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Emergency services stretched by flooding
Record floodwaters in northern NSW and southern Queensland have forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes while 10,000 are cut off.
Grave fears for missing ferry passengers
Grave fears are held for about 100 people still missing from a ferry that sank off Papua New Guinea on Thursday while carrying 350.
Gillard under leadership, coverup pressure
A week before Parliament resumes, the Prime Minister is under continuing pressure over leadership speculations and the Craig Thomson affair.
Friday night forum
Lateline is joined by Minister for Trade Craig Emerson and Manager of Opposition Business in the House, Christopher Pyne.
2 die as Egyptians protest football deaths
Two people have been killed and 400 injured in clashes between police and protesters angry about the football violence in Port Said that left 74 dead.
Homeless at risk in fatal European cold snap
A cold snap in Europe has killed 163 people, isolated Russian islands and forced Germany to use icebreakers to keep waterways free.
South Africa faces radical reforms
The wealthiest country in Africa is struggling with staggering unemployment rates of 25 per cent and growth that barely registers.
Study gives hope for corals in warming seas
A new study has found improved growth rates in coral off the Western Australian coast, although the same species is being decimated on the Great Barrier Reef.
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