The Oceanic Viking standoff is over but that isn't stopping the political debate about asylum seekers. The remaining 56 Sri Lankans arrived at an Indonesian detention center overnight. The Opposition says the deal to fast-track their processing has s

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Taking a look at the satellite picture first and you can see cloud streaming across the south and east. Thats generating areas of rain and storms. Ragged cloud over the northern tropic is bringing a little light rain. Cloud sweeping over the southern

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A full independent investigation will be held into a huge fire at the West Atlas oil rig in the Timor Sea. The blaze has been extinguished and the oil and gas leak fueling the fire has also been plugged. The West Atlas rig had been gushing oil into t

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An Australian academic who has been expelled from Fiji will leave the country this morning. Fiji-born Professor Brij Lal was briefly detained yesterday before being told he had 24 hours to leave. Hed given several interviews to Australian and New Zea

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Hello, Kirsty Heenan with the National Weather. Cloud bands over northeastern New South Wales and central Queensland in a trough are causing showers and storms. Cloud being driven over the east coast in moist easterlies is bringing patchy showers. An

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The Federal Government has taken a dip in the polls as a standoff with the group of asylum seekers onboard an Australian Customs ship continues. Today's Newspoll in the Australian newspaper shows 53% of voters think the government is doing a bad job

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US stocks have dropped on concerns that Dubai's debt crisis could stall the global economic recovery from recession. The government-owned Dubai World has around 60 billion US dollars worth of debt. Its asked creditors if it can postpone repayment unt

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New Zealand has rejected a Federal Government proposal to take some of the asylum seekers from an Australian Customs ship. The proposal is part of the governments plan to try to resolve the standoff involving 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking.

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Australia is offering asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking resettlement in Australia within 12 weeks if they disembark in Indonesia and have their refugee status confirmed. About half of the 78 Sri Lankans aboard the Oceanic Viking could be in

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Both sides of politics will today make a national apology to the Australians and former child migrants who suffered while in institutions or in care. The Federal Government says it's a significant step forward in the healing process. Britains Prime M

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Surgeons are still operating to separate conjoined twins at Melbournes Royal Childrens Hospital. The procedure to separate Bangladeshi girls Krishna and Trishna began yesterday morning. Doctors say the surgery is going well so far, and the girls are

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US Army officials have confirmed 7 people have been killed in a shooting at a Texas army base. At least twenty people have been injured. Indonesia will today announce whether it will extend a permit allowing an Australian Customs ship with a group of

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Unemployment has hit a new high in the United States. Over fifteen million people are looking for work with the jobless rate hitting 10.2% in October. That figure is the highest in over twenty-five years. Although job loss is deep, slow month on mont

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The Eurozone has emerged from recession after the deepest downturn since the Second World War. Sixteen European Union countries use the Euro currency. Output for those countries grew by 0.4% in the third quarter of this year. That news gave market se

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Malcolm Turnbull's Liberal leadership is in disarray after a mass exodus of MPs from frontbench and whip positions. Their rebellion is expected to cost Mr. Turnbull the leadership at a meeting on Monday. Joe Hockey is understood to be a candidate, bu

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Indonesia has confirmed that 20 of the 78 asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking have agreed to disembark. The Sri Lankans have been refusing to go ashore to Indonesia. But they've now accepted the government's proposal to fast track their resett

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Celebrations are continuing in Germany as thousands mark 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined the world leaders and dignitaries, setting off the line of giant dominos where the wall once stood. Despite th

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The Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will use today's front bench reshuffle to reward Coalition MPs who spoke out against emissions trading. It comes a week after Mr. Abbott won a leadership's bill over Malcolm Turnbull. Liberal Senate Leader Ni

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Catastrophic fire warnings have been issued across South Australia with temperatures set to rise above 40 degrees. Eight districts have been put on alert, including the Eyre Peninsula, Yorke Peninsula and the Flinders Ranges. Extreme and severe warni

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The Prime Minister 's being urged to take action against Japanese whaling when he stops in Tokyo today. The Opposition wants Kevin Rudd to follow through on his threat of legal action after Japan confirmed it will continue whaling as usual this summe

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