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Wharf plunge appeal tops $50,000

9:37 AM AEDT | The money donated to the family of two boys and their father who died in Tuesday's Tathra wharf tragedy has more than doubled overnight. | Searching for answers in an ... | Stolen 'angel rings' may have ...

Hicks has had a 'difficult' year since release: lawyer

9:30 AM AEDT | David Hicks has had "a pretty difficult time'' since his release from a South Australian prison last December, his lawyer says. | Five Guantanamo detainees ruled ... | Hicks finally gets his freedom

Balcony collapse mother dies

8:08 AM AEDT | The mother critically injured in a balcony collapse in the Brisbane suburb of Ascot yesterday has this morning lost her fight for life.

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Retail king says donating to charity is 'just wasted'

Searching for answers in an ocean of tears

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Clarke makes most of Black day

7:31 AM AEDT | Batting saviour Michael Clarke declared Australia's modest 214 would be more than competitive on a Gabba minefield. | Symonds smiles but Kiwis have ...

Internationals to bypass the national capital

7:37 AM AEDT | Canberra will have to wait at least five years to host another rugby league international, according to Rugby League International Federation chairman Colin Love. | Wolfman roars into squad as ...

A Socceroos win to forget

Canberra Heat's loss will turn to Young side's gain

Canberra Capitals front up for tough run

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Sign that life is sustainable on Mars?

NASA scientists have discovered enormous underground reservoirs of frozen water on the Red planet.

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8:46 AM AEDT | "THE only thing we have to fear is fear itself." It was the US president Franklin D. Roosevelt who, in the Great Depression, coined the phrase but Australia's Reserve Bank governor, Glenn ...

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Pirates demand $39m ransom

1:00 AM AEDT | SOMALI pirates who hijacked the Saudi oil supertanker Sirius Star are demanding $US25 million ($39 million) in ransom, while plans have emerged for additional warships from 10 European countries and Russia to converge on the region to tackle the pirate problem.

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