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1.The Justice Department has launched an investigation into who leaked classified information about President Bush's secret domestic spying program. 2. A Florida teen who traveled to Iraq on his own w
House prices have fell by 4 percent the past year with Brisbon and Melbourn the hardest hit.Insabon Monda from the real state institute of Victoria says prices are simply reflecting the markets. And xxx can't push up prices,the market was what market
The Reserve Banks December minutes confirm a period of stability for interest rates is set to continue. The board noted that some market participants expect rates to fall next year and discussed factors behind those market expectations, but the RBA g
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
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
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
Australian photo journalist Nigel Brennan has been released by kidnappers in Somalia. After being held for 15 months, he and a Canadian colleague say they cant believe theyre free. Theyre now in a hotel in Mogadishu and are reported to be in good hea
Official figures show that the UK is in the grip of the longest recession since records began. Britain's economy contracted in the third quarter of this year, with the GDP falling 0.4%.This comes as a surprise to economists who were expecting a rise
on Caixiqiang, good job! by homeway2000 Good morning. The Somali based Islamist group al-Shabaab has denied having any links to the Australian men charged over an alleged terrorist plot in Sydney. Three of the five men are of Somali origin and one is
Qatar Airways has admitted that one of the bombs posted from Yemen last week was originally transported on two passenger planes before being seized in Dubai. Two suspected al-Qaeda packages from Yemen were intercepted in Dubai and Britain on Friday.
US President Barack Obama is preparing to end the ban on deep-water oil and gas drilling. The ban was imposed after the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says there will be new requirements for companies allowed t
Sydney police are investigating a second death linked to a Taser. A man died when police used a Taser while trying to arrest him in Sydney's west. A day earlier, another man died when police tried to subdue him during a brawl. They denied a witnesss
US stocks finished the week with the 7th gain in eight sessions. Improvement in the trade deficit and some better than expected jobs data pushed the Dow up half a per cent. Across the Atalantic, London's FTSE 100 hit a four-month closing high for the
Pakistan's president has visited a camp for flood victims during his first trip to areas hit by the deluge. Asif Ali Zardari has been criticized for failing to cut short an overseas trip when the floods first hit. Pakistan's government has also been
The Gillard Government's been rocked by more damaging internal leaks. Last night, Channel Nine reported that Julia Gillard lobbied in Cabinet against the Government's paid parental leave scheme and the size of pension increases. Ms Gillard says she d
Leading the news this morning. Prime Minister Julia Gillard is today expected to announce her new-look Cabinet. Ms Gillard has spoken to dumped PM Kevin Rudd about his future in Parliament. She may reallocate her old portfolios to existing Cabinet me
Leading the news this morning: Greens MP Adam Bandt has forced Parliament to begin debating the issue of same sex marriage. Hes introduced a motion, calling on MPs to talk to their constituents about their views on gay marriage. Both major parties op
Let's take a look at the satellite. A trough is triggering storms over northern parts of Queensland. Another trough is generating showers and storms in the northern territory and WA. And a high is keeping the country's southeast dry. Looking around t
To finance. Now the Reserve Bank has hinted it will cut interest rates next month, soaring in the month ahead, as the mining boom slows quicker than expected. Mr Stevens says the gloom over Europe's debt crisis is starting to ease, but he says produc
Leading the news this morning. Syria's peace envoy Kofi Annan has given up on diplomacy and will resign at the end of the month, he says he is frustrated by the UN security council's failure to agree on sanctions against president Assad, Australia's