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Dive couple 'relieved' to be cleared

A couple accused of staging a disappearance from a dive boat on the Great Barrier Reef are relieved their names look set to be cleared by an investigation into the incident, their agent says.

Netball: Youthful talent in Australian team

NSW Swifts premiership-winning defender Kimberley Purcell was one of three new faces included in the Australian netball squad announced today.

Mourners flee crematorium fire

Mourners believed smoke billowing from a Sydney crematorium was normal -- until they were asked to evacuate the building because of a fire in the roof.

Mother on trial for dunking baby in aquarium

An Adelaide mother put her nine-month-old baby into an aquarium filled with water to try to stop the infant crying, a South Australian Court has been told.

Girls smoke dope as much as boys - study

Teenage girls are now just as likely to smoke dope as boys, according to statistics showing rates are at an all-time low but a "hard core" of addicts still remains.

'Little Britain' star's stalker sectioned

An obsessed stalker who threatened to kill Little Britain star David Walliams during a four-year campaign of harassment has been sectioned under the Mental Health Act, the British Press Association reports on its website.

Keira happy with her breasts

British actress Keira Knightley has refused to have her not very ample bustline digitally enhanced for a movie advertisement, the British Daily Mail newspaper says.

League: Stuart calls for ban on defectors

Australian national rugby league team coach Ricky Stuart has called for a rule to prevent players who break their club contracts from returning to the NRL for two years.

Is Steve Fossett still alive?

Steve Fossett, the millionaire adventurer who went missing in a light plane over a US desert last year, may still be alive, investigators say.

Qantas did all it could to prevent explosion - CEO

Alan Joyce, chief executive designate of Qantas, left, comments as CEO Geoff Dixon, right, and...

Qantas did all it could to prevent explosion - CEO

Qantas believes whatever tore a hole in one of its aircraft in mid-flight was "out of our control".

Cycling: Best yet to come - Evans

Cadel Evans reacts after the the 21st and last stage of the Tour de France. Photo by AP.

Cycling: Best yet to come - Evans

Cadel Evans is confident his best still lies ahead after another near miss as he chases his dream of becoming the first Australian to win the Tour de France.

League: Bulldogs consider legal options over Sonny Bill

League: Bulldogs consider legal options over Sonny Bill

Bulldogs chief executive Todd Greenberg was today locked away in legal meetings to work out how best to protect the NRL club's big investment in absentee star Sonny Bill Williams.

Hogan tells ATO where to go

Crocodile Dundee star Paul Hogan has used an interview on the Nine Network's 60 Minutes programme to deliver a blunt message to the ATO over claims he failed to pay tax on film royalties.

Netball: ANZ final tipped to go down to the wire

Netball: ANZ final tipped to go down to the wire

New South Wales Swifts captain Catherine Cox expects today's inaugural trans-Tasman league netball grand final to be a thriller which could go into extra time.

League: Sonny Bill off to France to play union

Bulldogs rugby league superstar Sonny Bill Williams is reportedly en route to France to play rugby union.

Mid-air terror in Qantas plane

Australian passengers have told of a terrifying mid-air emergency that left a gaping hole in the side of a Qantas plane, forcing an emergency landing in Manila.

Doherty to pay for angry outburst

A British court has ordered musician Pete Doherty to pay damages to a photographer, after he smashed her camera as she tried to snap him before he returned to a clinic for drug treatment.

Crowe puts Fleetwood Mac rumours to rest

Sheryl Crow is putting the rumours to rest: She's not making a record with or joining Fleetwood Mac - not anytime soon at least.

Firth sending shivers up spines

British director Michael Winterbottom's new movie Genova, a ghost story starring Colin Firth, will compete for the top prize at the San Sebastian film festival in September, the organisers say.

Victim of Facebook fake wins libel lawsuit

A businessman won damages today against an old friend who put libelous and unauthorised information about him on the social networking Web site Facebook.

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