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The hospitality industry says the cancellation of US president Barack Obama's visit to Canberra will not have a negative effect on hotel operators.

A boy as young as 12 is believed to have been involved in the robbery of an Adelaide service station early this morning.

The hospitality industry says the cancellation of US president Barack Obama's visit to Canberra will not have a negative effect on hotel operators.

Conservationists say the town of Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales will be blighted by toxic pollution if a plan to produce power from wood goes ahead.

Conservationists say the town of Eden on the far south coast of New South Wales will be blighted by toxic pollution if a plan to produce power from wood goes ahead.

The Dutch Navy has freed 20 suspected Somali pirates that it nabbed in the lawless waters off the restive Horn of Africa nation and the Seychelles coast.

The town of Goodooga in north-western New South Wales is now isolated by floodwaters which have moved down from Queensland.

New Zealand failed to make a breakthrough in the morning session, as Australia steered itself to a formidable total on day two of the first Test in Wellington on Saturday.

A boat with about 100 asylum seekers on board has been intercepted off the coast of Western Australia.

Testing for a virus linked with cervical cancer during traditional screening does not help identify high risk women, say doctors.

The former head of the UN's mission to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, has criticised Pakistan for arresting senior members of the Taliban.

The Federal Government has signed a $500 million contract with the US Army to procure seven new Chinook helicopters.

The Federal Government has signed a $500 million contract with the US Army to procure seven new Chinook helicopters.

Elvis Presley's former tour manager is among the judges at the first Australian qualifier for the Elvis World Cup.

Emergency crews remain on standby as Tropical Cyclone Ului edges closer to the north Queensland coast.

A survey has found that young people in the Northern Territory are afraid of going out on the streets, to school or even home because of violence.

Organisers of the national surf lifesaving titles on the Gold Coast have cancelled all water events for the remainder of the carnival after the death of a competitor yesterday.

The leaders of Tasmania's three major political parties have cast their votes in the state election amid Newspoll predictions of a hung parliament.

US president Barack Obama declared Democrats were on the cusp of history after a century struggling for health reform, amid cresting excitement in Congress ahead of a weekend vote.

There are conflicting reports coming out of Sierra Leone about a cave-in at a gold mine in the country's south.