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League - NRL Preliminary Finals preview

League - Cronulla to sack Raper

Dickel signs for Polish team

U.S. threatened to bomb Pakistan after 9/1: Musharraf (Reuters)

Reuters - President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan said that after the September 11 attacks the United States threatened to bomb his country if it did not cooperate with America's campaign against the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Polish coalition collapses (Reuters)
Reuters - Poland's conservatives abruptly ended their rocky coalition with the leftist Self-Defence party after a bitter row over next year's budget, bringing the ex-communist EU member to the brink of early polls.

Factory blaze linked to burst oil pipe
A burst hydraulic oil pipe was the likely cause of a fire which caused millions of dollars worth of damage to a Taupo fibreboard factory.Fletcher Building's Laminex Group MDF factory in Centennial Dr caught fire last week, destroying...

Radiographers back at work after strikes

Oil: Prices rebound from six-month low
After hitting six-month lows the previous session, oil prices rose over US$61 per barrel on Thursday, but big US fuel stocks and hopes talks with Iran could avert a crisis over its nuclear programme limited gains.US light crude...

Pair rescued from burning boat in stormy seas
A flare set off from a burning vessel off the Marlborough Sounds last night enabled the rescue of two men in a life raft on stormy seas.Wellington-based Westpac Rescue Helicopter operations manager Dave Greenberg said night vision...

Great timing for Carly's memoir
Also: Googling for ATM master passwords.

Lawmakers near penalties against Sudan (AP)
AP - Congress is close to approving penalties against Sudan after lawmakers agreed not to endorse efforts in some states to remove their funds from companies dealing with the Sudanese government.

U.N. experts say Gitmo should be closed (AP)

AP - U.N. human rights investigators criticized the United States on Thursday for failing to take steps to close the Guantanamo Bay military prison for terror suspects, which they say facilitates torture and violates international law.

Most distribution workers back on the job
While most of the distribution workers locked out by supermarket giant Progressive Enterprises for four weeks returned to work today, a small group of them, still angry at their treatment, have refused to return until Monday.More...