Australian engineers feared dead in Malawi
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A private plane carrying eight Australian engineers crashed Thursday in the southern African country, police said, and all on board were feared dead.
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Sweden said on Thursday more than 1,000 Swedes may have been killed in the Asian tsunami, the worst death toll for any foreign country.
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Nine people were confirmed dead and 15 unaccounted for in Australia's deadliest bushfires for 20 years as firefighters battled blazes raging in two states and threatening a third.
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Sweden said on Thursday more than  1,000 Swedes may have been killed in the Asian tsunami, the  worst death toll for any foreign country.
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An improving political climate, and the   potential for major mineral discoveries, has reawakened   interest in Africa among Australian mining companies that have   traditionally rated the continent too risky.
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PETER CAVE: Ten Australian citizens and permanent residents have been confirmed dead, a dozen are officially missing, while as many as 5,000 are still unaccounted for since the tsunamis hit on Boxing Day.
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Malawi will investigate fears that labour-intensive manual irrigation pumps distributed to poor farmers are hurting their sexual performance.
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African people affected by landmines are anxiously waiting for a determined common African action on landmines, an African Union (AU) official told the opening session of a four-day conference on landmines.
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Preparations are being made to repatriate the bodies of seven Australians killed in the tsunamis in Thailand. Foreign Affairs officials say they have serious concerns for a further nine missing Australians.
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Authorities checked for fuel leaks Saturday on a coal freighter run aground by a storm that brought flooding, landslides and blackouts in eastern Australia and killed at least five people.
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Thousands of Australians are stranded by floodwaters and some could remain isolated for up to a week after torrential rains hit the country's east coast, emergency officials said Monday.
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Â· Teachers told to be wary after boys are found deadÂ· Minister seeks talks over content of online sites
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Suspected mass graves of East Timorese  killed during the bloodiest crackdown of Indonesian rule are to  be excavated by Australian forensic experts to try and identify  hundreds of people slain by Jakarta's security forces.
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Environmentalists fear a maritime disaster if a beached coal freighter in eastern Australia breaks up.
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Dramatic flooding replaced relentless drought in parts of eastern Australia Thursday, as Prime Minister John Howard expressed hopes that the country&#39;s worst drought in a century may be coming to an end.
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THE Federal Government is investigating claims two Australians have been kidnapped in Iraq and will be killed if Australia doesn&#39;t pull out of the war zone in 24 hours.
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A British tourist found dead in the Australian outback near its famed Ayers Rock may have died of heat exhaustion and exposure, police said.