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QANTAS staff have been booed by frustrated passengers at Brisbane Airport after leaving their check-in counters to assist an elderly woman who collapsed and died in the long queue.
The 80-year-old woman is believed to have suffered a heart attack short..
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A SKYDIVER has plunged almost 2km to the ground - and lived.
The man, 45, lost control of his parachute and plummeted to the ground at the Lower Light drop zone north of Adelaide, about 3.30pm on Saturday.
Adelaide Tandem Skydiving safety officer Gr..
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A STRIPPER performed for a classroom full of British teenagers, spanked a birthday boy and asked him to rub cream all over her after a booking error by the teen's mother.
It is believed the mother thought she had booked a gorillagram to rush into her 1..
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THE Czech mothers at the centre of an astonishing baby mix-up have refused to swap back their daughters.
The two women, who have cared for the girls for 10 months, said they could not go through with the exchange agreed earlier this week.
Jaroslava..
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NETWORK Ten's controversial show Californication will be investigated by media watchdog the Australia Communications and Media Authority.
The smutty satirical show was immediately infamous for featuring former X-Files star David Duchovny in four sex sc..
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A CATHOLIC priest sexually abused a number of teenagers at a boys' home in southern Sydney in the late 1980s, a court has been told.
Father Paul Evans was dorm master at Boys' Town Catholic boarding school at Engadine at the time of the alleged inciden..
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US billionaire Donald Trump is a man who usually gets what he wants, but a Scottish salmon fisherman is standing firm against his plans to build a luxury golf course resort.
Trump wants to build two championship courses, a 450-bedroom hotel and 950 hol..
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A NERVOUS elephant at a Russian zoo killed its handler today with a single blow of its trunk after lashing out while being moved onto a truck.
Elephant handlers at Moscow city zoo had been trying to load three African elephants onto a specially designe..
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RESTRICTIONS on horse movements within southeast Queensland's equine flu-infected "red zone" could be eased by Christmas.
Minister for Primary Industries and Fisheries Tim Mulherin said today the goal was only achievable if all Queenslanders involved i..
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AN Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan spoke with his family of the dangers he faced before he was posted there just a few weeks ago, his family says.
Trooper David Pearce, 41, died when the light armoured vehicle he was driving was hit by a roads..
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ALL Black fans have put an online bounty on the head of English referee Wayne Barnes after their shock loss to France - posting an abusive attack on the Pom that calls him every four-letter word.
The incredible abuse online towards Barnes reflects the..
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A SEVEN-year-old girl was made to strip naked by her teacher in a New Delhi school for not completing her homework.
She was made to strip completely naked and stand on a desk in her class on Friday while other students were asked to boo her.
"The te..
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A MAN has reportedly ripped the head off a tame duck that lived in the ornamental lobby of a Minnesota hotel.
The Associated Press reported that Scott D. Clark allegedly cornered the duck before grabbing it and decapitating it with his hands in front o..
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A TEXAS family is suing Australia's Virgin Mobile phone company over an advertisement they claim caused their teenage daughter grief and humiliation.
Alison Chang's photograph was used as part of a Virgin Mobile Australia campaign called "Are You With..
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SIX Egyptian men died one after another as they descended into a rural septic tank in a failed attempt to rescue a 17-year-old who had entered the tank to fix a drainage problem, security sources and a family member said.
The youth, Ayman Mohamed Gumaa..
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A married couple who didn't realise they were chatting each other up on the internet are divorcing.
Sana Klaric and husband Adnan, who used the names "Sweetie" and "Prince of Joy" in an online chatroom, spent hours telling each other about their marriage..
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IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wants a public debate with his US counterpart George W. Bush at the UN this month and a "global referendum" on who's right.
Mr Ahmadinejad said he would be visiting Iran's arch-enemy the US for the third time to ta..
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A VENEZUELAN man who had been declared dead woke up in the morgue in excruciating pain after medical examiners began their autopsy.
Carlos Camejo, 33, was declared dead after a highway accident and taken to the morgue, where examiners began an autopsy on..
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US President George W. Bush today thanked "Austrian" Prime Minister John Howard, in front of a summit of business leaders, for being a kind OPEC host.
OPEC is the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Mr Bush, who flew halfway around the wo..
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THE stars of ABC TV's The Chaser could have been shot by snipers when they breached APEC security during a prank yesterday, NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said.
Eleven crew from the comedy show were arrested and charged by police yesterday aft..
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