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Seven critical including driver after cafe crash explosion

FOUR patients have arrived at the Townsville hospital following a gas bottle explosion in Ravenshoe at around midday. A 56-year-old male and 37-year-old female are in a critical condition while a 20-year-old female and 48-year-old male are stable. >> view original

Townsville council budget: Mayor Jenny Hill delivers surplus with overall rate ...

Council rates in Townsville, in north Queensland, are set for an overall increase of 1.45 per cent. Mayor Jenny Hill handed down her plan for the upcoming financial year during a meeting this morning. Rates will increase by nearly $50 a year for the ... >> view original

Townsville is safe again! Powerpuff Girls are back in a new avatar

The Powerpuff Girls are coming back, albeit with a tweaked look. Cartoon Network revealed the first images of the reboot of the hit TV cartoon on Tuesday. Check them out: http://www.hindustantimes.com/Images/popup/2015/ Though the difference will be ... >> view original

Amberley's Rhinos fly out for a super exercise in Townsville

RAAF F/A-18F Super Hornet aircraft from 6 Squadron at RAAF Base Amberley have headed north to conduct Exercise Rhino Strike at RAAF Base Townsville. Super Hornet aircraft and personnel from 6 Squadron started the exercise yesterday and will ... >> view original

Abandoned ghost nets inspire creativity in Townsville students

Over six weeks, 19 Kirwan State High students created a turtle sculpture using ghost nets, fishing line, wire, rope and bamboo for the school's Indigenous Art program. Ghost nets are abandoned fishing nets which get caught in reefs or wash up on beaches. >> view original

Syria rebels overrun key army base in new regime setback

Brigade 52 military base after it was captured by the Free Syrian Army in Daraa, Syria June 9, 2015.(REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir). An alliance of Syrian rebel forces seized a key army base in the south of the country on Tuesday in a new setback for the regime's ... >> view original

Everything you need to know about the South China Sea conflict in 5 points

Editor's Note: William Johnson is a retired U.S. Air Force Officer and a retired Foreign Service Officer. The opinions expressed are his own. (Reuters) — 1. Whose South China Sea is it, anyway? China's claim to the South China Sea is based in history, dating ... >> view original

McKinney video: US pool party police officer resigns

The police officer seen in a video throwing a 14-year-old girl in a swimsuit to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers has resigned from the police force in McKinney, Texas. Chief Greg Conley of the McKinney Police Department said during a news ... >> view original

Kiev evacuates hundreds from site of deadly Kiev fuel blasts

Kryachki(Ukraine): Ukraine urgently evacuated hundreds of residents on Tuesday from the site of a series of fuel depot blasts near Kiev that set off a ferocious fire and left several people missing and at least one confirmed dead. The defence ministry said it ... >> view original

Irish nun trapped in sweltering elevator for three days

An Irish nun is recovering after a nightmare ordeal that saw her trapped in a lift for three days in sweltering conditions. Ads by Google. Share. Facebook · Twitter · Google · Email. Go To. Comments. The woman (58) was trapped in the lift in a convent in Rome ... >> view original