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2014-08-17 Australia More Top Stories

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Firefighter dies while fighting Cobar blaze  Sydney Morning Herald
A firefighter has been praised for "selflessly dedicating" his life to his community after he died while fighting a fire in western NSW. The officer is believed to have suffered a cardiac arrest when a wall collapsed in a major fire at the New Occidental Hotel in ...

Firefighter dies in Cobar hotel blaze   The Australian
Firefighter dies in hotel blaze in Cobar, western NSW   ABC Online
Firefighter killed in Cobar, NSW, after wall collapses during blaze   NEWS.com.au (blog)
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Missouri Governor declares state of emergency and protesters and police face ...  Sydney Morning Herald
Ferguson: Missouri Governor Jay Nixon has declared a state of emergency and imposed a curfew in Ferguson, Missouri in response to looters after racial tensions boiled over once more in the wake of the police shooting of an unarmed African-American teen.
Gov. Declares Curfew, State of Emergency in Ferguson   ABC News
Mo. gov. declares state of emergency, curfew in Ferguson   USA TODAY
In Ferguson, three minutes — and two lives forever changed   Washington Post
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Baird 'deeply sorry' over ICAC allegations as by-elections loom  The Australian
A “DISGUSTED” NSW Premier Mike Baird has apologised to voters for the Liberal Party as he confirmed that the party will not field candidates in two Hunter by-elections in October. Mr Baird said he was “deeply sorry” the Liberals let down the people of ...

Sorry day as NSW Libs drop out of Hunter   9news.com.au
Liberal party will not contest Hunter byelections as 'an act of atonement'   The Guardian
Liberal Party won't recontest Hunter seats in 'act of atonement' for ICAC scandal   ABC Online
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US air strikes hit Islamic State near Mosul dam  Sydney Morning Herald
Washington: The United States has conducted air strikes in Iraq against Islamic State fighters near the Kurdish capital of Erbil and the Mosul dam, the US Central Command said. After a week of strikes confined to Erbil and Mount Sinjar, US fighter jets and ...

US launches airstrikes near Irbil, Mosul Dam   The Hindu
Iraq crisis: Yazidi villagers 'massacred' by IS   BBC News
US says conducts air strikes in Iraq near Arbil and Mosul dam   Reuters India
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  Sky News Australia   
Budget concessions harden: report  The Australian
COALITION ministers predict concessions in several areas of the federal budget to get it through the Senate with the support of crossbenchers at present objecting to some its measures, News Corporation newspapers reported today. Under one proposed ...

Don't tinker, junk budget, Labor says   Courier Mail
In defence of Joe Hockey   NEWS.com.au
Joe's budget bravado long gone   Weekly Times Now
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Couple doused with petrol in horror home invasion  Brisbane Times
A couple in their 60s were terrorized by knife-wielding bandits and doused with petrol during a horrifying home invasion at Wooloowin. Around 2.30am, four balaclava-clad men armed with a knife and a machete entered a house on Bridge Street and ...

Qld home invasion couple doused in petrol   The Australian
Wooloowin couple doused in petrol and threatened as four men break into their ...   Courier Mail
Masked home invaders douse Brisbane couple in petrol, demand money   Yahoo!7 News
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Scottish Independence: Australian PM's comments 'offensive'  BBC News
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond has described remarks made by Australia's prime minister about the possibility of Scottish independence as "hypocritical, offensive and foolish". In an interview with The Times newspaper, Tony Abbott suggested that ...

Scotland is Gleefully Taking the Piss out of Tony Abbott   Pedestrian TV
Tony Abbott slammed for 'insulting, hypocritical' comments on Scottish ...   9news.com.au
Prime Minister Tony Abbott criticised over comments opposing Scottish ...   ABC Online
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Two men die, woman and girls injured in smash  Cowra Community News
TWO MEN have died after their vehicles collided head-on, seriously injuring a woman and two girls, on the South Coast. Emergency services were called to Culburra Rd at Culburra Beach, southeast of Nowra, about 2:20pm yesterday after a westbound ...

Two dead after horror crash on NSW south coast   Sydney Morning Herald
Two dead after horror NSW smash   9news.com.au
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  Brisbane Times   
Buried container found in cold case investigation  Brisbane Times
Barbara McCulkin (right) and her daughters Vicky (left) and Leanne (centre) disappeared from their home on January 16, 1974. Photo: Supplied. Police investigating a property linked to a 40-year-old cold case murder investigation have made another ...

McCulkin cold case murder: Shipping container dug up on Southern Downs ...   ABC Online
Police dig up a shipping container buried on property at centre of McCulkin cold ...   Courier Mail

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Murder probe into container death  expressandstar.com
Police are expected to question a group of immigrants who were found inside a shipping container at a busy port as they continue their investigation into how they were trafficked into the country. Superintendent Trevor Roe of Essex Police and Daniel Gore ...


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