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Hymn to Belgium's EU presidentguardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago As a Belgian, I am shocked by the disinformation around the candidacy and person of Mr Van Rompuy, especially by the British tabloids (The great EU stitch-up, 20 November). First photograph of Bangladeshi twins Trishna and Krishna with their birth parentsHerald Sun - - 1 hour ago Kartik Mollik(left) and wife Lavlee Mollik with their conjoined twins Trishna and Krishna before the girls were given up for adoption. Twins' birth mum wants daughters to stay Sydney Morning Herald Separated twin starts to wake up ABC Online Barmaid Michelle Chantelois says she had affair with Premier Mike RannNEWS.com.au - - 14 hours ago A FORMER Parliament House barmaid has gone public with claims of a sexual relationship with South Australian Premier Mike Rann. In a paid interview with the Seven Network's Sunday Night program, to be aired tomorrow night ... Waitress goes public with Rann sex claims ABC Online Liberals identify water as key Rann weakness NEWS.com.au |
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UNICEF chief calls for end of "unspeakable violations" against children
Xinhua - 3 hours ago
UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The "unspeakable violations" that happen almost everyday to children all across the globe need to be a thing of the past, chief of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Ann Veneman said here on Friday.
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention Voice of America
Flood waters force 500 from homes
BBC News - 4 hours ago
More than 500 people across Cumbria are spending the night in emergency shelters or with relatives and friends after "unprecedented" floods.
Video: Brown salutes flood death PC
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'Rain like this happens once every 1000 years' Times Online
Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran
Voice of America - - 1 hour ago
Photo: AP The United States and five leading world powers meeting in Brussels expressed disappointment Friday that Iran had not accepted a uranium enrichment offer, even as the outgoing head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Tehran to ...
6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue The Associated Press
Liberals won't dump dissenters, says Hockey
ABC Online - 1 hour ago
The Federal Opposition has dismissed a report that its Leader Malcolm Turnbull will dump dissenters from the front bench. The Liberal Party is divided over whether to support an emissions trading scheme.
Turnbull quiet on ETS leadership threat Sydney Morning Herald
FEER(11/6) The Liberals' Voice In Australia's Wilderness Wall Street Journal
Lightning causes house blazes as fires burn across NSW
Sydney Morning Herald - 34 minutes ago
Coastal NSW looks set to get a dose of the record-breaking hot temperatures seen throughout the state's inland, as lightning storms and winds spark numerous bushfires.
NSW braces for catastrophic danger ABC Online
Region into catastrophic danger Daily Advertiser
Three Schoolies arrested last night
Gold Coast Bulletin News - - 28 minutes ago
THREE schoolies were arrested in Surfers Paradise on Friday night on the eve of Schoolies Festival. The Brisbane 17-year-olds were stopped by police in Cavill Mall, one was charged with being drunk, and another was charged with public nuisance.
Paramedics fear heat, booze will hit Schoolies NEWS.com.au
Schoolies warned to celebrate safely ABC Online
May days for One.Tel
The Australian - - 13 hours ago
KERRY Packer was never one to sugar-coat his messages. And being told that One.Tel, his son's escalating business folly, needed another cash injection to survive would not have done much for his famously irascible mood.
On the hook: Judge leaves Packer and Murdoch dangling Sydney Morning Herald
Executives stood down over banknote scandal
ABC Online - - 1 hour ago
Concern surrounds what Securency did to convince foreign governments to switch to plastic banknotes. (AAP: Alan Porritt) The board of the Reserve Bank subsidiary Securency International has stood down its managing director and ...
Police raids in RBA probe Sydney Morning Herald
Cost blowout mars Pluto project
The Australian - - 13 hours ago
WOODSIDE Petroleum's giant Pluto liquefied natural gas project has suffered a potential billion-dollar cost blowout, raising the development cost to as much as $13.1 billion and stoking concerns about an impending skilled labour shortage in Western ...
Woodside faces $1bn blow-out in gas project Sydney Morning Herald
Pluto dogged by blowout Herald Sun
HTC Launches Hero And Tattoo Phone
Smart House - - Nov 18, 2009
HTC has rolled out two new Google Android smartphones that claim to put users in the centre. The HTC Tattoo and Hero incorporate the company's Sense philosophy and technology - make it mine, stay close, ...
HTC's challenge: what price a Hero? Australian Personal Computer
Hero finally unmasked by HTC Current.com.au
Optus to up its HFC network speeds too
Computerworld Australia - 22 hours ago
While details are scarce at this stage, an Optus spokesperson told Computerworld its HFC network upgrade to DoCSIS 3 would take place in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane.
Grey Market Phones Might Be A 000 Risk
Lifehacker Australia - - Nov 19, 2009
If you want a particular phone model (or colour) that hasn't been released in Australia, then buying it as a “grey market” import can seem like an appealing way to solve the problem.
'Quietly Brilliant' advertising strategy from HTC Current.com.au
Best tech bargains of the week: November 20 PC World Magazine
'New Moon' poised for biggest box office day ever
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
"The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is poised to break its second box office record in a single day. According to four people who have closely watched ticket sales data today but requested anonymity because they are not authorized to release the information, ...
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Author Mem Fox's husband, Malcolm Fox, on teen sex charges
NEWS.com.au - - 1 hour ago
THE father of Labor MP Chloe Fox - who is also the husband of renowned children's author Mem Fox - has been charged with sex offences against a teenage boy, dating back to the 1980s.
Author's husband denies sex charges ABC Online
Sam Worthington is comfortable in his lucky boots
Herald Sun - 13 hours ago
HE may be GQ mag's man of the year and our latest freshly minted Hollywood star, but don't dare question the state of Sam Worthington's boots on two Sydney red carpet appearances this week.
Worthington wins GQ award Sydney Morning Herald
Sam Worthington Is Officially GQ's Man Of The Year Defamer Australia
Our Kate to shine in Idol finale
Ipswich Queensland Times - - 10 hours ago
Lowood's Kate Cook will return to the Australian Idol stage for the finale at the Sydney Oprah House this weekend, as finalists Hayley Warner and Stan Walker compete for the title.
Rock chick Hayley Warner's Idol attitude Herald Sun
Kiwi teen the favourite for Australian Idol title New Zealand Herald
Pep Guardiola supports Thierry Henry and video refereeing
guardian.co.uk - 3 hours ago
A poster outside FC Barcelona's Joan Gamper Sports Centre near Barcelona calling for an apology from Thierry Henry. Photograph: Josep Lago/AFP/Getty Images Thierry Henry was confronted by an 8ft poster of himself emblazoned with the words "I'm sorry" ...
North relishing home comforts
ABC Online - 6 hours ago
Marcus North will play his first Test on Australian soil against the West Indies. (Getty Images: Richard Heathcote) Australian batsman Marcus North says he hopes to return strong home support with some good performances at the Gabba in the first Test ...
A glimpse of second greatest sportsman The Australian
China, US on the cricket menu Herald Sun
Windies battling on final day
ABC Online - 41 minutes ago
West Indies will look to make the most of their time in the middle on the final day in Brisbane as their tour match against Queensland draws towards a close.
Windies fail to fire sportal.com.au
Bulls bats clobber Windies The Australian
Push to raise legal drinking age above 18 under plans for booze blitz
NEWS.com.au - - 12 hours ago
THERE were calls to lift the legal drinking age above 18 yesterday under plans for an Australia-wide crackdown on booze-fuelled crime.
Legal drinking age could be raised Lismore Northern Star
Call to raise drinking age The Age
Elder calls for youth input
Toowoomba Chronicle - 11 hours ago
“UNCLE” Darby McCarthy wants Toowoomba's indigenous youth to speak up so elders in the city can make the right decisions to help them.
New ideas urged for Indigenous justice agreement ABC Regional Online
Local receives honorary posthumous Deadly Award Pilbara Echo (blog)
Dental bungle a human slip
Bundaberg NewsMail - - 10 hours ago
Deputy Premier Paul Lucas visits Bundaberg Hospital to examine the dental clinic after the recent health scare. A BREAKDOWN in “fail safe” procedures, according to Minister for Health Paul Lucas, has been blamed for the sterilisation bungle at the ...
Tests clear dental patients of HIV, hepatitis Brisbane Times
Curramulka and Pine Point narrowly avoid fire disaster
NEWS.com.au - - 14 hours ago
THEY battled baking hot, gusty winds, choking dust, swirling ash and, as lightning struck, the unsettling feeling of never knowing where the next fire was going to start.
Lightning sparks new blazes ABC Online
Scientology's dark secrets
Sydney Morning Herald - - 14 hours ago
Senator Nick Xenophon's stunning attack on the Church of Scientology this week has shone a light on a worldwide group many former members accuse of ruining their lives through fear and abuse.
Political pursuit of religion The Australian
Scientology Sydney headquarters drowned out by protesters Cumberland Courier Newspapers
Air safety regulator examines ditching
The Australian - - 13 hours ago
THE air safety regulator is examining Pel-Air's flight planning practices after questions have been raised about why an aircraft involved in a miracle night-time ditching off Norfolk Island did not have enough fuel to reach another destination.