Tsunami warning for northern Australia

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Posted 625 days, 9 hours ago by Bronwen

▪ Big earthquake strikes near Solomon Islands. ▪ Tsunami warning for far north Australia and eastern coast. ▪ Dangerous waves could affect beaches, harbours and rivers.

3 dead in Sydney ferry accident

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Posted 629 days, 13 hours ago by jj

The New South Wales Ambulance Service says at least three people have been killed in a collision between a ferry and a pleasure craft under the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

Govt announces $200m to stop deforestation in Asia

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Posted 629 days, 13 hours ago by jj

Federal Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $200 million plan to help stop deforestation in Asia. What about Tasmania???????

Zimbabwe opposition chief arrested again

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Posted 629 days, 13 hours ago by jj

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has been arrested for the second time this month in a raid at the headquarters of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), a party spokesman said.

Lyon Criticises The West Australian

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Posted 635 days, 15 hours ago by Marked

Footy Show host accuses The West of protective behaviour

Lead expert highlights Esperance health risks

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Posted 636 days, 16 hours ago by ToxicNotByChoice

Residents and the agencies need to take it very seriously because of the bird kills.

Animal Rights Activists Want Baby Bear Killed

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Posted 637 days, 18 hours ago by Ozone

A baby polar bear is at the center of a controversy in Germany where animal activists are claiming that it should be euthanased, rather than hand reared.

Autopsy result lifts WA cyclone death toll to 3

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Posted 644 days, 1 hour ago by jj

The death toll from tropical cyclone George in Western Australia has risen to three. Police have told the ABC an autopsy has established that 74-year-old Syd Baker, whose body was found outside a donga on Indee Station.

U.N. Inspector Reports on North Korea Visit

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Posted 644 days, 1 hour ago by jj

North Korea will honor its commitment to shut down a reactor it has used to produce fuel for nuclear bombs, but it has demanded that the United States first remove financial penalties against the country.

50 Protesters Freed in Zimbabwe Court

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Posted 644 days, 1 hour ago by jj

Fifty Zimbabwean antigovernment protesters who were arrested and beaten by riot police in Harare three days ago were freed today after neither the police nor prosecutors showed up at a court hearing at which the activists were to be charged.

How Strong Was Cyclone George?

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Posted 648 days, 18 hours ago by Bronwen

An interesting piece looking at the strength of Cyclone George. According to the article ... if that 910 mb/hPa measurement reported by Perth is right, this storm might have been much stronger than a Category 3.

Labor lacks experience, judgement to run Aust: Liberals

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Posted 649 days ago by jj

The Federal Government is looking to capitalise on the resignation yesterday of Labor frontbencher Kelvin Thomson. Six years ago Mr Thomson wrote a character reference for the fugitive drug baron Tony Mokbel.

Perth link to African air deaths

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Posted 649 days, 22 hours ago by Bronwen

AN Australian working for a Perth-based mining company has been killed in a plane crash in the southern African country of Malawi.

IAEA probes DR Congo 'uranium smuggling'

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Posted 650 days, 1 hour ago by jj

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is investigating reports that senior nuclear officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling uranium.

Insufferable Clinginess, or Healthy Dependence?

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Posted 652 days, 3 hours ago by jj

The domestic scenes that would slowly suffocate the marriage were not scenes at all, in the usual sense, but silences, imagined slights, private fears that went unspoken.

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