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Italians ponder Lotto jackpot mystery
A tiny Tuscan town is wondering who won Italy's record 147.8 million euros ($A253.17 million) lotto jackpot.
August 25, 2009, 11:41 amCar bomb injures 42 in Thai south
A powerful car bomb has ripped through a restaurant packed with government officials in Thailand's troubled Muslim-majority south, wounding at least 42 people, the army says.
August 25, 2009, 7:45 pm-
Police 'have twisted doctor's words'
A lawyer for Michael Jackson's personal doctor says police have twisted his client's account of the singer's last hours.
August 25, 2009, 2:10 pm 
Authorities deny Madoff dying from cancer
US prison authorities have denied media reports that convicted Wall Street fraud Bernard Madoff is dying of cancer.
August 25, 2009, 10:48 am
Too early to punish Libya over Lockerbie: US
The United States has renewed warnings to Libya not to "lionise" the Lockerbie bomber, but said it was premature to punish the Arab nation which had been reconciling with the West.
August 25, 2009, 10:22 am
Jackson's death homicide: official
The Los Angeles County coroner has ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide, a law enforcement official said today.
August 25, 2009, 9:30 am
Global cost of cancer to hit more than $3b: study
The total economic burden of new cancer cases worldwide in 2009 will be $US305 billion ($363.87 billion), according to a study presented to an international cancer conference in Ireland.
August 25, 2009, 4:04 am-
Fugitive TV star found dead
Canadian reality TV star Ryan Jenkins, accused of killing and mutilating his model wife Jasmine Fiore, has been found dead.
August 24, 2009, 3:21 pm 
Another gaffe from Queen's hubby
The Duke of Edinburgh has made yet another gaffe - by criticising a party guest's beard.
August 24, 2009, 1:49 pm
We should have picked Hauritz: Ponting
Captain Ricky Ponting admitted Australia had messed up by not picking spinner Nathan Hauritz in England's Ashes-clinching victory at The Oval.
August 24, 2009, 9:23 am
Queensland beauty not missing Aussie winter
With her classic Australian beach bombshell looks, Queensland model Rachael Finch is vying for the title of Miss Universe 2009.
August 23, 2009, 6:22 pm
Aussie Rachael takes fourth in Miss Universe final
Australia's Miss Universe entrant has made it to the final 10 vying for the beauty pageant winner's crown.
August 23, 2009, 6:22 pm
Australia's Finch must beat lovely Latinas, eye-catching Asians
Beauties from Latin America and Asia have emerged as the crowd's favourites on the eve of the quest for the next Miss Universe.
August 23, 2009, 5:27 pm
Taiwan leader criticised over fatal mudslides
Taiwan's leader arrived at Hsiaolin to comfort typhoon survivors but instead was confronted by angry villagers who alleged that a massive government water project had contributed to mudslides that killed hundreds.
August 23, 2009, 3:54 pm
Vote day attacks kill 26 in Afghanistan
A series of insurgent attacks across Afghanistan on voting day killed nine civilians, nine policemen and eight soldiers, government ministers announced.
August 21, 2009, 4:19 am
Counting begins in Afghan election
Counting in Afghanistan's landmark presidential and provincial council elections has begun across the country as voting winds down, an election commission official says.
August 21, 2009, 1:49 am
Lockerbie bomber free to return to Libya
Abdelbaset Ali Mohmet al-Megrahi, the dying Libyan man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, is free and will arrive in Tripoli in a few hours, a senior Libyan government official says.
August 21, 2009, 12:12 am-
NZ to join defence force with Australia
Plans are underway to launch a joint defence force between Australia and New Zealand.
August 20, 2009, 2:40 pm 
DNA tests set to start to help identify lost WWI diggers
Australians who believe they are related to the World War I diggers whose remains were discovered in a mass grave in France will begin undergoing DNA tests in September to help unlock the mystery of the soldiers' identities.
August 20, 2009, 2:03 pm
Italian city bars burqini swimsuit
The anti-immigration mayor of a northern Italian city has barred Muslim women from wearing the controversial body-concealing swimsuit known as a burqini, an Italian newsagency has reported.
August 20, 2009, 1:37 pm
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