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Woman, 54, pregnant with twins
10 Mar 2010 at 2:10pm
A 54-YEAR-OLD British mother of eight has revealed she is pregnant with twins.
Teen charged over wheelchair bashing
10 Mar 2010 at 2:06pm
A SECOND Sydney teenager has been charged over the bashing of a disabled Canadian tourist.
Actor Corey Haim dead after apparent OD
10 Mar 2010 at 12:49pm
EIGHTIES teen heart-throb Corey Haim, who tried in vain to relaunch his career while spending most of his life battling drug addiction, has died.
Women get apology for dad's serial rape
10 Mar 2010 at 12:21pm
TWO British women who were raped and abused by their father for over 25 years, becoming pregnant 18 times, finally won an apology.
Tokyo angered by bluefin tuna trade ban
10 Mar 2010 at 11:35am
EUROPE'S joined the US in formally seeking to ban trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna, the king of Japanese sushi and sashimi, a move that's angered Tokyo.
Guard tea break sparks evacuation
10 Mar 2010 at 11:29am
THE boss of one London subway station sparked an evacuation so he could take a tea break, The Sun reported today.
Military funds elective cosmetic surgery
10 Mar 2010 at 11:09am
THE US military routinely paid for non-essential plastic surgery in 2008 and 2009, according to an audit of Pentagon patient records.
Julia Gillard supports pay equity bid
10 Mar 2010 at 9:50am
FEDERAL Workplace Relations Minister Julia Gillard is backing a union for taking a gender pay gap case to the industrial umpire.
Gaga's outfit causes flight health risk
10 Mar 2010 at 9:41am
POP star Lady Gaga took her pledge never to be seen in normal clothes to a dangerous new level when her legs began to swell on a flight.
Newlywed bed prank posts conception
10 Mar 2010 at 9:14am
A BEST man's wedding prank resulted in possibly the first-ever conception recorded on Twitter, but the parents-to-be might never know thousands were watching.
Nine charged over mafia-style empire
10 Mar 2010 at 9:07am
NINE men have been charged over a multi-million dollar, mafia-style drug empire smashed by police in dawn raids across Sydney and Melbourne.
Show of solidarity for Lars Vilks cartoon
10 Mar 2010 at 9:01am
LEADING papers have published a cartoon of Prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog by a caricaturist who was the target of an assassination plot.