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A Japanese man drove the wrong way down an expressway for 90 kilometres and broke through five police barricades because his cat had died, he told police.
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A dental health think-tank says Federal Labor's deal with the Greens requires the reversal of a policy to close down a Medicare dental scheme.
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A weakened but still dangerous Hurricane Earl has churned up the US eastern seaboard toward New England and Canada after dealing North Carolina's coast only a glancing blow.
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Labor's Centre Unity faction has endorsed a replacement for former New South Wales Government frontbencher John Della Bosca in the Upper House.
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Two Mexican federal lawmakers and at least three others have died when their small plane crashed in southern Mexico.
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Six men in Portugal have been jailed for sexually abusing boys at a state-run children's home.
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Marine rescue crews have freed a whale that was entangled in a shark net off the Gold Coast.
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The State Emergency Service says homes near Ballarat in southern Victoria have begun to flood, as rain continues to fall across the State.
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Liberal MP Chris Pyne warns Labor's attempt to get the three rural independents onside could lead to an unstable government.
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An 11-year-old boy is in hospital in a stable condition after being mauled by a sea lion at a Sydney zoo.
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Heavy rain has stranded four hikers on the Heysen Trail in South Australia's far north.
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Police are searching for a man in Port Phillip Bay after reports that a boat took in water off Mount Eliza earlier this morning.
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The Northern Territory Country Liberals Senator Nigel Scullion says if the Coalition wins Federal Government it would immediately increase security at Darwin's detention centre.
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A controversial Dutch MP says the reported call by an Australian-born Muslim cleric for him to be beheaded is "a very serious threat".
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Victorian Premier John Brumby is being urged to reconsider the decision not to upgrade all power lines as recommended by the Bushfires Royal Commission.
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Heavy rain and storms have continued to lash South Australia overnight, causing flooding and cutting power to thousands of homes.
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Around 50 people have been evacuated from an apartment block after fire broke out in a unit on Sydney's north shore overnight.
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Scientists say many native animal species in Northern Australia are "plunging towards extinction".
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The warmth generated by human bodies in the Parisian metro will help heat a public housing project in the city centre, according to the French capital's largest owner of social housing.
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A state of emergency has been declared in Christchurch, after a large 7.0 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand's second largest city this morning.
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A China Airlines flight bound for Sydney has been grounded for safety checks following an alleged bomb threat, airport police say.
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A woman has died after being struck by an ambulance in Sydney overnight.
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At least four people have been killed in a clash between soldiers and suspected drug gang members in northeastern Mexico.
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A man wanted by police in six states for almost a decade has been arrested in far north New South Wales.
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US president Barack Obama has promised new stimulus measures after a weak August jobs report showed unemployment has increased slightly.
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