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Some of the 78 asylum seekers aboard an Australian Customs ship are expected to disembark shortly after political negotiations.

A female pilot has become the first woman to join Britain's elite R.A.F. Red Arrows.

20 of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers on board the Oceanic Viking have changed their minds.

Kevin Rudd has tried to convince Indian officials that foreign students are safe in Australia, but not everything has gone smoothly for the P.M.

Up to 20 of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking could leave the Australian customs ship as early as today.

A total fire ban is enforced for South Australia's west coast region.

Kevin Rudd has used a major speech in India to assure the safety of foreign students in Australia.

Up to 20 of the 78 Sri Lankan asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking could leave the Australian customs ship as early as today.

Mike Tyson is free on bail after allegedly insulting a photographer at Los Angeles airport.

Passionate Twilight fans have turned out in numbers to get a glimpse of the stars in the latest film New Moon.

Mike Hussey appears certain to play in the first test after Cricket Australia today ruled him out of next week's Sheffield Shield match between WA and Victoria.

A Western Australian Liberal backbencher is under fire for citing Hitler as an example of the need for stop and search laws in the state.

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Tiger Woods was wowed fans at Kingston Heath shooting a sizzling 66 for a share of the lead in the first round of the Australian Masters.

Malcolm Turnbull has called the Prime Minister 'extraordinarily weak', for offering a deal to resettle Sri Lankan asylum seekers refusing to leave a Customs ship off Indonesia.

Kevin Rudd is in India for his first visit there as prime minister.

Australian scientists are about to start human trials of world first technology that could help cancer victims regrow their breasts.

Australia's jobless rate has risen slightly to 5.8 percent, after dipping to 5.7 percent last month.

PM Rudd has dropped in on our troops in Afghanistan.

A group of shark pups have had a sudden and violent start to life in a New Zealand aquarium.

Women who have undergone mastectomies could regrow their own breasts thanks to a stem cell breakthrough.

Lip-syncing queen Britney Spears performed the first of her three sold out concerts in Melbourne.

Australia's unemployment rate has risen to 5.8 per cent following a dip to 5.7 per cent last month.

The 78 Sri Lankans on board a customs ship in Indonesia have rejected an offer of resettlement in Australia, if it means they have to first stay in an Indonesian detention centre.

An Australian bomb detection dog has been found safe and well after more than a year lost in the Afghanistan wilderness.

The Australian Masters started early this morning with the main attraction Tiger Woods drawing huge crowds.

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Chaos has been caused across Brazil thanks to an enormous power failure.

Tens of thousands of people have marked the fifth anniversary of former Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat's death.

Only a small minorty of Britney Spears fans walked out of last night's concert as the lip-syncing controversy continues.

A group of shark pups have had a sudden and violent start to life in a New Zealand aquarium.

PM Rudd has dropped in on our troops in Afghanistan.

An Australian soldier has been wounded in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.

West Australian police have issued a nationwide alert for a nine-year-old boy snatched from school by his mother.

Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN says the asylum seekers aboard an Australian custom ship should be sent home.

A heat wave is fuelling several bushfires across South Australia.