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The Burmese president will visit Australia next month after accepting an invitation during a meeting with Julia Gillard.
Topics: world-politics, foreign-affairs, federal-government, gillard-julia, australia, burma, lao-people-s-democratic-republic
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Police are bracing for revenge attacks after a fatal bikie shooting at a wedding reception in Sydney's south-west overnight.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, canley-vale-2166, sydney-2000, nsw
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Punters have plunged on locals Kelinni and Lights of Heaven at the Melbourne Cup call of the card, but Americain remains the favourite.
Topics: horse-racing, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Thai media is reporting that seven tourists were injured when a bus carrying Australians and Americans crashed just north of Phuket.
Topics: road, thailand, australia, united-states
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The share market clawed back earlier losses after a raft of economic data was released midway through the session.
Topics: stockmarket, retail, banking, australia
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A new sculpture honouring fallen Australian soldiers is going on display at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, national-days, library-museum-and-gallery, act, canberra-2600
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A murder trial in Perth has been told the fatal stabbing of a 44-year-old Texan man was the result of a jealous rage arising from a gay love triangle.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, subiaco-6008, perth-6000
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We analyse the data on past winners to identify the ideal Melbourne Cup runner.
Topics: horse-racing, melbourne-3000
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Ayers Rock Resort says it is pushing ahead with plans to build an 18-hole golf course, 20 kilometres from Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park.
Topics: travel-and-tourism, rural-tourism, nt
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All bets are off as ABC News Online's Katie Franklin and her brother Daniel put family ties aside to face off in a Cup Day tipping clash.
Topics: horse-racing, human-interest, melbourne-3000
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A live export company releases grisly footage of Australian sheep being brutally slaughtered in Pakistani feedlots, in advance of a Four Corners special due to air tonight.
Topics: rural, livestock, livestock-welfare, animal-welfare, pakistan, australia
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Kingston Rule holds the record for the fastest Melbourne Cup ever run, finishing the 3,200 metres in 3 minutes 16.3 seconds. See how far ahead of every other cup winner he was.
Topics: horse-racing, melbourne-3000
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The full bench of the High Court will hear a constitutional challenge to the Government's Minerals Resource Rent Tax.
Topics: courts-and-trials, mining-industry, federal-government, australia
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A four-week-old baby taken from a Sydney hospital has been found safe and well.
Topics: police, babies---newborns, randwick-2031, parramatta-2150
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A Commission of Inquiry into the death of an Australian sailor in India last year will examine whether he should have been posted to sea.
Topics: navy, defence-forces, defence-and-national-security, india, australia
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The outback Queensland town of Longreach has rolled out the red carpet for this afternoon's visit by the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, papua-new-guinea, melbourne-3000, longreach-4730, australia
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Redbacks coach says very bowler-friendly wickets are harming Australia's Test development.
Topics: cricket, sport, sa, adelaide-5000, tas, hobart-7000, melbourne-3000, vic, wa, qld, nsw, australia
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The mother of an Australian man killed in New Zealand's Pike River mine disaster says she is astounded by the unsafe mining practices revealed by a royal commission.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, royal-commissions, new-zealand, australia
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A court is told two teenagers murdered a pensioner out of panic when she appeared in the yard during their robbery bid.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, seacliff-5049, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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An electric massage table was lowered and a toddler was crushed to death under it, a coroner has been told.
The mother of the 18-month-old girl has told the inquest she would never have taken her children to the health clinic involved had staff had warned her their moving massage tables could be dangerous.
The inquest heard the mechanism jammed and the massage table could not be raised to free the girl.
Maintenance worker Peter Stevens told the coroner he had inspected the tables only weeks beforehand.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, death, sa, st-morris-5068, adelaide-5000, australia
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Shane Watson has been ruled out of the first Test against South Africa in Brisbane.
Topics: cricket, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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A new poll reveals growing mistrust of Australia's political leaders and concern about corruption within government.
Topics: population-and-demographics, university-and-further-education, australia, act, australian-national-university-0200
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Three merino sheep are making the long trip from country South Australia to Sydney for this week's royal visit.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, human-interest, sheep-production, livestock, rural, event, offbeat, booleroo-centre-5482, sa, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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A fall in imports has more than offset a further decline in exports to narrow Australia's trade deficit to just under $1.5 billion.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, trade, coal, iron-ore, mining-industry, australia
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Thousands of horse racing fans have lined Melbourne's streets for a chance to see champions past and present.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, carnivals-and-festivals, horse-racing, melbourne-3000
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