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11/22/2008 12:22 AM
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She knew too much
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11/22/2008 12:22 AM
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AS HE was being led down to the cells, Gordon Wood slipped his gold signet ring from his finger and asked for it to be given to his mother, Brenda, who was sobbing uncontrollably a few metres away. Moments earlier the state's most sensational murder
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Author Malouf wins $110,000 award
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11/21/2008 11:40 PM
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AUSTRALIAN author David Malouf has won Australasia's richest literary prize. The Queensland-born author won the $110,000 Australia-Asia Literary Award for The Complete Stories. 'The Complete Stories is a rich feast of subtle tales which sum up the
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Briton found guilty of throwing lover to death from Sydney harbour cliff
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11/21/2008 10:03 PM
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A British man was found guilty today of throwing his girlfriend to her death from a 180ft (55m) cliff in Sydney in 1995, finally ending one of Australia's longest-running criminal investigations. The jury at the New South Wales supreme court found Gordon
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Australian mayor of male-dominated town wins sexist of the year
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11/21/2008 09:22 PM
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The mayor of an Australian outback mining town who suggested that 'beauty disadvantaged' women might want to move to his male-dominated municipality has now finally achieved formal recognition to match his international notoriety: the official title of
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Sexist Sam wins award
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11/21/2008 05:29 PM
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: Email : Print Submit comment: Submit comment AAP and Matthew Schulz SAM Newman has won a national award for outrageous sexism, but the top gong went to an outback mayor who invited ugly women to his town. Newman won the Ernie Award?s sports prize
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Footballer rape charges dismissed
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11/21/2008 02:58 PM
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RAPE charges against New Zealand Warriors NRL player Michael Crockett have been dismissed by a Sydney court. The 25-year-old fronted a committal hearing at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court today on three sex charges. The winger was accused of raping a
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Australia, Japan go clear in group with World Cup qualifying wins
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11/21/2008 02:16 PM
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Australia and Japan have made clear moves in Group A after winning their Asian World Cup qualifiers for South Africa 2010 on Wednesday. Mark Bresciano pounced on a rare defensive mistake by Bahrain to score three minutes into injury time, giving the
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Teachers scrap one-day strike
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11/21/2008 09:45 AM
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CHAOS has been avoided in hundreds of South Australian schools today after a last-minute decision to scrap a one-day strike by teachers. More than 6800 had planned to walk off the job today in support of an 18 per cent pay claim over three years. The
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Sea ripped child's pram from hero's grasp
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11/21/2008 03:21 AM
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Hero in wharf tragedy had hold of pram Sea ripped it from his hands He is too distressed to speak about ordeal HEROIC fisherman Robert Brown, who dived from Tathra Wharf to try to save Shane O'Neill and his two sons, had hold of the pram containing
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Film industry takes on net
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11/21/2008 01:55 AM
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AUSTRALIA'S biggest film and television companies have ignited a long-simmering war with the internet sector, lodging a lawsuit against Perth-based broadband provider iiNet seeking damages that could run into millions of dollars. The group, which
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Toben wins fight over extradition
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11/21/2008 01:44 AM
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AUSTRALIAN Holocaust denier Fredrik Toben has won his legal battle with the German Government after it ended its attempt to extradite him from Britain. German prosecutors have withdrawn their appeal against a British court's refusal last month to
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Poor phone service to be exposed
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11/21/2008 01:24 AM
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HOUR-LONG phone queues, multiple transfers, hollow promises of people getting back to you and the automated voice telling you your call is important. Soaring complaints over customer service from telecommunications companies have prompted the Federal
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Brisbane storm brings worst flooding in decades
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11/20/2008 11:20 PM
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A storm centred around Brisbane on Australia's east coast has caused the worst flooding in decades, sweeping one woman to her death in a car and cutting power to 800 homes. Anna Bligh, the premier of Queensland, said police had recovered the body of the
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Man charged with 'grooming' teen, 14
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11/20/2008 10:37 PM
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A SYDNEY man has been charged with five counts of grooming after chatting up a 14-year-old girl on the internet and arranging to have sex. The targeted 'teenager' was later revealed to be an undercover police officer. The 40-year-old Newtown man was
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