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Cyclone Yasi is hours from smashing into Far North Queensland, with high winds already blowing off roofs and tearing down trees. The worst storm this century is expected to hit south of Cairns about 12.30am | Live updates | Satellite map | Cairns Post updates | Video
Sport
Thorpedo takes aim at London
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IAN Thorpe has confirmed his return to professional swimming, hoping to race at the London Olympics in 2012.
SUPERFOOTY
Saints legend Baldock passes away
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DARREL Baldock, St Kilda's solitary premiership captain, died in Tasmania tonight.
South Australia
Riverland braces for wild weather
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SEVERE thunderstorms are likely to hit Renmark, Waikerie, Burra, Berri, Blanchetown and Danggali Conservation Park in the next few hours.
National
Thousands of residents without power
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A LARGE bushfire and a fault at a substation have left thousands of residents in two states without electricity, as temperatures soar.
World
Qantas helps Aussies out of Africa
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EGYPTIAN President Hosni Mubarak said he would not seek re-election in September as Qantas announced free flights home for stranded Aussies.