[24-Jun-2008] BRISBANE: A 46-year-old grandmother says she was "dumbfounded" when she was told she had naturally conceived identical triplets in a "one-in-10-million" event. [more]

[24-Jun-2008] MELBOURNE: Police have charged a mother of six with criminal neglect after 20 children from two families were removed from two houses in Adelaide. [more]

[23-Jun-2008] SYDNEY: Brisbane boss Bruno Cullen says four NRL clubs in Sydney would be "close to the right number" as the competition's chief executives prepare to meet on Tuesday. [more]

[23-Jun-2008] MELBOURNE: Underworld identity Mick Gatto has traded verbal blows on radio with broadcaster Derryn Hinch, wishing the so-called Human Headline dead. [more]

[23-Jun-2008] CANBERRA: Australian commodity exports are tipped to surge 40 per cent during the coming financial year, led by massive growth in the minerals and energy sectors. [more]

[23-Jun-2008] MELBOURNE: Jeff Kennett, the founder and chairman of the national depression initiative beyondblue, will step down from his role at the end of 2010. [more]

[24-Jun-2008] SANTIAGO: The 80-nation IWC has opened its annual meeting with its very existence at stake amid tension over Japan's perennial bid to resume commercial whale hunting. [more]

[22-Jun-2008] BASEL: Russia grabbed an unexpected place in the Euro 2008 semi-finals with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 extra-time win over Netherlands. [more]

[21-Jun-2008] HARARE: A Zimbabwe court has overturned a police ban on the opposition's main pre-election rally ahead of next week's presidential run-off, a party spokesman said. [more]

[21-Jun-2008] GLOUCESTER: Schoolgirls in the US town of Gloucester had bizarre reactions to pregnancy test results: high-fives if they were expecting, long faces if they weren't. [more]

[20-Jun-2008] WELLINGTON: The exodus of Kiwis to Australia is increasing, New Zealand's National Party said on Friday, citing latest migration statistics. [more]