31 Dec 07 | Twelve Catholic priests in Britain have swapped their pulpits for pastimes in a new calendar designed to recruit young men to the cloth.
31 Dec 07 | IT'S no joke. A British MP has produced a step-by-step guide on how to handle and change a light bulb - everything from wearing gloves to using a dustpan and broom.
31 Dec 07 | BOSASSO, Somalia - A gang has demanded a ransom for two kidnapped foreign aid workers, the president of Somalia's semi- autonomous Puntland region said yesterday.
31 Dec 07 | HAGERSTOWN, Maryland - They are not as loaded as Leona Helmsley's dog, but three canines in Maryland in the US, are rich enough to live the good life.
31 Dec 07 | LONDON - GlaxoSmithKline and AstraZeneca have been asked to hand over documents to Britain's Serious Fraud Office as part of its investigation into bribes allegedly paid to Saddam Hussein's deposed Iraqi regime, they confirmed last night.
31 Dec 07 | DAKAR - Senegal has entered a three-day period of mourning following the death of its spiritual leader.
31 Dec 07 | KARACHI - Three supporters of slain former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto were shot dead yesterday, police said.
31 Dec 07 | CANBERRA - An Australian man is expected to be charged with murder after a fatal stabbing in Bulgaria.
31 Dec 07 | The long-awaited independent report into the performance of Northern Tasmania Development would be ready for release on January 4, NTD chief executive Robert Wallace said.
31 Dec 07 | The region Glengarry father of three Scott Honeychurch returns to racing motorcycles seven months after he was thrown from his bike at Symmons Plains.
31 Dec 07 | THE Liberal Party has accused the State Government of failing to do enough for Tasmanian householders and business operators set to face a leap in electricity prices from tomorrow.
31 Dec 07 | CENTRAL COAST (1st, 30 points): Melbourne (h), Perth (a), Newcastle (h), Wellington (h)
31 Dec 07 | ALEXANDRIA, Egypt - Shoddy materials, illegal construction and a culture of corruption were blamed for the deaths of more than three dozen people buried when a 12-storey apartment building crumbled to the ground.
31 Dec 07 | Tasmania's national parks are busier than ever, Tourism Minister Paula Wriedt said yesterday.
31 Dec 07 | The Tasmania Fire Service was called to a house fire at Bridgewater on Saturday at 11.19pm.
31 Dec 07 | Fatalities as
at December 24:
2007 - 46
2006 - 55
Fatalities as at
December 31:
2006 - 54
2005 - 51
Serious injuries as
at December ...
30 Dec 07 | HORRIFIC cycling accidents marred last night's Devonport Carnival with one rider sustaining serious head injuries.
30 Dec 07 | I HAVE never been what you might call warm and fuzzy. Cold and calculating perhaps, but not warm and fuzzy.
30 Dec 07 | From robots that smell and taste, to robots with skin, down to mini robots that have lived with cockroach colonies, the automated figure is shaping up to play a much larger role in the not so distant future.
30 Dec 07 | Well Santa has emptied his sack full of goodies, your pants may be a little tighter from all the shandies and pudding you've downed and you're already thinking about next year's festive season.
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