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Adelaide Clipsal 500 remains the best V8 Supercar event in Australia
South Australia’s V8 Supercar fest has for the eighth time been recognized as Australia’s best domestic motor sport event.
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Bridging a hero’s history
Federal MP Steve Georganas officially opened the $9 million Michael Herbert Bridge (Wodlibulto Wadlakatta) over Patawalonga Lake in South Australia last week
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Court acquits Helios of charges over deadly crash
A Cyprus court acquitted a defunct airline and four of its former executives of manslaughter and negligence charges over a crash in August 2005 which killed 121 people
Jason Richards RIP
V8 Supercars and Holden have confirmed that V8 Supercar driver, 35 year old New Zealander Jason Richards, died last week at his home in Melbourne.
Daniel Ricciardo to Torro Rosso F1 team
Australian F1 rookie driver Daniel Ricciardo has been confirmed as a permanent driver for the Toro Rosso team (Red Bull second team) for the 2012 Formula 1 World Championship.
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Rena’s crash crew charged
New charges have been laid against the skipper and second officer of the cargo ship Rena, which crashed into a reef off the New Zealand port of Tauranga.
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700 buried after Philippine flood
Authorities in a flood-stricken southern Philippine city have organised this week the mass burial of nearly 700 people who were swept to their deaths in one of worst calamities to
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Somare firm: “I am PM” of PNG
Sir Michael Somare continues to insist he is Papua New Guinea’s prime minister, despite the governor general and the nation’s civil service backing Peter O’Neill.
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Syria mission underway
Arab League officials arrived in Syria on Thursday to prepare for monitors overseeing an Arab peace plan.
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Czechs bid farewell to Vaclav Havel
Thousands of silent mourners have accompanied the body of Vaclav Havel through central Prague as the Czech
Republic began three days of national mourning for the icon of the Velve