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1:04AM Saturday 17 May, 2008 Sunshine Coast weather Possible thunderstorm min 15° - max 25°

World news

6:57AM

Iraq army rounds up al-Qaeda suspects

Iraqi security forces carried out mass arrests in the main city of Mosul as a major crackdown against al-Qaeda entered its second day, officials say.
5:44AM

China battling epidemics in quake zone

China says no major disease outbreaks have been reported in the earthquake zone but warns a battle against epidemics is only just beginning.
5:42AM

Mokbel expected to fly to Australia

Drug baron Tony Mokbel is expected to begin his much-anticipated return to Australia from Greece on Friday.
5:39AM

At least 71,000 dead in Burma crisis

The UN called an emergency summit on Burma's aid crisis, as the junta dug in its heels saying it would not bow to pressure to let in foreign aid workers.
5:29AM

Pipeline blast in Nigeria kills 100

At least 100 people were killed and scores injured when fuel from a pipeline ruptured by an earthmover caught fire and exploded in Nigeria, the Red Cross says.
7:02AM

US lists polar bears as endangered

The US government has listed polar bears as an endangered species, warning that melting of Arctic sea ice was threatening their habitat.
5:54AM

Mokbel's lawyer in dark over extradition

Secrecy surrounding the return of drugs fugitive Tony Mokbel from Greece to Australia has left his girlfriend and mother of his baby distraught.
5:51AM

Suicide bombing kills 18 near Baghdad

At least 18 people were killed and 35 wounded in a suicide bombing at a funeral vigil just west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, security officials say.
5:41AM

UN calls emergency talks on Burma crisis

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called an emergency meeting on Burma's aid crisis, as the junta refused to open up to a full-scale relief effort.
5:35AM

40,000 dead or missing in China quake

More than 40,000 people are dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's south-west, officials say, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake emerge.
11:53PM

New study adds to climate change warning

A wide-scale study has strengthened warnings, spelt out last year by UN scientists, that climate change is already on the march.
7:34AM

Obama looks towards McCain fight

Democrat Barack Obama looked headed for a crushing defeat to Hillary Clinton in the West Virginia primary but was already cranking up a general-election battle.
7:23AM

Mokbel makes last-minute appeal

Lawyers for drugs fugitive Tony Mokbel have made a last-minute appeal to the Australian and Greek governments to delay his long-awaited extradition from Athens.
7:07AM

Charges dropped against alleged hijacker

The Pentagon has dropped charges against Mohammed al-Qahtani, the alleged "20th hijacker" in the September 11 attacks on the US, a Pentagon spokesman says.
6:44AM

Breast saving surgery not always best

Many young women with breast cancer are risking their lives by opting for surgery to save their breast over more protective treatment, a database has found.

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