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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
The corporate regulator has ditched its appeal against two former OneTel directors. ASIC lost a civil case against Jodee Rich and Mark Silbermann in November last year. Now it says an appeal will cost too much time and money. ASIC alleged the pair ga
The Federal Government will try again this week to get its changes to private health insurance passed by parliament. It wants to means test the rebate for private health insurance and increase the Medicare surcharge for high-income earners who don't
The Prime Minister has left open the possibility of using health policy to trigger a double dissolution election. The Senate is expected to vote for a second time on the Government's plan to means test the private health insurance rebate. If it's rej
Millions of people are getting ready to celebrate Australia Day. The only Australian woman to receive the Nobel Prize for Medicine, Elizabeth Blackburn, has added Australia's top honor to her accolades. Professor Blackburn has become a Companion in t
The Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says there will be major changes to the health system this year. The announcement came as he revealed the government faces massive hikes in health costs over the coming decades. Mr. Rudd warned health costs will rise rap
The government is pressing ahead with its emissions trading scheme, reintroducing legislation into parliament for a third time last night. Former Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull signaled hell vote for it. And the government is challenging other Co
Investigators are sifting through the ruins of a family home in western Sydney this morning after it was badly damaged by fire. They suspected it was caused by faulty insulation. The Federal Opposition is still applying pressure on the Government ove
Hello, Claire Aird with the National Weather. Taking a look at the satellite picture first and cloud crossing WA ahead of a front is only bringing the odd light shower. Cloud over the interior and western South Australia is triggering showers and sto
Prosecutors have charged Michael Jackson's doctor with involuntary manslaughter. Michael Jackson's family arrived at the LA court to see Conrad Murray charged over the singer's death. Dr. Murray is accused of acting without caution when he administer
Rescuers are still searching for survivors of a massive explosion at a power plant in the US state of Connecticut. Up to 50 people were reportedly feared dead and dozens more have been injured. It's believed the explosion was caused by a ruptured gas
The former US President Bill Clinton has been taken to hospital in New York, he was admitted suffering from chest pains and has already undergone surgery to unblock two arteries. In 2004, President Clinton had a quadruple bypass operation. The Federa
A 20-year-old man has been charged with the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Queensland. Trinity Bates was taken from her Bundaberg home sometime between Sunday night and Monday morning. Her body was found in a drain near her family's house. The m
People around the country have enthusiastically welcomed the new decade. World weather threatened to derail plans for fireworks in a number of capital cities. But Sydney again hosted a spectacular show - more than one and a half million people watche
The Federal Opposition has condemned the use of Australian airports for Japanese whalers' spy flights. A company linked to Japan's Institute of Cetacean Research reportedly chartered Australian planes to track the Sea Shepherd ship, the Steve Irwin.
Hello! US car giant General Motor is having trouble rising much needed capital after spectacular fall from grace during the global financial crisis. It's fail to sell a Swedish car grand Saab and will begin an ordinary write down of Saab operations.
Firefighters are bracing for another day of extreme weather conditions in Australia's southeast. Victoria's first code red fire warning is in place for the Wimmera in the state's west while catastrophic fire warnings are in force for 10 of South Aust
Planes carrying aid workers and supplies are facing major delays trying to get into Haiti. Haitis government has stopped all civilian flights into Port-au-Prince because theres no room on the ground for more planes and not enough jet fuel for planes
The Japanese whaling fleet has denied that a ship deliberately hit protest ship the Ady Gil. The Institute for Cetacean Research says the Ady Gil was steaming towards the Japanese boat to try to cut it off when the crash occurred. But the captain of
Haiti's government says the bodies of at least 75,000 people have been buried in mass graves since the earthquake struck the island more than a week ago. Workers are carving out graves on a hillside north of Haitis capital. And in Port-au-Prince, the