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Australia's unemployment rate has risen to 5.8 per cent following a dip to 5.7 per cent last month.

The 78 Sri Lankans on board a customs ship in Indonesia have rejected an offer of resettlement in Australia, if it means they have to first stay in an Indonesian detention centre.

An Australian bomb detection dog has been found safe and well after more than a year lost in the Afghanistan wilderness.

The Australian Masters started early this morning with the main attraction Tiger Woods drawing huge crowds.

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Chaos has been caused across Brazil thanks to an enormous power failure.

Tens of thousands of people have marked the fifth anniversary of former Palestinian leader Yassar Arafat's death.

Only a small minorty of Britney Spears fans walked out of last night's concert as the lip-syncing controversy continues.

A group of shark pups have had a sudden and violent start to life in a New Zealand aquarium.

PM Rudd has dropped in on our troops in Afghanistan.

An Australian soldier has been wounded in Afghanistan by a roadside bomb.

West Australian police have issued a nationwide alert for a nine-year-old boy snatched from school by his mother.

Sri Lanka's ambassador to the UN says the asylum seekers aboard an Australian custom ship should be sent home.

A heat wave is fuelling several bushfires across South Australia.

There is an Australia-wide alert for a missing Perth boy snatched from his playground two days ago.

The Peel teenager almost certain to be the first West Australian taken in this month's AFL draft says it would be "unreal" to play for the Fremantle Dockers.

This Aussie teenager is making history by hitting boards in Billy Elliot The Musical.

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Earlier this week we featured the restoration of an old warplane - the Aussie built boomerang. That story stirred vivid memories for one local veteran.

One of Australia's most famous TV dogs has beaten cancer having radical surgery, usually reserved for humans.

The Kangaroos have spent the day clay pigeon shooting ahead of their four-nations final against England.

The Socceroos are in camp ahead of Saturday's Asian cup qualifier against Oman.

Nine lucky people in Britain are celebrating the country's biggest ever lotto win.

Aussie pole vaulter Steve Hooker has been nominated for the prestigious IAAF mens athlete of the year award.

A man has been arrested over the death of a British woman who's body was found in a bathtub in Japan.

At least 25 people have been killed after a powerful bomb blast in north-western Pakistan

Patrol boats from North and South Korea have exchanged fire near a near a disputed border.

In the UK the first Australian to receive a Victoria Cross medal in forty years has been congratulated by the Queen.

A comparison of global grocery prices has found Australians are paying significantly more than shoppers in other major world cities.

New Zealand has knocked back a request from Australia to take in some of the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking.

A group of British office workers has won a record lottery pay out, their syndicate won $82 million.

At least 25 people have been killed in a powerful bomb blast in north western Pakistan.

A man has been arrested over the death of a British woman whose body was found in a bath tub in Japan.

Patrol boats from north and south Korea have opened fire on each other during an encounter in the disputed border area.

In the UK the first Australian to receive a Victoria Cross medal in forty years has been congratulated by the Queen.

A comparison of global grocery prices has found Australians are paying significantly more than shoppers in other major world cities.

New Zealand has knocked back a request from Australia to take in some of the 78 asylum seekers aboard the Oceanic Viking.

Australia's high grocery prices have been confirmed, after Seven News went shopping for a family food basket in London, Paris, Los Angeles and Perth.