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NSW Flood warning issued at 9:25am EST

Weather Alerts - NSW/ACT - 47 min 9 sec ago

Issued: Friday at 9:25am EST
Description: Flood warning
Summary: Flood Warning - Lachlan River at Booligal

Categories: Weather

NSW Flood warning issued at 9:25am EST

Weather Alerts - NSW/ACT - 47 min 9 sec ago

Issued: Friday at 9:25am EST
Description: Flood warning
Summary: Flood Warning - Barwon River at Pooncarie and downstream

Categories: Weather

Current weather for Braidwood at 3:00pm EST

Current Weather - 1 hour 39 min ago

Temperature: 14.8°C
Feels like: 14.8°C
Dew point: 3.9°C
Relative humidity: 48%
Wind: N at 6 km/h, gusting to 11 km/h
Rain: 0.0mm since 9am
Pressure: 1023.4 hPa

Categories: Weather

Mark Zuckerberg weds long-time girlfriend

ABC News - Top Stories - 2 hours 45 min ago

Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has wed long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.

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Tugs reach bulk carrier adrift near Barrier Reef

ABC News - Top Stories - 3 hours 51 min ago

Several tug boats have reached a bulk carrier adrift in the Coral Sea near the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland.

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Earthquake strikes near Bologna in Italy

ABC News - Top Stories - 4 hours 32 min ago

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck near Bologna, Italy, killing at least three people and causing widespread damage

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Gillard calls for clear plan on Afghanistan

ABC News - Top Stories - 5 hours 2 min ago

Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she wants a NATO summit in Chicago to provide a clear plan for local forces to take control of security in Afghanistan.

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Bill Shorten joins Insiders

ABC News - Top Stories - 5 hours 28 min ago

Bill Shorten joins Insiders to talk Craig Thomson, gay marriage, workplace relations and the future of the Labor party.

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Liberal MP investigated over expenses

ABC News - Top Stories - 6 hours 58 sec ago

The Victorian Opposition has called for allegations made against a Liberal MP over a taxpayer-funded car to be referred to the police.

Categories: News

NSW Coastal wind warning issued at 3:24am EST

Weather Alerts - NSW/ACT - 6 hours 47 min ago

Issued: Sunday at 3:24am EST
Description: Coastal wind warning
Summary: Cancellation of Strong Wind Warning between Montague Island and Gabo Island

Categories: Weather

East Timor celebrates independence anniversary

ABC News - Top Stories - 7 hours 46 min ago

Concerns remain over East Timor's economic future as the tiny nation celebrates its 10-year anniversary of independence from Indonesia.

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Blind dissident Chen arrives in US

ABC News - Top Stories - 8 hours 31 min ago

High-profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States after being flown out of Beijing with his immediate family.

The blind activist, who came to prominence exposing forced abortions in the Chinese countryside, has told reporters he is grateful that the Chinese government had been dealing with "restraint and calm".

Mr Chen was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis between China and the US after he dramatically escaped home detention and fled to the American embassy in the Chinese capital.

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Crowds greet start of London torch relay

ABC News - Top Stories - 8 hours 46 min ago

The Olympic flame was greeted by thousands of cheering spectators as it began its 70-day relay journey around Britain ahead of the 2012 London Games.

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Drogba leads Chelsea to Champions League glory

ABC News - Top Stories - 9 hours 12 min ago

Didier Drogba was the hero as Chelsea came from behind to shock Bayern Munich and win the Champions League final in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.

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Italy in shock after deadly school blast

ABC News - Top Stories - 9 hours 35 min ago

Italians voiced their anger after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured.

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Liberal Senator Heffernan accused of assault

ABC News - Top Stories - 9 hours 46 min ago

A suspended electorate officer has accused Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan of assaulting him for being gay.

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Spectators killed as rally car hits crowd

ABC News - Top Stories - 10 hours 49 min ago

Two people have been killed and 15 others injured after a rally car ploughed into spectators during a race in southern France.

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Man dead in Sydney stabbing

ABC News - Top Stories - 11 hours 12 sec ago

A man is dead and a woman is in hospital after a stabbing in Sydney's west.

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World leaders back Greece in bid to end crisis

ABC News - Top Stories - 11 hours 11 min ago

United States president Barack Obama has hailed progress made in tackling Europe's economic crisis at the end of the Group of Eight summit after world leaders backed keeping Greece in the eurozone.

The summit came down solidly in favour of a push to balance European austerity, but it was clear that divisions remained.

Mr Obama, who has pressed Europe for more growth-boosting measures like those he pursued at home, used his closing statement to remind eurozone leaders that there could be "enormous" costs to the global economy if they failed.

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