Last updated: March 15, 2011

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Japan suffers another grim day as 2000 bodies are found on shore and up to 10,000 feared dead in Miyage alone. Nuclear crisis continues as another large explosion rips through a nuclear power plant, injuring 11, and reports of cooling failing in a third reactor.
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Meltdown 'highly likely' at reactors

JAPAN-QUAKE

THE Japanese government warns that three nuclear reactors at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant are "highly likely" to face meltdown.

Before and after images of Japan disaster

Japan Earthquake

INTERACTIVE before-and-after photos reveal the utter devastation wrought by the tsunami which struck Japan's coastline.

'Most expensive earthquake in history'

JAPAN-QUAKE

JAPAN faces a massive disaster bill of up to $100 billion in the worst crisis to hit the country since the end of World War II.

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Japan earthquake: what do we tell kids?

Japan Earthquake child

CHILDREN will be traumatised by the events in Japan and it's important to start talking to them now, expert warns.

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Nuclear crisis in Japan

Blackouts persist and Japan faces a nuclear emergency in the wake of a devastating earthquake and tsunami

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Wosely Road

Sydney claims the ninth most expensive street, behind New York and London

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Kate's diet revealed

Kate Middleton and Prince William

WITH only weeks to go before the big day, the future Princess has been stocking up on some surprising things for her pantry.

Whose kitchen really rules?

MKR

Has Channel Seven plated up a second serve of My Kitchen Rules that  mirrors Ten's juggernaut cooking series MasterChef?

Gibson dodges jail sentence

Mel Gibson

ACTOR fined $540 and told to undergo 52 weeks of counselling after he pleads "no contest" to battery of his ex-girlfriend.

The inside word on NRL

Ball

With the start of the 2011 season just hours away, rugby league legend Brett Kimmorley gives his tips for round one.

DNA test bad news for kids

Soccer mum

THE PUNCH: There'll be no more excuses for under-performing kids now their parents can get them tested for sporting prowess.

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Vegetarian couple barred from adopting

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SOCIAL welfare officials have barred a vegetarian couple from adopting because of fears their diet will be imposed on the child.

Bank robber busted by urine sample

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A BANK robber forgot to cover his tracks and left three bottles of urine behind after hiding inside a bank vault for three days.

Player's red card for tackling streaker

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A SOCCER player was seeing red after the referee sent him off for tackling a cheeky streaker who was in a revealing mankini.

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A HOMELESS man cast aside thoughts of his own economic troubles and handed an envelope of cash to the police.

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SPIDERWEB inside engine prompts Mazda to recall 52,000 vehicles across US to outfit them with special anti-spider screens.

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A FORMER Ku Klux Klan leader says racism in parts of Australia is reaching a similar intensity to what he saw growing up in the US.

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Mum, baby injured as car hits pram

St Peters pram accident

A WOMAN pushing her baby in a pram was critically injured when she was knocked down by a car which mounted a footpath.

Dirty water hard to swallow

Pam Henrick with varying samples of Highfields' dirty water

SOUTHEAST Queensland councillors told 6000 ratepayers they cannot afford to fix the dirty water coming out of their taps only weeks after awarding themselves generous pay rises.

William to meet with flood victims

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PRINCE William will visit the flood-hit towns of Kerang and Murrabit during his tour on Monday.

Barking dogs face death sentence

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NUISANCE barking dogs would be seized and could be destroyed under strict new rules planned by councils.

Two OPR projects given EPA approval

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The State’s Environmental Protection Authority has provisionally approved two major Oakajee Port and Rail projects as long as certain conditions are met.

White hot anger over welfare grab

HUNDREDS of non-indigenous Territorians are bombarding Centrelink with complaints after having their welfare money "managed".

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How to avoid sinking deeper into debt

Money

THERE are three different types of debt - bad debt, necessary debt and good debt and they should be paid off in that order, says experts.

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Generations

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Super profits tax fund should invest in Australia's future, says David and Libby Koch

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Television is on its last legs

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THE population has doubled, but Aussie television viewers have halved. The maths is not good, says Helen Parker.

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I found out about my wife's affair - but now she wants to keep us both. I don't want to throw away our marriage and kick her out so what should I do?

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Bulldogs upset Wests Tigers

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Canterbury-Bankstown kick-off 2011 in great fashion, upsetting Wests Tigers 24-14 in Monday night football.

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SHOCK jock taken to hospital halfway through taping of Australia's Got Talent due to his battle with high blood pressure.

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JUNGLE surfing, a rail museum and youth hostels among the big winners at this year's Qantas Australian Tourism Awards.

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Virgin Blue's new uniforms falling foul of staff who label them uncomfortable, unsafe

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