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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Australian Herald.com http://www.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/88f7d0d02bea1b33/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:58:02 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:58:02 -0500 30 India put Australia into bat in the opening match of the Commonwealth Bank Series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground here Sunday. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242470/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:40:02 -0500 IANS http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242470/cs/1/ Virat Kohli will be the highest-ranked batsman in the ODI tri-series that starts Sunday with a clash between India and Australia in Melbourne. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203227364/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:09 -0500 IANS http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203227364/cs/1/ Former Australian and Manchester United goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has no plans to come out of retirement and play for the money-spinning Premier League Soccer (PLS) in India. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203227359/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:04 -0500 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203227359/cs/1/ Australian bowler Mitchell Johnson has backed his team-mates, Peter Siddle, Ben Hilfenhaus and Ryan Harris, who are bowling magnificently this season after battling poor form and injuries. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203221012/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:00:01 -0500 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203221012/cs/1/ Australia is working on finding the best blend of players for the upcoming Twenty20 World Cup in Sri Lanka this September. http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203224592/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 03:20:01 -0500 ANI http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203224592/cs/1/ SYDNEY, Feb 5, 2012 (AFP) - - Mass evacuations were under way in northern Australia Sunday as record flooding that has cut off thousands of people threatened to engulf areas devastated by wild ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243791/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:07:02 -0500 West Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243791/ Syria: Protestors stormed Syria's Australian embassy and trashed its lower level, as the Syrian opposition said troops had killed more than 260 people in shelling the city of Homs, police said ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243730/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:07:01 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243730/ Vinay Kumar gave India a strong start with the ball but rain was threatening to play a major role in the first Commonwealth Bank Series match at the MCG. The players were forced from the field after ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243786/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:47:43 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243786/ The writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in a helicopter crash near Nowra on the NSW south coast.Andrew Wight, the writer-producer of the 3D film ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243784/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:46:32 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243784/ India's Suresh Raina (left) celebrates with his teammate Manoj Tiwary after catching Australia's Ricky Ponting out during the first ODI of the tri-series at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243728/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:42:23 -0500 Times of India http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243728/ Photo: Wayne Taylor The writer-producer of the most successful Australian movie of 2011 was one of two men killed in a helicopter crash near Nowra on the New South Wales south coast. Andrew Wight, ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243792/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:51 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243792/ Long-time anti-gambling campaigner the Rev Tim Costello has savaged the Victorian government's broken election promise on voluntary pokies pre-commitment, saying he has given up on state ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243793/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:46 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243793/ Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she's looking forward to a planning session with her caucus, as talk continues of a leadership challenge from Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd. Ms Gillard has ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243796/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:36 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243796/ A RAAF Hercules has been sent to evacuate patients from a flood-threatened hospital in outback Queensland to hospitals in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. The C-130 transport aircraft was to land at St ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243797/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:29:30 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243797/ The man was stabbed numerous times during a fight with a group of men on Roe Street near the old fish market just before 5am.He was taken to Royal Perth Hospital, but his injuries are not believed ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243799/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:34 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243799/ Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Rod Dickson said gusts olf between 80 and 90km/h were recorded in metropolitan areas while 100km/h blasts rocked Frankston and Melbourne Airport.A State ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243789/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:34 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243789/ The 43-year-old woman was sitting on a small traffic island in the car park of the Burwood Train Station about 6.30am when she was approached by a woman who then grabbed her bag and ran from the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243798/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:29 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243798/ Police said the girl was a backseat passenger in the car when the 17-year-old female probationary driver lost control on a gravel road and skidded into a tree last night.Four passengers aged 14 to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243787/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:28:28 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243787/ Push for inquiry into substandard breast implants Handling by Therapeutic Goods Association questioned Recommended against routine removal of the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243800/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:25:26 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243800/ India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni has won the toss and sent Australia in to bat in the Tri-Series opener. Australia had a setback earlier Sunday when veteran paceman Brett Lee was ruled out for up ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243727/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:09:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243727/ Sydney (NTB-DPA): Demonstranter stormet natt til søndag Syrias ambassade i Canberra, der de truet diplomater og knuste møbler og ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243785/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:56:03 -0500 Nettavisen http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243785/ The weather is set to play a significant part in the contest.Conditions in Melbourne during the morning were hot and blustery.There's a forecast top temperature of 33 degrees with a chance of ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243790/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:55:02 -0500 Sportal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203243790/ Demonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242152/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:34 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242152/ The US warns that Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution on Syria will lead to the greater likelihood of civil war in the middle eastern ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242316/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:11:08 -0500 SBS http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242316/ Participants in the January 14-15 anti-nuclear conference in Tokyo. Photo by John Tutty. Five anti-nuclear activists travelled from Australia to attend the Global Conference for a Nuclear Power Free ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242022/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:49 -0500 Green Left Online http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242022/ Sans Souci 2219 Cocaine, cannabis, a hunting knife, bayonet and soft body armour have been uncovered by police during a raid on a home in Sydney's south.The raid was sparked by a police ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242294/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:58 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242294/ Burma A group of Australians is in Burma for one of the first major business and academic gatherings since the Asian nation reopened its borders.Burma shifted to civilian rule in 2011, and is ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242016/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:51:54 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242016/ Australian shares are likely to open higher on Monday after strong US jobs figures ahead of the first week of local earnings reports. The US stock market rallied on Friday after official figures ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242301/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:41 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242301/ Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has flagged changes to the federal government's workplace laws if he were elected prime minister but has stopped short of saying what he would change. "We ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242302/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:37 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242302/ Workplace Relations Minister Bill Shorten has ruled out intervening to speed up the Fair Work Australia inquiry into the conduct of Labor MP Craig Thomson when he was a union official. Mr Shorten ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242303/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:34 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242303/ Most Moree residents should be back in their own beds by Sunday night but the nightmare could only just be starting in other parts of northern NSW as Queensland floodwaters surge across the border. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242305/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:30 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242305/ Jared Waerea-Hargreaves insists there's no bad blood between him and Sam Thaiday after the pair's bust-up during Saturday's NRL All Stars clash on the Gold Coast. The New Zealand ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242306/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:36:27 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242306/ A ROYAL commission inquiry into the controversial water-release strategy from Wivenhoe Dam in the lead-up to the Brisbane and Ipswich flooding has been extended by four ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242296/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:10 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242296/ FIRE bombs were hurled at police as they tried to break up two groups involved in a long-running family feud in Northam last ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242309/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:08 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242309/ The girl was a backseat passenger in the Holden Astra, being driven by a 17-year-old female.The P-plate driver lost control of the car on gravel on Puntaping Road about 6:55pm, skidding and hitting ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242310/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:35:05 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242310/ THREE burglars smashed their way into the Meadow Springs Shopping Centre in the early hours of the morning before assaulting a Bakers Delight staff ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242311/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:34:59 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242311/ RESIDENTS in the southwest Queensland border town of St George are being urged to consider evacuating, with authorities predicting a possible record 14m flood in the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242315/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:31:31 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242315/ Two men have tried to abduct a teenage boy in Sydney's west.The 14-year-old boy was pushing his bicycle along Greystanes Road, Greystanes, when his path was blocked by a silver van around ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242317/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:24:55 -0500 The West Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203242317/ Brett Lee has been ruled out of the Commonwealth Bank Series after suffering a broken foot during Australia's Twenty20 loss at the MCG on Friday. Lee is expected to be out of action for four to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240460/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:02:47 -0500 Cricinfo http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240460/ NEWLY-CROWNED W-League champion Canberra United will do whatever it takes to retain star striker Michelle Heyman as part of a 20 per cent increase in player wages.The dual Golden Boot winner flies ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240459/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:01:46 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240459/ Body scanners are soon to be installed across all Australian international airports as part of a government plan to beef up anti-terrorism measures. Legislation allowing for the scanners, designed ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240467/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:44:42 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240467/ FOUR more fixed-speed cameras will be installed on Perth's freeways, as new figures show 2000 leadfoots a day have been caught by WA's first fixed camera on the Mitchell Freeway near ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240471/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:24 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240471/ A NEW table for Premier Colin Barnett's Cabinet meetings will cost taxpayers $35,000, despite the state's prisoners volunteering to build ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240472/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:22 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240472/ CYBER SAFETY: New research from Telstra reveals that many WA teens will take their phone to school with them this year, leaving them open to cyber bullying and stranger ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240473/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:18 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240473/ He's a talented Perth V8 supercar driver moving to Melbourne to rev up his career. But the romance between sailing golden girl Elise Rechichi, 26, and dashing race car driver Karl Reindler, ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240474/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:15 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240474/ The Asthma Foundation WA is urging people to get huffing and puffing for a good cause raising funds in the 2012 RAC Freeway Bike Hike for Asthma to support people battling asthma. To be held on ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240470/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:11 -0500 perthnow http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240470/ "Communities will need access to counsellors and financial advisors to help people through this crisis," he said on Sunday."So we're asking the community to help us be there ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240464/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:07 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240464/ The motoring group has seized on statistics from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research to call for tougher action against drug drivers."(It) is illegal, it is dangerous and it can ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240463/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:43:03 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240463/ As many as 40 men caused extensive damage to the Syrian embassy in Canberra after forcing their way inside.Australian Federal Police say the group smashed up the ground floor of the O'Malley ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240476/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:31:12 -0500 The West Australian http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203240476/ RIDERS and adrenalin junkies flocked in record numbers to the Hillside Dirt Jam at Wamboin and the reason they did is simple, says organiser Cam White.''I think it's all because of ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238987/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:23 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238987/ AN AUSTRALIAN Federal Police officer with top secret security clearance resigned in June last year after it was found he failed to disclose dealings with a motorcycle gang linked to organised crime, ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238988/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:21 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238988/ A CANBERRA bus driver caught skimming money from the till multiple times over five years eventually resigned, confidential documents show. He was one of two drivers caught misappropriating takings ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238989/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:18 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238989/ CANBERRA greengrocers are crying foul at claims the big retail chains are ''the cheapest'', saying the supermarket ''price wars'' are fooling consumers into ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238990/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:16 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238990/ !CANBERRA Airport last month installed five air monitors and boosted extractor fans after taxi drivers reported exhaust fumes were lingering in the temporary cab staging area.Parts of the airport ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:14 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238991/ THE WEST Australian Government hopes to settle a long-running native title claim over Perth and the state's south-west this year with an estimated $1billion package of cash injections and land ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238993/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:07 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238993/ RETIRED Raiders skipper Alan Tongue is pressing beer kegs above his head, dragging others by the hand through taxing sprints, crunching abs, flipping tyres, tip-toeing through rope grids and tossing ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238994/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:05 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238994/ IT WAS tough, gritty and largely unexpected - the ACT Brumbies showed there's untapped potential in their squad when they kick-started the Jake White era in Darwin last night.The first match ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238995/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:13:02 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238995/ THE NRL All Stars claimed the Arthur Beetson Trophy with a 36-28 win over the Indigenous All Stars in a scintillating clash at Skilled Park last night.Wayne Bennett's side outscored Laurie ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238996/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:59 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238996/ BRISBANE coach Ange Postecoglou concedes the Roar is unlikely to run down A-League leader Central Coast despite halting the Mariners' 15-game unbeaten streak with a 2-0 win at Bluetongue ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238997/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:12:56 -0500 Canberra Times http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238997/ Photo: Michelle Smith It was a somewhat strange sight for a Saturday in Brisbane yesterday. Not because of anything that could be seen. Rather, it was because of what was missing. Thousands of ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239001/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:56:32 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239001/ Internal documents used by the operators of the Wivenhoe Dam during the flood incorrectly recorded what strategy was actually in place, Queensland's flood inquiry has heard. The flood event ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239003/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:56:28 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239003/ SPECIAL forensic officers will examine the site of a neighbourhood brawl in Sydney's South West today after a teenager suffered serious burns to his legs and lower ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238998/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:12 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238998/ A 25-year-old man was stopped by police after he threw a small bag believed to contain drugs into a silver BMW parked on Evans Street, Sans Souci, about 9.30pm (AEDT) on Friday.Officers searched the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238999/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:55:09 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203238999/ A WOMAN who falsely claimed to have been raped by former Labor minister Theo Theophanous is suing The Age newspaper for $20 ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239004/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:51:00 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239004/ Australia and Switzerland are locked at one all in their Federation Cup tie after Stefanie Voegele upset Jarmila Gajdosova in a marathon encounter in Fribourg.Samantha Stosur earlier accounted for ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239000/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:20:35 -0500 Sportal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203239000/ http://twitter.com/share" class="twitter-share-button" data-count="horizontal" data-via="nzherald" ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237572/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:10:43 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237572/ had been approved by the Governor, their relationship, already accepted by family, friends and society, will finally be recognised by Queensland law. "We want our baby born into a family where ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237343/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:24 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237343/ Photo: Michelle Smith THE swastika, as used by Adolf Hitler, is now recognised internationally as a symbol for the worst facets of humanity. But for collectors of militaria, the infamous ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237342/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:59:19 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237342/ HUNDREDS of residents spent the night in evacuation centres in the southwest Queensland town of Charleville, as authorities continue to monitor the levee banks holding the swollen Warrego ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237339/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:57:53 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237339/ Police say the 22-year-old attempted to cross the causeway on Stony Creek Road at Shanes Park, despite road closure signs and closed floodgates.Rescue crews waded into the water and used ropes to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237341/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:57:43 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203237341/ GAINING further consumer acceptance rather than continuing low grain prices is the key to a strong Australian ethanol industry, according to United Petroleum's ethanol general manager David ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235747/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:56:37 -0500 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235747/ A SOUTH Australian vineyard once described by wine pundit Robert Parker as one of the "world's best wine estates" has been sold to a private US investor for an undisclosed ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235748/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:56:35 -0500 Stock Journal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235748/ Flooding in the Australian states of Queensland and New South Wales has forced thousands of families from their homes. It is the second year running that summer rains have caused serious problems ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235473/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:31:58 -0500 BBC http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235473/ GOLD COAST, Australia: US Open champion So Yeon Ryu shot a 3-under-par 69 on Saturday to take a three-stroke lead into the final round of the Australian Ladies ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235750/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:25:49 -0500 Arab News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235750/ Police in Victoria and New South Wales are considering buying the world's most advanced speed camera, so accurate it can catch you 600m away using a cellphone or not wearing a seatbelt. The A$18,500 ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235067/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:40:00 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203235067/ The initial recommendations of a "posture review" of the Australian armed forces, unveiled this week, dovetail with the preparations by US imperialism for a military confrontation with ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233724/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:12:04 -0500 wsws.org http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233724/ -- Heavy rains left thousands stranded in eastern Australia on Saturday as authorities warned of more flooding and urged several communities to flee to higher ground. About 16,500 people are ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233695/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:36:29 -0500 CNN Asia http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233695/ Melbourne: India finally tasted victory in the final T20 match against Australia. Fielding was sharp, the bowling looked accurate and the batting finished the match on a high. With a the opening ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233701/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:27:41 -0500 NDTV http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233701/ Greg Inglis will undergo scans on Sunday to determine the extent of the ankle injury the South Sydney superstar sustained in Saturday's NRL All Stars clash on the Gold Coast. Inglis left ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233947/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:25:41 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233947/ ANGRY Julia Gillard backers have challenged Kevin Rudd to "bring it on" when he returns to Australia tomorrow - and have predicted any leadership putsch will ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233953/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:24:26 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233953/ BRAVE Roma mum Jane Sheahan made the ultimate sacrifice. As swirling floodwaters threatened to pull her and her seven-year-old son Darcy under, the mother of two and Blue Care nurse managed to hand ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233949/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:13 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233949/ Fly into the dizzying world of insects with OVO, the latest from Cirque du Soleil's contortionists and trapeze artists. A bug's life has never looked so ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233950/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:20:05 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233950/ The 36-year-old's life has narrowed to this tiny space, a room that could be crossed in five long strides - if she could manage them.A day bed sits in front of the couch, for the days when she ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233952/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:19:59 -0500 News.com.au http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233952/ Australia's foreign minister Kevin Rudd (pictured) launched a fierce broadside at Europe Saturday, saying the financial crisis has caused it to turn in on itself and warning it risked an ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233583/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:07:47 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233583/ Norths have been very busy signing everyone they could. Problem is they had players on the hook but lacked some follow up. From the RugbyNews website: NEW FACES, CHANGES AND OFF-SEASON RECRUITMENT ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233946/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:45:35 -0500 Sportal http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203233946/ THE gay marriage debate in Parliament will be pushed back to later in the year to give advocates for change more time to garner enough support to have legislation for same sex marriage passed. ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231983/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:47 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231983/ THE South Korean government is working with Australian police to crack down on organised-crime gangs bringing women here as sex slaves. The Koreans have met top foreign affairs and immigration ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231984/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:42 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231984/ Photo: Dallas Kilponen WHILE teenagers typically fill the hours after school hanging out with friends, playing video games and dragging their feet over homework, Lochie Hinds is training to swim the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231985/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:38 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231985/ Earlier days Gina Rinehart and her son John. A STINGING attack on Gina Rinehart by her estranged son, accusing her of not wanting to ''share a penny'' to protect her ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231986/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:33 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231986/ WHEN Tony Abbott, at the National Press Club last week, invoked academic Robert Manne dismissing Julia Gillard as ''the least impressive prime minister since Billy McMahon'', the ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231987/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:29 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231987/ Photo: Joshua Smith WHEN all else fails, bake scones. That was the rationale of Yvonne Lloyd, who celebrated her 70th birthday yesterday with her house surrounded by floodwaters, two kilometres from ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231989/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:19 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231989/ A maximum fine of $550,000 is imposed for each curfew breach. THE Emirates airline could face fines of more than $1 million for multiple breaches of the Sydney Airport curfew after it defied ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231990/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:13 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231990/ Diana Bliss on her wedding day. DIANA BLISS was farewelled in a colourful, fitting tribute to a woman who ''loved putting on a show''. More than 150 people, dressed in bright ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231988/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:08 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231988/ Chilling a hostage taker in 1972. JIM SHRIMPTON, a journalist who in 1972 posed as an Australian basketball player to gain entry to the Munich Olympics athletes' village during a security ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231992/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:49:04 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231992/ Photo: Melissa North ROB KATTER confesses he feels like ''a bit of a copout'' because he doesn't go in for the theatrics of his famous father, the maverick north Queensland ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231991/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:48:59 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231991/ Photo: Glenn Hunt LIBERAL National Party powerbrokers are seething at the media antics of Clive Palmer, fearing that the party's biggest financial backer is derailing Campbell Newman's ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231994/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:48:48 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231994/ QUEENSLAND'S first civil partnerships will be celebrated next month. Deputy Premier Andrew Fraser announced yesterday the Governor had approved the state's Civil Partnership Act to ... http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231995/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 08:48:41 -0500 Sydney Morning Herald http://story.australianherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/88f7d0d02bea1b33/id/203231995/