Latham in retreat on Iraq troops MARK Latham is retreating on his promise to pull Australian troops out of Iraq by Christmas, suggesting almost a third of the contingent could stay on under a Labor government to guard diplomats in Baghdad. Reality check for leader
Hero sent off into the sunset After six days of praise and fond remembrance, Ronald Reagan's journey west for a symbolic sunset burial began shortly after dawn on the east coast as the last of the ordinary Americans to file past his coffin left the Capitol rotunda.
Robert Gottliebsen
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House prices are holding at lower levels, but in Sydney and Melbourne it is much harder to sell a home.
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Leap of Faith
The Anglo-American view of this week's UN resolution is that Iraq's fortunes have improved and NATO will help, reports Washington correspondent Roy Eccleston from Georgia.
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Rush for surnames produces 500 Genghis Khans MONGOLIANS have been ordered to invent their own surnames, after generations of living with just one name on the orders of their former Soviet masters.