Million-dollar grant for zoo which starved tigers to death
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A Chinese zoo where three dozen animals, including 13 endangered siberian tigers, died from malnutrition is to receive a cash boost of around $1 million, state media said.
Girls ordered to spend time with sex offender dad
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Rights groups criticise a court order that directs two young girls to spend time with their sex offender father.
Thousands flee as cyclone slams into Fiji
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A powerful cyclone is battering Fiji's northern islands, damaging homes and crops as thousands of people flee to evacuation centres.
80pc of Chileans without power
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A vast area of earthquake-hit Chile, including the capital city of Santiago, has been plunged into darkness by a massive blackout, the National Emergency Office said.
Doctors insist prostate cancer test saves lives
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Experts say the prostate cancer blood test has been successful in the fight against the disease, despite the man behind its creation describing it as "hardly more effective than a coin toss".
UN chief inspects quake-ravaged Haiti
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United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is in Haiti to inspect what has been described as the most challenging emergency his organisation has ever dealt with.
Protesters march on Thai army barracks
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Thailand's PM rejects ultimatum to dissolve parliament as Red Shirt protesters march on the Bangkok army base where he has taken refuge.
Newstart forcing fewer people to look for work
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New figures show fewer people on unemployment benefits are being forced to look for work.
Murray irrigators allowed 62pc
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Murray irrigators in SA have their water allocations increased to 62 per cent.
Company under scrutiny over oil disaster
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A federal inquiry into a large oil spill off the Western Australian coast has heard it is fortunate no human lives were lost in the incident.
Cyclone threat off Qld eases
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The weather bureau says an intense cyclone in the Coral Sea is unlikely to pose a threat to the Queensland coast.
Mission: Impossible star Peter Graves dies
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Actor Peter Graves, best known for his starring role in the 1960s TV show Mission: Impossible, was found dead of apparent natural causes at his home on Sunday (US time). He was 83.
Clarke touches down in Wellington
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Vice-captain Michael Clarke has returned to Wellington for the two-Test series against New Zealand after leaving the side to deal with relationship issues.
92yo murder accused 'loved husband deeply'
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A family friend of an elderly woman accused of killing her 98-year-old husband, says she loved him deeply.
Cundall's pulp protest charges a test case
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A group of Tasmanian anti-pulp mill protesters will have charges relating to a rally at Parliament House in Hobart heard as a test case.
RBA reluctant to regulate credit card fees
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The RBA is undecided on whether direct regulation or increased competition is needed to reduce the transaction fees that credit card companies charge.
Rudd pledges 5,000 new doctors
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Government will spend $632 million to train more than 5,000 new doctors across Australia.
Aboriginal recognition a farce: Tuckey
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Outspoken Liberal backbencher Wilson Tuckey backs Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's criticism of politicians acknowledging traditional landowners at official events.
Market opens little changed
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The Australian share market has opened little changed this morning, after a mixed lead from Wall Street last Friday.
Senators urged to visit planned waste dump site
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The Greens say a Senate inquiry into the Federal Government's proposed radioactive waste management legislation will not visit the site of the proposed dump.
Tasmania headed for hung Parliament: poll
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The latest opinion poll in Tasmania shows the state is headed for a hung Parliament.
New legal panel to focus on climate change
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The Victorian Bar is forming a panel of expert barristers to specialise in cases involving climate change.
Inquiry begins into massive oil leak
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A federal inquiry will examine what caused an oil spill off the northern coast of Western Australia last year and the extent of its environmental impact.
Solo rower celebrates trans-Tasman feat
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The Quincey family celebrate the latest chapter in their special, if somewhat quirky, relationship with the Tasman Sea.
Wong puts $100m on table for water buyback
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The Federal Government unveils a new $100m tender to buy back water in western Qld, which takes in Cubbie Station.
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