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3 hrs ago | Sunday Times

Police seek man over Narrogin death

Police believe Kevin James Corbett is in Perth and may be able to assist in the investigation into the death of a woman in Narrogin on May 18.

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3 hrs ago | Sunday Times

WA crisis meeting on Aboriginal suicide

Robert Eggington is among indigenous leaders to meet with WA bureaucrats over rising suicide levels among the Noongah community.Picture: Richard Polden INDIGENOUS leaders in Western Australia are holding a crisis meeting with senior bureaucrats to discuss high suicide rates among the Nyoongah community.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Suicide, Prison, Wedding

6 hrs ago | NEWS.com.au

Tornado Aussie: I can't find friends

Watch a time lapse of the deadly tornado that had 270 km/ph winds,stayed on the ground for 40 minutes and traveled 32 klms.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Tulsa, OK, Shawnee, OK

8 hrs ago | The New Zealand Herald

Ageing population big retail challenge

An aging population presents a big challenge to retailers, says the head of the NZ Retail Association.

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Mon May 20, 2013

AdelaideNow...

Fast food to remain tax free: Plibersek

FAST food will not attract a "fat tax" and the government will instead rely on education in Australia's battle against obesity.

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Jerusalem Post

Papua New Guinea seeks Israeli medical know-how

The government of Papua New Guinea is looking to learn about the Israeli health system, Health Minister Yael German said on Monday.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Papua New Guinea,

NEWS.com.au

Man on trial for abusing hostel girls

AN ALLEGED victim of child molestation told her friends "bad things'' were happening to her while she was a student living at a state-run hostel, a Perth court has heard.

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The Age

Gotyettes stand by their man

Australian singer-songwriter Wally De Backer's single 'Somebody That I Used To Know' wins big at this year's Billboard Music Awards.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Dance, Pop/Rock, Gotye,

The New Zealand Herald

Accountant suspended for website claim

A Whangarei accountant has been suspended and ordered to pay $8000 after he misled the public by claiming to be a chartered accountant on his website.

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Iol.co.za

Pensioner's manure plan earns him a fine

An elderly New Zealand anti-royalist was fined on Monday over a plan to hurl manure at Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla during their visit to Auckland in 2012, reports said.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News, Prince Charles

Stuff.co.nz

Kiwis fret over online shopping security

The results of MasterCard's annual online shopping survey, released today, showed 440, or 88 per cent, of the 500 New Zealanders surveyed said security was their key consideration when it came to shopping online.

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Sun May 19, 2013

Manawatu Evening Standard

Second death follows Northland shootings

A 44-year-old man, understood to be Ivan Maheno, was killed yesterday morning at a property on Fairburn Rd, about 8 kilometres east of Kaitaia.

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Yahoo!

The joke's on those who missed show

The West Australian © London stand up comedians Gordon Southern, left and Jimmy McGhie with Perth International Comedy Festival director Jo Marsh.

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Radio Times

Adventure traveller Simon Reeve on Australia

Simon Reeve is about as adventurous as travel journalists get. The man behind BBC documentaries House of Saud, Equator and Indian Ocean has investigated terrorism, been shot at and suffered malaria, all to bring us thrilling TV.

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The New Zealand Herald

Death shock for NBA star

New Zealand basketball's biggest name, Sean Marks, has farewelled his mother Sheila who died suddenly on Mother's Day.

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Related Topix: New Zealand, World News, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA

ABC News

Transmatilda

PIP COURTNEY, REPORTER: The Australian Outback has often been used to test machinery to its upper limits.

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Buses world news

CNG Buses * Worldwide

The warning from the Public Transport Authority comes after a Mercedes-Benz bus caught fire and was badly damaged as it was about to be refuelled at the Welshpool depot on Sunday night... The bus is one of more than 500 in the Transperth fleet fuelled by compressed natural gas.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Mexico,

Sat May 18, 2013

Fiji Village

Second Airbus arrives next Thursday

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330, World News, Fiji, France,

Sunday Times

Most riders at fault in bike crash deaths

The study found that 90 per cent of killed riders already had traffic records for speeding or other offenses.

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AdelaideNow...

Mining sector not an ATM - Rinehart

Miners and other resources industries aren't just ATMs for everyone else to draw from says Gina Rinehart in her resource industry address.

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