Todays Australian News

Bligh calls for calm before storms
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has warned residents not to panic ahead of storms expected later today.
Clinton accepts Obama's secretary of state offer: NYT
The New York Times is reporting that Hillary Clinton has accepted President-elect Barack Obama's offer to serve as his secretary of state.
Don gets dropped from citizenship test
The Federal Government says becoming an Australian citizen will no longer involving knowing about Australian sporting greats like Sir Donald Bradman.
Rudd says world economy trapped in 'vicious cycle'
The world faces a "vicious cycle" of falling economic growth unless urgent measures are taken by global leaders, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told Asia-Pacific leaders this morning.
Wall St up 6.5pc on Obama Treasury pick
The Dow Jones index has ended the week with a strong rally, in part because of rumours about US President-elect Barack Obama's new cabinet.
Sydney police hunt 80yo after shooting
Police say they are searching for an 80-year-old man after a shooting at an apartment block at Surry Hills in inner Sydney.
Sprintcar driver dead in plane crash
The Darwin Speedway Drivers Association says Territory sprintcar driver Mark Grosvenor was one of two people killed when a light plane crashed at an airstrip near Pine Creek yesterday afternoon.
Failed toilet bomber 'least cunning person ever'
A Muslim convert who admitted trying to blow up a restaurant in the English town of Exeter had his sentencing delayed till the new year on Friday to allow for psychiatric reports.
Islamists gunning for Somali pirates
Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port on Friday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijack, a local elder said.
WHO warns of Zimbabwe cholera outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) is warning that a massive cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe is likely to spread.
Boy killed by deodorant fumes: coroner
A coroner in Britain has blamed the death of a 12-year-old boy on his excessive use of spray-on deodorant.
Trapped narwhals to be culled
At least 200 narwhal whales are trapped by winter ice that is setting in around them in Canada's Arctic, and will have to be culled because they are facing starvation or suffocation, officials said.
Burmese comedian jailed for 45 years
Burma's most popular comedian has been sentenced to 45 years in prison.
We can't blame the wicket: Johnson
Mitchell Johnson says the Gabba wicket cannot be blamed for the low scores in the first Test against New Zealand.

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