Floods cut off key roads in northern NSW

A LANDSLIDE and flooding has forced the closure of part of a major highway in northern NSW. The Gwydir Highway, a vital east-west route in northern NSW, has closed between Grafton and Glen Innes. Motorists are being told to use the New England...

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Lockyer Valley on flooding alert

AN emergency alert has been issued for the Lockyer Valley region, west of Brisbane, with residents told to evacuate if needed. The Lockyer Valley regional council issued the alert on Saturday night. The council has advised that flooding is expected...

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One dead, four injured in crash

ONE man is dead and four others are injured after two cars collided on the Brisbane Valley Highway, west of Brisbane tonight. Police are investigating the cause of the crash involving two hatchbacks at Fernvale shortly after 6pm. The male driver...

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Brothers 'can't accept pedophile's guilt'

Archbishop Denis Hart ignored reports that a pedophile might have been working at a college. Source: AAP MANY Christian brothers refuse to accept that one of their ranks is guilty of the child sex crimes for which he was convicted, a Victorian...

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Berlusconi claims innocence in trial

FORMER Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi proclaimed his innocence at an appeal trial in Milan against a tax fraud conviction linked to his business empire. "I am completely extraneous to the facts that I am accused of," the billionaire...

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Woman missing from NSW Riverina

POLICE are appealing for information to help find a woman missing in the NSW Riverina. Colleen Judith Cooke, 59, has suffered from depression after a recent bereavement and there are concerns for her welfare, police said. She was last seen...

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Kerry promises $59m in aid to Syria oppn

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $US60 million ($A59 million) in assistance and will for the first time provide non-lethal aid like food and medical supplies to...

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Myer winter collection blows into stores

WITH a gust of snowy white wool and light showers of sequins, winter arrived in Melbourne. Myer's autumn/winter collections launch declared the sunny neon colours that dominated catwalks in spring and summer banished in favour of black, white...

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EU reaches deal to cap banker bonuses

THE European Union will cap bankers' bonuses, which critics say played a major role in driving the global financial crisis, as part of new tougher rules on the banking sector. The accord was struck early Thursday after the European Parliament...

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Hunt on for undie-wearing armed robber

AN image has been released of a man who robbed a Melbourne service station with a knife in his hand and a pair of undies on his head. The man entered the Deer Park store on February 15 about 12.30am (AEDT), demanding cash from the attendant....

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NSW ice seizure breaks records

A MULTI-AGENCY operation has led to the largest seizure of methamphetamine on record in Australia, with an estimated street value of up to $438 million. The operation involving federal and NSW police netted 585 kilograms of the illegal drug...

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Seven hurt in Sydney balcony collapse

SEVEN people have been injured when they fell up to five metres in a balcony collapse at a home on Sydney's north shore. Police and paramedics were called to a duplex on the Pacific Highway at Lane Cove, about 10.15pm (AEDT) on Wednesday. It's...

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$A2.9m cocaine haul at Prague airport

CUSTOMS officers at Prague international airport have seized a record 31kg of cocaine hidden in the luggage of three Dutch passengers. The haul, worth 60 million Czech kroner ($A2.94 million), "was without doubt the largest" ever at the airport,...

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Alleged uni sex attacker is asylum seeker

A SRI Lankan asylum seeker has been charged with indecently assaulting a 20-year-old student at Macquarie University in the Sydney's north. The 21-year-old was arrested on Tuesday over the alleged sexual assault at the university on February...

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Ex-pope will have 'pontiff emeritus' title

Britain's top cardinal has resigned after allegations he was involved in 'inappropriate acts' with priests. Pope Benedict XVI has allowed cardinals to bring forward a conclave to elect his successor. Source: AAP POPE Benedict...

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DSK tries to ban graphic new book

DISGRACED IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taking legal steps to stop a controversial new book by Argentinian-born Marcela Iacub detailing their liaison, his lawyers say. In Beauty and the Beast, due to be released on Wednesday, Iacub says...

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Evacuations as one dead, one missing

A MAN has died after his car was swept from the road by floodwaters near Kilcoy. SWIFT water rescue teams search for woman reported missing on Sunshine Coast. TORRENTIAL rain is drenching southeast Queensland, with up to 200mm expected to fall in...

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Poll shows clear Abbott lead over Gillard

TONY Abbott has a clear lead over Julia Gillard as preferred prime minister for the first time since July last year, the latest Newspoll shows. Voter satisfaction with the prime minister has dived to its lowest since August last year and Labor's...

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Storms destroy homes as floods swamp NSW

Homes on the NSW mid-north coast have been destroyed as waters continue to rise across the state. Source: AAP A BIG clean-up is underway after gale force winds wrecked houses, cut power and felled trees across parts of Sydney and the NSW south...

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Pope's last Sunday blessing draws crowd

POPE Benedict XVI has given his pontificate's final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people packing St Peter's Square, and sought to reassure the faithful that he isn't abandoning the church by retiring...

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Topless feminists in Berlusconi protest

THREE topless feminists have lunged at Italy's Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Milan to vote in the general election. The young women had the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" ("Enough With Berlusconi") scrawled on their backs....

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