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  Labor 'needs a miracle' to take Liberal seats
The director of Labor's Queensland
election campaign, Milton Dick, says it will take "a miracle" for
his party to win seats from the Liberals at Saturday's state
election.
Chatsworth in Brisbane is one of the
most hotly contested seats. |
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 Howard
says to unveil big initiative for bird flu
Reuters: By Sonya
Hepinstall: PUSAN, South Korea, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Australian Prime
Minister John Howard said on Friday he planned to unveil a
"significant initiative" to fight the spread of bird flu, which
could have disastrous consequences if it turns into a pandemic. |
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 Liberals
dismiss Beattie's health pledge
The Liberals have
dismissed the Queensland Premier's resignation pledge as a
stunt. Premier Peter Beattie says he will quit if there is no
improvement in the state's troubled health system by the end
of the year. |
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 Prince's
birth adds to Mary's fairytale
Crown
Princess Mary has added a "happily ever after" to her fairytale life
with the birth of a son and future king of Denmark. |
 Beaming
Mary and babe make public debut
Denmark's Princess Mary and her new-born son have made
their first public appearance, with the Tasmanian-born princess
showing off her baby to the media just 84 hours after birth. |
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 Questions
raised over Lees' handcuffs
New
questions have been raised about the reliability of forensic
evidence from homemade handcuffs allegedly used to restrain British
tourist Joanne Lees. |
 PM
refuses to guarantee parent leave
Millions
of Australian workers have won the right to ask for extra parental
leave, but the victory could be short-lived. |
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 Beattie denies pork-barreling
Queensland's
government will spend $4 million to relieve pressure on health care
services in Redcliffe. |
 Lees
expected to face cross examination
Joanne Lees is expected to face cross examination on
Wednesday in the trial into the disappearance and presumed murder of
her boyfriend Peter Falconio.
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The 12th August is the anniversary of the Battle of Dupplin Moor, where Edward Balliol and knights disinherited by Robert the Bruce after the Battle of Bannockburn defeated four year-old David II's regent, Donald, Earl of Mar, at Scone, near Perth. Find out about more historical battles at
heritage.scotsman.com
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Henry Duncan was
born on the 8th October in 1774 in a Manse in Lochrutton. He
founded the first savings bank in his parish in Dumfriesshire.
The bank was born out of his social conscience and made
banking accessible to poorer members of society. Read more
about personal finance here
business.scotsman.com |
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 Police sift through info on missing teen
Police
searching for missing Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe have started sifting
through hundreds of pages of information received in the state's biggest door
knock operation.
VALUABLE paintings and books lost in fire started by faulty Christmas tree lights as guests saw in New Year.
MORE than half of Scottish children under two are now fed an exclusively organic diet - even when their parents are unable to afford to buy organic food for themselves.
SCOTS are drinking themselves to death at a faster rate than people anywhere else in western Europe, a study has found.
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