01 Jan 09 | JERUSALEM - At least 25 per cent of Palestinians killed during Israel's massive offensive in the Gaza Strip have been civilians, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees says.
"A minimum of 25 per...
01 Jan 09 | BRISBANE - The doors permanently closed on 55 ABC Learning child-care centres yesterday after the collapse of the nation's largest child-care provider.
The giant of Australian child-care, ABC Le...
01 Jan 09 | MELBOURNE - ANZ Banking Group Ltd's chairman Charles Goode and chief executive Mike Smith have been accused in court papers of making false statements about the Opes Prime saga to inflate the bank...
01 Jan 09 | PERTH - Ruling favourite The Fuzz will have to set a modern-day weight carrying record to win the $400,000 BMW Perth Cup at Ascot today.
The Fuzz has been allotted 56.5kg in the 2400m staying test b...
01 Jan 09 | Cycling Australia has confirmed it has chosen a BMX squad to train ahead of the 2012 London Olympics. The five riders will train and compete under the guidance of Cycling Australia's BMX high coac...
01 Jan 09 | Larry Cassidy will have one of his last feature rides as a Sydney-based jockey when he partners Sir Sensible in the Listed Tattersalls Club Cup at Randwick today.
The New Zealand-born Cassidy will mo...
01 Jan 09 | LONDON - There's a gnawing problem in the British countryside - a giant beaver on the loose, wreaking havoc in south- west England.
The 38kg animal escaped from the Upcott Grange Farm in the cou...
01 Jan 09 | British cyclist Chris Hoy's feat of winning three gold medals at the Beijing Olympics has been rewarded with a knighthood in the New Year's Honours List.
Hoy's knighthood topped the Queen...
01 Jan 09 | IN A year of shock political announcements in the State, long- time Greens leader Peg Putt announced her resignation in July.
Ms Putt spent 15 years as a Greens MP, and during her announcement said ...
01 Jan 09 | TASMANIA scored gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, courtesy of rower Scott Brennan.
The 25-year-old Lindisfarne Rowing Club member teamed with Victorian David Crawshay and overcame challenges from...
01 Jan 09 | FRUIT harvesting season was temporarily put on-hold on Tuesday when unseasonal rain hit the East Coast.
Despite recording the State's highest temperature of 21deg., Scamander experienced spora...
01 Jan 09 | Fatalities as
at Wednesday, Dec 24:
2008 - 39
2007 - 44
Serious injuries as
at Wednesday, Dec 24:
2008 - 254
2007 - 323
- Figures supplied
weekly by the Road
Safe...
01 Jan 09 | Australian three-time time trial world champion Michael Rogers and Germany's Judith Arndt will spearhead record fields for the Scody Australian open road cycling championships, to be held from Jan...
01 Jan 09 | Applications for the annual Greenhams Tasmania scholarship close on Friday, January 30. The scholarship provides the successful applicant with $10,000 to assist in improving their skills and knowledge...
31 Dec 08 | ULVERSTONE cyclist Luke Ockerby completed a lucrative coming of age when his powerful victory in last night's Devonport Wheel netted him $5000.
With Launceston rider Peter Loft coming in second ...
31 Dec 08 | ISLAMABAD - Pakistan yesterday called for an easing of tensions with India, one month after ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours were sent into a tailspin in the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks.
31 Dec 08 | About $8 million worth of watches have been stolen from a Singapore shop, the dealer says, in a rare crime of such magnitude in one of Asia's safest cities.
Cortina Holdings Ltd, which has outlet...
31 Dec 08 | CANBERRA - More than a quarter of a million teenagers have had a dental check-up under the Federal Government's Medicare Teen Dental Plan since it began six months ago.
Acting Health Minister Ju...
31 Dec 08 | Four new national parks will be created along the Murray River system to protect Victoria's river red gums, Premier John Brumby announced yesterday.
The new parks will be declared along the Murra...
31 Dec 08 | Soldier shot; Toll at 41.
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