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2 patients killed at Aussie psychiatric hospital
Nov 4 2009 11:56PM CT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A psychiatric patient was charged Thursday with two counts of murder in the overnight stabbing deaths of two men who were also patients at an Australian hospital.
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UN food agency says 200 million more people hungry
Oct 26 2009 1:22AM CT
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Most of the developing world is paying more for food despite drops in commodity market prices during the global economic slowdown, with 200 million people joining the ranks of the hungry in the past two years, the U.N. World Food Program said Monday.
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Leech leads Australian police to armed robber
Oct 20 2009 6:17AM CT
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - A leech found at a crime scene eight years ago led Australian police to a man who admitted robbing an elderly woman in 2001, officials said Tuesday.
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Australian teen sailor starts round-the-world bid
Oct 18 2009 5:17AM CT
SYDNEY (AP) - A 16-year-old Australian steered her bright pink yacht out of Sydney Harbor on Sunday to start her bid to become the youngest person to sail solo and unassisted around the world.
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Baby OK after train hits stroller in Australia
Oct 16 2009 7:23PM CT
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A 6-month-old baby has miraculously survived a train hitting his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his mother let go for an instant.
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NASA flies over Antarctica to measure icemelt
Oct 16 2009 1:56PM CT
ABOVE ANTARCTICA (AP) - Hoping to better understand how a melting Antarctica could swamp the planet, a NASA plane outfitted with lasers and ground-penetrating radar made its first flight over the icy continent on Friday.
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5 men found guilty of Australian terror plot
Oct 16 2009 8:02AM CT
SYDNEY (AP) - Five Muslim men were convicted Friday of plotting Australia's largest terrorist conspiracy as part of a bid to force the government to change its policy on Middle East conflicts.
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New quakes, small tsunami panic Pacific islanders
Oct 8 2009 10:55AM CT
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Thousands of panicked South Pacific islanders raced away from coastlines after a series of strong earthquakes rocked the region and generated a small tsunami Thursday, just over a week after a massive wave killed 178 people in the Samoas and Tonga.
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Samoans plan new lives away from the sea
Oct 6 2009 12:46AM CT
LALOMANU, Samoa (AP) - Samoans who fled to the hills as a deadly tsunami tore through their villages last week began searching for materials to build new homes far above the sea that washed away their dwellings and many loved ones.
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