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Selwood: It's your call, bro

GEELONG captain Joel Selwood has told his brother Scott he will keep out of the Cats' bid to claim the Eagles' hard nut in this month's free agency period. The Eagles' 2012 best and fairest winner is weighing up a decision to join his brother at the ... >> view original

Barwon Heads Road crash sees teen thrown from rolling car

Their mother, aged in her 40s, travelled to Geelong by ambulance with the older teen. It is understood the family are from Melbourne and had been travelling to Barwon Heads. Detective Sergeant Daryll Out, from the Major Collision Investigation Unit ... >> view original

County Court: Ice addicts plead guilty to terrorising Norlane family

The County Court at Geelong on Thursday heard the mother of the children was punched in the face three times and threatened with having her throat slashed while trying to stop ice addict John Edward Ford, 35, from going near her children on the night ... >> view original

Israelis hunt killers of settler couple

Hundreds of Israeli troops are hunting for suspected Palestinian gunmen after the killing of a settler couple as they drove through the occupied West Bank with their young children. Eitam and Naama Henkin, both in their 30s, were shot dead in their car ... >> view original

TPP negotiators push hard for deal in US

Talks aimed at finalising a trade deal between Australia, the United States and 10 other Pacific Rim countries have been extended, reports say. US Trade Representative Michael Froman and his counterparts working on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) ... >> view original

Chris Harper Mercer was enrolled at the college where he made bloody last stand

Screen grabbed image taken from the myspace page of Chris Harper Mercer, the gunman who opened fire inside a classroom at a rural Oregon college, killing at least nine people before dying in a shoot-out with police. Photograph: myspace.com/PA. >> view original

China Orders Tighter Mail Security Following Mail Bombings

China's postal service is ordering tighter checks on packages following a series of mail bombings that killed 10 people and injured 51. Mail carriers and overnight delivery services must conduct additional checks for explosives, dangerous chemicals ... >> view original

At least 30 dead, 600 missing after massive mudslide in Guatemala

At least 30 people have died and about 600 are missing after a hillside collapsed on a town on the edge of Guatemala City, burying homes in earth and sludge and sparking a desperate hunt for survivors. More than 500 rescue workers, police and soldiers, ... >> view original

Medecins Sans Frontieres staff killed in suspected US air strike on Afghan ...

Kabul: Medical aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres said on Saturday its hospital in the Afghan city of Kunduz was partially destroyed, three staff were killed and 30 staff were unaccounted for after overnight bombing. The hospital "may have" been hit by ... >> view original

Search resumes for missing plane in Indonesia

Jakarta: Indonesian authorities have resumed searching for an Aviastar airline Twin Otter turboprop aircraft with 10 people on board that went missing on Friday during a flight on Sulawesi island. The aircraft lost contact with airport authorities on a ... >> view original