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Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York's Times Square as the largest New Year's Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011.

Millions gather worldwide to ring in 2011

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Flood waters swept through vast areas of northeastern Australia on Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of "biblical proportions". As Queen Elizabeth II sent her "sincere sympathies" to Queenslanders who rang in a damp new year, helicopters were being used to deliver food and other supplies to ...

Biblical floods' threaten thousands

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By Mary Ellen Green - Goldstream News Gazette Published: December 31, 2010 9:00 AM Updated: December 31, 2010 10:13 AM For Gabrielle Giet, X marks the spot.

Psychic takes a shot at locating Amelia Earhart's aircraft

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Christopher Roth rows down a flooded street in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, Dec.

Woman missing in Australian floodwaters

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Paul Mergard took these during and after shots of the same building. The photo on the left was taken on 29 December and the other on 2 January, showing the height of the floodwaters A woman swept from the road in her car has become the first victim of widespread flooding in Queensland.

1: Australia floods: Eyewitness stories

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A MAN assaulted during New Year's Eve celebrations in rural South Australia has died in hospital.

Man dies after New Year's pub assault

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A severe thunderstorm threatening flash floods has been forecast for the already badly inundated Australian state of Queensland.

New storm forecast for Queensland

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TOURISM operators say the number of visitors from Britain and the rest of Europe could decline as much as 15 per cent this year because of the high Australian dollar and weak northern hemisphere economies.

Operators fear tourism fall as Aussie dollar climbs