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Australia carbon plans foiled by right

Australia's Senate defeated the government's plan to implement a carbon pollution trading system to fight global warming yesterday, dashing hopes of setting an example for other nations at UN climate talks next week.

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Man charged with murder of Britons

Friday, 27 November 2009

Detectives investigating the deaths of British art curator Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe today charged his 42-year-old son with their murders.

Town 'under seige' from invading camels - Video

Thursday, 26 November 2009

Camels which have invaded a small Australian Outback town in search of water are set to be culled.

Alive and well, the conjoined twins separated by 16 surgeons

Monday, 23 November 2009

It took three agonising days, but then came the sound Moira Kelly had been waiting for – the sound of two-year-old Krishna blowing a raspberry.

'Weak little b******' husband jailed for strangling wife

Friday, 20 November 2009

A Melbourne man who strangled his controlling de facto wife in a fit of rage has been jailed for 14 years.

Separated twin 'is doing well'

Friday, 20 November 2009

A Bangladeshi girl separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally yesterday after waking from a medically induced coma.

Twin talking after separation surgery

Thursday, 19 November 2009

A Bangladeshi toddler separated this week from her conjoined twin sister was talking and behaving normally today after waking from a medically induced coma, the head of the surgery team said.

Conjoined twins separated successfully

Tuesday, 17 November 2009

A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery today to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads, sharing blood vessels and brain tissue.

After 50 years, the 'lost innocents' shipped from home win apology

Monday, 16 November 2009

150,000 orphan and poor children taken to colonies as 'white stock' suffered years of institutional brutality

Waterlow murder hunt police think suspect is still in Sydney

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Australian police hunting the killer of a British art curator and his daughter said they had no reason to believe their prime suspect - named by sources as the victim's son - had left the country.

A birthing partner to be fangful for

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Visitors to a New Zealand oceanarium watched in astonishment when one shark tore a chunk out of another's stomach. But they were even more astonished when four baby sharks tumbled out of the gaping wound.

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