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The low and trough thats been spreading showers across the southeast over the past few days is starting to move offshore. However, New South Wales and Queensland can expect a few more storms today. The cloud over WA is also producing storms and the w
Nigeria: Foreigners kidnapped Heavily armed gunmen in speedboats kidnapped seven workers, including three foreigners, from an offshore Nigerian oilfield on Saturday. The raid was the first big attack on an oil facility in five months since the inaug
The federal government is under fire for considering a plan to pay Indonesia for the cost of intercepting boats of asylum seekers on their way to Australia. The opposition says the so-called Indonesian solution is an attempt by the government to buy
Australian beer maker Foster's has accepted a takeover bid by British great brewer SABMiller. The deal is worth more than $12 billion to Fosters shareholders. Foster's produces some of the country's most popular beers including its biggest seller VB.
The satellite image shows cloud over eastern New South Wales is spinning about an offshore low, triggering showers over the coast and ranges. Cloud over central South Australia and Victoria is causing showers. There are mostly clear skies in the west
Political stalemate is putting the future of offshore processing of asylum seekers in doubt this morning. The Federal Government will introduce amendments to the Migration Act tomorrow. The Opposition is refusing to support those changes and has put
The future of offshore processing of asylum seekers is in doubt after yesterday's High Court ruling against the Malaysia solution. Federal Cabinet has been holding crisis talks. Immigration Minister Chris Bowen isn't ruling out reopening the detentio
Israel and Hamas have stepped back from the brink of war this morning. A ceasefire was declared, an hour and a half ago, after a week of bloodshed, the truce was announced by Egypt's foreign minister at a Cairo news conference with the U.S Secretary
A website publishing the names and faces of known sex offenders in Western Australia will go alive today. The public will have access to the names of about 50 child sex offenders and the suburbs in which they live. But there are concerns it could enc
US President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney are back on the campaign trail. They suspended their campaigns in the wake of the super storm that caused widespread devastation across America's east coast. It's only five days now befor
Leading the news this morning The Prime Minister has made a plea to the Senate to pass the bill that would break the asylum seeker deadlock.It took six hours of emotional debate for the legislation to pass the House of Representatives last night.The
President Barack Obama, and LaFourche Parish president Charlotte Randolph, center, get a briefing from U.S. Coast Guard Admiral Thad Allen on a beach in Louisiana, 28 May 2010 President Barack Obama inspected areas of the U.S. Gulf coast on Friday, u
The Obama administration has partially declassified a court order that authorizes and sets the rules for the NSA抯 collections of US telephone information. NPR抯 Dina Temple-Raston reports the disclosure came ahead of a Senate Judiciary Committee h
From NPR News in Washington, Im Jack Spear. Senate democrats say they will introduce legislations and respond to the Supreme Courts decision allowing businesses to refuse advice country accepted as part of employees health care plan. NPRs Laure Celve
A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to improve Internet and other telecommunication tr
Lesson 79 A Strange Piece of Wood 一根奇怪的木头 Words: dreary adj. 沉闷的 drench v. 使湿透 drift vi. 漂流,漂泊 driftwood n. 浮水 drill vt. 钻孔,打眼 n./vi. 训练,操练;反复练习;n. 钻头,钻机 drizzle v. 下毛毛雨n. 细雨 drought n. 干旱 drowsy adj.
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Throughout the past week, Americans anxiously watched weather conditions in the Gulf Coast region. The people of Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas were well prepared for Hurricane Gustav -- and the coordination
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Before they left Washington for their August recess, Congress failed to take action on an issue that is currently of great concern to Americans: high prices at the gas pump. The fundamental reason for high gasoline price
Oh, professor! shouted Ned Land, whose hunting fever had gone to his brain. 啊!教授,尼德兰喊,他打猎的兴致狂热起来了, What excellent game, especially in a stew! What a supply for the Nautilus! 多么好吃的猎物,特别是闷
The British prime minister David Cameron has announced new measures to make it harder for people to hide the proceeds of corruption in offshore accounts. Most British overseas territories that had tax havens will now share information with the UK aut