Smithsonian names Aussie museum director

THE Smithsonian has named Australian Melissa Chiu, a museum leader for the Asia Society in New York, as the next director of the Hirshhorn Museum for modern and contemporary art in Washington. Darwin-born Chiu joins the Smithsonian in September....

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Moo-ving tale as cow saved from pool

!--Moo-ving tale as cow saved from pool | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 07, 2014 A COW has been saved from drowning by firefighters who helped it out of a backyard swimming pool in the NSW Hunter...

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Police search new area for Madeleine

Police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann have focussed their attention to drains. Source: AAP BRITISH police investigating the disappearance of Madeleine McCann are focusing their attention on a new patch of scrubland close...

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Thousands affected by Adelaide lockdown

A 13-hour siege caused a lockdown in parts of central Adelaide, causing disruption to thousands. Source: AAP THOUSANDS of commuters, workers and residents were barred from several blocks in central Adelaide as dangerous fugitive Rodney Clavell...

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Uproar over O'Neill plan

!--Uproar over O'Neill plan | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 06, 2014 PAPUA New Guinea's opposition has lashed out at a plan by Prime Minister Peter O'Neill to restrict nominees for the top job to...

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Red Cross staffer killed in Libya

ARMED men have killed a 42-year-old Red Cross staffer in the coastal Libyan city of Sirte, firing at his car after he left a meeting, the organisation says. Michael Greub, a Swiss national, died in the attack on Wednesday, the International Committee...

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Putin slams Obama as he meets Poroshenko

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has met Ukraine's president-elect Petro Poroshenko, in a show of US support for Ukraine's right to chart its own future, before an encounter with Russia's Vladimir Putin. Obama sat down with Poroshenko on Wednesday in Warsaw,...

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New home for Perth's wandering peacock

Union man booted from Parliament YESTERDAY a host of interest groups held press conferences on the grounds of Parliament for the Budget — but today it was a different story for one union official. 5 scariest stories on the internet TELLING...

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PM vows to resolve Indon spy row

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has arrived in Indonesia for long-awaited talks with the president. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has pledged to resolve the spying row with Indonesia to the mutual benefit of both nations, and has told the...

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Brown wooed as face of Tasmanian tourism

Greens patriarch Bob Brown is being courted as the face of Tasmania's tourism campaigns. Source: AAP BOB Brown is being wooed as the face of Tasmanian wilderness tourism. The former Greens leader has been sounded out by the state's tourism...

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Lucy rejects Malcolm leadership talk

Malcolm Turnbull says claims he might mount a leadership challenge are 'demented' and 'unhinged'. Source: AAP MALCOLM Turnbull's fluey quest for spicy soup has been miscast as a leadership challenge, the cabinet minister's wife and former...

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Better airliner tracking announced: IATA

Seven die over 75 cents in well SEVEN people have died — one after another — in a well after a man accidentally dropped the equivalent of 75 cents into it. Aussie girl's skate trick goes global SHE'S just nine years old, but Aussie...

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Iraq violence killed 799 in May: UN

!--Iraq violence killed 799 in May: UN | The Courier-Mail -->!-- Last updated: June 02, 2014 VIOLENCE has claimed the lives of 799 Iraqis in May, the highest monthly death toll so far this year, the United Nations...

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Shotgun fired at Hobart house

A SHOTGUN has been fired at a house in Hobart. The occupants were home when the shot was fired on Saturday evening, police said. Neighbours heard the blast but the occupants of the Bridgewater residence did not report the incident until the...

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Bali flights under cloud but Darwin clear

Flights in Darwin are expected to resume later today as plumes from an Indonesian volcano dissipate. Source: AAP FLIGHTS to and from Darwin have resumed after they were grounded by an ash cloud from an Indonesian volcano, as Jetstar grounds...

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