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Melbourne couple killed in New Zealand mountain fall
The bodies of experienced climbers Stuart Jason Hollaway and Dale Amanda Thistlethwaite are recovered from the slopes of Mt Silberhorn days after the couple fell to their deaths.
 
Obama to push through executive action on gun control
US President Barack Obama indicates he will take unilateral action to tackle gun violence, saying Congress has stood by and done nothing while thousands of people have been killed.
 
Child care costs could hit $200 a day by mid-2017, figures show
The Federal Government promises its overhaul of the child care system will help keep costs down, amid predictions fees will rise by 14 per cent by July 2017.
 
Boys played on breakwater before drowning, lifesaving official says
Two young boys who drowned at Adelaide's Glenelg Beach were playing on the breakwater before they slipped on the rocks and fell in, an SA Surf Life Saving official says.
 
Row between young girls 'boiled over' to involve 60 people
An argument between "two young girls" sparked an outbreak of violence at an NT community, with up to 60 people armed with machetes, large knives, axes, rocks and sharpened sticks confronting police on New Years' Day.
 
Melbourne lifesaver heads to Greece to help rescue asylum seekers
St Kilda Lifesaving Club captain Simon Lewis will travel to Greece tomorrow to help rescue asylum seekers off the island of Lesbos as they try to reach European shores.
 
Shark attacks spearfisher off Yeppoon
A 30-year-old man is taken to hospital after being bitten on his arms and legs by a shark while spearfishing in waters off Yeppoon in central Queensland.
 
Music festival drug users 'would nearly vomit' if they knew pills' origins
If festival-goers knew dealers often ingested their drug stashes before vomiting them back up and selling them they would be sickened, a Sydney hospital emergency department director says.
 
'One hour then I'm dead': Survivors recall escape from Dubai hotel fire
Investigators in Dubai are working to determine the cause of a fire that engulfed a 63-storey luxury hotel on New Year's Eve with survivors describing panic and confusion as people rushed to evacuate.
 
Unforgettable singer Natalie Cole dies at 65
Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz legend Nat "King" Cole who overcame substance abuse to find success in her own right, dies at age 65.
 
O'Keefe in for Siddle for SCG Test against West Indies
Steve Smith confirms Australia will go with two spinners for the third Test against the West Indies, with Stephen O'Keefe replacing Peter Siddle at the SCG.
 
'Trump is disgusting': Skywriters take aim at presidential hopeful
Multiple planes take to the skies in California to lampoon US presidential hopeful Donald Trump in a series of skywriting messages, including: "America is great! Trump is disgusting."
 
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Anne Frank's diary goes online despite rights dispute
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Business
Australian share market ends year 2 per cent below where it started
WIN and Nine reach last-minute TV programming deal
California set to reinstate ban on kangaroo products
 
Politics
'Trump is disgusting': Skywriters take aim at presidential hopeful
Pregnant Somali asylum seeker had not ruled out abortion, FOI documents reveal
Gunman opens fire at Tel Aviv pub killing two
 
Sport
Jim Maxwell previews the third Test at the SCG
NZ keen to host South Africa in pink ball 'extravaganza'
O'Keefe in for Siddle for SCG Test against West Indies
 
Science and Tech
'Hacker attack' puts BBC websites offline
Robot receptionist looks, feels like a human
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Environment
New Delhi cuts cars to combat world's worst air pollution
NT hopes to attract mining investment despite $1b clean-up task
Environmentalists plan to regrow ancient forest from cuttings of 2,000yo cypress
 

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