Evans dips as Vino triumphs
Posted on 24 July, 2007
Australia's Cadel Evans lost further ground on the leaders as Alexandre Vinokourov overcame the disappointment of seeing his yellow jersey hopes crumble by surging to his second victory of this year's Tour de France this morning (AEST).
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Evans falters as Rasmussen reinforces lead
Posted on 23 July, 2007
Cadel Evans could not match it with the leaders as Michael Rasmussen reinforced his grip on the Tour de France yellow jersey after finishing second in a drama-filled 14th stage won by Spaniard Alberto Contador overnight.
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Govt pushes for US nuke deal
Posted on 20 July, 2007
Evidence has emerged of a push within the Federal Government for a nuclear energy cooperation plan with the United States.
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Wheatley jailed for tax evasion
Posted on 19 July, 2007
Music entrepreneur Glenn Wheatley has been sent to jail for more than a year for tax evasion.
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Murdoch reaches tentative deal for Dow Jones: report
Posted on 18 July, 2007
Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation has reportedly agreed to a tentative deal to buy the company which owns the Wall Street Journal newspaper.
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Howard announces emissions trading system
Posted on 17 July, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard says the Federal Government will introduce a new "cap and trade" emissions trading system.
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Aussies' deaths in Iraq shock security firm
Posted on 16 July, 2007
The Brisbane firm that employed two police trainers who were killed in an ambush in Iraq says staff are shocked and saddened by the deaths.
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Pozzato takes fifth stage of tour
Posted on 13 July, 2007
Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Liguigas) won a sprint finish to the fifth stage of the Tour de France, a 182.5-kilometre run between Chablis and Autun on Friday morning (Australian time).
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Hushovd sprints to stage four win
Posted on 12 July, 2007
Norway's Thor Hushovd claimed his first victory of the year when he clinched the fourth stage of the Tour de France, a 193km trek from Villers-Cotterets to Joigny this morning (AEST).
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Person of interest never met Brimble
Posted on 11 July, 2007
One of the eight men named as persons of interest at the inquest into the death of Dianne Brimble says he had no involvement with the Brisbane woman because he was seasick and in bed.
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Labor still ahead in latest opinion poll
Posted on 10 July, 2007
Improved support for Prime Minister John Howard in the latest Newspoll has failed to help the Coalition dent Labor's landslide election winning lead.
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Nitschke to stand against Andrews at election
Posted on 9 July, 2007
Euthanasia campaigner Doctor Philip Nitschke has announced he will stand as an independent against Immigration Minister Kevin Andrews at the federal election.
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Hewitt shot down in Wimbledon epic
Posted on 6 July, 2007
Serbia's Novak Djokovic has squeezed past former champion Lleyton Hewitt to reach the quarter-finals of Wimbledon for the first time.
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Pacific at heart of new Labor foreign policy
Posted on 5 July, 2007
Labor leader Kevin Rudd has warned that Australia must direct more aid to the South Pacific, or face a huge refugee burden from those nations in the long-term future.
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RBA leaves rates on hold
Posted on 4 July, 2007
Official interest rates have been left unchanged for another month.
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Gold Coast doctor arrested over UK bomb plot
Posted on 3 July, 2007
A 27-year-old foreign doctor who has been working as a registrar at the Gold Coast Hospital has been arrested in connection with the attempted car bombings in London and Glasgow.
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Bomb suspect and Iranian doctor: reports
Posted on 2 July, 2007
Reports from Britain say an Iranian doctor is among five people who have been arrested, as police hunt for accomplices of suspected militants who rammed a burning Jeep into a Scottish airport and tried to detonate two car bombs in central London.
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Howard pledges cash for flood relief
Posted on 29 June, 2007
Prime Minister John Howard says the Government will provide emergency cash relief to people badly affected by the flooding across Victoria's south-east.
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Aboriginal leaders involved in abuse: Mundine
Posted on 28 June, 2007
Indigenous leader and former ALP national president Warren Mundine has accused some Aboriginal leaders of being involved in child abuse in remote communities.
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Martin grilled over child sex abuse response
Posted on 27 June, 2007
Northern Territory Chief Minister Clare Martin has faced a long night of questions about her Government's handling of child sex abuse cases dating back to 2004.
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