Features and Analysis
Rat v rat: Fight to the death in Sydney suburb
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Invading houses, chewing on wiring and carrying disease, black rats have been a pest to the residents in the Sydney suburb of Mosman for years.
Home buyers reconsider market after latest rates cut
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Latest figures show that new buyers are now looking seriously at property and that investors are also coming back into the market.
New York journalist 'steals' Empire State Building
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A NY journalist has gone to drastic measures to highlight the city's property deed fraud "phenomenon" by 'stealing' the Empire State Building.
Another bungle prompts cancer treatment review
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Another cancer treatment bungle in SA prompts a review of all public and private hospitals.
NZ's marae youth courts hailed a success
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New Zealand police are hailing a new approach to dealing with young Maori offenders as a success.
National Portrait Gallery opens in new home
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The nation's best portraits given room to breathe in a $87m tailor-made gallery.
White possum may have become 'climate change casualty'
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A rare possum species in far north Queensland may have become the first Australian casualty of climate change.
Windsurfer to set out on Bass Strait mission
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Four-time world windsurfing champion Allison Shreeves is planning to tackle the potentially deadly waters of Bass Strait.
Obama has team to do the job: expert
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Barack Obama's national security team has the talent to steer the US through a turbulent global situation, an expert says.
We'll work for $1 a year, say US car bosses
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The bosses of America's biggest car companies vow to work for $US1 a year in return for government loans.
Mafia target: Gomorrah author's life in hiding
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Gomorrah author in hiding after it was revealed the Mafia want him dead by Christmas.
Vic scientists to lead million-mum cancer study
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Victorian scientists are preparing to lead the world's biggest study into the causes of childhood cancer.
Shipping industry urges Govt action on piracy
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The Federal Government is being pressured to take action against pirates threatening the world's shipping industry.
Talk is cheap from Proteas: Nielsen
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Tim Nielsen says South Africa's pre-tour bluster will be empty if it cannot back it up with results.
Daly looking anything but a 'wild thing'
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Listening to John Daly talk about his putting woes and apologising for past sins, it's hard to believe he is golf's 'wild thing'.
Charities seek $900m in funding as financial crisis bites
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'Tis the season to be jolly, but for some of the nation's biggest charities there is precious little to smile about.
E Timor's women speak out after brutal imprisonment
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East Timor's female political prisoners are telling their side of the story.
Traumatised Mumbai tailor struggles to stitch life together
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Mumbai residents attempt to pick up the pieces after the city's bloody attacks.
Clinton begins new chapter as face of foreign policy
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Hillary Clinton still got part of what she wanted: the opportunity to "clean up" after Bush.
Phone-savvy science tracks koala breeding habits
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Scientists are using mobile phone technology to learn more about the breeding habits of koalas.
Sydney PhD student turns thesis into dance
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A Sydney PhD student has won an award for setting her PhD to a dance routine.
Swiss vote to allow heroin prescriptions
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Swiss voters have opted to further liberalise drug laws so hardcore users can be prescribed heroin.
Whale rescuers defend response time
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Witnesses to a mass whale stranding in Tasmania are angry that it took rescuers a day to arrive.
Property stamp duty 'stifling growth'
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A survey on stamp duties has prompted more calls for reform of the tax which some in the industry say is simply stifling growth.
Hunted Tanzanian albinos face 'non-future'
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A Tanzanian MP has warned that ritual killings of albinos are continuing in the country.
