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  • In a gaffe that has attracted plenty of media attention in the heat of Australia's election campaign, opposition leader Tony Abbott told a gathering of conservative party faithful on Monday that no one is "the suppository of all wisdom."
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australia, national/world
  • Rescue crews searching for a classic American schooner carrying seven people believe the boat sank between New Zealand and Australia, although they haven't given up hope of finding survivors.
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australia, new zealand, missing person, national/world
  • FILE - In this Feb. 14, 2013 file photo the cruise ship Carnival Triumph is towed into Mobile Bay near Dauphin Island, Ala., Thursday, Feb. 14, 2013. A leak in a fuel oil return line caused the engine-room fire that disabled a Carnival cruise ship at sea, leaving 4,200 people without power or working toilets for five days, a Coast Guard official said Monday, Feb. 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
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  • Authorities were conducting an air and marine search Thursday off Australia's east coast for two cruise passengers who were believed to have fallen overboard the night before.
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carnival, missing person, australia, national/world
  • A powerful earthquake off the Solomon Islands on Wednesday generated a tsunami of up to 1.5 meters (about 5 feet) that damaged dozens of homes and left several people missing and presumed dead in the South Pacific island chain.
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earthquake, tsunami, australia, national/world
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  • Rescuers in northeast Australia have been helping motorists escape swift floodwaters and their helicopters are plucking stranded people from rooftops after torrential rains flooded thousands of homes and businesses.
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flooding, australia, national/world
  • The Australian radio show behind a hoax phone call to the London hospital where the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was being treated has been officially canceled.
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australia, england, kate middleton, prince william, queen elizabeth, royals, hospitals, national/world
  • Novak Djokovic returned to his dominant best, becoming the first man in the Open era to win three consecutive Australian titles when he beat Andy Murray 6-7 (2), 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-2 on Sunday night.
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australia, sports
  • Firefighters battled scores of wildfires Tuesday in southeastern Australia as authorities evacuated national parks and warned that hot, dry and windy conditions were combining to raise the threat to its highest alert level.
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australia, wild fire, national/world
  • Solar Eclipse graphic
  • Thousands of tourists, scientists and others traveled from around the world to Australia for a solar eclipse.
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6at4, australia, outer space, 6abc action news at 4
  • On New Year's Eve, Patty Maiellano, of Sydenham Street, says she spotted the image of Jesus on the panels of her drapes in her front window.
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religion, michigan, australia, food, south carolina, 6abc action news at 4
  • Australia's treasurer says Australians can learn a lot - and avoid economic pitfalls - by listening to The Boss.
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bruce springsteen, music, australia, entertainment
  • Country Music Hall of Fame performer Glen Campbell is canceling his tour of Australia and New Zealand with Kenny Rogers next month for health reasons.
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music, australia, entertainment
  • The hunt is on for a massive great white shark that killed a surfer in Australia.
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shark attack, australia, national/world
  • Lindy Chamberlain-Creighton
  • The dingo really did take the baby.
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australia, baby death, national/world
  • Three members of the children's music quartet The Wiggles will be hanging up their colorful outfits and leaving the Australian band this year.
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australia, music, children, entertainment
  • Australian flagship carrier Qantas Airways Ltd. says it delaying delivery of two Airbus A380 planes to curb costs.
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australia, air travel, business/finance
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australia, children, local/state
  • Snapshots of our world, captured and put here so you can marvel at them too!
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6at4, nasa, libya, philadelphia phillies, australia, animals, harrison ford, 6abc action news at 4
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  • Australia's government has banned Chinese technology giant Huawei from bidding to help build a high-speed Internet network amid concerns about cyber attacks traced to China.
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australia, china, science/technology
  • Muslim women in Australia's most populous state will have to remove veils to have their signatures officially witnessed under the latest laws giving New South Wales officials authority to look under religious face coverings.
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australia, religion, national/world
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  • An Australian man charged in a scheme to export components for drones, torpedoes and other technology to Iran said Thursday that he sold materials to Iran but didn't know he was breaking U.S. laws.
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australia, iran, trial, national/world
  • Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said.
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australia, accident, helicopter crash, entertainment
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  • Thanks to the thousands of you who voted in our poll. Here's why more than 1,400 of you are probably wrong.
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6at4, poll, australia, animals, 6abc action news at 4
  • Cranky croc steals Aussie zoo workers lawn mower
  • A giant saltwater crocodile named Elvis with an apparent affinity for household machinery charged at an Australian reptile park worker Wednesday before stealing his lawn mower.
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australia, animals, national/world
  • Shark Attack
  • The sudden death of an American diver in the jaws of a great white shark off Australia's southwest coast has raised the specter of a rogue man-eater preying on a renowned aquatic playground and killing three men in two months.
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australia, shark attack, national/world
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  • In singing of Vegemite, they plundered a kookaburra.
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australia, entertainment
  • An ultra-light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a festival in Australia Saturday, trapping two children and two others for hours.
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australia, plane crash, children, national/world
  • A man claiming to have a bomb in his backpack and accompanied by his young daughter triggered a hostage standoff Tuesday near an Australian court complex, a witness said.
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australia, national/world
  • A 50-year-old man was captured Monday at his ex-wife's Kentucky home and charged with breaking into an Australian home and chaining a fake bomb to a teenager's neck, the FBI said.
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australia, kentucky, bomb scare, national/world
  • Asian equity markets were sharply down early Tuesday as investors fearing a possible global economic slowdown continued to flee stocks.
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stock market, australia, japan, china, standard & poor's, business/finance
  • Asian stock markets are tumbling amid fears the U.S. may be heading back into recession and Europe's debt crisis is worsening.
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japan, china, taiwan, stock market, australia, business/finance
  • A suspicious device that had been attached to a Sydney teenage girl's neck contained no explosives and appeared to be part of an elaborate hoax, Australian police said Thursday.
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australia, national/world
  • An Australian teenager trapped next to a suspicious device for 10 horrifying hours was freed safely late Wednesday.
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australia, bomb scare, national/world
  • A 94-year-old woman struck an attacking kangaroo with a broom and managed to crawl to safety in her house in the Australian Outback before police subdued the animal with pepper spray.
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australia, animal attacks, wildlife preservation, animals
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  • Football is back! It's an inspirational phrase, and an inspirational football day on the Trending Videos report.
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6at4, trending videos, australia, nfl, children, 6abc action news at 4
  • "The Hangover" star Bradley Cooper will appear as Lucifer in a movie version of the classic poem "Paradise Lost" to be filmed in Sydney.
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australia, bradley cooper, movies, entertainment
  • David Ngoombujarra, an Aborigine who acted in "Australia," "Rabbit-Proof Fence" and other Australian films, has died.
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australia, entertainment
  • Brutus the Australian Crocodile
  • A photo making waves on the internet purports to show a huge Australian crocodile putting on a show for tourists. What do you think?
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6at4, poll, australia, animals, 6abc action news at 4
  • Lady Gaga may have surprised fans with two unexpected gigs in Australia, but don't expect a third free show.
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lady gaga, australia, entertainment
  • Jerry Lewis has canceled a show in Australia due to poor health.
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australia, entertainment
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australia, animals
  • Australian officials have charged a teenager with breaking into a Justin Bieber concert and throwing eggs.
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justin bieber, australia, entertainment
  • Claude Stanley Choules, the last known combat veteran of World War I, died Thursday at a nursing home in the Western Australia city of Perth, his family said. He was 110.
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australia, national/world
  • A 10-year-old schoolboy in Australia has become an internet sensation after he fought back in an apparent bullying incident.
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bullying, youtube, australia, local/state
  • The most powerful storm in a century ripped across Australia's northeast coast early Thursday, blasting apart houses, laying waste to banana crops and leaving boats lying in the streets of wind- and wave-swept towns.
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australia, severe weather, national/world
  • Strong winds and driving rain began buffeting northeast Australia as one of the country's biggest storms bore down Wednesday while residents huddled in evacuation centers or hid at home in bathrooms behind piles of blankets and mattresses.
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severe weather, australia, national/world
  • Kim Clijsters won her second straight Grand Slam title and the fourth of her career,
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australia, tennis, national/world
  • Australia began to tally the multibillion dollar toll of massive flooding.
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australia, flooding, national/world