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1 . 'Hillbilly heroin' fugitive arrested9/3/2010 5:59:19 PMMAN wanted by police forces across Australia finally arrested after being pulled over by traffic officers.Show This Article2 . Woman dies after being hit by ambulance9/3/2010 5:54:53 PMA WOMAN has died after being hit by an ambulance in Sydney's inner west.Show This Article3 . Katter spells out his wish list9/3/2010 5:43:16 PMA DECISION on who forms the next government of Australia could be made as early as Monday, as the three rural independents weigh up their options over the weekend.Show This Article4 . Commodore leads way9/3/2010 5:37:07 PMSMALL cars and SUVs continue to bolster sales in the new car market but the Adelaide-built Holden VE Commodore remains the top-selling vehicle in the country.Show This Article5 . Woman dies after being hit by ambulance9/3/2010 4:50:12 PMA WOMAN has died after being hit by an ambulance in Sydney's inner west.Show This Article6 . Sea lion leaves big hole in boy's belly9/3/2010 4:00:00 PMMUM watched in horror as son was mauled by aggressive animal during show at Sydney zoo.Show This Article7 . Taliban terror proves a fear worse than floods9/3/2010 4:00:00 PMFOR locals, survival comes at a price.Show This Article8 . No-balls overstep the mark: ICC9/3/2010 4:00:00 PMPAKISTAN'S top diplomat in London has claimed three of his country's cricketers have been "set up" on match-fixing charges.Show This Article9 . Coates calls for betting reform9/3/2010 4:00:00 PMAOC president John Coates yesterday called on the federal government to pass legislation to give all sporting bodies the right to a share of the profits from betting.Show This Article10 . Majority want the independents to back Labor9/3/2010 4:00:00 PMMORE voters want the three rural independents to back a Labor minority government than the CoalitionShow This Article11 . 'Hillbilly heroin' fugitive arrested9/3/2010 1:53:17 PMA MAN wanted by police in South Australia and by police in five other states has been arrested in New South Wales.Show This Article12 . Business world suits Hackett9/3/2010 12:25:53 PMFROM world champion swimmer to businessman, husband and father of two, Grant Hackett has capped off an extraordinary decade since the Sydney Olympics.Show This Article13 . Bosnian police 'find puppy-tossing girl'9/3/2010 11:07:00 AMPOLICE in Bosnia believe they have located a girl shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.Show This Article14 . Bosnian police 'find puppy-tossing girl'9/3/2010 11:07:00 AMPOLICE in Bosnia believe they have located a girl shown in a video throwing puppies into a river.Show This Article15 . Spooked sea lion attacks child at zoo9/3/2010 11:03:00 AMYOUNG boy mauled as crowd watches after being invited to pat the animals at Sydney seal show.Show This Article16 . Autopsies for PNG plane crash victims9/3/2010 10:21:00 AMTHE bodies of the four victims of this week's plane crash in Papua New Guinea will be transported to Brisbane for autopsies, after being released by a PNG coroner.Show This Article17 . Dollar flat ahead of US data9/3/2010 9:54:00 AMTHE dollar closed little changed in contrast to volatile trading earlier this week, with traders on the sidelines ahead of key US employment data.Show This Article18 . Beer stock recall over bacteria fears9/3/2010 9:52:00 AMA COMPANY founded by Adelaide food identity Maggie Beer is recalling some of its chicken, beef and vegetable stock because of fears of bacteria contamination.Show This Article19 . Man planned to eat washed-up whale tail9/3/2010 8:59:45 AMA MAN who cut off the tail of a dead whale that had washed up on a Florida beach has been detained by police.Show This Article20 . Qantas facing payback of commissions9/3/2010 8:17:59 AMQANTS Airways Ltd may be forced to pay back millions of dollars in commissions to travel agents after it failed in a bid to overturn a Federal Court ruling.Show This Article21 . Qantas facing payback of commissions9/3/2010 8:17:00 AMQANTS Airways Ltd may be forced to pay back millions of dollars in commissions to travel agents after it failed in a bid to overturn a Federal Court ruling.Show This Article22 . Man jailed for parking officer attack9/3/2010 7:59:00 AMA MAN who assaulted a Sydney parking officer, breaking his leg and hand and biting his face, has been sentenced to a minimum two years and three months in prison.Show This Article23 . Qantas to pay out after High Court loss9/3/2010 7:01:05 AMQANTAS has lost a High Court challenge to a ruling that it owes millions of dollars to travel agents underpaid commission for more than six years.Show This Article24 . Leaders attend funeral for dead digger9/3/2010 6:58:39 AMA BRISBANE soldier killed in Afghanistan has been farewelled as a courageous father whose humour got him through the tough times.Show This Article25 . Police vow to catch 'callous' youths9/3/2010 6:22:32 AMPOLICE have vowed to catch six youths who launched a "callous" attack on a man at a Melbourne station after he glared at them for smoking on a train.Show This Article26 . Defiant Japanese resume dolphin hunt9/3/2010 5:52:08 AMDOLPHINS have been herded into a cove in an annual hunt in the Japanese town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter.Show This Article27 . Telstra to sell stake in Chinese firm9/3/2010 5:43:02 AMTELSTRA says it will sell its 50.5 per cent share in SouFun Holdings through the Chinese real estate website's public offer this year. Show This Article28 . More suitors may emerge for Potash9/3/2010 5:34:16 AMCHINESE investors are approaching Canadian Pension funds to discuss joint bids to rival BHP's US$39bn hostile offer for Potash Corp.Show This Article29 . 'Brazen' serial rapist jailed for 18 years9/3/2010 5:30:45 AMA MAN who raped two women and sexually assaulted 10 others across Sydney has been jailed for at least 18 years and nine months.Show This Article30 . Teen boy thwarts abduction attempt9/3/2010 5:20:12 AMA MAN has tried to abduct a 13-year-old boy by grabbing his t-shirt and dragging him away as he walked to a school bus stop in Sydney's southwest.Show This Article31 . Sex attacks on girls, Frenchmen charged9/3/2010 5:00:17 AMTWO Frenchmen have been charged with indecently assaulting five Victorian school girls on an excursion to Sydney.Show This Article32 . Stunt not disrespectful, says 'spiderman'9/3/2010 3:28:16 AMACTIVIST Alain Robert says his latest climb on a Sydney building did not put people's lives at risk.Show This Article33 . IMF, World Bank step up aid to Pakistan9/3/2010 12:56:00 AMIMF and World Bank step up aid to flood-hit Pakistan to help it cope with its worst-ever humanitarian disaster.Show This Article34 . $A opens higher on firm US data9/3/2010 12:47:12 AMTHE Australian dollar opened higher today on positive pieces of US economic data and a move back towards riskier assets.Show This Article35 . Dollar up on firm US data9/3/2010THE dollar opened higher today on positive pieces of US economic data and a move back towards riskier assets.Show This Article36 . Accused cricketers set up, says diplomat9/2/2010 7:07:50 PMPAKISTANI High Commissioner says players innocent of match- fixing as they pull out of tour.Show This Article37 . Accused cricketers set up, says diplomat9/2/2010 7:07:50 PMPAKISTANI High Commissioner says players innocent of match- fixing as they pull out of tour.Show This Article38 . Screen culture draining our brain9/2/2010 5:58:04 PMFEARS for the future of the human brain are driving one former Adelaide Thinker in Residence to write her first work of science fiction.Show This Article39 . 'Terror plot' police officers go on trial9/2/2010 5:32:14 PMTWO Indonesian policemen and a civilian have gone on trial on charges of conspiring with terrorists.Show This Article40 . Lecturer offered exam pass for sex9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMA lecturer found to have pressured failing Chinese students for sex is unlikely to be the only academic to exploit the vulnerability of students.Show This Article41 . Air bomb suspects freed as case closed9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMTWO Yemeni men who flew from Chicago to Amsterdam and were arrested on suspicion of plotting a terror attack have been released.Show This Article42 . Rivals avoid rorts in Japanese debate9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMJAPANESE Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his leadership challenger Ichiro Ozawa have both attacked the power of Japan's bureaucracy.Show This Article43 . Four die in China landslides9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMAT least four people died and 44 were missing after rain-triggered landslides struck in southwestern China.Show This Article44 . Bombs blast Ramadan crowd in Pakistan9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMPAKISTANI militants have broken their short-lived ceasefire with a bloody sectarian attack in the eastern city of Lahore that has left 31 people dead and more than 280 injured.Show This Article45 . $1700 a day for directors to oversee BER scheme9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMTHE NSW government is paying an average of $440,000 a year for each of six "regional program directors" employed to oversee the BER schemeShow This Article46 . Gillard edging closer to power9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMLABOR has moved within two seats of retaining government after winning Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie's allegiance.Show This Article47 . Push for national drink controls to curb violence9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMSTATE and federal governments have been urrged to reform how alcohol is taxed, sold and served to combat rising booze-fuelled violence.Show This Article48 . Lecturer offered exam pass for sex9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMA lecturer found to have pressured failing Chinese students for sex is unlikely to be the only academic to exploit the vulnerability of students.Show This Article49 . Spread funds, improve results9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMPROGRAMS targeting schools in low socio-economic areas in a bid to lift student performance are ineffectual, a study suggestsShow This Article50 . Blow for tax probe as charge dropped9/2/2010 4:00:00 PMTHE nation's biggest money laundering case has collapsed, with authorities due to drop a key charge today.Show This Article51 . Government to be sorted in a week - Swan9/2/2010 12:29:00 PMAUSTRALIANS should know who will be governing the country by this time next week, Treasurer Wayne Swan says.Show This Article52 . Heat's on Ferrari9/2/2010 12:08:45 PMFERRARI has recalled its half-a-million-dollar 458 Italia supercar after a series of fires caused by a design fault.Show This Article53 . Walkman outsells iPod in Japan9/2/2010 11:36:00 AMIN a rare victory for Sony over arch-rival Apple, the Walkman portable music player outsold the iPod in Japan in monthly sales for the first time in August, a survey shows.Show This Article54 . WA's land grab could kill gas project9/2/2010 11:00:39 AMTHE WA government's decision to compulsorily acquire land near Broome for a gas precinct could lead the project to collapse, the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) says.Show This Article55 . WA's land grab could kill gas project9/2/2010 11:00:00 AMTHE WA government's decision to compulsorily acquire land near Broome for a gas precinct could lead the project to collapse, the Kimberley Land Council (KLC) says.Show This Article56 . Daihatsu to recall over 600,000 cars9/2/2010 10:23:00 AMDAIHATSU will recall more than 600,000 cars in Japan and Europe due to indicator light covers that fade over time.Show This Article57 . Dollar higher despite weak trade9/2/2010 9:42:00 AMTHE dollar closed higher after it held on to most of its overnight gains, despite a lower than expected trade surplus.Show This Article58 . Wilkie sides with Labor9/2/2010 7:59:00 AM<font color=red><b>BREAKING NEWS:</b></font> ANDREW Wilkie has announced he will back a Labor minority government.Show This Article59 . Abbott dismisses 'black hole'9/2/2010 7:33:01 AMTONY Abbott says despite Treasury assertions of a multi-billion dollar hole in its pre-election costings, the Coalition will deliver budget surpluses.Show This Article60 . Police shoot Discovery gunman9/2/2010 2:17:55 AMPOLICE have shot and killed an armed man who took three people hostage in the Discovery Channel network's headquarters in suburban Washington.Show This Article61 . Wall Street's best day in 8 weeks9/2/2010 12:42:15 AMWall Street yesterday posted its best day in eight weeks as investor mood brightened after better-than-expected factory data from the US and China.Show This Article62 . $A up on strong data9/2/2010 12:35:42 AMTHE Australian dollar opened one US cent stronger thanks to a good run economic data from United States, China and Australia.Show This Article63 . US stocks rise on China data9/1/2010 8:39:00 PMUS stocks opened with gains overnight as strong Chinese manufacturing data offered hopes of a strengthening global economy, overshadowing a disappointing US jobs report.Show This Article64 . Dutch free Yemenis accused of terror plot9/1/2010 7:27:55 PMMEN had been arrested amid fears they were conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack.Show This Article65 . Dutch free Yemenis accused of terror plot9/1/2010 7:27:55 PMMEN had been arrested amid fears they were conducting a dry run for an airline terror attack.Show This Article66 . Suicide blasts kill 18, hurt scores more9/1/2010 7:24:30 PMTHREE suicide bombers in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore target Shi'ite mourning procession.Show This Article67 . Suicide blasts kill 18, hurt scores more9/1/2010 7:24:30 PMTHREE suicide bombers in Pakistan's eastern city of Lahore target Shi'ite mourning procession.Show This Article68 . Kookaburra is happy, definitely not gay9/1/2010 4:00:00 PMPOLITICALLY correct primary school removes word 'gay' from lyrics of classic Australian song.Show This Article69 . Japan's leadership race begins with a gibe9/1/2010 4:00:00 PMJAPANESE PM Naoto Kan has refused to walk away from plans to increase consumption tax and pledged to focus on "clean politics".Show This Article70 . NT gets serious about problem drinkers9/1/2010 4:00:00 PMNORTHERN Territory drinkers will have their ID scanned and checked against a government database when buying alcohol at bottleshops.Show This Article71 . Keneally loses another minister9/1/2010 4:00:00 PMThe NSW government has been rocked after revelations Ports Minister Paul McLeay visited adult and gambling sites on his work computer.Show This Article72 . Another big stink for BER bureaucrats9/1/2010 4:00:00 PMTHEY are two of the most senior officials handling the rollout of the federal government's troubled schools stimulus scheme in NSW.Show This Article73 . Girl, 4, impaled on metal stake9/1/2010 1:01:00 PMA FOUR-year-old girl is in a Sydney hospital after she was impaled on a metal stake, which tore open her abdomen.Show This Article74 . PNG crash survivor flown to Australia9/1/2010 11:39:00 AMTHE sole survivor of a plane crash in Papua New Guinea that took the lives of three Australian and one New Zealander has been evacuated to Australia.Show This Article75 . Girl in coma after 4m fall on concrete9/1/2010 11:02:00 AMA FOUR-year-old girl is in an induced coma after she and another little girl fell from a first floor window at a home in Sydney's southwest.Show This Article76 . Dollar higher on GDP, China9/1/2010 9:20:00 AMTHE dollar closed over on US cent higher after figures showed Australia's economy has grown at its fastest quarterly pace in three years.Show This Article77 . Police seize turtle in swoop9/1/2010 1:24:00 AMAN eastern long-necked freshwater turtle smuggled into Tasmania has been seized in a swoop on a Bridgewater house.Show This Article78 . Gas to remain limited option9/1/2010 12:17:00 AMTHE State Government has ruled out extending the reach of natural gas across Tasmania.Show This Article79 . Australians killed in plane crash8/31/2010 7:56:46 PMTHREE Australians and one New Zealander have died after a plane crashed in Papua New Guinea.Show This Article80 . Australians killed in plane crash8/31/2010 7:56:46 PMTHREE Australians and one New Zealander have died after a plane crashed in Papua New Guinea.Show This Article81 . Three Aussies killed in PNG plane crash8/31/2010 4:05:47 PMTHREE Australians and one New Zealander have died in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea.Show This Article82 . Cash-starved Pakistanis sell aid packs8/31/2010 4:00:00 PMFLOODWATERS that have devastated Pakistan for five weeks headed out to the Arabian Sea yesterday after swallowing two last towns.Show This Article83 . What happened to a fair go, asks Hogan8/31/2010 4:00:00 PMPAUL Hogan has vowed to take his five-year fight with the tax office to the bitter end, saying he would rather go bankrupt than pay money he does not owe.Show This Article84 . Tunnel losses endanger public-private infrastructure8/31/2010 4:00:00 PMBRISBANE'S first major road tunnel has been written down by a massive $1.56 billion.Show This Article85 . Three Aussies die in plane crash8/31/2010 1:27:32 PMTHREE Australians and one New Zealander have died in a plane crash in Papua New Guinea.Show This Article86 . Ruling on who can fight for royalties8/31/2010 10:45:01 AMLIQUIDATORS of a small Adelaide electronics company have won a vital court battle, wresting back rights to a $4 billion right of action against Clipsal.Show This Article87 . WikiLeaks founder questioned in Sweden8/31/2010 9:58:00 AMWIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has been interrogated by police in Sweden, where he is facing molestation allegations.Show This Article88 . WikiLeaks founder questioned in Sweden8/31/2010 9:58:00 AMWIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has been interrogated by police in Sweden, where he is facing molestation allegations.Show This Article89 . Dollar lower despite strong data8/31/2010 9:38:00 AMTHE Australian dollar closed weaker after a risk averse mood gripped world markets and dampened the effects of largely positive local data.Show This Article90 . Air terror attack rehearsal feared8/31/2010 8:51:00 AMDUTCH police have arrested two men on a US flight who it's feared may have been staging a terror attack "dry run".Show This Article91 . Air terror attack rehearsal feared8/31/2010 8:51:00 AMDUTCH police have arrested two men on a US flight who it's feared may have been staging a terror attack "dry run".Show This Article92 . School teacher filmed caning students8/31/2010 7:04:40 AMSECRETLY recorded mobile phone footage has exposed a teacher at a Catholic boarding school in northeastern Thailand who whacked dozens of students on the buttocks with a cane wrapped with electrical wire.Show This Article93 . NZ motorist keeps 'offensive' number plate8/31/2010 6:38:56 AM'NEW Zealand officials have allowed a motorist to keep her licence plate "ARYAN 1" because it was intended a gesture of affection towards her former partner, not a statement of white supremacy.Show This Article94 . Dollar fails to rally on data8/31/2010 5:10:00 AMTHE dollar was lower at noon, failing to rally after a promising set of Australian economic data.Show This Article95 . 'Concerns' raised about Lane baby story8/31/2010 5:09:10 AMA SOCIAL worker who dealt with the adoption of Keli Lane's third baby was worried about her mental wellbeing, a Sydney jury has heard.Show This Article96 . 'Match fix' cricketers could face death8/31/2010 4:05:23 AMTREASON charges filed against Pakistani players after claims of cheating for cash in England.Show This Article97 . Cricketers, band in plane emergency8/31/2010 3:25:30 AMTHE Victorian cricket team and the John Butler Trio band braced for a possible crash in Adelaide after a warning about their plane's landing gear.Show This Article98 . Child dies in car crash south of Brisbane8/31/2010 2:39:05 AMA CHILD has been killed and another critically injured in a car crash south of Brisbane.Show This Article99 . Super 14 rugby player on murder charge8/31/2010 12:49:38 AMA SOUTH African Super 14 rugby union player has been charged with murder after allegedly beating a policeman to death in Pretoria.Show This Article100 . Cricketer allegedly confessed to his ex8/30/2010 6:50:56 PMEX-girlfriend of Pakistan cricketer claims he told her last summer's Australia Test was fixed.Show This Article
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