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In this file photo taken on March 17, 2007, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, right, raise their linked arms as they move through the crowd at a special session of parliament in Gaza City.
Fatah   Hamas   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: FatahHamas conflict  
 The Australian 
Mahmoud Abbas's choice 'peace or Hamas'
| ISRAEL has warned that a new agreement between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas amounts to a choice by Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas to abandon the peace process. | The warning come... (photo: AP / Hatem Moussa)
Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) at the Sydney Aquarium.
Deaths   Photos   Shark   Wikipedia: Shark   Worldwide  
 The Daily Telegraph 
Shark deaths hit two-decade high worldwide in 2011
Sharks killed a dozen people worldwide last year, a two-decade high as tourists ventured into waters in remote areas far from medical care, Florida researchers said in a report released on Tuesday. | ... (photo: Creative Commons / Patrick Quinn-Graham)
Milk - drinks - health - grocery store  Otago Daily Times 
Up-market Auckland grocer leads charge on lower milk prices
| A boutique grocery is calling on retailers to make milk affordable as it drops its prices to $1 a litre. | Nosh Food Market says margins are too high and it hopes the lowered price can continue inde... (photo: WN / Rizza Dilag)
Economy   Food   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Milk  
Pakistan's Umar Gul, right, boxes during a training session in Mohali, India, Saturday, March 26, 2011. Pakistan will play India in a Cricket World Cup semifinal in Mohali on March 30.  Sydney Morning Herald 
Pakistan completes clean sweep of series
| Pakistan's bowlers sealed an emphatic 71-run win in the third and final Test against England yesterday, inflicting a 3-0 series whitewash in the process. | Set a daunting 324-run target, England was... (photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Cricket   Pakistan   Photos   Star   Wikipedia: Umar Gul  
Top Stories
Hawaii sees a bigger wave of tourists The State
Hawaii sees a bigger wave of tourists
| No need to fret for the state of Hawaii tourism anymore. | Visitor numbers to the Aloha State dropped dramatically during the recession, and the state's tourism industr... (photo: WN / Marzena)
Hawaii   Industry   Photos   Tourism   Travel   Wikipedia: Hawaiian Islands  
India's captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni throws a ball for a catching drill during a practice session in Kingston, Jamaica, Saturday June 18, 2011. The first Test of the three-match series between India and the West Indies starts on Monday. Sydney Morning Herald
Dhoni laments loose bowling at MCG
| AAP | Only two days after appearing to rejuvenate their barren tour, the Indian cricket team again lost direction in Sunday night's heavy loss to Australia. | After win... (photo: AP / Andres Leighton)
Australia   Cricket   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Mahendra Singh Dhoni  
Apple iPhone - Smartphone Business Journal
Apple expands patent lawsuit against Samsung in Australia
Digital Content Producer - Dallas Business Journal Email | Twitter | Twitter | Apple Inc. has expanded its patent lawsuit against Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. in Australi... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Australia   Patent   Photos   Smartphones   Wikipedia: Apple Inc.  
Australia's Brett Lee, left, and John Hastings celebrate after scoring the winning runs against England during their one day international cricket match in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011. Independent online
Hilfenhaus replaces injured Lee
Sydney – Australia called up swing bowler Ben Hilfenhaus on Monday to replace injured paceman Brett Lee for the one-day international against Sri Lanka. | Hilfenhau... (photo: AP / John Donegan)
Australia   Cricket   Photos   Star   Sydney  
Local residents move to higher ground as the Brisbane river burst its banks to cause widespread flooding in Brisbane, Australia, on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011. Queensland has been in the grip of its worst flooding for more than two weeks, after tropical downpours across a vast area of the state covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Residents in low-lying regions of the state capital of Brisbane were urged to sandbag their homes and later told to move to higher ground. The Guardian
Australian floods force thousands from their homes
* One dead in flooding, thousands evacuated * Coal industry largely unaffected by floods * Flooding causes damage to agriculture, property By Rebekah Kebede PERTH, Feb 6 ... (photo: AP / Tertius Pickard)
Australia   Coal   Floods   Photos   Wikipedia: Floods in Australia  
 KLps1 - australian dollar - aussie dollar - currency. (ps1) Sydney Morning Herald
Aust stocks firmer on US jobs data
| AAP | Australian shares were firmer at noon as Friday's better-than-expected US jobs figures continued to lift sentiment. | US stocks rallied on Friday after official f... (photo: WN/Pat Seng)
Economy   Market   Photos   Stock   Wikipedia: Australian Securities Exchange  
Jellyfish in sea life Helsinki. Sydney Morning Herald
Jellyfish still the same - it's interaction that's different
| THEY not only sting people and break fishing nets. In recent times Jellyfish have also clogged up desalination works, blocked the cooling systems of nuclear power stati... (photo: Public Domain / Skorpion87)
Australia   Climate   Desalination   Fishing   Photos   Wikipedia: Jellyfish  
Australian batsman Justin Langer bats during his team's win over of England in the fifth and final Ashes cricket test in Sydney, Friday, Jan. 5, 2007. Zeenews
Langer feels for ‘out of form’ Marsh
Sydney: Australian batting coach Justin Langer has said he sympathizes with the beleaguered Shaun Marsh who has been struggling with poor form lately. | Marsh has been dr... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)
Australia   Cricket   Photos   Sydney   Wikipedia: Justin Langer  
Politics & Government Business & Economy
- Greens seek deal for dental care
- Joe Hockey regrets $70bn savings figure
- Nixon’s Trip and Cronkite’s Socks
- Richard Prosser Maiden Speech
In this file photo taken on March 17, 2007, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, left, and Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh from Hamas, right, raise their linked arms as they move through the crowd at a special session of parliament in Gaza City.
Mahmoud Abbas's choice 'peace or Hamas'
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 KLps1 - australian dollar - aussie dollar - currency. (ps1)
Local stocks set for soft start
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Jellyfish in sea life Helsinki.
Jellyfish still the same - it's interaction that's different
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- School stabbing charge
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ALTERNATE CROP OF PNG102 Three life rafts from the MV Rabaul Queen float above the sunken hull of the ferry in the open waters off Papua New Guinea's east coast, Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012.
238 saved, 100-plus missing as PNG ferry sinks
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Sport Health
- Playing Test cricket still eludes 35-year old David Hussey
- Live Cricket Score India vs Sri Lanka, 2nd ODI at WACA, Pert
- Twenty20 games' success may win Cricket Australia $100m
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Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) at the Sydney Aquarium.
Shark deaths hit two-decade high worldwide in 2011
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- Greens seek deal for dental care
- Rio Tinto pumps $3.4bn into Pilbara
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Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) at the Sydney Aquarium.
Shark deaths hit two-decade high worldwide in 2011
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