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Barmaid reveals 'nightmare affair'
A MARRIED ex-parliamentary barmaid says she had sex with South Australian Premier Mike Rann on his Parliament House desk during a lengthy affair, a confession that threatens to end his political career.
JFK nephew 'barred from communion'
THE nephew of former president John F. Kennedy has been barred from receiving communion at his Catholic church due to his support for abortion rights, according to a newspaper report.
China mine death toll reaches 87
THE death toll from a coal mine blast in northeast China has risen to 87, with 21 other miners still trapped, state media reports.
'Shots fired at North Ireland police'
POLICE in Northern Ireland have come under attack in a small village near the border with Ireland, the BBC reports, in an incident that will spark concerns of renewed violence in the province.
Ice sheet collapse could add 5m to seas
THE East Antarctic icesheet, once seen as largely unaffected by global warming, has lost billions of tonnes of ice since 2006 and could boost sea levels in the future, according to a new study.
Media giants on liquidator's hit list
FUNDING for a $132 million legal claim against One.Tel backers James Packer and Lachlan Murdoch is "95 per cent of the way there", liquidator says.
Former Storm planners face probe
ABOUT a third of the planners who promoted investments in failed Storm Financial face scrutiny from the nation's peak financial planning body.
One.Tel saga not over for media heirs
DESPITE the extreme relief on Jodee Rich's face as he stood outside the NSW Supreme Court this week, the almost decade-long One.Tel saga may be anything but over.
Aussie dollar 'will peak at US$1.03'
THE already overvalued Australian dollar will reach parity with the US dollar in the next six to 12 months and peak at about $US1.02-03, a currency strategist says.
OECD urges action on British debt
THE OECD has urged action as data shows Britain plunging ever deeper into debt, one day after Prime Minister Gordon Brown pledged a new law to fix public finances.
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