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Emotional ceremonies have been held in America to mark the 10th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. President Barack Obama was joined by his predecessor George W Bush at Ground Zero in New York. Relatives read out the names of the victims and th
The much-loved Australian artist Margaret Olley has died aged 88. Born in Lismore, the free-spirited painter held her first show in 1948 and had a career which spanned six decades. She was a generous benefactor who donated to galleries across the cou
All stock markets across the globe haveended a tumultuous week with gains. In the United States, markets ended thesession stronger for a second day in a row partly thanks to positive salesfigures. The Dow is up 126 points; the Nasdaq has risen 15 poi
It was a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious evening at the Helpmann Awards in Sydneys Opera House last night. Mary Poppins scored a record eight awards from 12 nominations including best musical and best male and female actors in the musical. It also
A collection of Bruce Lee memorabilia has gone under the hammer in Hong Kong nearly 40 years after the Kung Fu star's death. Thirteen items from a private collection were auctioned off, netting just over 200,000 Australian dollars for the owner. The
A young Melbourne girl has died and two others are in hospital after a dog attack last night. The four-year-old was playing with her cousin at her St Albans home when they were attacked by a neighbour's dog. The little girl died at the scene. The dog
Eight out of 90 European banks have failed stress tests designed to ensure they can withstand another financial crisis. The European Banking Authority carried out the health check and says another 16 banks are in a dangerous zone. Five Spanish banks
Now Rupert Murdoch has arrived in London to be greeted by a political storm over the phone hacking scandal. The last edition of the News of the World has hit the streets, but its done nothing to calm the crisis. Britains Labour leader is calling on M
An Australian man accused of helping a people smuggler in Indonesia says he has done nothing wrong. Indonesian police have arrested the Iraqi refugee who now lives in western Sydney; claim he helped a known people smuggler to send 32 people to Christ
And the UN high commissioner for human rights says the Government's plan to send asylum seekers to Malaysia may violate international law. Navi Pillay says she believes the plan violates refugee conventions. She's also concerned about the safety of a
In business, a multi-billion-dollar offshore LNG facility has been given the green light off the WA coast. The Prelude, floating LNG plant has been developed by Royal Dutch Shell. It will be the first time that onshore processing techniques are used
A jury has found a man who threw his four-year-old daughter off Melbourne's Westgate Bridge guilty of murder. Arthur Freeman was found guilty after the jury deliberated for five days. The jury members had earlier told the judge they would not be able
And the Ivory Coast's beleaguered president is not giving up easily. Rival forces have tried to storm Laurent Gbagbo's home where he has holed up with his family. The latest reports say rival forces have been repelled for now. Mr Gbagbo's refusing to
And theres low in the northern tropics. The Bureau is warning it could still develop into a cyclone. And at the moment, its generating heavy squally rain across the Kimberley and Top End. A northern trough is triggering more patchy rain around Cape Y
The White House now says that Osama Bin Laden was not armed when American soldiers shot him dead. The governments also backtracked on its claim that Bin Ladens wife was used as a human shield. And it marks all the contradictions and finger-pointing.
Australian homes remain the most overpriced in the world - that's according to the The Economist magazine. The publication says that Australian property is overpriced by about 56 per cent, refuelling the debate over whether the nation's housing marke
Colonel Gaddafi has told America's ABC that his people love him and would die to protect him, but the world is getting increasingly impatient with the Libyan leader. The European Union has joined the United Nations by approving sanctions against his
A key independent is questioning the Governments whole carbon tax strategy. Tony Windsor has labelled the policy a mistake thats backfired. Mr Windsor says the Government should consider ditching the tax in favour of an emissions trading scheme. And
And the Tasmanian timber company Gunns has released a report showing its Tamar Valley pulp mill will deliver $10 billion to the Tasmanian economy over the next 20 years. Gunns hired Insight Economics to examine the economic impact of building its pul
Cyclone Yasi has been further downgraded to a category 3 storm, but has still left a trail of destruction in its wake. Mission Beach, Tully, Cardwell and Innisfail are among the worst-hit communities. Early reports coming out of Tully say the town ha