Long Tan service to honour Aussies, Kiwis

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SYDNEY (AAP) - War veterans will be among a 300-strong crowd attending a commemorative service at the site of Australia's biggest battle in the Vietnam War this week.

Most Australians fear second GFC

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SYDNEY (AAP) - Less than 10 per cent of Australian voters believe that a second global financial crisis can be avoided.

Morcombes brace for long court case

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SYDNEY (AAP) - The parents of missing Sunshine Coast boy Daniel Morcombe have waited eight years for the arrest of a suspect in their son's disappearance - and they're ready to wait years more for

Malaysia vowed to improve refugee lot

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SYDNEY (AAP) - Immigration Minister Chris Bowen says assurances Malaysia would improve its treatment of asylum seekers was a crucial factor behind the government's controversial people-swap deal, l

Labor to back territories bill after all

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SYDNEY (AAP) - Federal Labor has finally agreed to support a bill that gives the territories greater powers to set their own laws, ending months of internal squabbling.

Nepal govt investigates Securency

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(AAP) - The Nepalese parliament is set to investigate the awarding of a contract to print Australian banknotes, part of a multinational bribery scandal.

Serena Williams beats Stosur in Toronto

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(AAP) - Samantha Stosur admitted hoping a forecast thunderstorm would arrive as she succumbed 6-4 6-2 to Serena Williams in the final of the WTA Rogers Cup in Toronto.

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