Police appeal for clues to Sydney fires

POLICE are hunting a firebug or bugs who set fire to rubbish bins at four different unit blocks in Sydney's west. Firefighters extinguished the blazes outside the units on Guildford Road in Guildford early on Saturday morning. The first started...

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News chopper crashes near Perth

A CHANNEL 10 news cameraman has been taken to hospital after a helicopter crash east of Perth, but the pilot has escaped uninjured. Police said the cameraman was filming a truck rollover at Baskerville in the Swan Valley at about 11am (WST)...

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Madonna school-building claim rubbished

The Malawi government challenged a claim Madonna's charity built 10 schools in the African nation. Source: AAP MALAWI education authorities have challenged a claim by American pop queen Madonna that her charity last year built 10 new schools...

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Man in WA court over head-in-bag murder

A MAN accused of murdering a Perth underworld figure whose severed head was found on Rottnest Island has made a brief appearance in court. Aaron Carlino, 28, has been charged with murdering Stephen Ramon Cookson on December 15 last year. An...

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Thieving Queensland public servant jailed

A SENIOR public servant who stole $55,000 from the public purse by double-dipping on a redundancy payout has broken down in tears upon being sent to jail. Philip James Sharp, 40, will serve at least three months of a two-year sentence behind...

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Man charged with grooming girl

A 37-YEAR-OLD NSW man has been charged with child grooming after allegedly engaging in sexually explicit online conversations with a teenage girl. Police say the man was arrested at Raymond Terrace after a tip-off from Queensland police, who...

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Two child car seats given 5 star rating

ONLY two out of 15 new car child restraints have achieved the highest safety rating. However all were found to meet basic Australian standards. The Child Restraint Evaluation Program (CREP) ratings on 15 new car seats, using tough new standards,...

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Rio Tinto holding NT govt to ransom: Mills

NT Chief Minister Terry Mills says Rio Tinto Ltd is holding him to ransom over a new gas pipeline. Source: AAP NORTHERN Territory Chief Minister Terry Mills says mining giant Rio Tinto Ltd is holding him to ransom over a deal to save an aluminium...

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Sea level rise 'linked to climate change'

Scientists have rejected claims there is no link between global warming and rising sea levels. Source: AAP SCIENTISTS have rejected claims that the latest research on climate change finds no link between global warming and rising sea levels....

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Vic firefighters prepare for scorcher

Victorians have been told to prepare as temperatures rise in Australia's south-east on Thursday. Source: AAP VICTORIAN firefighters are bracing for a scorcher with temperatures expected to soar on Thursday. A Country Fire Authority spokeswoman...

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Drug producer busted after calling police

A MAN became the architect of his own demise when he called police over a violent home invasion and they uncovered his secret cannabis crop. Thomas Anthony Bishop, 33, phoned police in June last year after armed offenders broke into his home...

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Fallen firefighter had 30 years experience

Peter Ronald Cramer, who died during the Tasmanian bushfire, is said to be a skilled firefighter. Source: AAP A VICTORIAN man who died while fighting bushfires in Tasmania was a firefighter of 30 years' experience who had recently passed a...

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Volcano erupting in Russia's Far East

A VOLCANO erupting in Russia's Far East is sending plumes of gas and ash high into the sky and creating a lava lake. The Plosky Tolbachik volcano is located in Kamchatka peninsula, hundreds of kilometres from the nearest residential areas. ...

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Mubarak questioned over alleged gifts

Hosni Mubarak has been interrogated over gifts he allegedly received from the Al Ahram newspaper. Source: AAP OUSTED president Hosni Mubarak has been interrogated over gifts worth millions of Egyptian pounds he allegedly received from the...

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