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Antarctica |
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Antarctic rescue: Helicopter starts operation |
| Jan.2 |
Antarctica |
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All 52 passengers rescued from ship trapped in Antarctic ice After 10 days stranded far from home, all passengers from a ship stuck in ice have now been transferred by helicopter to an Australian icebr...
| Jan.4 |
Antarctica |
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Rescued Antarctic passengers resume journey home
| Jan.21 |
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Rescued expedition in Australia port |
| Jan.23 |
Melbourne |
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Wawrinka outlasts Berdych in tightly contested semifinal |
| Jan.24 |
Melbourne |
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'Blistered' Nadal floors Federer |
| Jan.25 |
Melbourne |
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Li Na wins Australian Open |
| Jan.26 |
Melbourne |
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Wawrinka wins first Grand Slam
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| Feb.26 |
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Qantas Airways to cut 5,000 jobs |
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| Mar.17 |
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Jagger 'devastated' by Scott's death |
| Mar.19 |
Western Australia |
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Australia sees possible plane debris
Map of southern Indian Ocean Australia Two objects have been seen that could possibly relate to the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, Australian PM Tony Abbott has announced. Two pieces of debris possibly linked to Malaysia flight MH370 seen off Western Australia. Mal... | |
| Mar.20 |
Western Australia |
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Australia suspends search for possible plane debris
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Western Australia |
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Malaysian plane search resumes at first light
| Mar.21 |
Western Australia |
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No sign of Malaysian airliner on day 2 of search off Australia
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Western Australia |
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Indian Ocean search for missing jet enters 3rd day
| Mar.22 |
Western Australia |
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China jets boost Malaysia plane hunt
| Mar.23 |
Western Australia |
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Chinese plane spots object in ocean search for missing Malaysian plane
| Mar.24 |
Western Australia |
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Bad weather halts missing jet search
| Mar.25 |
Western Australia |
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Search for Malaysia plane resumes
| Mar.26 |
Western Australia |
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More than 120 objects spotted in plane search
New satellite images provided by a French defense firm show 122 objects floating in the Indian Ocean, not far from other satellite sightings
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Western Australia |
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Renewed search for plane debris |
| Mar.27 |
Western Australia |
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Search for Malaysia plane shifted
Map of Indian Ocean Australia The search area for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has been moved following a 'new credible lead', Australian officials say
| Mar.28 |
Western Australia |
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Plane 'spots objects' in new area
Five planes spot unidentified objects in a new area of the Indian Ocean being searched for missing flight MH370
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Western Australia |
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China ship in new plane search zone |
| Mar.29 |
Western Australia |
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New MH370 navy search draws blank
A Chinese and an Australian ship have failed to identify remains from the missing Malaysia Airlines flight after their first day in a new search...
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| Apr.1 |
Western Australia |
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Plane search 'most challenging ever' |
| Apr.2 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia PM Najib Razak in Australia
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Shark kills woman swimming off beach |
| Apr.3 |
Western Australia |
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Plane search 'most difficult in human history' |
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Western Australia |
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Underwater search begins for MH370
Search teams have begun using towed pinger locators to hunt for the black box of missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370
| Apr.5 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia missing plane search China ship 'picks up signal'
Map of Indian Ocean Australia A Chinese ship searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane in the southern Indian Ocean has picked up a pulse signal, Chinese media say | |
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Western Australia |
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Plane search signal 'important lead'
| Apr.6 |
Western Australia |
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Ships racing toward site of latest lead in Malaysia Airlines search
Three separate but fleeting sounds from deep in the Indian Ocean offered new hope Sunday in the hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet
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Western Australia |
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Malaysia Airlines searchers say more pings consistent with black boxes
Map of Indian Ocean Australia The Australian official said that a search ship had detected more signals consistent with those emitted from aircraft cockpit voice and flight data recorders | |
| Apr.7 |
Western Australia |
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Plane MH370 search has 'best lead so far'
An Australian vessel searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane has detected signals consistent with those from 'black box' flight re...
| Apr.8 |
Western Australia |
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Missing plane MH370: Teams scour sea for signals
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Western Australia |
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Missing plane: Search 'regains recorder signal'
| Apr.9 |
Western Australia |
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Malaysia plane search teams relocate signals
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Western Australia |
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Missing plane search area narrows |
| Apr.10 |
Western Australia |
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Possible new signal in plane search |
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Abbott confident over plane signals
| Apr.11 |
Western Australia |
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Searchers scramble to find missing jet after no new signals heard |
| Apr.12 |
Western Australia |
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Long search for missing jet looms as pings go silent After a week of optimism over four underwater signals believed to be coming from the missing Malaysian plane, the sea has gone quiet
| Apr.13 |
Western Australia |
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Flight MH370: Submersible to begin undersea search
Teams searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines plane are to deploy a submersible Bluefin-21 drone for the first time
| Apr.14 |
Western Australia |
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First sub search for plane cut short |
| Apr.15 |
Western Australia |
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Underwater search resumes for missing Malaysia Airlines plane |
| Apr.16 |
Sydney |
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William praises Australia on visit |
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Western Australia |
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Mini-sub performs full MH370 search |
| Apr.19 |
Western Australia |
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Submarine covers half of narrowed Malaysia jet search area |
| Apr.20 |
Western Australia |
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MH370: No trace yet after two-thirds of sub's scan |
| Apr.22 |
Western Australia |
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Cyclone hits hunt for missing plane |
| Apr.23 |
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Malaysia MH370: Australia says cost 'no issue' |
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Western Australia |
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Debris dismissed in plane search |
| Apr.25 |
Western Australia |
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MH370: Narrowed underwater search nears end |
| Apr.27 |
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Missing plane's search area to be expanded
Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that the U.S. Navy's Bluefin 21 has finished scouring the initial search area far off the Australian west co...
| Apr.29 |
Western Australia |
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Firm claims to have found commercial airliner wreckage A private company declared that it has found what it believes is wreckage of a plane in the ocean, but leaders of the search are dismissing the...
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Australia dismisses company's claim that it found possible wreckage |
| Apr.30 |
Queensland |
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Unesco warns Australia over Great Barrier Reef |
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| May.4 |
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Malaysia plane's likely flight path gets 2nd look |
| May.18 |
Western Australia |
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Chinese navy ship to map seabed in search for MH370 |
| May.28 |
Western Australia |
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Missing plane 'not in ping zone'
The area where acoustic signals thought linked to the missing Malaysian plane were detected can now be ruled out as the final resting place
| May.31 |
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Ash clouds ground Australia flights |
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| Jun.1 |
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Australia praises Chinese help in lost jet search |
| Jun.3 |
Sydney |
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Underwater sound examined for links to missing jet |
| Jun.8 |
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Missing plane 'whistleblower' fund |
| Jun.9 |
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Human remains found in crocodile after fatal attack |
| Jun.16 |
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Shipwreck families sue Australia |
| Jun.19 |
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Malaysia MH370 jet hunt will move south, Australia says |
| Jun.25 |
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Search shifted for Malaysia plane
Hunt for missing #MH370 Malaysian plane shifts farther south in Indian Ocean following new data analysis - Australia
| Jun.27 |
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Victims in Malaysian Air crash likely died of suffocation |
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| Jul.4 |
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Australia in row over Tamil refugees |
| Jul.6 |
Sri Lanka |
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Australia admits returning migrants |
| Jul.14 |
Melbourne |
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Record payout over Australia Black Saturday fires |
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| Aug.10 |
Syria |
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Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image'
| Aug.18 |
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Giant saltwater crocodile kills Australia fisherman |
| Aug.25 |
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Clive Palmer makes China apology over 'mongrels' remarks |
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| Sep.8 |
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Man dies of suspected shark attack in Australia |
| Sep.11 |
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Australia elevates terrorism threat level
| Sep.13 |
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Islamic State crisis: Australia to send 600 troops to UAE |
| Sep.14 |
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Tony Abbott governs from indigenous area |
| Sep.17 |
Sydney |
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Australia raids over killing plot
| Sep.18 |
Sydney |
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Australia raids foil reported ISIS beheading plots |
| Sep.23 |
Melbourne |
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Australia shooting: Teen was 'known terror suspect' |
| Sep.26 |
Western Australia |
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New images from Flight MH370 hunt |
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| Oct.2 |
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Australia approves strikes against IS in Iraq |
| Oct.5 |
Western Australia |
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The search for MH370: Next phase gets underway The GO Phoenix search vessel arrived in the search area in the southern Indian Ocean and started its search Monday morning
| Oct.9 |
Queensland |
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Australian woman safe after 17 days lost in bush |
| Oct.14 |
Melbourne |
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Kit plane crashes on Melbourne house |
| Oct.19 |
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Australia lifts parliament veil ban |
| Oct.20 |
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Former Australian PM Gough Whitlam dies |
| Oct.26 |
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KKK stunt in Australia veil protest |
| Oct.28 |
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Australia bans travel from Ebola zones |
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| Nov.3 |
Los Angeles |
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Leaking sinks force Virgin Australia plane landing |
| Nov.4 |
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Australia 'will send' Ebola medics |
| Nov.13 |
Queensland |
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Leaders gather in Brisbane for G20
| Nov.14 |
Queensland |
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G20 summit: World leaders meet in Brisbane
Map of Brisbane Australia The two-day summit, attended by the US, Chinese and Russian leaders among others, will focus on promoting growth | |
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Queensland |
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Obama warns of Asia 'intimidation'
| Nov.15 |
Queensland |
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Ukraine crisis: Russia under pressure at G20 summit
Map of Brisbane Australia Russia has been rebuked by Western leaders about its role in the Ukraine crisis, at a G20 summit in Australia
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Queensland |
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Abbott outlines G20 economic pledges
| Nov.18 |
Cambodia |
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Australian dies in Cambodia nightclub fire |
| Nov.23 |
Sydney |
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Mother charged for abandoning baby in drain |
| Nov.24 |
Sydney |
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Cruise ship passenger lost overboard off Sydney |
| Nov.26 |
Sydney |
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Australia batsman Phil Hughes dies
Australia Test batsman Phil Hughes has died in hospital, two days after being hit on the head by a ball
| Nov.27 |
Queensland |
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Huge clean-up after Brisbane storm
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'Weeping' Australia mourns Hughes |
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| Dec.2 |
Sydney |
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Hughes funeral held in Australia |
| Dec.4 |
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Australian senate backs migrant bill |
| Dec.11 |
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Australia PM wants indigenous vote |
| Dec.14 |
Sydney |
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Gunman takes hostages in Lindt café
Map of Martin Place Sydney Australia At least one gunman has taken several people hostage at a cafe in Sydney. Pictures on TV a black flag with Arabic writing
3 dead, including gunman, after raid ends Sydney hostage situation. Man Haron Monis, an Iranian also known for sending hate mail to the families of fallen soldiers, was holed up with the captives
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Sydney |
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3 people escape Sydney café where gunman holds hostages |
| Dec.15 |
Sydney |
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Australia begins siege investigation into deaths
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Sydney |
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Abbott pays tribute to siege dead
| Dec.16 |
Sydney |
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Sydney café siege probe 'well advanced' |
| Dec.18 |
Queensland |
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Eight children found in Australian home
Map of Cairns Queensland Australia Police said a 34-year-old woman had been taken to hospital with stab wounds but was stable
| Dec.19 |
Queensland |
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Australian woman arrested in deaths of 8 children
| Dec.20 |
Queensland |
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Mother charged with eight murders |
| Dec.22 |
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Father, 2 sons found alive after 10 days stranded in wilderness |
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Sydney |
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Sydney bids farewell to siege dead |
| Dec.23 |
Sydney |
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Arrests in Sydney anti-terror raid
| Dec.29 |
Western Australia |
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Australian teen killed in shark attack |