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Eye of beholder
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ASK BOSSY: I'm addicted to a webcam girl for her conversation and Eastern European charms - please help this fool in love.
When travel bug turns nasty
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DOC HOLIDAY: From rabid bats in Bali to worms that hatch in your gut - the diseases you don't want to catch on holiday.
Andy reveals his new love
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MELBOURNE's most eligible bachelor Andy Lee has admitted taking a "lovely mistress" since splitting with Megan Gale.
Kiesha case inspires doco
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A FILMMAKER plans to make a documentary about six-year-old Mt Druitt girl Kiesha Abrahams, who has been missing since July.
Gaddafi defiant, vows to 'die a martyr'
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LIBYAN dictator appears on television to tell the country "I'm still here" as troops ordered to quell uprising and fire on protesters.
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BREAST milk ice cream scooped up by customers as parlour uses milk from UK mum to make the "totally natural" treat.
Yasi didn't just wipe out bananas ...
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CYCLONE Yasi has helped Far Northern police in the fight against drugs by destroying much of the region's marijuana crops.
Canteen takes up online spy technology
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NEW canteens allow parents to spy on their children's school lunches - and remotely block them from buying junk food.
Bungling burglars lose money
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TWO men attempted to rob a gun store and ended up with less money than when they came in.
Snake blamed for footpath fracas
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FIVE people have ended up in a brawl after diners at a city cafe failed to be charmed by a snake carried by a passer-by.
Arnold flexes his intellectual muscles
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THE Terminator says a statue of himself at the height of his bodybuilding career is "dramatic" and shows "accurate proportions".
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Teen girl wins the right to become a man
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COURT rules girl is allowed to become male after suffering from gender identity disorder since the age of two.
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Greens threaten China boycott
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THE Greens have threatened a trade boycott against the world's second-largest economy in an attack on China by one of its high-profile NSW faces.
Shoppers cash in on grocery price war
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CONSUMERS are flocking to take advantage of the grocery price war being waged by the country's three biggest retailers.
Man, 50, dies in quad bike accident
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A 50-year-old Forrest man has died in a quad bike accident in the Otway Ranges in Victoria's south-west.
$59.5m upgrade for military base
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A MILITARY training base near Port Augusta will get a $59.5 million upgrade, bringing defence jobs to the state.
Stevenson triumphs over quake tragedy
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CHRISTCHURCH swimmer Louise Stevenson overcame the tragedy of the New Zealand earthquake to be the first woman ashore in the Rottnest Channel Swim.
Tracy's attitude made it novel
CYCLONE Tracy's wind gusts may have been stronger than Cyclone Yasi's, says Met Bureau regional director ANDREW TUPPER.
$20,000 backpay for worker
A MEANDER Valley worker has been reimbursed $20,000 after being underpaid for five years.
Tunisia to hold elections by mid-July
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TENS of thousands march to demand the resignation of the Prime Minister and vow "revolution until victory".
Scientists investigating whether mass baby dolphin deaths are linked to BP oil spill
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Health insurance hike double inflation rate
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PRIVATE health insurance premiums will rise by 5.57 per cent on April Fool's Day, almost twice the rate of inflation.
Many superannuation funds charge hidden fees that can seriously erode your nest egg
Giving your kids $1m is simple: All you need is discipline, $1 a day, and ... er ... 50 years
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Made In Australia should stay that way
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WHEN it comes to buying authentic, Australian-made products, the devil is always in the definition, says Amanda Rishworth.
Women on Men
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WHO should make the first move in modern dating? Are men actually any good at it and should women just wait around to find out?
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Todd Carney caught drink-driving
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Sydney Roosters vow to stick with reformed badboy Todd Carney despite a lapse back to his old ways with a drink driving charge.
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UBS closes book on trading room fight
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UBS has ordered a major shakeup of its equities trading business - the largest in Australia - after a dramatic fight on the trading room floor.
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Google revamps to fight cheaters
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GOOGLE is changing the secret formula it uses to rank web pages as it struggles to combat websites that have been able to game its system.
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Ferrari FF will impress
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Showing off the capabilities of its first ever four-wheel drive car, Ferrari takes the FF through the snow and the desert, to finish at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi.
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