Vic braces as heat arrives, wind blows

A COOL southerly change will bring relief to firefighters battling grassfires throughout Victoria. Fire crews have worked to control more than 40 fires that have started across Victoria on a day of extreme weather. The Country Fire Authority...

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Liberian UN workers, peacekeepers face off

UN mission workers in Liberia have clashed with UN armed peacekeepers over work conditions. Source: AAP CIVILIAN employees of the United Nations Mission in Liberia have clashed with the United Nations armed peacekeepers in a protest over...

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Gold Coast adventurer reaches South Pole

A GOLD Coast adventurer taking a pink "boob-sled" across Antarctica has made it to the South Pole. Dr Geoff Wilson reached the milestone on Friday, leaving him with 1100km to go in his quest to become the first Aussie - and third person - to...

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Searchers for tramper find body

A BODY has been recovered from the bottom of a 100-metre cliff in Nelson Lakes National Park in New Zealand by searchers looking for British tramper Andrew Wyatt. The body is yet to be formally identified, police say. The body was below the...

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No laughing matter as scary clowns strike

UK clowns are up in arms about impostors who are tarnishing their name by scaring people in public places. The copycat craze - believed to have been started by a man known on Facebook as the Northampton Clown - involves people dressing as the...

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US migrant stats 'can't be produced fast'

US prosecutors say they can't meet demands to deliver documents about thousands of immigrants. Source: AAP US prosecutors say they can't meet a judge's demands that they quickly deliver documents about thousands of immigrants who've been detained...

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Man badly burned preparing Christmas lunch

A NSW man was airlifted to a burns unit after being injured in an explosion while preparing lunch. Source: AAP A NSW man is being airlifted to a specialist burns unit after being injured in an explosion while he prepared Christmas lunch....

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WA police concerned for missing woman

Police are concerned for a woman who disappeared from Albany, a day after arriving from Queensland. Source: AAP POLICE are concerned for a 79-year-old woman who disappeared from Albany on Christmas Eve, a day after arriving from Queensland....

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Cyclone could develop Christmas Day

A TROPICAL cyclone is expected to form in northern Western Australia on Christmas morning. A blue alert has been issued for people in or near the coastal and inland communities between the WA and Northern Territory border and the Mitchell Plateau....

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Sexting MP cleared by Qld parliament

SEXTING Queensland MP Peter Dowling has been cleared of any wrongdoing by the Queensland Parliament. Parliamentary Clerk Neil Laurie says his investigation into the Redlands MP found nothing to support claims that he misused travel entitlements,...

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Premium hike to prompt insurance rethink

AUSTRALIANS may rethink their private health insurance coverage in the wake of increases almost triple the annual rate of inflation, consumer groups say. Insurance premiums will go up from April 1 next year by a weighted average of 6.2 per cent....

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Settlement over leaky NZ schools

James Hardie and the NZ Ministry of Education have reached a settlement over leaky school buildings. Source: AAP BUILDING products maker James Hardie Industries and the New Zealand Ministry of Education have reached a confidential settlement...

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Hot air balloon lands in Melbourne carpark

THE pilot of a hot air balloon has been praised for his emergency landing in a Melbourne carpark without any of the 10 people aboard being injured. The balloon came down in the carpark of an apartment building in the inner suburb of Balaclava...

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Iraqi general among 24 killed in attack

Twenty-four Iraqi military personnel have been killed in an attack in western Iraq. Source: AAP TWENTY-FOUR Iraqi military personnel, including a senior commander, have been killed in an attack in western Iraq, according to police. A...

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