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The Queensland town of St George has been cut off by rising floodwaters, after thousands fled in the largest mandatory evacuation in the State's history.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, st-george-4487, qld, charleville-4470, mitchell-4465, roma-4455, australia
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Police are looking for a man who used a toy gun to rob a hotel in Sydney's north-west, then locked two employees inside the safe.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, armed-robbery, emerton-2770, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
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The Arctic cold snap that has hit Europe for over a week has claimed nearly 300 lives, bringing air travel chaos to London and dumping snow as far south as Rome and even North Africa.
Topics: weather, disasters-and-accidents, european-union, algeria
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Libya has put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamar Gaddafi on trial, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, libyan-arab-jamahiriya
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Australia opened the tri-series with a comfortable 65-run victory over India in a rain-affected encounter at the MCG on Sunday night.
Topics: cricket, sport, melbourne-3000
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Papua New Guinea authorities have scaled back their search for survivors from the sinking of a passenger ferry, saying none of the more than 100 people still missing were likely to be found alive.
Topics: maritime, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, papua-new-guinea
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Filmmaker James Cameron is among those mourning documentary filmmakers Andrew Wight and Mike deGruy, who died in a NSW helicopter crash.
Topics: accidents, air-and-space, disasters-and-accidents, arts-and-entertainment, film-movies, documentary, jaspers-brush-2535, nsw, australia
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Syrian Australians have held rallies in Sydney and Melbourne calling for president Bashar al-Assad to step down immediately and end the violence.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, sydney-2000, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic
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Republican front-runner Mitt Romney cruised to an easy victory in Nevada on Saturday, crushing his three remaining rivals and taking firm command of the party's volatile presidential nominating race.
Topics: us-elections, united-states
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The Prime Minister has called on Labor MPs to show more internal discipline this year, as speculation about her leadership and a possible challenge from Kevin Rudd continue to stalk the party.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, alp, political-parties, australia
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for the southern Queensland town of St George as authorities predict the Balonne River to peak at up to 15 metres in a record flood.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, st-george-4487, qld, charleville-4470, mitchell-4465, roma-4455
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Grassfires have broken out across country Victoria as the state experiences warm and windy conditions.
Topics: bushfire, disasters-and-accidents, st-andrews-3761, vic
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Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan says Australian banks should pass on a full rates cut if the Reserve Bank moves the mark lower.
Topics: economic-trends, business-economics-and-finance, banking, industry, federal-government, australia
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The Victorian Government has been forced to pulp pamphlets aimed at problem gamblers which directed them to a phone line encouraging them to bet.
Topics: gambling, community-and-society, state-parliament, vic
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The peak motoring body in New South Wales says it is concerned by data that shows one-quarter of drug-affected drivers escape conviction and penalty.
Topics: drug-use, traffic-offences, nsw
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Egyptian authorities say saboteurs have blown up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the twelfth such attack in a year.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, egypt, israel
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Cocaine, cannabis, a hunting knife, bayonet and soft body armour have been uncovered by police during a raid on a home in Sydney's south.
Topics: drug-offences, sans-souci-2219
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An intensive search is continuing in Roma for a woman whose car was washed off a flooded causeway on Friday.
Topics: floods, missing-person, roma-4455
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A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, international-aid-and-trade, world-politics, burma, australia
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Two Hells Angels bikies have been charged with intimidating police after a brawl in Kings Cross.
Topics: crime, kings-cross-2011
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Treasurer Wayne Swan angrily rejects continuing speculation about the Labor leadership ahead of today's caucus meeting.
Topics: federal-government, alp, australia
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As many as 40 men have caused extensive damage to the Syrian embassy in Canberra after forcing their way inside.
Topics: world-politics, crime, omalley-2606, syrian-arab-republic
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Flood-stricken communities in northern New South Wales have begun the mammoth task of cleaning up as floodwaters continue to recede.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, moree-2400, walgett-2832, bourke-2840, brewarrina-2839, nsw
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A 15-year-old boy has been charged after another teenager was set alight during a fight in south-western Sydney.
Topics: crime, assault, tahmoor-2573
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Ben Gazzara - known for his tough-guy presence in dozens of films, TV shows and stage productions - has died.
Topics: actor, united-states
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