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3 hrs ago | ABC News

Transmatilda

PIP COURTNEY, REPORTER: The Australian Outback has often been used to test machinery to its upper limits.

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7 hrs ago | Buses world news

CNG Buses * Worldwide

The warning from the Public Transport Authority comes after a Mercedes-Benz bus caught fire and was badly damaged as it was about to be refuelled at the Welshpool depot on Sunday night... The bus is one of more than 500 in the Transperth fleet fuelled by compressed natural gas.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Mexico,

Sat May 18, 2013

Fiji Village

Second Airbus arrives next Thursday

The second Airbus A330 for national carrier Air Pacific will arrive next Thursday in Nadi.

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Related Topix: Commercial Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus Aircraft, Airbus A330, World News, Fiji, France,

Sunday Times

Most riders at fault in bike crash deaths

The study found that 90 per cent of killed riders already had traffic records for speeding or other offenses.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Australia

AdelaideNow...

Mining sector not an ATM - Rinehart

Miners and other resources industries aren't just ATMs for everyone else to draw from says Gina Rinehart in her resource industry address.

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BroadwayWorld.com

BWW Interviews: Julie Andrews is Practically Perfect on Her First Trip to Australia

For so many of us, Julie Andrews loomed large in our childhoods, a constant presence through repeated viewings of those two iconic films, MARY POPPINS, and THE SOUND of MUSIC.

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Related Topix: The Sound of Music, Family, Drama Movies, Biography Movies, Musical Movies, Mary Poppins, Comedy Movies, S.O.B., Celebrities, Easy-Listening, Julie Andrews, Australia, World News

Scoop

Excising Australia: When a Country Ceased to Be

It was a crime of sorts, perpetuated against the international community with a brazen disregard that has come to mark the politics of the country.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Tea Party, US News

The New Zealand Herald

Adopted child too ill to enter NZ, parents told

A 7-year-old girl has been banned from entering New Zealand with her adopted parents because authorities say she is too sick to live here.

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NEWS.com.au

Labor mounting fear over super: coalition

THE coalition has accused the federal government of running a "hysterical scare campaign" over superannuation, as Labor MPs across the country rally to warn that Tony Abbott would cut retirement savings to the bone.

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Fri May 17, 2013

BroadwayWorld.com

Cody Simpson to Releases New Album Surfers Paradise, 7/16

Atlantic recording artist Cody Simpson has revealed details of his anticipated new album.

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Stuff.co.nz

Tourists land to rude Kiwi awakening

Tourists awaiting connecting flights wait in a smokers' shelter at Christchurch Airport after being kicked out of the international terminal.

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Related Topix: New Zealand Travel, Travel, New Zealand, World News, Pacific Travel

Stuff.co.nz

Hunk clash goes trans-Tasman

A trans-Tasman hunk clash has been confirmed for the rural bachelor competition at this year's National Agricultural Fieldays.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Agriculture, Science

ABS-CBN News

Rio Tinto's largest-ever 'red' diamond up for sale

Rio Tinto said Friday it was putting up for sale the biggest "red" diamond ever produced by its Australian mine amid an "explosion" in demand from Asia for the rare pink-hued stones.

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International Business Times

Flood Prone Queensland Faces New Flood Tax Proposal

The Newman-led Queensland Government was reported to be seriously considering imposing a flood levy in next month's budget, which highly baffled the Australian federal government.

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The New Zealand Herald

P-Money gets back to his roots

Money tells Lydia Jenkin how his move to New York has brought back memories of the music he loved as a kid Pete Wadams, better known as P-Money, is feeling pretty thankful for the opportunities life is offering at the moment.

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Related Topix: P-Money, Hip-Hop, Black Entertainment, Talib Kweli, M.O.P., Mobb Deep, New Zealand, World News

Thu May 16, 2013

The Age

Government accused of sneaking in web filter

The federal government has been accused of sneaking mandatory web filtering through the back door after one of its agencies inadvertently blocked 1200 websites using a little-known law.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Internet Service Providers,

Scoop

Tonga celebrates arrival of Broadband

NUKU'ALOFA, 17th May 2013 - - Today Tonga's National ICT Day showcased the advent of high-speed internet in July, under the first phase of the Pacific Regional Connectivity Project supported by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank .

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Scoop

PNG Defence Force Investigates Shooting Of Young West Papuan

A 19-year-old man is receiving treatment for gunshot wounds after about five Papua New Guinea soldiers allegedly opened fire on him and two other West Papuans.

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KTEN-TV Denison

UN: 3 peacekeepers abducted between Israel-Syria

Armed men broke into a U.N. outpost in a buffer zone separating Israel and Syria and abducted three U.N military observers, the U.N. peacekeeping chief said Thursday.

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NBC Los Angeles

Powerball: 12 Ways to Spend Your Winnings

No one won Wednesday night's Powerball drawing, which is good news for somebody: There will be an even bigger drawing on Saturday night.

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Related Topix: Lottery, World News, Tonga, Credit Card Debt, Personal Finance