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  'Crocodile
Hunter' Irwin killed by stingray while making wildlife film
STEVE Irwin, the safari-suited "crocodile hunter" and
television presenter, was killed by a stingray yesterday while
filming a documentary series called Ocean's Deadliest.
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 Racing
legend Peter Brock killed
Australian
motor sport legend Peter Brock has died after his car hit a
tree during a rally in Western Australia today.
Brock was
competing on the second day of the Targa West Rally when his
Daytona Coupe hit a tree near the small community of
Gidgegannup, about 40 kilometres east of Perth. |
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 British
regulators lift tourism ad ban
British
advertising regulators have decided to lift a television ban
on Australia's latest tourism campaign.
Federal Tourism
Minister Fran Bailey says the announcement came after a series
of meetings with the Advertising Standards Authority and the
British Tourism Minister in London. |
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 Costello
unveils $11.5b cash surplus
Federal Treasurer
Peter Costello has announced the nation has a cash surplus
that is $2.5 billion more than expected. |
 West
Papua independence protest at forum
Hundreds of people have rallied in Port Moresby to urge
Pacific leaders meeting there to take West Papua's case for
independence from Indonesia to the United Nations. |
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 Reduce
Iraq troop numbers: Beazley
The
Australian: WHILE Australian and American troops stay in Iraq,
the Gulf country will remain a terrorist haven, Opposition
Leader Kim Beazley has said. Speaking at a dinner in Sydney... |
 The
house of Howard
Seventeen years after being ridiculed for
glorifying the picket fence, Prime Minister John Howard explains to Tony Wright
why he was right, and how his political fate has been shaped by his belief in
the attachment of Australians to the security of home
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 Airports
urged to take security lead from UK
The
Australian: AUSTRALIA should follow Britain and introduce full
screening for all airport workers entering restricted areas, a
former Heathrow security chief has urged. Norman Shank...
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 Police
alarm on racial profiling
The
Australian: AUSTRALIA'S 50,000 police want the federal
Government to indemnify them against civil lawsuits accusing
officers of "racial profiling" of Muslims under new
anti-terror la... |
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On the 16th August 1766, Carolina Oliphant was born in Gask, Perthshire. A poet, she added her words to old folk tunes. Her parents were staunch Jacobite supporters and many of her works, including "Charlie is my Darling", reflect her family's sympathies. Were it not for Carolina, many Scots folk tunes would have been forgotten. Read more of Scotland's people at
heritage.scotsman.com
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Scotland got a
taste of the military skill of Oliver Cromwell on the 3
September in 1650 as his Roundheads thump our boys at the battle of Dunbar. This small Scottish town has experienced many clashes in its time, situated as it is on the road to Edinburgh from England. It is also notable as the birthplace of the environmentalist John Muir. To read more about this famous Scot
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Michelangelo Buonarotti unveiled his painting on the ceiling of the Vatican's Sistine Chapel on this day in 1512. It took him four years to paint the detailed Biblical scenes for Pope Julius II. The fresco depicts many scenes from Genesis including the famous image of God creating Adam. For more articles on art click here |
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TODAY, The Scotsman reveals the true extent of inequality across Scotland, in a devastating study showing the country's wealthiest suburb has a life expectancy of 87.7 years, while a boy born in the poorest area of Glasgow can expect to die at 54.
A MOUNTING workload is discouraging teachers from applying for top jobs and adding to a recruitment problem.
JACK McConnell issued a warning to David Cameron yesterday not to interfere in Scottish affairs if he becomes prime minister.
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