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Swine Flu Fears Fuel Web Ads from Household Brands

By Kate Kaye, ClickZ, Nov 23, 2009 Online marketers aim to capitalize on the curiosity -- and, in some cases, fears -- stirred by news about swine flu deaths and illnesses. However, along with the little-known mask and latex...

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Rudd undecided on same-sex civil unions

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the Federal Government is still waiting on legal advice to decide if it will block an ACT law that provides for same-sex civil unions. The ACT allows same-sex couples to recognise their...

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Brother wants answers on Scientologist's suicide

By Online parliamentary correspondent Emma Rodgers 'Backed into a corner': Edward McBride killed himself in 2007 (Supplied) Related Story: Scientologist propaganda sent to 'most schools in Australia' A man whose Scientologist...

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Protesters block Parliament's doors

FEDERAL Parliament's front doors were locked today during a blockade by climate change protesters calling for deep cuts to carbon emissions. About 200 protesters demanding a 40 per cent cut in carbon emissions were visited by...

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Australia's best kept secrets

FIFTEEN expert authors have devoted 65 weeks to on-the-road research in producing the 15th Edition of the Lonely Planet Australia travel guide. Great Bay, Bruny Island, Tasmania Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigaswas) are farmed...

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Bushfires burn as Australia prepares final ETS laws

SYDNEY (Reuters) - After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by the year's final day of parliament on Thursday.

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Libs warn Turnbull: carbon plan risks split

JOSH GORDON November 22, 2009 Malcolm Turnbull has been warned by colleagues to reject the Government's emissions trading legislation to avoid a ''damaging rupture in the Coalition'', amid speculation his leadership may not...

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PHOTOS/VIDEO: Bloodhound, officers rescue hunter from Everglades

or enable JavaScript for your browser to view the video player. COLLIER COUNTY — The first eleven times searchers passed the small pond, they found nothing unusual. Jamey Mosch, the 30-year-old hunter lost in the thick...

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2 families, 2 fires, same sense of loss

Neighbors also share thankfulness for what remains: faith BY KIMBERLY C. MOORE • FLORIDA TODAY • November 21, 2009 MERRITT ISLAND — MERRITT ISLAND -- Bob Brown used his van to pull down the charred remains of his back porch...

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Executives stood down over banknote scandal

The board of the Reserve Bank subsidiary Securency International has stood down its managing director and company secretary amid federal police investigations into alleged corruption. Australian Federal Police raided offices...

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