Australia claim second in Penn relay event

Australian track stars Sean Wroe, Lachlan Renshaw, Jeff Riseley and Ryan Gregson combined for a thrilling second place in the distance medley relay at the prestigious Penn Relays meeting in the United States. The quartet were just edged out by Morocco (9:17.48) as they clocked 9:17.56 and relegated an American Red team led by Bernard
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PM Gillard to visit US in early March

Prime Minister Julia Gillard will address a joint session of the US Congress and meet US president Barack Obama on a visit next month to mark 60 years of alliance, officials said today. Ms Gillard, paying her first visit to the United States since taking office last year, will meet with Mr Obama on March
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Southeast Australia set for another week of floods

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Rural Australian towns braced for another week of flooding Sunday as a vast lake continued to spread across the country’s southeast and a potential tropical storm threatened the northeast. The flooding began more than a month ago in Australia’s northeast Queensland state, where 30 people have died, more than 30,000 homes
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