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10:50AM (ACST): New Zealand oil slick clean-up swings into action

BARGES began scooping up an oil slick on New Zealand's pristine Bay of Plenty. Read more
10:48AM (ACST): Drugs sniffer dogs nab 15 at Vic festival

FIFTEEN partygoers have been arrested for drug offences during a sniffer dog operation at Godskitchen music festival in Melbourne. Read more
9:58AM (ACST): Protesters clash with guards at museum

PROTESTERS clashed with security staff when they tried to enter a museum in the US capital. Read more
9:53AM (ACST): Man injured in Qld bonfire explosion

A 25-YEAR-OLD man has been taken to hospital with serious burns following a bonfire mishap. Read more
9:10AM (ACST): Drink driver tried to hide from Vic police

A DRINK driver was arrested after he tried to avoid police by unknowingly driving into a Mebourne police centre car park. Read more
9:07AM (ACST): Thousands protest against Berlusconi

TENS of thousands of Italians protested against Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and his government's austerity measures. Read more
9:04AM (ACST): Clubs offer poker machine technology trial

CLUBS Australia has offered its support for a trial of new poker machine technology. Read more
9:02AM (ACST): Bullfighter survives terrifying goring

A SPANISH bullfighter is likely to suffer facial paralysis and lose the sight in one eye after a terrifying goring. Read more
7:43AM (ACST): Man charged after body found in unit

A 40-year-old man has been charged with murder and arson after a woman's body was found in a Melbourne unit. Read more
7:36AM (ACST): Nine-man rescue team frees moose from pool

A MOOSE that found its way into a New Hampshire home's swimming pool needed the help of nine people to get back on dry land, WMUR-TV reported. Read more
7:33AM (ACST): Wall Street protesters to 'occupy' the streets

THE "Occupy Wall Street" protesters planned to invade New York's Washington Square Park, putting them toe-to-toe with police. Read more
6:25AM (ACST): Ne-Yo, Jamie Foxx kick off Michael Jackson tribute

THREE generations of Michael Jackson's family joined paid tribute to the King of Pop. Read more
6:08AM (ACST): Don't have penis enlargement: Cuban sexpert

A LEADING Cuban sexologist urged young men not to have surgery to enlarge their manhood. Read more
6:05AM (ACST): Virus hits US drone fleet: report

A COMPUTER virus has hit the US Predator and Reaper drone fleet that Washington deploys to hunt down militants. Read more
6:01AM (ACST): Attempted abduction of boy, 7

POLICE are investigating the attempted abduction of a boy in Sydney's south. Read more
5:58AM (ACST): Perry, Romney court religious conservatives

REPUBLICAN presidential hopeful denounced "poisonous language" against his Mormon faith. Read more
5:53AM (ACST): Man charged with wife's murder

POLICE have charged a man with the murder of his wife in Sydney's south. Read more
1:18AM (ACST): Jolie-Pitt donate to Somali aid group

THE head of a Somali aid group says Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated $US350,000 ($358,000) to help it expand its health services. Read more
12:29AM (ACST): 3 killed in Sri Lankan election violence

THREE people including an adviser to Sri Lanka's president have been killed in election-related violence just outside the capital. Read more

Yesterday

10:57PM (ACST): Snapped: iPhone thief caught by app

A THIEF was arrested in New York after the iPhone he swiped earlier in the week secretly took his picture, police said. Read more
10:52PM (ACST): Man billed $238 over gnomes in dead dad's garden

A MAN who was billed for failing to remove six garden gnomes from his late father's house in Britain labelled the move "ludicrous." Read more
10:48PM (ACST): Rare baby seahorse found in London river

THE discovery raises the possibility that a colony of the rare creatures is living in the River Thames, scientists said. Read more
10:29PM (ACST): Demand for new iPhone 'extraordinary'

US telecommunications giant says initial demand for iPhone 4S has made it the most successful iPhone launch the company has ever had. Read more
10:25PM (ACST): Polish police arrest two for IKEA bombings

MEN alleged to have placed bombs at IKEA stores in several European countries in blackmail attempt. Read more
10:21PM (ACST): Syrian forces fire on funeral: activists

SYRIAN security forces opened fire at the funeral of assassinated Kurdish opposition leader, killing one person, activists say. Read more
9:53PM (ACST): Police praise behaviour of soccer fans

POLICE have praised the behaviour of fans at the Melbourne Victory and Sydney FC clash in Melbourne. Read more
9:50PM (ACST): Slovakian stalemate over euro bailout fund

MESSAGE from PM leaked to a newspaper shows government is no closer to achieving a compromise needed to extend euro bailout fund. Read more
9:30PM (ACST): Burma censorship chief seeks press freedom

THE director of Burma's state censorship board says his own department should be abolished to allow greater press freedom. Read more
9:27PM (ACST): Feuding Belgian parties strike reform deal

FEUDING Flemish and French-speaking politicians agree on reform aimed at ending crisis that has left the country without a government for a year and a half. Read more
9:15PM (ACST): Tasmanian teen charged with stabbing

A TEENAGER has been charged with stabbing another youth in the chest in northern Hobart. Read more
7:45PM (ACST): Two US soldiers accused of rape in S Korea

ALLEGED sexual assaults prompt US military officials to apologise as they try to ease growing public anger. Read more
6:57PM (ACST): Six rescued in light plane crash

A PILOT and five skydivers have been rescued following a light plane crash in southeastern Victoria. Read more
6:41PM (ACST): 'Heathwick' plan to create London mega-airport

AN $8 billion high-speed rail service linking London's Heathrow and Gatwick airports in 15 minutes is being considered by ministers in an attempt to maximise air capacity. Read more
6:30PM (ACST): Group charged over Opera House stunt

THREE protesters who exposed big gaps in security at Sydney Opera House have been charged after climbing onto the iconic venue's roof. Read more
6:19PM (ACST): Mystery horse illness toll could reach 18

ANOTHER horse is expected to be put down after showing symptoms of the mystery illness that has killed 17 quarter horses at a property west of the Gold Coast. Read more
6:16PM (ACST): Indonesia mosque bombing arrests

INDONESIA'S counter-terrorism police have arrested five people in connection with a suicide bombing of a mosque in April, a spokesman says. Read more
5:28PM (ACST): Man with world's largest feet finds fame

THE first thing that people notice about Brahim Takioullah is not his feet - which he hopes will make him famous - but his enormous height. He stands more than 246 cm tall. Read more
5:25PM (ACST): Bali parlour owner describes boy's arrest

WOMEN at the massage salon allegedly visited by a 14-year-old Australian boy arrested over drug allegations in Bali have told how four men waited for the teenager before swooping on him. Read more
4:58PM (ACST): The Simpsons safe for two more seasons

THE Simpsons is safe for two more seasons, after a breakthrough with the cast in a pay dispute that threatened the future of the show. Read more
4:54PM (ACST): LA fire chief in hot water over topless pics

LOS Angeles' new fire chief has admitted to being photographed with a bikini-clad woman on a fire engine. Read more
4:52PM (ACST): Woman found dead in her home

A WOMAN has been found dead and a man arrested at a home in Sydney's south. Read more
4:26PM (ACST): US sorry for Philippine sex tourism remark

THE US ambassador to the Philippines has apologised for his controversial remark that 40 per cent of male tourists visit the country for sex, the foreign department says. Read more
4:09PM (ACST): Rudd firming as favourite to lead Labor

PUNTERS have made Kevin Rudd a firm favourite to lead the Labor party into the next federal election, bookmakers say. Read more
3:39PM (ACST): Two men dead after car crash

TWO men have died in a car crash on NSW's north coast. Read more
3:37PM (ACST): Concern over radiotherapy access

RURAL and regional Australians are missing out on vital radiation services that can increase survival and recovery rates for cancer sufferers, according to radiology experts. Read more
3:21PM (ACST): Sex and the City star adopts baby girl

SEX and the City star Kristin Davis has followed the path of her character from the iconic HBO series by adopting a baby daughter. Read more
3:18PM (ACST): Man charged with stabbing neighbour

A MAN has been charged with stabbing his neighbour in Sydney's south. Read more
2:53PM (ACST): Woman dies in crash with truck

A WOMAN is dead after her car collided with a truck in central Queensland just before noon today. Read more
2:15PM (ACST): Woman punched, indecently assaulted

A woman was punched in the face and indecently assaulted as she walked to work along a busy Melbourne road. Read more
2:12PM (ACST): Knox claims harassment in Italian jail

AMANDA Knox claims she was sexually harassed by a prison official in Italy during her four years behind bars, according to a TV program to be aired this weekend. Read more
1:56PM (ACST): Teens attack police at party

A GROUP of teenagers have attacked three police officers at a large party in a southeast Queensland town. Read more
1:15PM (ACST): Men rescued after lightning strikes boat

THREE fishermen have been winched to safety after their boat was struck by lightning in heavy seas off the southeast Queensland coast. Read more
12:16PM (ACST): Harvey Norman protesters scale Opera House

FOUR forest activists have been arrested after they scaled the Sydney Opera House to protest against retail giant Harvey Norman. Read more
12:01PM (ACST): Palace reveals Queen's Aussie itinerary

THE Queen will visit flood disaster victims and open a new children's hospital during her royal visit to Australia. Read more
11:30AM (ACST): Yacht crew rescued after striking reef

SAILORS competing in a Sydney to Hobart warm-up race have been rescued after their yacht hit a reef off the NSW coast. Read more
10:45AM (ACST): ALP urges feds on gay marriage

THE Victorian ALP has said federal Labor must take a stand on marriage equality and is urging the party to support gay marriage at its national conference in December. Read more
10:12AM (ACST): Australian boy spends fourth night in Bali cell

A 14-YEAR-OLD Australian boy allegedly caught with a small amount of marijuana while on holiday with his parents in Bali has spent a fourth night in custody. Read more
10:06AM (ACST): Oil stops leaking from ship off NZ coast - for now

OIL appears to have stopped flowing for the time being from the stricken container ship Rena off Tauranga's coast, Maritime New Zealand says. Read more
9:44AM (ACST): Heavy storms lash southeast Queensland

THOUSANDS without power after fierce storms hit Queensland, with authorities warning locals that conditions are set to worsen. Read more
8:37AM (ACST): Jackson trial: Murray 'not only doctor'

MICHAEL Jackson's doctor told police he thought he was not the only medic treating the pop icon, in an interview played in court. Read more
8:31AM (ACST): Teen girl 'assaulted in shopping centre toilet'

A TEENAGE girl has been allegedly indecently assaulted in the public toilets of a suburban Melbourne shopping centre. Read more
8:09AM (ACST): Four guilty of lesbian killing in S Africa

FOUR men were convicted overnight of murdering a teen girl in Cape Town, in a case that heightened concerns about "corrective rape". Read more
7:54AM (ACST): Private funeral held for Steve Jobs - report

THE Wall Street Journal is reporting that a private funeral is being held for Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Read more
7:36AM (ACST): Body found in unit after fire

A BODY has been found following a fire at a flat in Melbourne. Read more
7:31AM (ACST): Woman escapes abduction attempt

POLICE launch manhunt after the attempted abduction of a 23-year-old woman in a city street. Read more
7:21AM (ACST): Dutch rail plan to introduce 'pee-bags'

DUTCH National Railways says it has introduced so-called "pee-bags" as an emergency alternative to non-existing toilets on its short-hop trains. Read more
7:12AM (ACST): 35 dead in horror bus crash in China

AT least 35 people were killed and 18 injured when a bus rolled after colliding with a car on a highway in northern China, state media reported. Read more
7:08AM (ACST): S Africa's Tutu celebrates 80th birthday

SOUTH Africa's Desmond Tutu celebrated his 80th birthday overnight in the cathedral where he once rallied against white rule. Read more
6:59AM (ACST): Dutch coffee shops in drug crackdown

DUTCH government to classify high-potency marijuana as a hard drug in a decision that has left locals fuming. Read more
6:42AM (ACST): Gaddafi 'no longer in commander role'

NATO commanders believe ex-Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi no longer commands forces loyal to him and his supporters are on the verge of defeat in his hometown of Sirte, a senior US defence official says. Read more
6:34AM (ACST): 111 arrested in massive NYC identity theft ring

BANK tellers, restaurant workers and other service employees in New York lifted credit card data from residents and foreign tourists as part of an identity theft ring that stretched to China, Europe and the Middle East and victimised thousands, authorities say. Read more
6:20AM (ACST): Titanium treasure found on Moon

A NEW map of the Moon has revealed an abundance of titanium ore that is up to 10 times richer than on Earth, a finding that could one day lead to a lunar mining colony, astronomers say. Read more
5:26AM (ACST): 'Healthy men don't need prostate screening'

ROUTINE screening for prostate cancer does not help save the lives of healthy men and often triggers the need for more tests and treatments, a US government health panel says. Read more
12:54AM (ACST): US stocks mixed on jump in job creation

US stocks were mostly higher in opening trade tonight, lifted by a report showing the economy created more jobs than expected. Read more
12:45AM (ACST): Couple claim forest boy as grandchild

A SWISS couple came forward to claim that Germany's mysterious "forest boy" is their grandson, Berlin newspaper BZ reported. Read more
12:20AM (ACST): Most Australians don't check food source

THE majority of Australians "hardly ever" check to see where their food comes from despite wanting government protection of local produce. Read more

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Police reopen 1983 case

ONE of the state's highest-profile murder mysteries - the 1983 abduction of schoolgirl Louise Bell - has been reopened.

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