CYCLONE YASI: DAWN OF DESTRUCTION
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WELCOME to the most dramatic NRL pre-season imaginable, with only Cyclone Yasi keeping the game and its latest scandal off the front pages today.
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CHAOS reigns in Cairo as more than 500 are injured in ongoing street battles between pro and anti-government supporters.
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Sydney Confidential
Sophie Monk's rock for the ages
BEHOLD! Sophie Monk's "chandelier" of an engagement ring. Don't let the sparkle burn your eyes.
Greats gather to hail Rush
GEOFFREY Rush's Oscar chances received a boost with the actor honoured at a star-studded party.
Digger killed by road bomb
9:12AM UPDATE: A digger, engaged to be married, has been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan.
The season to squash firebugs
FIREBUGS wreaking havoc in NSW as authorities struggle to deal with dangerous bushfire conditions more intense than a year ago.
Suspect laughs off killer suggestions
CALLED to the witness box, John Anderson denied any involvement in theTrudie Adams' disappearance.
It's about the gold and the cash
YOU could almost hear the echo of cash registers kaching-ing as Ian Thorpe anounced his comeback.
Crowded house detention flaws
THE Commonwealth Ombudsman will today hand down a scathing report into Xmas Island detention.
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Parker: Struck dumb over languages
THE National Curriculum for teaching languages in Australian schools has to work a few miracles for us, as we're a world dope. Join Maralyn's blog
Andrew Bolt: Right to fight for future
THAT Iraqis consider their own country safer than Egypt is not only a sign that liberating Iraq has succeeded. Join Andrew Bolt's blog and have your say
Sarrah: Of chicks and their chooks
AS if news that Aussie men can't tie a reef knot wasn't devastating enough, now many young women don't know how to roast a chicken. Join Sarrah Le Marquand's blog
Sport
UK-bound Willie stranded in Sydney
THE UK Super League season kick-off is nine days away, but Willie Mason remains grounded in Oz.
NRL
How police closed net on bet scandal
AT 7am, Sydney police converged on the homes of Ryan Tandy, Sam Ayoub and John Elias.
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Entertainment
Kidman: 'I don't jump queues'
THE Rabbit Hole star says she doesn't use her celeb status to get special treatment.
Gervais: 'I always tell the truth'
RICKY Gervais has insisted he was invited to host the Golden Globes for a third time.
The actress men go silly for
SHE IS impressed with her male conquests in her latest film, but men do go silly in her presence.
100 songs every iPod should have
WHAT are the 100 songs every iPod should have - from love to break-up, soft-rock to remixes. Agree?
NSW/ACT
ALP election hopes hit by bus
FIRST NSW Labor MPs were hiding their colours, now ALP election candidates seem to be actively campaigning against State Labor.
Forced to listen to word of God
THE education department has ordered three schools to offer separate supervision to students who have opted out of scripture.
Divorced fathers have no say
TWO sets of warring parents forced the courts to decide where their children should start Year 7 this week. Mother knows best in both.
National
'I saw gunman shoot Des Moran'
A WOMAN witness to the shooting murder of gangland figure Des Moran was so close she saw gun shell casings hitting the footpath, a Melbourne court has heard.
World
Teen stalker stole British queen's bloomers from London palace
A COLLEGE professor uncovered the first celebrity stalker - a 14-year-old boy who repeatedly broke into Buckingham Palace and stole Queen Victoria's bloomers, The Sun reported today.
Should Thorpie make a comeback?
WILL Thorpe be able to cut it at the London 2012 Olympics?Or is his best work now done out of the pool, asks Ant Sharwood.
Opinion
Rorters grab golden eggs
Miranda Devine ANECDOTES abound of people rorting the Government's emergency fund after the Queensland floods.
Wacky World
Pupils made to wear hanged child photo
A TEACHER ordered pupils to wear a picture of a child with a noose around its neck as a punishment.
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