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The US President is expected to sign a new order today removing Iraq from the administration's list of banned countries because the nation imposed its own vetting procedures, a White House source says.
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India enjoys a strong day three in Bangalore, meaning Australia will now likely have a daunting target to chase in the fourth innings.
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Support for the Tasmanian Liberals drops to its lowest rate in seven years, as a new poll indicates voters may flock to Pauline Hanson's One Nation party and return a hung parliament
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Five farmers in the Bothwell area have each bought a fire engine as they expect extensive blazes to strike again, drawing praise from the Tasmania Fire Service.
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The first person to be charged under Queensland's new one-punch laws is sentenced to just under six years in prison for killing an Ipswich man, who he says "did not deserve to die".
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Health groups say they are "utterly appalled" by Senator Pauline Hanson's comments critical of Australia's vaccination program, and are demanding Ms Hanson retract them.
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Peter Humphrey, who was arrested and held in a Shanghai detention centre for two years, details his "traumatic" experience behind bars and offers advice to the families of detained Crown Resorts staff.
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A well-travelled wooden tent is once again being assembled in Hobart as part of Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island festival.
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Chamari Liyanage doesn't look like a woman who endured years of abuse and then bludgeoned her husband to death with a mallet. But that's exactly why she's telling her story.
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Duncan Meerding, who makes lamps from tree stumps that would usually be treated as waste wood, has been selected to exhibit his work at an international light show in Italy.
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FBI director James Comey reportedly dismisses Donald Trump's unsubstantiated claims that his phone was tapped during last year's presidential campaign, as the White House calls for a formal congressional probe.
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Two men drown while trying to swim across a lake in Melbourne's north after drinking alcohol, police say, despite the efforts of a former lifeguard who came to their aid.
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The economy is up, unemployment is down and some Dutch prisons are so empty the Government has been renting out cells. But that hasn't stopped Geert Wilders' anti-Islam party getting plenty of political traction ahead of a general election next week.
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The Oscar-winning actress accuses Hollywood of exporting a "not-very-good image of women", and is working behind the scenes to bring gender balance to American films and TV shows
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The Prime Minister accepts an apology from his Employment Minister Michaelia Cash, who failed to disclose an investment property on time due to an "inadvertent oversight".
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International scientists returning from an eight-week trip to Antarctica's east coast dub their voyage a success, filling gaps in climate research and yielding the world's first detailed map of the region's sea floor.
