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Weak consumer spending figures in the US are dampening hopes the countrys economic recovery will be quick. Household spending fell for the first time in five months in September, down 47 billion dollars or 0.5%. Government spending was behind the thi
An Indonesian governor says he'll let 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers be taken off from an Australian customs ship only if he's given a guarantee they won't stay longer than a month. The asylum seekers were due to be moved to an Indonesian detention fac
The election campaign has stepped briefly back in time with Kevin Rudd and John Howard duelling over who should lead the country. John Howard launched a stinging attack on Julia Gillard at a Liberal Party fundraiser last night, calling her a total fa
Documents show the Federal Government was planning ads promoting its super profits tax before the Henry review was publicly released. The review recommended the mining tax. Letters between Federal MPs show the Government expected the tax to affect sh
A report into Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday massacre has found the killing of 13 Catholic protesters by British soldiers was unjustified. British Prime Minister David Cameron has apologized for the deaths as he handed down the findings. It found t
The Obama administration has unveiled a plan to reduce the role of nuclear weapons as part of its national security strategy. The government is promising not to launch a nuclear attack on non-nuclear states and says it sends a message to Iran and Nor
Australian aid is expected to arrive this morning in areas of Fiji, hardest hit by a powerful cyclone. Authorities are still trying to contact 17 Australians in Fiji's north. But damaged infrastructure is hampering communications. Cyclone Tomas has f
Hello, Kathryn Stolarchuk with the National Weather. To the satellite image first, we can see a cloud stream over Queensland carried by humid easterlies is generating showers and storms in the northern tropics. More cloud across the south along a tro
The Federal Opposition says it would be happy to fight a double dissolution election over proposed changes to private health insurance. The Senate has given the government another double dissolution election trigger by blocking legislation to means t
The New South Wales Emergency Services is urging Coonamble residents who refused to evacuate their homes to heed major flood warnings. About 1,000 people have already left their properties as the Castlereagh River rises. The town is preparing for its
Leading the news this morning, the Muslim-Brotherhood Mohamed Morsy has been named Egypt's first democratically-elected leader, thousands of people are celebrating the result in Cario's Tahrir Square, and Mr.Morsy has greeted the nation, promising to
Union stalwart Bill Kelty has issued a reality check to Labor and Union movement. The Former ACTU secretary has told its national Congress the hope and trust the Australian people once had in the Labor party has retreated. He says Labor needs to arti
Figures show US economy grew by its fastest pace in over 18 months during the final quarter of last year.The nation's gross domestic product grew at annual 2.7% between October and December.It was boost by a pick up in consumer spending but the numbe
1. Israel has launched several more airstrikes on southern Lebanon today, cutting short a two-day pause in the attacks after Hezbollah guerrillas blew up an Israeli tank. 2. President Bush insists any
1. Residents of the Mid-Atlantic region got hit with another day of triple-digit temperatures. Officials are urging people to conserve electrical power and stay indoors. An excessive heat warning rema
1. Forty-nine people died when a Comair jet crashed just after take-off in Lexington, Kentucky. Only one person, the first officer , survived. Investigators are looking into whether the plane had take
1. The US and its European allies press Russia and China to support bringing Iran before the UN Security Council over Tehran's nuclear program. 2. Africa makes history as Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is swor
1. Firefighters are using water and bulldozers to battle a forest fire in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. It's believed that the blaze was sparked from a military jet dropped a flare on a nearby bombing range. 2. Britain's Prince Harry will not be sent w
And the latest inflation figures are due out this morning. Economists are tipping a rise of 0.7% in the first three months of the year. Now that will take the annual CPI to 2.8%. Apple's quarterly profit has fallen for the first time in almost ten ye
The Federal Government's revenues are continuing to fall. The prime minister will review their 12-billion-dollar revenue shortfall in a speech later today. Now despite the financial hit, the prime minister will push ahead with her education reforms a