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Aussies lag behind Brits in casual sex
Britain is shrugging off its prudish image after a study found its citizens to be the most promiscuous of any large western industrial nation, while Australians ranked fifth. An international ...
The West : World - 10:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 10:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
12 Days of Christmas items costly
Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the $A130,000 price tag for the items in the carol, The Twelve Days of Christmas. That’s this year’s cost, ...
The West : World - 10:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 10:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Space shuttle Endeavour lands safely
The US space shuttle Endeavour and its crew of seven landed safely on Sunday at a California air base to conclude a 16-day mission to double living capacity at the ...
The West : World - 9:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 9:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Record numbers attend Russia's Millionaire's Fair, but who's buying?
Moscow's annual homage to all things brash and expensive is taking place despite the global financial crisis. Russia's rich are keeping up appearances as record numbers attend the capital's Million
The West : World - 9:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 9:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
NZ creates first emissions trading scheme outside Europe
New Zealand will introduce a new emissions trading scheme before next year and remains committed to helping combat climate change, Prime Minister John Key said on Monday. An amended version ...
The West : World - 8:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 8:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Injured Aussies on way home from India
An Australian woman injured in the Indian terrorist attacks is on her way home. Katie Anstee, 24, from Sydney was shot at Cafe Leopold on her first day of a ...
The West : World - 7:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 7:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Indian minister quits, probe launched
India's interior minister resigned on Sunday as anger grew over intelligence failures leading up to the attacks on Mumbai and investigators focused on a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group. Home
The West : World - 7:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 7:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Mumbai terror gunmen 'all from Pakistan'
All the gunmen who carried out the Mumbai attacks that killed 172 people were from Pakistan, India's deputy home minister says. "The terrorists who have been killed in these encounters ...
The West : World - 7 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 7 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
India clears last Mumbai siege site
Authorities finished removing bodies from the bullet and grenade-scarred Taj Mahal hotel on Monday, the final site of the Mumbai siege to be cleared, as schools and businesses reopened and ...
The West : World - 6:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 6:45 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Zimbabwe rejects court ruling on white farmers
Zimbabwe’s government has rejected a regional court ruling that said 78 white Zimbabweans could keep their farms despite Harare’s land reform scheme, state newspaper The Herald reported on Monday. “T
The West : World - 5 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 5 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Companies pledge to fight AIDS discrimination
Pfizer Inc, BP Plc, and the Coca-Cola Co were among more than 100 companies pledging on World AIDS Day to fight workplace discrimination and stigma against people with HIV, the ...
The West : World - 3:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 3:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
Empty planes evacuated from besieged Thai airport
Anti-government protesters have allowed 37 empty airliners to leave Bangkok’s besieged main airport after agreeing to a request by Thai authorities, officials said Monday. A total of 88 aircraft have
The West : World - 2:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
The West : World - 2:15 a.m. Monday 1st December 2008
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Hundreds dead in Nigerian clashes
Hundreds were killed and thousands forced to flee their homes in the central Nigerian city of Jos when Christians and Muslims clashed over the result of a local election, witnesses ...
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
Eighty stranded whales die
Eighty whales beached on Tasmania's west coast have all died, but 30 others were saved from the same fate. The long-finned pilot whales were discovered on a rocky area of ...
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
Thai protesters injured in grenade attack
At least 51 anti-government protesters were wounded in several explosions early Sunday, raising fears of widening confrontations in a standoff that has strangled Thailand's economy and shut down its a
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
The West : World - 1 p.m. Sunday 30th November 2008
