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Change call after Australia fires A report into Australia's worst bushfires has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters
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Ship aground near Great Reef off course
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 Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef  Map of Great Barrier Reef Australia The Shen Neng I, a Chinese ship, has run aground off north-eastern Australia, sparking an alert of an oil leak into the Great Barrier Reef
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Cyclone makes landfall
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Australia braces for cyclone
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 Change call after Australia fires| A report into Australia's worst bushfires has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters | |
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Ship aground near Great Reef off course A Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 that ran aground more than 17 miles off course when it ended up on a shoal in the Great Barrier Reef
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 Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef Map of Great Barrier Reef Australia| The Shen Neng I, a Chinese ship, has run aground off north-eastern Australia, sparking an alert of an oil leak into the Great Barrier Reef | |
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| Mar.21 |
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 Cyclone makes landfall Category 3 cyclone Ului made landfall in Australia before weakening as it moved inland. Residents were urged to seek shelter
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia braces for cyclone Australia declared a disaster situation along the country's eastern coast ahead of the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Ului
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| Mar.12 |
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32 asylum seekers rescued off coast
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| Dec.30 |
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Power lines blamed for bushfires
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| Dec.29 |
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Homes burn in West Australia fires Map of Perth Australia Firefighters are tackling bush fires in the far west of the country as strong winds and high temperatures sweep across the area
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| Dec.21 |
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Kangaroo 'plague' follows Australian rains
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| Nov.18 |
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'Catastrophic' fire warning
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Boat sinks with 39 on board
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Sydney |
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Desert dust storm chokes city
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| Jul.15 |
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Backpacker rescued in after 12 days
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| Jun.22 |
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Several injured in Qantas incident
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Pilot buries copter crash survivor in sand
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| Jun.10 |
Guam |
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Fire forces jet to land
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| Jun.9 |
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 Australia flu 'may tip pandemic' The World Health Organization: a sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce a flu pandemic
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Melbourne |
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Australia hosts bush fire benefit
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Australia declares oil spill disaster The Pacific Adventurer sustained damage when Cyclone Hamish struck the waters. The ship lost 30 of its 50 containers of ammonium nitrate
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Melbourne |
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Fire death toll reaches 210
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| Feb.21 |
Melbourne |
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Australia mourns bushfire victims Australia is observing a day of mourning for the victims of fires which swept across the state of Victoria, claiming more than 200 lives
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Two quizzed over Australia fires
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Arsonists start new bushfires
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Melbourne |
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Fire aftermath 'too distressing'
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Winds continue to spread wildfires Winds whipping across southeastern Australia's countryside continued to fan deadly brushfires, spreading flames through rural towns
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PM Rudd pledges to rebuild fire-hit areas  Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has vowed his country would rally 'brick by brick' after the worst bushfires in its history
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Toll from bush fires claimed 181 Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately
| The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Over 500 people injuried.
The fires have destroyed at least 1,834 homes in towns north-east of Melbourn. The fires have left an estimated 7,500 people homeless
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Melbourne |
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Raging wildfires killed at least 130 people The wildfires have killed at least 130 people, decimating massive spans of land and leaving thousands homeless
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Bush fires kill at least 93 people Thousands of firefighters and the army, are battling several major fires, and the number of dead is expected to rise as fires are put out
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Raging bushfires kill at least 65 About 30,000 firefighters continued to battle the flames. Prime Minister Rudd announced the creation of an $10 million relief fund
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Raging wildfires kill at least 25 The wildfires fueled by strong winds and scorching temperatures in southeastern Australia
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Pilot saves 5 after ditching plane in sea A pilot landed a company plane in the ocean, in a water landing that prompted comparisons to last month's landing of a jet in New York
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Arson blamed for fires Police believe that arsonists were to blame for some of the fires which have caused destruction in the south-east of the country
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Drought hurts vital Australian wheat
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Sydney |
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World 'losing fight against Aids'
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| Apr.19 |
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'Ghost yacht' found Map of Queensland Australia| Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast | |
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Sydney |
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Climate change blackout
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Sydney |
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Warming 'threat to Asian security'
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Trapped miners rescued| Brant Webb and Todd Russell have been rescued from a gold mine after being trapped underground for 2 weeks. Prime Minister Howard: the rescue was a 'wonderful demonstration of Australian mateship'.
Initial accident on 25 A... | |
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Cyclone cleanup begins
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| Mar.20 |
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Thousands homeless after cyclone
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Cyclone 'like atom bomb' The worst storm to hit Australia in decades has wreaked its northeastern coast, mowing down crops
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Massive cyclone hits Australia
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Indonesia |
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9 feared dead in quake crash An Australian helicopter has crashed while assisting relief operations on the island of Nias
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| Jan.5 |
Indonesia |
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Tsunami aid tops $3 billion
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| Jan.30 |
Sydney |
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At Least 7 Killed as Train Derails
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| Jan.19 |
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Canberra sifts through rubble |
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Canberra fights its worst bushfires |
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3 die in brush fires |
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State of emergency in capital The ferocious bushfires have killed one person, burned dozens of homes and forced thousands of evacuations
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Sydney |
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Wildfires ravage Sydney
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Indonesia |
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Bali bomb survivors return home |
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| Jan.3 |
Sydney |
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Super-helicopter rescues firefighters |
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| Dec.25 |
Sydney |
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Struggle with inferno |
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| Dec.24 |
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Bush fires wreck holiday havoc
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| Nov.8 |
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2 die after refugee boat set alight |
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| Sep.3 |
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Asylum seekers begin new journey
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| Dec.13 |
Indonesia |
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163 boatpeople drowned |
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| Jul.30 |
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Change call after Australia fires| A report into Australia's worst bushfires has called for sweeping changes to the way the authorities respond to natural disasters | |
| 2009 |
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| Dec.30 |
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Power lines blamed for bushfires
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| Dec.29 |
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Homes burn in West Australia fires Map of Perth Australia Firefighters are tackling bush fires in the far west of the country as strong winds and high temperatures sweep across the area
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| Nov.18 |
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'Catastrophic' fire warning
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| Mar.13 |
Melbourne |
Australia hosts bush fire benefit
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| Feb.24 |
Melbourne |
Fire death toll reaches 210
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| Feb.21 |
Melbourne |
Australia mourns bushfire victims Australia is observing a day of mourning for the victims of fires which swept across the state of Victoria, claiming more than 200 lives
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| Feb.11 |
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Two quizzed over Australia fires
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| Feb.11 |
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Arsonists start new bushfires
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| Feb.10 |
Melbourne |
Fire aftermath 'too distressing'
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| Feb.10 |
Melbourne |
Winds continue to spread wildfires Winds whipping across southeastern Australia's countryside continued to fan deadly brushfires, spreading flames through rural towns
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| Feb.9 |
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PM Rudd pledges to rebuild fire-hit areas Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has vowed his country would rally 'brick by brick' after the worst bushfires in its history
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| Feb.9 |
Melbourne |
Toll from bush fires claimed 181 Some people died in their cars trying to escape the fires. Some of the fires in the state of Victoria were started deliberately
| The Victorian bushfires are a series of bushfires that were ignited on 7 February 2009, resulting in Australia's highest ever loss of life from a bushfire. Over 500 people injuried.
The fires have destroyed at least 1,834 homes in towns north-east of Melbourn. The fires have left an estimated 7,500 people homeless
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| Feb.8 |
Melbourne |
Raging wildfires killed at least 130 people The wildfires have killed at least 130 people, decimating massive spans of land and leaving thousands homeless
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| Feb.8 |
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Bush fires kill at least 93 people Thousands of firefighters and the army, are battling several major fires, and the number of dead is expected to rise as fires are put out
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| Feb.7 |
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Raging bushfires kill at least 65 About 30,000 firefighters continued to battle the flames. Prime Minister Rudd announced the creation of an $10 million relief fund
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| Feb.7 |
Melbourne |
Raging wildfires kill at least 25 The wildfires fueled by strong winds and scorching temperatures in southeastern Australia
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| Feb.1 |
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Arson blamed for fires Police believe that arsonists were to blame for some of the fires which have caused destruction in the south-east of the country
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| Jan.19 |
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Canberra sifts through rubble |
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| Jan.19 |
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Canberra fights its worst bushfires |
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3 die in brush fires |
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| Jan.18 |
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State of emergency in capital The ferocious bushfires have killed one person, burned dozens of homes and forced thousands of evacuations
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| Dec.4 |
Sydney |
Wildfires ravage Sydney
| 2001 |
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| Dec.25 |
Sydney |
Struggle with inferno |
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| Dec.24 |
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Bush fires wreck holiday havoc
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| 2009 |
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| Jun.22 |
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Several injured in Qantas incident
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| Jun.22 |
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Pilot buries copter crash survivor in sand
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| Jun.10 |
Guam |
Fire forces jet to land
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| Feb.6 |
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Pilot saves 5 after ditching plane in sea A pilot landed a company plane in the ocean, in a water landing that prompted comparisons to last month's landing of a jet in New York
| 2005 |
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| Apr.2 |
Indonesia |
9 feared dead in quake crash An Australian helicopter has crashed while assisting relief operations on the island of Nias
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| 2010 |
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| Apr.3 |
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Alert over oil leak on Great Barrier Reef Map of Great Barrier Reef Australia| The Shen Neng I, a Chinese ship, has run aground off north-eastern Australia, sparking an alert of an oil leak into the Great Barrier Reef | |
| 2009 |
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| Mar.13 |
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Australia declares oil spill disaster The Pacific Adventurer sustained damage when Cyclone Hamish struck the waters. The ship lost 30 of its 50 containers of ammonium nitrate
| 2006 |
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| Jun.12 |
Sydney |
Warming 'threat to Asian security'
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| 2001 |
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| Nov.8 |
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2 die after refugee boat set alight |
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| Sep.3 |
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Asylum seekers begin new journey
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| 2003 |
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| Jan.30 |
Sydney |
At Least 7 Killed as Train Derails
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| 2009 |
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| Jun.9 |
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Australia flu 'may tip pandemic' The World Health Organization: a sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce a flu pandemic
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| 2009 |
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| Jul.15 |
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Backpacker rescued in after 12 days
| 2006 |
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| May.8 |
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Trapped miners rescued| Brant Webb and Todd Russell have been rescued from a gold mine after being trapped underground for 2 weeks. Prime Minister Howard: the rescue was a 'wonderful demonstration of Australian mateship'.
Initial accident on 25 A... | |
| 2002 |
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| Jan.3 |
Sydney |
Super-helicopter rescues firefighters |
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| 2010 |
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| Apr.4 |
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Ship aground near Great Reef off course A Chinese-registered Shen Neng 1 that ran aground more than 17 miles off course when it ended up on a shoal in the Great Barrier Reef
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| Mar.12 |
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32 asylum seekers rescued off coast
| 2009 |
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| Nov.1 |
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Boat sinks with 39 on board
| 2007 |
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| Apr.19 |
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'Ghost yacht' found Map of Queensland Australia| Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast | |
| 2000 |
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| Dec.13 |
Indonesia |
163 boatpeople drowned |
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| 2007 |
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| Mar.31 |
Sydney |
Climate change blackout
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| 2010 |
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| Mar.21 |
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Cyclone makes landfall Category 3 cyclone Ului made landfall in Australia before weakening as it moved inland. Residents were urged to seek shelter
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| Mar.20 |
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Australia braces for cyclone Australia declared a disaster situation along the country's eastern coast ahead of the arrival of Tropical Cyclone Ului
| 2009 |
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| Dec.21 |
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Kangaroo 'plague' follows Australian rains
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| Sep.22 |
Sydney |
Desert dust storm chokes city
| 2008 |
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| Jul.13 |
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Drought hurts vital Australian wheat
| 2006 |
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| Mar.21 |
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Cyclone cleanup begins
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| Mar.20 |
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Thousands homeless after cyclone
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| Mar.20 |
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Cyclone 'like atom bomb' The worst storm to hit Australia in decades has wreaked its northeastern coast, mowing down crops
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| Mar.19 |
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Massive cyclone hits Australia
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| 2007 |
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| Jul.23 |
Sydney |
World 'losing fight against Aids'
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