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Brent North Sea crude for January delivery rose 37 cents to $77.55. "It seems to have calmed down," said Victor Shum, a Singapore-based analyst with the Purvin and Gertz energy consultancy. "Reassurances from various governments have returned a bit of...

Coach Tim Nielsen has all but confirmed Doug Bollinger will replace injured paceman Ben Hilfenhaus in the Australian XI for the second Test against West Indies at Adelaide Oval. Knee tendonitis ruled Hilfenhaus, man-of-the-match in Australia's whopping innings defeat of...

A South Carolina man has been charged with stabbing his brother-in-law to death. Multiple media outlets report that 47-year-old Randall Eugene Mauldin was arrested early Friday and charged with murder. Authorities say Mauldin stabbed 53-year-old Joe Bentley Gulledge around 1...

Former treasurer Peter Costello blocked a $US3.2 billion bid by Shell in 2001 to take control of Woodside, citing national interest. ''Shell may be a willing seller because they do have some quite big projects themselves up their sleeve,'' Nick...

A declaration by Reserve Bank chief Glenn Stevens that the bank would not be ''timid'' about raising interest rates has led financial markets to tip seven interest rate rises in a row, while the dollar has surged to 92.23 US...

This is the first year that the Commonwealth's share of health funding has increased since the year 2000-01. In particular, the Rudd Government's increases to public hospital funding in the 2007-08 financial year have begun to reverse the decade-long trend...

Police say the man's light aircraft crashed while it was apparently cropdusting the property near Kojonup, about 250km south east of Perth, about 8.15 (WST) on Tuesday. The man's body was found at the scene and forensic police were investigating...

Spears tour promoter says the star is "extremely upset" at the savaging she has recieved for her much-publicised lip-synching and allegations fans walked out of her show. Paul Dainty said that the star had been left traumatised by the media coverage...

It is also significantly more optimistic than a year ago, with the bad debt cycle appearing to have peaked. Chief financial officer David Craig told the bank's annual general meeting in Perth on Wednesday that Australia's biggest lender had just...

In unveiling the plan, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said its domestic passengers have "told us that airport check-in today is nothing less than a major point of pain". "Check-in takes too long...Qantas’ self-service system promises to process passengers much...