Firework sparked Australia alert
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A device which caused a major airport security alert in Australia was a boy's home-made firework, police say.
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CANBERRA - Indonesia is on high alert after warnings from the United States, Britain and Australia of a possible terrorist attack before Christmas.
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Eight people were confirmed dead and at least seven others were still missing after Australia's deadliest bushfires in 20 years swept parts of two southern states.
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Firefighters brought Australia's deadliest bushfires in 20 years under control on Wednesday after nine people died in the blazes.
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Firefighters around Australia's largest city have tamed a spate of wildfires that destroyed seven homes and left hundreds of thousands of people without power.
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Australia's deadliest bushfires for 22 years left nine people dead and dozens injured as firefighters fought to control blazes raging in two states and threatening a third.
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ELEANOR HALL: While this terrorism suspect hearing has been underway in Sydney, in Indonesia Australians are dealing with the latest warning from the Federal Government that it has specific information about an imminent terrorist attack from the Jemaah
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Firefighters were still at the scene of a chemicals factory blaze this morning.   The fire broke out at around 12.15pm yesterday when an explosion was reported to have taken place at Aztec Chemicals in Crewe, Cheshire. A 200-metre exclusion zone was set up around the premises.
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A firefighter died and more than a dozen houses in two states were razed by wildfires that flared across south-eastern Australia yesterday as high temperatures and blustery winds whipped up massive firestorms.
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ADELAIDE, Australia  - At least five people were  killed Tuesday when a bushfire burned out of control across a  southern Australia peninsula and an unknown number of others  leapt into the sea to escape the fire, police said.
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Wildfires spread to threaten new areas   Up to 950,000 people already evacuatedOfficials hope winds will aid firefighters todayHelp given by Mexico, state prisoners
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Police last night cleared a Gold Coast apartment building of explosive devices, following a 17-hour stand-off with police. A 43-year-old man from Coombabah on the Gold Coast has been charged over the incident.
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Firefighters sent to the Grand Hotel on Brighton seafront after fire breaks out on first floor
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TONY EASTLEY: As thousands of Australians prepare to fly out to Indonesia for their Christmas and New Year holidays, the Federal Government has issued a new quite specific warning about the risk of a terrorist attack there.
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Fires raging in the Australian state of Victoria have destroyed more than 20 homes and some blazes merged in a new threat to townships.  The fires have burned about 2,000 square miles of northeast Victoria and the Gippsland area further south.
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Homes are destroyed and towns under threat as bush fires rage in four states in Australia.
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Firefighters are at the scene of a blaze which spread from a caravan and forced the evacuation of nine people.