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the painful truth of the victoria bushfires

Seeded on Fri Feb 13, 2009 5:46 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Time and again survivors said there had been no warning for their street, their town, their valley. But after weeks of appalling heat, Brumby had warned last Friday that the next day was shaping as "the worst day in the history of the state".

heat, death, australia, drought, victoria, world-news, dry, hell, bushfire, summer

Grim news for families | smh.com.au

Seeded on Mon Feb 9, 2009 6:32 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A horribly familiar story started to emerge in the ruined towns and hamlets devastated by the fire. The official toll in Narbethong on Sunday was nil. Last night it was nine. More bodies are expected to be found. The official toll in Strathewen was seven.

heat, death, lost, australia, lives, destruction, tragedy, world-news, fires, danger

Third shark attack in two days - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:14 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A 24-year-old man was attacked by a shark on the NSW South Coast today. It is the third shark attack off Australian beaches and the second in NSW in two days.

australia, beach, shark-attack, world-news

How Hannah, 13, fought off a shark - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Mon Jan 12, 2009 6:06 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

"We were just surfing and she was probably five or 10 metres out in front of me," he said. "The next thing I know she screamed and disappeared under the water.

attack, australia, shark, world-news, great-white

Toddler 'bitten by brown snake' - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Mon Jan 5, 2009 3:44 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A three-year-old boy believed to have been bitten by a brown snake today has been taken to a Sydney hospital, NSW Ambulance says. Paramedics were called to the Colo River at Upper Colo, west of Sydney, after reports a brown snake had bitten the boy just after 3pm.

deadly, australia, brown, world-news, snakes

Swimmers flee as sharks come for an afternoon of fishing - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Sun Jan 4, 2009 10:52 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

SHARK alarms blared again yesterday afternoon as sightings of hammerhead sharks lurking close to swimmers prompted the evacuation of four of the city's most popular beaches.

australia, beach, shark, world-news, summer

Swimmer missing amid fears of shark attack - National - smh.com.au

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:47 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A suspected shark attack victim's son was swimming just six metres away when his father was attacked and presumed killed off a southern Perth beach this morning.

attack, australia, water, western, ocean, swimming, beach, world-news, summer, summertime

The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia's leading newspaper.

Seeded on Tue Dec 30, 2008 1:45 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A search is under way in the Warnbro Sound today after a great white shark swam alongside a fishing boat near the beach where a man was killed on the weekend.

attack, australia, swimming, shark, world-news, western-australia, snorkelling, summertime

FOXNews.com - David Letterman Gets Jen Aniston's 'Naked on GQ' Tie - Celebrity Gossip | Entertainment News | Arts And Entertainment

Seeded on Fri Dec 19, 2008 5:47 AM EST (FOXNews.com)

David Letterman is now the proud owner of the most famous tie in the world.

entertainment, aniston, jennifer, letterman, gq, embarassing, tie

Iraqi journalist hurls shoes at 'dog' Bush - World - smh.com.au

Seeded on Sun Dec 14, 2008 3:29 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

An Iraqi journalist hurled his shoes and an insult at George W Bush, without hitting him, as the US president was shaking hands with the Iraqi prime minister at his Baghdad office on Sunday.

bush, george, shoe, dog, world-news, thrown

YouTube - Enter the Story: Advent Conspiracy

Seeded on Sun Dec 7, 2008 5:48 PM EST (YouTube)

What if Christmas became a world-changing event again by turning our focus back to the birth of Christ? What could happen to your family if this focus was celebrated in loud, bold and totally unexpected ways

food, right, water, poverty, focus, help, god, good, love, christmas

FreePoverty - Knowing Helps

Seeded on Sun Dec 7, 2008 5:46 PM EST (freepoverty.com)

here's the challenge, place the cities in their correct area on the map, each correct answer means you give free clean water to people in need.

life, free, water, love, world-news, clean

FreeRice

Seeded on Sun Dec 7, 2008 5:44 PM EST (freerice.com)

here's a way you can entertain yourself, challenge your brain and feed people for free. it's all good.

food, free, brain, challenge, world-news, feed, humanity

Dozens die as terrorists take hostages - World - smh.com.au

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:43 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

INDIA'S largest city has been paralysed by violence and fear. The beaches on Mumbai's famous Marine Drive were deserted and the city's normally chaotic roads were empty last night as locals waited for a brazen terrorist siege to end.

death, terrorist, horror, world-news, hostage, evil, mumbai, islamists

Commandos storm luxury hotels in Mumbai - World - smh.com.au

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 3:41 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Up to 26 Australians may be holed up in the Taj and Oberoi hotels in Mumbai and cannot yet be accounted for, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Stephen Smith, has confirmed.

death, terrorist, world-news, mumbai, islamists, bonbing

Australian killed in Mumbai attacks - General - News - smh.com.au

Seeded on Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:34 AM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

A 49-year-old Australian is dead and others have been wounded in the coordinated militant attacks in Mumbai, the Press Trust of India (PTI) says. He is believed to be a member of a NSW trade delegation visiting Mumbai.

terrorist, world-news, mumbai

Verdict handed down in MySpace suicide trial - web - Technology - smh.com.au

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:06 PM EST (The Sydney Morning Herald)

An American mother on trial in a landmark cyber-bullying case was convicted on Wednesday of three minor offences instead of the main conspiracy charge in a cruel internet hoax that apparently drove a 13-year-old girl to suicide.

us-news, only-in-america, megan-meier, lori-drew

YouTube - Ray Lamontagne - Shelter (Amazing Version)

Seeded on Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:40 PM EST (YouTube)

how good is this?

music, shelter, arts, sessions, musician, ray-lamontagne, bbc4

BBC NEWS | Americas | US 'pregnant man' expecting again

Seeded on Thu Nov 13, 2008 8:32 PM EST (BBC News)

Thomas Beatie grew up in Hawaii as Tracy Lagondin, but began to live as a man when he was in his twenties. He had breast surgery to remove glands and flatten his chest but kept his female reproductive organs.

baby, woman, news, odd-news, false, hoax-untrue-lie

There are 6 candidates for the President.(?) You could've fooled me!

Sun Nov 2, 2008 4:34 PM EST

here's the votesmart web link:

Continue reading this entry ...

bush, campaign, election, usa, mccain, presidential, vote, obama, clemente, mckinney

Labor's script is showing, brown noses out of joint - Annabel Crabb - Opinion

Seeded on Tue Oct 21, 2008 7:25 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Malcolm Turnbull got hold of the Dorothy Dix list, too - he made a great show of helpfully passing it across the desk to the Prime Minister, who gave him a long, cold stare of complete loathing, and refused to touch it.

labor, list, australia, politics, questions, email, govt, liberal, rudd, swan

John Hartigan's speech | The Australian

Seeded on Tue Oct 21, 2008 5:49 AM EDT (Australian News Network)

MY name is John Kenneth Hartigan. Occupation: journalist. A journalist is what I am, who I am, and what I will always be. When you wanted to be a journalist as fervently as I did, took as long to become one as I did, and love it as much as I do - you are never anything else.

media, education, press, lecture, fairfax, good-guy, news-limited, john-hartigan

BBC NEWS | Business | Leaders to rethink global finance

Seeded on Sun Oct 19, 2008 7:38 PM EDT (BBC News)

European Commission President Manuel Barroso, who also took part in the talks, said: "We need a new global financial order."

markets, bush, stocks, crash, money, global, currency, finance, u-n, world-news

The man making a fortune out of a crisis

Seeded on Thu Oct 16, 2008 11:37 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

He reserves particular criticism for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's actions in his time as a finance minister, blaming him for making cheap credit too easily available.

dollar, market, crash, money, england, finance, world-news, recession, short-term

Melbourne Airport scanners 'will show private parts' - News - Travel

Seeded on Tue Oct 14, 2008 10:59 PM EDT (The Sydney Morning Herald)

Domestic travellers leaving Melbourne Airport over the next six weeks will be asked to test new security scanners that can see through clothing. - Body scanner trial - Voluntary testing - 'Possible to see genitals'

big, privacy, brother, rights, govt, world-news, 1984, bullshit, violate

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