Evacuated Australians return home as floodwaters ease
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Thousands of Australians started  returning home on Monday after floods and storms in the  wine-making Hunter Valley area eased, but residents downstream  near the city of Newcastle braced for floodwaters, officials  said.
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The stench of fuel fumes and rotting garbage wafted though soaked streets Wednesday and residents dragged out dripping bedding, carpets and clothing as flood waters receded from a disaster that has killed at least 50 people.
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Rescue workers urged thousands of people to evacuate their homes Sunday after deadly storms lashed Australia&#39;s east coast, leaving parts of one city looking like an earthquake had struck, officials said.
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The bodies of two Australian soldiers killed in the Vietnam War arrived home Tuesday, more than 40 years after they were listed as missing in action fighting the Viet Cong.
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Iraqi officials say the first more than 200,000 residents who fled fighting in Falluja are to begin returning home.
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SYDNEY, Australia - An Australian hailed as a hero for allegedly rescuing more than a dozen tsunami victims in Thailand was arrested Monday as he returned home by police who recognized him as a suspected burglar.
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Boscastle residents could be allowed back home, ten days after devastating flash floods hit the Cornish village.
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Thousands of settlers on India's Andaman Islands are returning to the mainland after the tsunami.
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Britain yesterday began to clear up the chaos caused by summer downpours across much of the country as forecasters promised a brief respite from the rain before the wet weather returns this week.
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Australians mopping up their flood  damaged homes in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast north of  Sydney were warned on Tuesday to protect themselves from  disease in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters.
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Australian terror suspect Mamdouh  Habib arrived home on Friday after being released from U.S.  detention at Guantanamo Bay where he was held for almost three  years on suspicion of helping al Qaeda.
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark  - Some of the more than 2,000 people evacuated after fire engulfed a Danish fireworks factory and set off a series of powerful explosions were allowed to return home Friday.
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PUNTA GORDA, Fla. - Permanent residents returned to Sanibel Island on Wednesday for the first time since it was evacuated before Hurricane Charley struck last weekend...
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Trapped residents in Boscastle are lifted to safety from the roof of their flooded home. Three people were missing yesterday after a flash flood hit a coastal tourist area in south-west England, sweeping dozens of cars into the sea and leaving hundreds ...
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Australians mopping up their flood damaged homes in the Hunter Valley and Central Coast north of Sydney were warned on Tuesday to protect themselves from disease in the sewage-contaminated floodwaters.
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Residents trickled back into town Saturday after a fire at a hazardous materials plant, relieved that there were no serious injuries or damage to their homes while they were forced out for two nights.
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Government offices in the Bangladeshi capital reopen as it slowly returns to normal following widespread floods.