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www.smh.com.au - News Index for 28/12/2013


National

Rescue setback for ice-stranded ship

Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell headed home

Greenpeace activist leaves Russia

Cyclone brewing off WA's north

Wild Oats tightens grip on victory

Champion of Aussie-culturalism

Superbug threat

2013: The year when politicians earned rich rewards or got their just desserts

Greatest threat to health of humanity just decades away

Australia accused of playing dirty in battle with East Timor over oil and gas reserves

Strong sales show books are still favoured as gifts

Australia's spying on East Timor was hypocritical, says Kirsty Sword-Gusmao

Peter Cosgrove may succeed Quentin Bryce as Governor-General

Scott Morrison seeks asylum from media's questioning on boat arrivals

Zimbabwe's Ambassador Jacqueline Zwambila asks Australia for asylum

From baristas to barristers: would you like a lawsuit with your coffee?

Patients put pressure on public system with no frills private health cover

Kirsty Sword-Gusmao condemns Australian spying on East Timor

Zimbabwe ambassador to Australia Jacqueline Zwambila defects

Cyclone brewing off WA's north

Australia trailing in Boxing Day Test

Wellington punish wasteful Heart

Zimbabwe ambassador makes a bid to stay

Lightning kills camper in Qld

Cyclone brewing off WA's north

Anderson finally lifts in Ashes

Rescue vessel close to ice-stranded ship

Call to videotape teachers at work

Sharapova after some Brisbane bling

Tomic aims to ditch party boy image

World

Syria critic among six Beirut blast victims

Mass phone tapping legal: US judge

Python kills man near Bali luxury hotel

Dozens die as Thailand bus plunges off bridge

Three killed, 265 held in Egypt crackdown

Judi Dench chats with spy chief who inspired her role in James Bond

Steyn takes 6, India 334 all out

Crowded at the top of the Premier League

Five die in Beirut bombing

Kabul car bomb kills three

McDonald's shuts down employee website

Colin Russell: Greenpeace activist can't wait to get home

Beirut blast kills former minister and four others

Beirut rocked by strong explosion kills adviser to former prime minister

Okinawa OKs US base relocation

Searchers for tramper find body

Holiday rush at Mexico City's hangover prison

Egypt's military gambles with repression

British doctor who died in Syria is buried

Utah to force justices to revisit same-sex marriage

Typhoon Haiyan: the aftermath

Crackdown on dissent deepens crisis in Egypt

'Busy' Obama sends gay delegate Billie Jean King to Russia's Olympics

Israeli jets strike Gaza Strip in response to rocket attacks

Obama signs bipartisan US budget deal

Protesting Turkish prosecutor piles pressure on PM Tayyip Erdogan

Debt threat to Detroit's art collection forces city to get creative

World News Update, what you need to know

Finance News Update, what you need to know

China slams Japanese PM Shinzo Abe's visit to Yasukuni war shrine

Business

Darwinian model of economics flawed for firms

Dollar and housing the harbingers

Leviathan grows as Woodside's enigma

Ship builder Austal earns new contract work with US Department of Defence

Gift of giving falls short as online deliveries miss Christmas deadline

Commodity prices lift miners as local market finishes flat

Empire State Building investors claim $410 million IPO loss

Pub float may add life to listless REITs

For Karratha once there was nothing but blue sky but future uncertain

Cessna parent company to buy Beechcraft

Business winners and losers for 2013

Austal wins more US Navy work

Austal wins more US Navy work

'Non-Australian' investors eyeing Bega's WCB stake

Strengthening US recovery weighs on bonds

Delta to honour cheap US flights glitch

Commodities markets summary

International markets roundup

Stocks to watch at close on Friday

Aust shares fall as retailers lose puff

Sport

Wild Oats tightens grip on victory

Magic Millions hopes for Jetwings hinge on Canterbury takeoff

Anthony Bell says Perpetual Loyal can still win the Sydney to Hobart race

Ashes 2013: Game swings Jimmy Anderson's way

Ashes 2013: Mitchell Johnson closes on bowling greats for damage done to old enemy

At 86, Syd Fischer still takes it up to the big names in Sydney to Hobart

LA Clippers accuse Andrew Bogut's Golden State of playing cowardly basketball

Renegades captain Aaron Finch says batting was embarrassing

Start of Eastcoaster, Westcoaster and Melbourne to Hobart races

Wild Oats XI takes lead from Perpetual Loyal in 2013 Sydney to Hobart

Australia's top order struggles and hands advantage to England

Johnson in sight of the 40-wicket mark

Showman Kevin Pietersen gives his best and worst

Test tourists strike a telling blow

Batting's slow lane gets slower

Goulding sinks long bombs to fire Tigers

Pressure builds on Heart coach John Aloisi as Wellington Phoenix win again

Wasteful Melbourne Heart downed by Wellington Phoenix

Bailey sure there was no snick

George Bailey may pay a double price for Snicko outcome

Bombers re-sign David Myers for two years

St Kilda calls for change after taking massive financial hit

Billie Smedts in strife for Instagram selfie while driving

Smedts apologises for driving selfie

Stand-alone VFL clubs want increase in salary cap

Fixtures released for the 2014 WAFL season

It may be Christmas but the footy never stops

Greater Western Sydney is taking shape, says Tom Scully

AFL trainers: Safety fear over new rules

Richmond to Sydney's west, it's all academic for Doctor Football

Dan Hunt and Dragons ready to put 'tough' 2013 behind them

Buderus anoints Gidley as Knights No.9

Ferguson can earn forgiveness: Sailor

Bulked-up Eels prop Tim Mannah relishing Christmas with all the trimmings

King is gone and Mitch is ready to reign

Move to Bulldogs is a happy homecoming for Chase Stanley

Penrith Panthers board to buck trend and run unopposed

Michael Maguire leaves no stone unturned to make it year of the Rabbits

NRL push into China hits snag

Manly vindicated by NRL findings

Rugby: James O'Connor eyes World Cup return for Wallabies

Rugby: NFL's Detroit Lions sign Sevens speedster

Rugby: Warren Gatland flags quota for British and Irish Lions

Folau tipped to be best dual international of pro era

Izzy to be No.1 dual international: Sailor

Rugby union year in review: play dominated by off-field dramatics

James O'Connor set to join Toulon, putting World Cup spot in jeopardy

Pat McCabe gets a lucky break and is cleared to return to Brumbies

Nick Phipps has one eye on Olympic glory

Clermont stay top after 69th successive home win

Opinion

Fortress Canberra needs reinforcement

The budget facts that Canberra isn't telling you

Migrating flak away from the minister

Entertainment

A real fixer-upper

Diary of an avid reader

Lunch with... Jean-Francois Ponthieux

New Year's Eve 2013: Reg Mombassa is the master of ceremonies

Out of the beatbox

Pitiless vision of males with guns

The Dreyfus disgrace

Train of thought

Violet is a flower plucked many times in old Shanghai

Yule be right

Married with children, and a career

Puppetry looks set for golden era in Thank you for Being a Friend

Own a classic Mombassa

A note of apology

Johnny Marr: finally front and centre

The Shortlist gig guide, 27 December 2013 - 2 January 2014

Hip-hop beat changes Shakespeare's tune

Change of pace puts MGMT back in control

Planner: In Sydney

Planner: Out of town

Columns

Editorial: Monorail should be a lesson to all transport ministers

Column 8

Letters: System is failing our children

Obituaries: Gunter Chrisdtmann: Abstract painter embraced realism


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