Australia's Torah Bright holds aloft the nation's flag at the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics. Source: Reuters
Georgian athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili has been killed during the final training session at the Winter Olympics. Picture: AFP
Frisbee inventor Fred Morrison, who died in the US this week, hams it up in a 1957 photo. Picture Picture: AP
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US, Afghans launch blitz on Taliban
4:31PM UPDATE: Michael M. Phillips and Matthew Rosenberg ABOUT 15,000 coalition troops were deployed in Afghanistan as US and Afghan soldiers today spearheaded a huge anti-Taliban offensive.
Winter Games open in dead luger's name
3:33PM Adam Thompson THE Winter Olympics opening ceremony kicked off today, dedicated to the Georgian luger who died in a training run just hours before festivities.
Garrett's roofing fire admission
Sid Maher and Nicola Berkovic PETER Garrett has admitted his troubled $2.5 billion insulation program has been linked to 86 house fires around the nation.
State poll an early test of national mood
Matthew Denholm, Tasmania correspondent TASMANIAN Premier David Bartlett has fired the starter gun on a state election campaign that promises to be a tight and bruising contest.
Jock Ferguson dies of heart attack
2:51PM Paige Taylor WEST Australian Labor MP Jock Ferguson died this morning after a heart attack at his home.
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Global iron ore price revolution
Matt Chambers and Peter Alford THE global iron ore pricing system is headed for the biggest shake-up in its 40-year history.
Wall Street falls on demand concerns
10:48AM Donna Kardos Yesalavich WALL Street stocks fell overnight as concerns about global demand weighed on materials companies.
Toyota recalls 8000 trucks
11:33AM From correspondents in Washington TOYOTA faced new woes today with another recall - this time involving its Tacoma trucks.
Alabama Professor charged over uni shooting
5:32PM A BIOLOGY professor has been charged with murder after three fatal shootings at the University of Alabama's Huntsville campus.
Tears shed over tragic Winter Olympics death
10:38AM Nicole Jeffery, Winter Olympics THE Vancouver Games was plunged into crisis when luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili was killed during a training session.
How rich-poor chasm sank Copenhagen
Lenore Taylor, National correspondent The world has finally realised why the Copenhagen talks were bound to fail, writes Lenore Taylor
Jock Ferguson dies of heart attack
2:51PM Paige Taylor WEST Australian Labor MP Jock Ferguson died this morning after a heart attack at his home.
Kick a hole or two in the bucket list of life
DEPARTURE LOUNGE: Susan Kurosawa I HAVE never been a fan of those books that suggest all the things you should do before you die.
Wireless internet eats into`fixed' broadband
Mitchell Bingemann, Stuart Kennedy AUSTRALIANS are increasingly turning to wireless services to get their broadband internet.
Networks jostle as TV footy kicks off
James Chessell THE key players are already in the dressing rooms getting ready for the media footy season kick-off.
Synchrotron shuffles experiments due to protest
Bernard Lane SOME experiments at the Australian Synchrotron will be rescheduled because of a protest action by staff at the Melbourne scientific facility.
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Green policy bites Labor
Environment Minister Peter Garrett's plight is symptomatic of a wider malaise
Where Rudd and Abbott see eye to eye
Tony Abbott's ascendancy has brought a combative new political polarisation but on one crucial question, the role of government, both sides converge
Leaders under watch in Tasmania
KEVIN Rudd and Tony Abbott will take more than a passing interest in what happens in next month's Tasmanian election, writes Peter Van Onselen
How rich-poor chasm sank Copenhagen
The world has finally realised why the Copenhagen talks were bound to fail, writes Lenore Taylor
Victoria in a state of denial
The Foreign Minister has had to step in to help mend the rift with India, writes Cameron Stewart
World wide web of doubt
The internet is allowing climate change sceptics to gain traction, writes Christopher Pearson
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Morning glory
WITH Valentines Day almost upon us, yesterday got off to an appropriately steamy start when Tony Abbott revealed that he finally got around to learning how to iron only this week.
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