomo plan timing regrettable'
Jerusalem Post
After the announcement of an east Jerusalem building plan during US Vice President Joe Biden's visit was heavily criticized on Wednesday, Interior Minister Eli Yishai told Army Radio that the timing was simply a ...
Interior Minister: East Jerusalem plan wasn't intended to provokeHa'aretz
Israeli minister apologizes to Biden over homes planWashington Post
Joe Biden condemns Israel's plan to build 1600 homes on disputed landTelegraph.co.uk
Herald Sun -The Associated Press -Xinhua
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Foil insulation to be removed from homes - ABC Online

4 hours 33 min ago

ABC Online

Foil insulation to be removed from homes
ABC Online
The Government says it will pay for the removal of unsafe foil insulation from thousands of homes. (ABC News: file photo) The Federal Government has announced that the owners of 50000 homes fitted with foil insulation will have the choice to have it ...
Govt to rip out foil insulationSydney Morning Herald
Greg Combet vows to hold deadly home insulation companies accountableCourier Mail

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Bomber's death deals fresh blow to Indonesia militants - Reuters

4 hours 46 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

Bomber's death deals fresh blow to Indonesia militants
Reuters
CANBERRA/JAKARTA (Reuters) - A suspected mastermind of the Bali bombings was killed in a police raid in Indonesia in the latest blow to an Islamist militant movement in the world's most populous Muslim country. Dulmatin, who once trained with al Qaeda ...
Old, damaging stereotypes hurting relations, Yudhoyono tells parliamentThe Australian
Official: Bali bombing mastermind deadCNN International
SBY shows sympathy for Balibo FiveSydney Morning Herald
Xinhua -Aljazeera.net -AFP
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Wonder elephant takes first steps - Ninemsn

4 hours 52 min ago

Times Online

Wonder elephant takes first steps
Ninemsn
By ninemsn staff An elephant calf born alive three days after keepers declared it had died in its mother's womb is receiving round-the-clock intensive care in Sydney. Despite stunning Taronga Zoo staff with its arrival early this morning, ...
Porntip the elephant gives birth to Mali's half brother at Taronga Zoo despite ...Herald Sun
'Dead' Baby Elephant Comes To Life at Australian Zoo.Embrace Australia
'Miracle' baby elephant cheats death in birthBangkok Post
iAfrica.com -ABC Online -Reuters UK
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Government 'killing the River Murray' - Herald Sun

5 hours 27 min ago

ABC Online

Government 'killing the River Murray'
Herald Sun
THE South Australian Government has been accused of slowly killing the River Murray, despite announcing a deal for an extra 70 billion litres of floodwater. Paul Sinclair from the Australian Conservation Foundation said the Government should buy ...
SA govt inaction killing Murray: ACFSydney Morning Herald
More northern floodwaters pledged for MurrayABC Online
New water pipeline for New South WalesTrenchless Australasia
ABC Online
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Nuttall didn't declare $60000: Bligh - Sydney Morning Herald

5 hours 33 min ago

Brisbane Times

Nuttall didn't declare $60000: Bligh
Sydney Morning Herald
Former Queensland government minister Gordon Nuttall never sought government approval for a $60000 payment from a mining identity, a former and current premier have told a court. Premier Anna Bligh and her predecessor Peter Beattie gave evidence in the ...
Bligh fronts corruption trialABC Online
Peter Beattie gives evidence in corruption trial of Harold ShandThe Australian
Premier to give evidence in corruption trialABC Online

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Govt orders 150000 insulation checks - Sydney Morning Herald

5 hours 50 min ago

Govt orders 150000 insulation checks
Sydney Morning Herald
Safety inspections will occur in at least 150000 homes fitted with insulation under the federal government's bungled rebate program. The scheme, which was canned last month as a result of safety and compliance concerns, has so far been linked to 105 ...
Insulation bungle will 50000 strippedDaily Telegraph
Greg Combet vows to hold deadly home insulation companies accountableCourier Mail

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Conman Wayne Charters guilty of duping lover out of $150k - NEWS.com.au

6 hours 40 min ago

Conman Wayne Charters guilty of duping lover out of $150k
NEWS.com.au
A CONMAN who claimed to be an ASIO agent, duping his lover out of almost $150000, has been found guilty of fraud. A Victorian County Court jury took less than a day to find Wayne Charters guilty of five counts of obtaining his wife Karen Roberts' ...
Man who posed as ASIO agent guilty of fraudABC Online
Conman Wayne Charters guilty of fraud after fleeing with wife's cashHerald Sun

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Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps - Sydney Morning Herald

6 hours 54 min ago

Telegraph.co.uk

Just outstanding: 'miracle' baby elephant takes first steps
Sydney Morning Herald
These are the first pictures of Sydney's "miracle" Asian elephant calf, born three days after he was thought to have died in his mother's womb. The newborn has been receiving intensive care from keepers and veterinarians in the zoo's heated elephant ...
'Back from the dead' baby elephant takes first stepsTelegraph.co.uk
Porntip the elephant gives birth to Mali's half brother at Taronga Zoo despite ...Herald Sun
"Dead" baby elephant calf born alive in Sydney zooReuters UK
ABC Online -Special Broadcasting Service -3News
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Five killed in attack on aid agency in Pakistan - BBC News

7 hours 6 min ago

The Nation, Pakistan

Five killed in attack on aid agency in Pakistan
BBC News
Unidentified gunmen have attacked the office of a Western aid agency in Pakistan, killing up to five people, the police said. The victims, including two women, were all Pakistanis, reports say. The attack took place on the office of the World Vision in ...
Gunmen storm US charity in Pakistan, five killedSydney Morning Herald
Aid group attacked in northwest Pakistan; 5 deadThe Associated Press
Charity staff killed in militant attackABC Online
CNN International -Voice of America -Times of India
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Man bashed with bar from own wheelchair - Sydney Morning Herald

7 hours 20 min ago

ABC Local

Man bashed with bar from own wheelchair
Sydney Morning Herald
The girlfriend of a Canadian tourist who was battered with a metal bar ripped from his own wheelchair said the cowardly attack made her sick to her stomach. The 35-year-old was at Mount Druitt station in Sydney's west on Tuesday night on the way home ...
Appeal after 'cowardly' attack on disabled touristABC Online
Wheelchair-bound Canadian brutally bashed at Sydney train stationThe Australian
Savage attack at Mt Druitt station sparks disgustMt Druitt Standard
NSW Police Online (press release) -Sydney Morning Herald -NSW Police Online (press release)
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Rick Phillips turns up at election debate - ABC Online

8 hours 11 min ago

ABC Online

Rick Phillips turns up at election debate
ABC Online
The man who assaulted South Australia's Premier Mike Rann has turned up at a SA Press Club debate between the Treasurer and shadow treasurer. Rick Phillips says he was invited to the function by his neighbour, who is a member of the Press Club. ...
Redmond takes time out to play proud mumThe Australian
Wife not spin tool: SA Premier RannSydney Morning Herald
Sportingbet Australia says punters plunging on Liberals to win in SAAdelaidenow
News Review Messenger -Adelaide Independent Weekly -Stock Journal
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Flemington murder: two charged - The Age

8 hours 20 min ago

Flemington murder: two charged
The Age
Two men have been charged over the murder of a man in Melbourne's north-west yesterday morning. The pair was arrested in the same flat in Flemington where the body was discovered about 11am yesterday. The homicide squad was called to the block of flats ...
Two charged over Flemington deathABC Local
Police charge men over murder at flatsSydney Morning Herald
Pair arrested over Flemington deathABC Online
Leader News -Maroondah Leader -The Age
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Police bust 'mafia-style drug ring' - Sydney Morning Herald

8 hours 23 min ago

BigPond News

Police bust 'mafia-style drug ring'
Sydney Morning Herald
Police allege the main players in a multi-million dollar mafia-style crime ring have been arrested after raids across NSW and Victoria. Nine men have been arrested after more than 200 police officers in bullet-proof vests raided 19 properties in NSW ...
'Italian Mafia drug ring' busted by policeNEWS.com.au
Police crack gun and drug ring running across Victoria and NSW after early ...Herald Sun
Organised crime family targeted in raids: policeABC Online
NSW Police Online (press release)
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