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Searching for answers in an ocean of tears

7:44 AM AEDT | It was the saddest of searches: police divers bobbing in the swell looking down to the ocean floor for a child's pram. | Stolen 'angel rings' may have ... | Grieving locals attack TV crews

Claims pressure premiums

6:45 AM AEDT | Australians are likely to be hit with higher health-insurance premiums next year after the largest private fund experienced a surge in claims and paid out a record $2.13 billion.

Hicks finally gets his freedom

6:44 AM AEDT | Former Guantanamo detainee David Hicks can now get on with his life. The Australia Federal Police announced late yesterday they would not seek a further control order on Mr Hicks.

Govt baulks at sending budget into deficit

Alleged double-murderer curses victims' relatives

Grader used in Canberra 'rampage'

The recession we don't have to have

ANZ executive urges young to save

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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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Rudd's rocky ride to continue

Countless autopsies, assessments and inspections will be performed to mark PM's first year.

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No new control order for Hicks

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PETA talks up its wool boycott actions

Harvey: charity not so sweet

Experts denounce gene patents

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1:28 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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Fake engineer produces fake references to get a lighter sentence

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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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