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www.watoday.com.au - News Index for 17/03/2015


National

Nine sells Sydney TV studios

Thirty years of consecutive warmth: the heat really is on

Titans still undecided over drug accused

IS Twitter accounts number 46,000: study

ASIC puts payday lenders on notice

Dulux to axe scores of jobs

Jobless rate drop adds small cheer

Crown to raise $400 million

Report backs Qld gas workers' toxic claims

Vietnam PM to visit Australia

BHP gives South32 room to grow

'Carnage' avoided, scientist says

Doctors urge boxing ban after Qld death

Pyne vows to continue with uni reforms

Sport News Update, what you need to know

Data retention change 'not necessary'

Morris eyes off Blues fullback spot

Dragons' attack NRL's worst in 15 years

Lewis close to NRL return for Cronulla

Foran worth every cent: Sterling

Minutes to expand on RBA no rate change

Let casuals become permanent: ACTU

Hockey seeks substantial defamation payout

RBA to reveal reasons for last rates call

Renegades appoint Saker as head coach

Belle Gibson US book launch for The Whole Pantry cancelled after concerns she faked cancer

Changes to VET laws pass parliament

Tedesco leads Tigers blitz over Dragons

NSW must lift against Brumbies: Hoiles

Aust hypocritical on sea disputes: Gusmao

World

Thirty years of consecutive warmth: the heat really is on

Harry to serve in Darwin, Perth and Sydney

Prince Harry to be seconded to Australian army before quitting military

Islamic State hostage James Foley gave up chance to flee

Chuck Norris stumps for troubled Benjamin Netanyahu campaign

US man guilty of murdering flatmate, tried to blame girlfriend

Jihad Jake's death used for propaganda value by Islamic State

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu rules out a Palestinian state on his watch

Rand Paul woos hackers, entrepreneurs at SXSW

Boy, 5, dies after falling from giant kite in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

World News Update, what you need to know

Finance News Update, what you need to know

More pressure on Obama's China bank stance

Cyclone Pam heads for Chatham Islands

Plain tobacco packs get go-ahead in UK

Egypt's bold plan to build new capital next to burgeoning Cairo

UK police may have covered up child abuse

France to outlaw ads with anorexic models

Pope Francis intervenes to remove priest accused of child sex abuse after receiving letter from alleged victim

Vanuatu president begs world to help rebuild, blames climate change, after Cyclone Pam

Jihadi John's mock executions: Spanish journalist Javier Espinosa recounts how 'he caressed my neck with the blade'

McDonald's workers detail job hazards

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz shocks three-year-old girl: 'The world is on fire'

Cyclone Pam 'as frightening as the Blitz'

Vladimir Putin makes first public appearance for 10 days

Daughter of Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim arrested for sedition

Vladimir Putin puts Russia's Northern Fleet on alert for Arctic military exercises

Former dictator Saddam Hussein's tomb destroyed as Iraqi forces push for control of Tikrit

Cyclone Pam: Is it time for a category-6 cyclone rating?

The monster that destroyed Vanuatu

Business

Nine sells Sydney TV studios

Sirtex Medical loses $1b in market value after cancer trial disappoints

ASIC puts payday lenders on notice

Dulux to axe scores of jobs

Jobless rate drop adds small cheer

Dulux cuts Brisbane jobs as it builds new Melbourne paint factory

Crown to raise $400 million

Fonterra loses executive to rival

BHP gives South32 room to grow

Adidas to end NBA partnership

RBA to reveal reasons for last rates call

US homebuilder sentiment slips in March

Tourism Australia funds David Attenborough Great Barrier Reef documentary

TPG's cost cutting customer service could derail iiNet acquisition

New York manufacturing index slows

Retailers consider options as KKR acquires GE's consumer unit

Soft result expected from Myer

Economist predicts rate hike by year's end

Many lenders yet to pass on last rate cut

Metgasco-Elk Petroleum micro-merger foiled by oil price slump

Sport

Chris Rogers' involvement in Sheffield Shield final dependent on injury scans

Titans still undecided over drug accused

Victoria Racing Club set to target Asian market more aggressively to build Melbourne Cup further

Money makes the (sports) world go round

Tim Tebow works out for Philadelphia Eagles on Monday

Jordan Henderson's freak goal keeps Liverpool flying high

Doctors urge boxing ban after Toowoomba boxer Braydon Smith's death

Kind of a big deal: Cristiano Ronaldo edges ahead of Shakira to claim title of most Facebook likes

Rory McIlroy the new face of virtual golf

Eugenie Bouchard into fourth round at Indian Wells

Paris Saint-Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic faces sanctions over outburst

Sunderland sack manager Gus Poyet

Sport News Update, what you need to know

Morris eyes off Blues fullback spot

Dragons' attack NRL's worst in 15 years

Lewis close to NRL return for Cronulla

Foran worth every cent: Sterling

Renegades appoint Saker as head coach

No special treatment for Grant Hackett in comeback bid

Cricket World Cup: Sanath Jayasuriya wants Kumar Sangakkara to keep playing

Richmond veteran Chris Newman in doubt for round one after heart scare

Docker Ryan Crowley's secret exposes AFL woes

Ryan Crowley's ban sparks debate over use of painkillers

D-day in sight a relief at last, says Essendon's Dyson Heppell

Line drawn between specified and prohibited drugs

Dockers player Ryan Crowley considered retirement after positive drug test last season

Luke Parker joins new generation of leaders at Sydney Swans

Henderson excited by Blues forwards

Swan Parker wants to go to another level

Crowley in limbo after doping offence

Titans still undecided over drug accused

Brisbane Broncos' $27 million training facility approved

St George Illawarra Dragons' attack NRL's worst in 15 years

Canterbury Bulldogs fullback Brett Morris eyes off New South Wales No. 1 spot

Morris eyes off Blues fullback spot

Dragons' attack NRL's worst in 15 years

Lewis close to NRL return for Cronulla

Foran worth every cent: Sterling

NRL referees are too scared to make decisions. Really.

Penrith Panthers five-eighth Jamie Soward could miss six weeks if he undergoes back surgery

Six Nations 2015: France are a totally different challenge for England, says Stuart Lancaster

NSW must lift against Brumbies: Hoiles

Brumbies coach Stephen Larkham happy with Liam Gill's two-game ban for dangerous tackle on Nic White

Yellow cards spell trouble for NSW Waratahs

Waratahs winger Rob Horne says Brumbies 'should be confident, they are top Australian side'

Queensland Reds' Liam Gill cops two-week, one-game ban

Reds' Gill cops two-week, one-game ban

France overpower Italy in scrappy Six Nations match

Nic White 'lucky to escape' Liam Gill's flip, evoking memories of the tackle which ended Alex McKinnon's career

NSW Waratahs' clash with ACT Brumbies puts Michael Cheika and Stephen Larkham in tricky situation

Opinion

Engineers Australia pin oak forest competition to 'draw out creativity': Annabelle Pegrum

Boston Marathon a journey from trauma to recovery

Marathon running - it's a love-hate thing

Faith

Fortress Canberra needs reinforcement

The budget facts that Canberra isn't telling you

Migrating flak away from the minister

Entertainment

US rock band Toto's longtime bassist Mike Porcaro dies

Mother hen of reality TV contestants Helen Ganska spills the beans on her brood

I'm A Celebrity Australia 2015 winner is ....Freddie Flintoff

Kathy Griffin quits 'Fashion Police' after 7 episodes

Our burning Kardashian questions, answered

Adelaide Festival 2015: Danny Elfman proves festival king as Adelaide comes to a musical close

M Mag: Giveaways

Overheard at Highpoint

Mr Spock immortalised on Canadian banknotes

A great thing for pet lovers

What's under-rated and over-rated this week

Onion headline for Abbott no hoax

Five of a kind: outdoor cinema eats

Six reasons to visit Caulfield

What's on in film and television, classic and contemporary

Favourite things: Sydney Symphony trombonist and his motorcycles

Note to Taylor Swift: stop at the polaroid

Australian Ballet's rising star Chengwu Guo has all the ''tricks'' to thrill

Small spaces, big ideas: the designers overcoming domestic limitations

Learn how to recycle clothes into quilts

Columns

Editorial: Monorail should be a lesson to all transport ministers


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