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SA declaration needed for result

8:04pm | An early declaration by South Australia looks like offering the only hope of a result in the Redbacks' Pura Cup match against Tasmania at Bellerive Oval.

Butcher gets 'fetish' about shoe: court

7:59pm | A butcher with a shoe fetish made an 11-year-old girl wear high heels and kick him in the genitals, a court has been told.

Red Bull air racers touch down in Perth

7:59pm | City workers with views of Perth's Swan River will be treated to the sight of the tenth leg of the Red Bull Air Race World Series.

Push for Warne-Murali Trophy

7:55pm | A perpetual trophy for Australia-Sri Lanka Test series is expected to be finalised this summer.

Twenty Taliban fighters die in Kandahar

7:55pm | Over 20 Taliban fighters have been killed in major offensives in Kandahar and in Oruzgan provinces, where Aussie troops are deployed.

Nucifora firms as Wallabies coach

7:55pm | The odds of an Australian winning the Wallabies coaching position shortened dramatically, after New Zealander Robbie Deans withdrew from the race.

Aborigines make up '90% of NT prisons'

7:45pm | Almost 90 per cent of the prison population in the NT during 2005/06 was Aboriginal, the ABS says.

Beersheba descendants donate medals

7:45pm | Descendants of diggers who took part in the charge at Beersheba have commemorated the 90th anniversary by donating medals.

Audit Office slams destroyer upgrade

7:35pm | The national audit office has slammed the navy's guided missile frigate upgrade, with the last ship set to be returned to service four-and-a-half years late.

Holmes a Court launches new company

7:29pm | South Sydney Rabbitohs rugby league team co-owner Peter Holmes ? Court has launched a new sports management, digital media and investment company.

Don't trust Labor on tax cuts: Costello

7:24pm | Treasurer Peter Costello says although the opposition is promising $31 billion in tax cuts, they have not kept to promises in the past.

Funding cuts for Victorian schools

7:24pm | Victorian schools were deprived of almost $209 million in state government funding last financial year, a report shows.

Judge who sentenced Amrozi to death dies

7:24pm | An Indonesian judge who sentenced 2002 Bali bomber Amrozi to death has died after a long illness.

Holt's son hands movies to archives

7:14pm | Ambling along the sun-drenched beach of Queensland's Dunk Island, prime minister Harold Holt mused to the camera: "I wonder what Harold and LBJ are doing now?"

St George won't raise interest rates

7:10pm | St George Bank has broken ranks with its competitors, saying it probably won't raise its mortgage rates above any further movements in official interest rates.

Man dies after car hits traffic pole

7:04pm | A motorist has died when his car hit a light pole in Melbourne's inner west.

Four V8 Supercars involved in car crash

6:54pm | Four V8 Supercars were involved in a road accident in Bahrain when the carrier truck transporting them was forced to came to a sudden stop outside the circuit.

Summer in doubt for golfing young gun

6:50pm | Jason Day will miss the Australian Masters and is also in doubt for the Australian PGA and Australian Open after sustaining a wrist injury.

Bomb blamed for Russia bus blast

6:50pm | At least eight people were killed when a suspected bomb exploded on a bus in the Russian city of Togliatti, Interfax news agency says.

Doyle retires after injury-hit career

6:50pm | Injury plagued Sydney AFL ruckman Stephen Doyle has retired after eight seasons in the game.

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