01 Jan 03 | WASHINGTON - Even after 15 years in the deep freeze, human umbilical cord blood may be used to restore bone marrow in cancer patients, according to a study that showed cells from long-frozen specimens were able to grow and expand in laboratory mice.
01 Jan 03 | Resort in doubt; Vodafone to fight theft; Execution on the move
01 Jan 03 | Pm says terror ads hitting home; Body in garbage bags identified; Nicole signs up for Luhrmann film
01 Jan 03 | Killer's militant cell ties; Five die in Gaza Strip; Baggage handler tip-off
01 Jan 03 | Japan births fall; Trekkers die in ice; Bus runs into river
01 Jan 03 | A Launceston cancer sufferer has to pay for a test to find how long he has to live because Medicare will not.
01 Jan 03 | Riverside carpet layer Tristan Gourlay steered his Adams 11.9 yacht Force Eleven across the line in fourth position on Monday in the Melbourne-to-Hobart yacht race despite suffering a broken rudder off Marrawah.
01 Jan 03 | BRISBANE - The Japanese tourism market is showing signs of recovery, with numbers arriving in Australia over the New Year holiday period set to jump by 29 per cent.
01 Jan 03 | 12 MONTHS TO DECEMBER 31:
Maximum daily temperatures: Hobart: 32 deg., Launceston 28, Burnie 27, Devonport 26, Swansea 32, Strahan 33, Liawenee 25, Strathgordon 31, Whitemark 32, Currie 29.
01 Jan 03 | SYDNEY - Golfing father figure Jack Newton is reportedly suffering from meningococcal disease.
The 52-year-old, whose glittering career included victories at the Australian Open and NSW Open, is thought to have contracted the disease along with two others in Newcastle.
01 Jan 03 | TOP 10 NAMES
GIRLS:
1 Emily (30)
2 Ella/Ellie (26), Isobelle/Isobella (26), Sophie/Sophia (26)
3 Georgia/Jorjia (21)
4 Abbey/Abbie/Abbi/Abigail (21)
5 Amelia/Amy/Aimee/Ami (19)
01 Jan 03 | HONG KONG - Palm trees along Kowloon's waterfront were fitted with protective "condoms" yesterday to stop New Year's Eve revellers spray painting them.
01 Jan 03 | TOKYO - A Japanese man was arrested early yesterday for allegedly trying to break into a bank's automated teller machine with a large power shovel.
01 Jan 03 | Launceston City Council officers will test North Esk River water at the St Leonards and Corra Linn picnic grounds tomorrow to see if it is fit for swimming.
01 Jan 03 | SYDNEY - Speculation that heavyweight jockey Justin Sheehan's career is over seems premature after he bounced back with a winner at Gosford yesterday.
01 Jan 03 | The Devonport Wheel was yesterday abandoned due to bad weather for the first time in the carnival's 65-year history.
Organisers officially called off the event yesterday afternoon with persistent rain making the track unrideable.
01 Jan 03 | Should demerit points be doubled for road offences commited during the holiday period? Yes 49%; No 51%
01 Jan 03 | Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunderstorm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year.
01 Jan 03 | Police have recovered a body believed to be that of a Prospect woman who went missing near the Batman Bridge last Sunday.
01 Jan 03 | AUCKLAND - The fate of more than 3000 people hit by a cyclone last weekend remained unknown yesterday as Solomon Islands authorities delayed the sailing of a patrol boat to investigate.
Favourites