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Alive and well, the conjoined twins separated by 16 surgeons
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.
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'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.
Sharp-toothed shark acts as midwife
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
Visitors to a New Zealand acquatic centre were stunned to see one shark give another shark an impromptu caesarean section.
King of Tonga bows to history as democracy comes ashore
Wednesday, 11 November 2009
After years of protests, the world's last absolute monarch yields power
Murdoch junior outbids Sydney A-listers on £12.7m house
Saturday, 7 November 2009
Former French consulate with ocean views sets new price record for the city
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