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Terror wins if runners alter plans: Howard

Former prime minister John Howard is encouraging Australians to run in Sunday's London marathon to ensure "the thugs and terrorists" don't win.
April 17, 8:07 am
Milk could rain on Thatcher's parade

Some protesters have threatened to hurl coal at Margaret Thatcher's coffin during her funeral parade while others are planning to spill some milk.
April 17, 5:58 am
Expert blames right-wing terrorists

One of the world's leading experts on terrorism believes the Boston Marathon blasts were probably the work of home-grown right-wing terrorists.
April 17, 5:04 am
PNG leader condemns Aust man's murder

PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill has condemned the murder of an Australian tourist in the Highlands, demanding police find those responsible.
April 16, 8:53 pm
Workers start cutting up crashed Bali jet

Workers have started cutting up and removing the wreckage of the Lion Air jet that crashed off Bali on the weekend.
April 16, 7:00 pm
Ex-Times editor heads BBC News

The former editor of the London Times has been appointed the new head of BBC News after the previous head stepped down over the Jimmy Savile scandal.
April 16, 6:59 pm
'We just hugged': Aussies survive carnage

Despite deaths and destruction at the finish line of the Boston Marathon, it appears no Australians were injured in the suspected terrorist attack.
April 16, 6:59 pm
Jurors challenged in Michael Jackson case

Some potential jurors in the Michael Jackson wrongful death case had to be excused because of personal links to Jackson's family.
April 16, 5:49 pm
More than 120 injured in Boston blasts

A spokesman at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston where some of the injured have been taken says that two people are critical.
April 16, 5:48 pm
PNG and Fiji seal Vodafone deal

PNG Prime Minister Peter O'Neill and Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama have announced closer economic ties between the two nations.
April 16, 4:55 pm
Churchman queries Thatcher's legacy

A senior figure in the Anglican Church says Britain needs to ask itself why the UK's first female PM is still a controversial figure.
April 16, 4:18 pm
BBC veteran to enter plea on sex charges

A former BBC It's A Knockout presenter is due to enter formal pleas to charges that he indecently assaulted young girls in the 60s and 70s.
April 16, 4:14 pm
Children among Boston blast victims

An eight-year-old child is among the three dead in the bomb attacks on the Boston Marathon.
April 16, 2:56 pm
Police search Boston flat:TV

A TV station in the US is reporting that police are search a Boston apartment as part of their investigations into the Boston bombings.
April 16, 2:28 pm
Australian man shot dead in PNG

A 62-year-old Australian man has died after being shot at point-blank range in Papua New Guinea in a confrontation with 10 men at his home.
April 16, 1:48 pm