| Christchurch reopens no-go zones after quake New Zealand authorities have lifted the cordon in the heart of quake-hit Christchurch, one week after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake rocked the country's second largest city. abc.net.au |
'I have my lost son back at last' DELIGHTED dad Ken Thompson is reunited with abducted Andrew after long European search. heraldsun.com.au |
Murray-Darling rethink ordered ANGRY predictions of dying country towns have forced the Murray-Darling Basin Authority to rethink the clawbacks from irrigators. heraldsun.com.au |
Killer gives prison farm guards the slip PRISONERS are escaping from Queensland's correctional farms at a rate of more than one a month. heraldsun.com.au |
Afghan UN office under attack from suicide bombers Two suicide bombers have attacked a UN compound in the western Afghan province of Herat and several insurgents are now inside the building, local police say. abc.net.au |