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The Australian Green Peace activist who spent almost three months in a Russian jail is finally home. Colin Russell was one of 30 people charged with hooliganism after a protest at an arctic oil rig in September. Mr. Russell says he has no regrets and
The Federal Reserve has just announced it's winding back its long-running stimulus program. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke says the Central Bank is cutting its bond-buying program by 10 billion dollars a month. The program was designed to prop
A British court has found two Muslim converts guilty of murdering soldier Lee Rigby in a brutal, unprovoked attack. Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale ran over and stabbed the Afghan war veteran near a London army Baracks in May. Adebolajo told
Taking a look at the satellite. And a high in the bite is keeping skies mostly clear over South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales, well sending cool winds and the odd shower over Tasmania. A series of troughs over Western Australia are causing
The top stories from ABC news. Jailed Australian journalist Peter Greste and his two Al-Jazeera colleagues will be given a retrial after a year in prison. The trio were convicted of aiding the banned Muslim brotherhood organization in Egypt and sprea
Following the retraction ofRolling Stones expos into sexual assault at theUniversity of Virginia, Columbia Journalism School officials say the student atthe center of the article is not to blame from the magazines failure. Police believed the victims
The top stories from ABC news. Authorities in the Nethernand have confirmed 27 australians are among almost 300 people killed in a Maylaysian Airlines plane crashed in eastern Ukraine.295 people were on board flight MH17 which appeared to have been h
Leading our news this morning, two planes carrying bodies from the down of Malaysia Airlines plane have now landed in the Netherlands. Governor General Sir Peter Cosgrove and Foreign Minister Julie Bishop joined other dignitaries and families on the
An Israeli air strike near another UN-run school in Gaza has killed at least 10 people. The UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the attack, calling it a moral outrage and a criminal act. The blast hit the entrance of the school in
Australian Federal Police have again abandoned attempts to try to reach the site of the downed Malaysian Airlines plane. A convoy of international observers including Australian and Dutch inspectors were forced to turn back to 30 kilometers from the
Pacific Brands is selling its KingGee, Stubbies and Hard Yakka workwear brands to Wesfarmers for 180 million dollars. The effort to look at the company's performance comes against the backdrop of another big full-year loss. Pacific Brands lost a quar
The big front system is generating a lot of clouds but any light showers. And most of the really cold air is where south of the continent. A low pressure system over western Australia is going to bring some heavy falls tomorrow. The Tasman high has d
Australian skipper Jimmy Spithill has led the team USA to victory in the America's Cup. The American team won the last eight races to snatch victory from New Zealand. Today also happens to mark the 30th anniversary of Australia's historic America's C
Outgoing Labor Senator Mark Bishop has lashed out at his party over its very poor showing in WA senate re-election re-run. Senator Bishop called the carbon tax a fail tax and questioned why Labor continued to defend the policy. Meanwhile, Prime Minis
There were very sharp falls on Wall Street overnight with investors once again concern that companies like Amazon, Facebook and Netflix are all far too expensive and all three fell between four and five percent each. The tech-heavy Nasdaq dropped thr
Tributes have been flowing in for former New South Wales premier Neville Wran who's died after a long battle with dementia(痴呆). He was 87 years old. The state's current Premier Mike Baird has described Mr. Wran as a towering figure in the New S
South Korea's president says the actions of the crew who abandoned the sinking ferry are unacceptable and tantamount to murder. Divers have now recovered 64 bodies from the vessel, 240 are still missing, many of them are studnets. Seven crew members
Well, a new report is proposing a radical overhaul to the way the Federal Government helps retirees which it says would also improve the budget bottom line. Left-leaning think tank the Australia Institute says pensions should be increased by more tha
And leading the news this morning, the parents missing toddler William Tyrell have issued a fresh public appeal to find their son. The 3-year-old vanished from his grandmothers home on the New South Wales mid-north coast seven months ago. Police beli
Joe Hockey will use today's party review meeting to try to calm backbench nerves over the May budget. Tensions flied very publically yesterday over reports of another cut to foreign aid was in the cuts. The foreign minister Julie Bishop says she has