Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has demanded that Julia Gillard reveal precisely what her adviser told demonstrators before Thursday's ugly scenes.
Riots have erupted in Senegal at the news a court has cleared the West African country's 85-year-old president to stand in next month's elections.
Despite all the happy talk at the Davos economic forum, the Greek debt crisis has been impossible to ignore.
Actress Demi Moore was convulsing and "burning up" after taking an unidentified drug when emergency services were called earlier this week, according to the 911 call released Friday.
An exhausted Novak Djokovic is hoping his recent form over Rafael Nadal will carry him to victory in the Australian Open men's tennis final.
The earth had a close shave when an asteroid passed within 60,000 kilometres, one of the closest approaches ever observed.
Chicken products are still safe to eat despite the discovery of bird flu at two Victorian duck farms, the peak body for Australia's chicken industry says.
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