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Roosters five-eighth Todd Carney has capped a magnificent return to the NRL by locking up the Dally M award for the best player of the 2010 season at a gala event in Sydney on Tuesday night.

Australian author and two-time Man Booker winner Peter Carey has made it into the final field of six authors vying for one of the world's most influential literary prizes.

The head of Burma's military regime has arrived in China, with his hosts urging western countries not to interfere in the country's first elections in 20 years.

An Australian man who was jailed for participating in anti-government protests in Bangkok earlier this year has been deported from Thailand.

A senior executive of one of the world's biggest miners is not ruling out more changes to the mining profits tax.

The United Nations refugee agency says 230 civilians have been killed during fighting between government forces and Islamist rebels over the past two weeks in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.

Millions of commuters across London struggled to get to work as a 24-hour strike by workers on the underground rail system crippled much of the network, hurting the city's convalescent economy.

A federal parliamentary committee has recommended the creation of a charities commission.

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Residents in Shepparton in northern Victoria are preparing for the worst, as they wait for floodwaters to peak overnight.

Welfare agencies say many Christchurch residents are walking around like zombies, terrified the aftershocks will bring down their house.

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A disappointed Tony Abbott says the Coalition will continue to "ferociously" hold Labor to account after he today watched his chance of becoming prime minister disappear as key independents sided with Labor to form government.

A Melbourne magistrate has ordered a 42-year-old woman to stand trial for the attempted murder of two of her three children.

Bombings and shootings by suspected Islamic militants have killed five people and wounded 13 across Thailand's troubled south, police said Tuesday.

US police caught two teenagers trying to buy marijuana when they mistakenly sent a text message to the local sheriff instead of their drug dealer.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will pump almost $10 billion into regional programs after today scraping back into power with the support of two key independents.

Former Queensland Premier Peter Beattie says the Labor party is in a serious political position in Queensland.

The local share market spent most of the day hovering flat, but dropped slightly when the Reserve Bank announced its decision to leave the official cash rate on hold at 4.5 per cent.