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10:49PM Monday 06 October, 2008 Sunshine Coast weather Late thunder min 18° - max 30°

World news

7:54AM

Rows brewing in Europe over bank plan

European leaders have spent Sunday trying to shore up battered domestic banks, but a bloc-wide row was soon brewing over how best to guarantee savers' deposits.
7:54AM

Aussie could win Nobel Prize in medicine

Australian-born US citizen Elizabeth Blackburn and American Carol Greider could be candidates for the Nobel Prize in medicine for their work in cancer research.
7:54AM

30 killed in violent clashes in India

Indian police have battled with rampaging mobs, killing four people, in a bid to contain clashes that have claimed 30 lives, officials say.
7:54AM

Obama accuses McCain of ignoring crisis

Barack Obama's White House campaign has hammered John McCain for wanting to "turn the page" on the US economic crisis and instead engage in personal attacks.
6:08AM

China tries to curb tainted milk fallout

China is struggling to contain the fall-out from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey.
6:08AM

Anonymous caller gives info on Britt

An anonymous caller has contacted Britt Lapthorne's family with information that may prove important to the investigation into her disappearance.
6:08AM

Russia begins pull-back from Georgia

Russian forces in Georgia have removed a first checkpoint and are dismantling others as part of an expected troop pull-back after the war over South Ossetia.
7:54AM

Obama savages McCain on health care

Democrat Barack Obama has accused Republican rival John McCain of scheming to deprive millions more Americans of life-saving health insurance.
7:54AM

China upset over US arms sales to Taiwan

China has denounced proposed US arms sales to Taiwan worth $US6.5 billion ($A8.4 billion), according to state media.
7:54AM

US crisis equals Muslim win: al-Qaeda

An American member of al-Qaeda pointed to economic troubles in the United States as proof that "the enemies of Islam" face defeat, in an English-language video.
7:54AM

Britt's family hits wall with police

Dale Lapthorne's search for his daughter Britt has struck a wall after Croatian police refused to disclose details of their investigation.
6:04AM

Kidnapped Briton freed in Nigeria

A British national kidnapped this month in southern Nigeria's oil hub of Port Harcourt was freed, a military spokesman told AFP.
8:06AM

Traces of melamine harmless for most: US

Tiny traces of melamine, the chemical that has set off a huge food safety scare, are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, US government experts said.
8:06AM

Algerian flash flood kills 33 people

Hundreds of troops have converged on the town of Ghardaia to help with relief operations after a flash flood there killed 33, Algeria's interior ministry said.
8:06AM

N Korea working to restart reactor: US

North Korea is still moving to restart its nuclear weapons program, US officials said.

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