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US sending third ship with Georgia aid
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:08:00 GMT
THE US is sending a third ship, the USS Mount Whitney, to the Black Sea at the end of the month with humanitarian aid for Georgia, the US Navy said today.
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NATO denies friendly fire killed French
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 19:04:00 GMT
NATO today denied that Alliance warplanes accidentally killed any of the 10 French troops who died in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan.
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Massive floods as Fay crosses Florida
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:55:00 GMT
TROPICAL Storm Fay was poised today to turn around and cross mainland Florida a second time with massive rains and heavy winds as Governor Charlie Crist asked federal authorities to declare the state a disaster area.
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Teen dead in US school shooting
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:49:00 GMT
A 16-YEAR-OLD boy was shot dead by a fellow student in a school cafeteria in Knoxville, Tennessee today, police said.
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DNA to identify Madrid crash victims
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:45:00 GMT
DNA tests will be necessary to identify 94 of the 153 victims of the Madrid air disaster, many of whom were badly burned, the government said today.
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Queensland News - as it is happening!
N-word taunt to footy kid
published on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT
AN official complaint has been lodged against a Brothers Toowoomba junior rugby league player for alleged racist taunts.
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Bligh mutiny from Left field
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT
PREMIER Anna Bligh has been labelled "weak" and a "liability" by her own Labor Left faction for failing to show several senior ministers the door.
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Newman neuters desexing push
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT
BRISBANE will not join other Queensland councils in the mandatory desexing of dogs and cats, with the Lord Mayor saying there is not yet a "real need".
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Rules bent for Lions' pokies
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT
LOGAN City Council has taken steps to overturn a ban on new gaming machines, to make way for the Brisbane Lions' proposed new "pokie palace".
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Latest koala mutilation death
published on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT
A SHOCKINGLY mutilated koala found dead at Clear Mountain has become the latest victim in a string of recent attacks on the Australian icon.
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