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Volunteer Greeters Offer Tours Of Hometowns
Naila Qureshi has lived in Houston for 14 years, but she didn't notice how green her city was until she started showing around visitors from foreign countries two years ago.
11 min ago | WHP-TV Harrisburg
Australian government expands proposed broadband network
A power meter that built with IP technology which can transfer real time reading to power companies is seen during a tour to view the Broadband Over Power Line technologies October 12, 2004 in Manassas, Virginia.
11 min ago | AdelaideNow...
Cot: Couple jailed for baby's manslaughter
A MAN has been jailed for at least three years for not seeking treatment for his newborn son, who died from head injuries after being pushed out of a cot by his mother.
1 hr ago | BBC News
Australia awaits bushfire verdict
A report into Australia's worst bushfire disaster is to be made public. One hundred and seventy three people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed when fires tore across the state of Victoria in early 2009.
1 hr ago | au.news.yahoo.com | Capitalistroadster
Australian PM Gillard heading for defeat - new poll - The West Australian
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is heading for a shock defeat at elections on August 21, a new opinion poll showed Saturday, as government infighting and damaging cabinet leaks threatened to derail her campaign.
1 hr ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster
Response to Black Saturday report uncertain - ABC News
Today the Royal Commission set up to draw lessons from all the suffering will deliver its final analysis.
1 hr ago | news.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Raiders look for breakthrough win
Canberra captain Terry Campese says three successive wins have given his NRL club a much-needed confidence boost as they head to Melbourne to shake a long-running hoodoo.
2 hrs ago | www.independent.co.uk | Capitalistroadster
Steve Harmison: 'If I don't play for England again I've got the memories'
Steve Harmison's international days may look over but the double Ashes winner still hopes to have one last crack at the old enemy Getty Images Steve Harmison looks back at his international career enlarge For the first time in years, a home Test series is in progress with a fit Steve Harmison not only not participating, but with nobody pressing his ...
2 hrs ago | www.canberratimes.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Heat off rates in soft end to boom - The Canberra Times
Australia's property market boom is over and house values went backwards for the first time since the global financial crisis, new figures show.
2 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster
Preference deal gives Labor Eden Monaro boost - ABC News
The Federal Government has been given a lift in the bellwether seat of Eden Monaro.
2 hrs ago | www.theepochtimes.com | Capitalistroadster
Epoch Times - Aussies Are Branching Out Into History
Welsh-born Julia Gillard's surname dates back to 11th century Norman England and means "strong desire". Kevin Rudd's ancestors include a street urchin sentenced to death for stealing a dress and underwear from another child.
2 hrs ago | www.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Tony shoots fish in a barrel, avoids foot
3 hrs ago | www.theaustralian.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Bodyguard deputised for Gillard | The Australian
Andrew Stark, the bodyguard Julia Gillard, as deputy prime minister, sent to sensitive security meetings on her behalf.
3 hrs ago | www.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Keeping things green no longer just an option for developers
HAVING a building with a green-star rating is now more important than an old-style ''gold star'' and once legislation is passed, it will be a legal requirement to disclose the efficiency level of a property.
3 hrs ago | news.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Gillard and Rudd face-off in her seat
Prime Minister Julia Gillard will have to push another Rudd out of the way to hold her seat in next month's federal election.
4 hrs ago | www.smh.com.au | Capitalistroadster
Islamabad's envoy denies spy agency backs Taliban
CANBERRA: The Pakistani high commissioner to Australia has denied claims that her country's intelligence agency is supporting the Afghan Taliban.
4 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster
Labor policy make-up melting in political spotlight
There is something disturbing about the cover of the Women's Weekly, adorned by a beaming Prime Minister.
4 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster
Abbott heads north for defence announcement - ABC News
Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott is campaigning in Darwin today where he will make an announcement about a defence-related policy.
4 hrs ago | www.jpost.com | Capitalistroadster
IAF strikes Gaza strip; response to Ashkelon missile attack
Local witnesses report people injured; Foreign Ministry issues immediate complaint to UN following Grad missile launched from Gaza into Ashkelon.
4 hrs ago | www.abc.net.au | Capitalistroadster
Fires kill dozens in Russia heatwave - ABC News
Forest fires sweeping across eastern Russia have killed at least 25 people and the forced the evacuation of thousands in the hottest weather since records began 130 years ago.
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