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A powerful new 5.1-magnitude aftershock rattled terrified residents of New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch on Wednesday, as officials doubled their estimate for repairing the damage from nearly 300 aftershocks in five days.

Big quake aftershocks plague New Zealand city

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IRON ore explorer Cape Lambert Resources has begun legal action it says could stall a multi-billion dollar magnetite operation in WA's Pilbara region.

Resources: Legal fight for WA iron explorer

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Four people and the Shipping Corporation of Polynesia Ltd have pleaded not guilty to charges over the sinking of the ferry Princess Ashika with the loss of 74 lives last year.

Tonga ferry sinking accused plead not guilty to charges

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Thousands of workers and volunteers cleared rubble Thursday in New Zealand's earthquake-stricken city of Christchurch, as mechanical diggers tore down wrecked buildings and workers poured millions of litres of spoiled liquids down a river.

Quake-damaged New Zealand city begins massive cleanup as key services restored

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A TOURIST has been dragged to the ground and her husband punched in the face in a bag-snatching attempt in the Goldfields town of Kalgoorlie.

Tourist couple attacked for handbag

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Obama vs. Boehner -- a preview of things to come and why the White House is trying to elevate the House minority leader The GOP's plans if they take back the House First Read's Rahm Watch Michael Steele's Excellent Adventure to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands Murkowski could still make a move Joe Manchin's counterattack And profiling FL-24.

Obama versus Boehner

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A SPORTY schoolboy who taught himself piano listening to his dad's records, Will Martin seems an unlikely classical chart-busting sensation.

Sole Irish concert by NZ platinum hit

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A healthy looking Lake Alexandrina as it is today. THE state's rural sector is heading towards record production worth close to $6 billion this year as a surge of optimism spreads throughout the country.

Cash flows in bucket loads

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Tony Abbott arrives for the Liberal Party meeting at Parliament House this week.

Uniting the states of Tony

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Tosca Petridis in his boxing days. A FORMER champion boxer who recently joined the Finks motorcycle gang has been charged over an alleged assault outside a Melbourne bar that left a man with a broken jaw and fractured cheek.

Former boxer charged as gangs recruit muscle