Injured Nadal hands Murray semis birth
Posted on 27 January, 2010
Andy Murray reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time on Tuesday when defending champion Rafael Nadal quit with a right leg injury midway through the third set.
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Future Australians could face starvation: Dick Smith
Posted on 25 January, 2010
High-profile businessman Dick Smith has used the run-in to Australia Day to argue that Australia must curb its population growth, saying the country could run out of food if it has too many mouths to feed.
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Haiti creates mass tent cities for survivors
Posted on 22 January, 2010
The Haitian government says it will rehouse 400,000 earthquake survivors in massive tent cities on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince.
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Quake aftershock creates terror on the streets
Posted on 21 January, 2010
A powerful aftershock has jolted Haiti, sparking panic among residents of Port-au-Prince eight days after their city was devastated by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake.
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Water boost welcomed downstream
Posted on 20 January, 2010
South Australian Premier Mike Rann says he is delighted with a decision by his New South Wales counterpart to allow some Murray-Darling Basin floodwaters to reach his state.
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Haiti's streets 'safer than before earthquake'
Posted on 19 January, 2010
The top US military commander in Haiti says security there is better than it seems, as the United Nations seeks to send thousands of extra peacekeepers to the shattered country.
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Australian cutting greenhouse emissions: report
Posted on 18 January, 2010
A new report has revealed that greenhouse gas emissions from energy use in Australia's eastern states have fallen by 1.8 per cent.
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Bottleneck paralyses Haiti relief efforts
Posted on 15 January, 2010
International relief to quake-devastated Haiti was reduced to a trickle this morning after the capital's airport was overwhelmed by a sudden influx of aid planes, as the country's President said 7,000 victims had already been buried in a mass grave.
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100,000 feared dead after Haiti quake
Posted on 14 January, 2010
Bodies are being piled up on the streets of Haiti's capital as the country's Prime Minister estimates 100,000 people might have died in yesterday's earthquake.
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Major earthquake hits Haiti
Posted on 13 January, 2010
A major 7.0 magnitude earthquake has hit the impoverished country of Haiti, the US Geological Survey says.
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Fire danger moves east as states bake
Posted on 12 January, 2010
Extreme heat conditions are expected to continue in parts of inland New South Wales and Victoria today, after Melbourne recorded its hottest night on record.
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Tombs suggest pyramids not built by slaves
Posted on 11 January, 2010
New tombs found in Giza suggest the great pyramids were built by free workers and not slaves as widely believed, a top Egyptian archaeologist said.
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France reveals draft bill to ban burqa
Posted on 8 January, 2010
Muslim women who wear the full Islamic veil in France will face a possible 750 euro ($1,170) fine, according to a draft bill unveiled by the leader of the parliamentary majority.
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Darwin revealed as world's broken jaw capital
Posted on 7 January, 2010
A Northern Territory surgeon says Darwin has the highest rate of broken jaws in the world and that can be attributed mostly to alcohol-related violence.
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Winter chill blasts UK
Posted on 6 January, 2010
Freezing temperatures and heavy snow have expanded their grip on northern England and Scotland, stopping transport links and major football fixtures and closing hundreds of schools.
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Miami ice as Florida shivers
Posted on 5 January, 2010
Residents of Miami have donned heavy coats and wool mufflers to face down the coldest weather to hit the usually balmy city nearly in a decade.
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Anxious wait as Coonamble floodwaters peak
Posted on 4 January, 2010
Residents in Coonamble in central-western New South Wales are anxiously waiting for flood waters to peak this morning amid fears the town's levee will be breached.
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Australia brings in 2010 with a bang
Posted on 1 January, 2010
Crowds around Australia have welcomed the new decade, with organisers hailing the party around Sydney Harbour as the biggest New Year's Eve show in the world.
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Funeral planned for teenage flood victim
Posted on 31 December, 2009
A funeral will be held this afternoon for a boy who drowned in a Brisbane creek.
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Iran arrests hundreds of dissidents
Posted on 30 December, 2009
Iranian forces have broadened their crackdown against opposition protests by arresting hundreds of dissidents, as a senior cleric called for opposition leaders to be put to death.
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