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News.com.au
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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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Australia's largest city dimmed on Saturday night as businesses and homeowners switched off the lights to draw attention to global warming.
The normally gleaming white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened, and so did the iconic harbor bridge and ch..
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BBC News
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Australian police say they have broken up an international sex-trafficking ring after rescuing 10 South Korean women from Sydney brothels.
Five people have been arrested and charged with offences including people trafficking and debt bondage.
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BBC News
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A concrete and steel fence is being built across the centre of Sydney amid a massive security effort for a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders next week.
More than 5,000 police and troops will also be deployed as part of Australia's largest security operati..
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BBC News
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The Sydney Opera House in Australia and the Red Fort in India have been added to a list of the world's most valuable cultural treasures.
A silver mine in Japan and an ancient fortress in Turkmenistan are also now on the Unesco World Heritage List.
A..
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BBC News
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Australian PM John Howard has met the Dalai Lama in Sydney, brushing aside fierce opposition from China.
The 71-year-old spiritual leader is on an 11-day trip to Australia, which has complicated relations between Beijing and Canberra.
China has cond..
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BBC News
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The bodies of two Japanese sailors who attacked Sydney harbour during World War II are to be left in their wrecked submarine, Australian officials say.
Katsuhisa Ban and Mamoru Ashibe crewed one of three mini-submarines that infiltrated the harbour in..
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around-the-world1.blogspot.com
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A 58-year-old blind British pilot touched down in Sydney,Australia, today to end his 13,500-mile flight by microlight aircraft from London to Sydney,following the path of the classic London-Sydney air race in 1919...
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News.com.au
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A MAN has been airlifted to Sydney as doctors attempt to save his eye after a scuffle in Wollongong.
Residents at a unit block in Denison Street witnessed a man allegedly damaging parked vehicles about 4am (AEST) today.
One resident approached an ol..
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BBC News
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Lights have been turned off across Australia's largest city, Sydney, in a hour-long event aimed at raising awareness of global warming.
At 1930 (0930 GMT) the city's skyline dimmed and normally bright landmarks like the Opera House and the Harbour Brid..
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News.com.au
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A SYDNEY worker who has spoken out about a redundancy row at a Sydney factory has been ordered to explain why he should not be sacked, the Australian Workers Union (AWU) said today.
Marty Peek has claimed in the media his employer, Tristar Steering and..
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BBC News
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Celebrations are under way in Sydney to mark the 75th anniversary of the opening of the iconic Harbour Bridge.
The structure, which took nine years to build, was declared open for traffic in March 1932 and remains to this day the world's largest steel..
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News.com.au
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THE Australian Federal Police says a rocket launcher seized as part of an investigation into a Sydney man with alleged links to a terrorist cell was "active" and could have been fired...
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News.com.au
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AN UNLICENSED Sydney motorcyclist has been caught allegedly travelling at more than 100kph over the speed limit while under the influence of alcohol today in Sydney's southwest...
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News.com.au
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THE NSW Education Department today stood by its decision to reprimand rather than sack a Sydney schoolteacher who called a Muslim student a terrorist...
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