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![Last month, General Fonseka lost the presidential election the incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse, but has rejected the results and vowed to challenge them. [AFP] (AFP)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r505151_2692433.jpg "Last month, General Fonseka lost the presidential election the incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse, but has rejected the results and vowed to challenge them. [AFP] (AFP)")
Sri Lanka arrests former army commander, presidential challenger
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:40:00 +1100
Sri Lanka has arrested former army commander and losing presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka.
Toyota issues mass recall of Prius
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:58:00 +1100
Toyota has lodged a recall in Japan of 200,000 of its latest model Prius cars after complaints of brake problems in the hybrid car.
New cyclone develops near Cook Islands
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:35:00 +1100
Tropical Cyclone Pat has started to alter course, and forecasters say it may threaten the southern Cook Islands by early Wednesday.
Refugee retracts statement on fatal Australian boat blast
Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:43:00 +1100
The first refugee to give evidence at an Australian coronial inquest into last year's fatal SIEV 36 boat blast says he cannot remember telling police that a fellow passenger threatened to blow up the boat.
Features
![Trees go up in flames outside Wade and Simone Horton's house near Kinglake on February 7, 2009. [ABC News] (ABC)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201002/r509522_2747755.jpg "Trees go up in flames outside Wade and Simone Horton's house near Kinglake on February 7, 2009. [ABC News] (ABC)")
Black Saturday scars run deep
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:29:00 +1100
Michael Vincent returns to Kinglake to find out how the community is recovering after Victoria's deadly Black Saturday fires.
![Two pensioners sit side by side on a park bench. [www.photoxpress.com: Julian May] (Unspecified)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201002/r508792_2738612.jpg "Two pensioners sit side by side on a park bench. [www.photoxpress.com: Julian May] (Unspecified)")
Australia's population predictions
Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:58:00 +1100
New figures show Australia will be forced to look overseas for more new citizens, as rising health and aged care costs threaten to drive the country into debt.
![More than 600,000 spectators watch the two weeks of Australian Open competition, in an event worth an estimated $US61 million to the country's economy. [Reuters] (Reuters)](http://www.abc.net.au/reslib/201001/r503018_2670634.jpg "More than 600,000 spectators watch the two weeks of Australian Open competition, in an event worth an estimated $US61 million to the country's economy. [Reuters] (Reuters)")
Australian Open season
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 09:44:00 +1100
The Australian Open attracts record crowds to Melbourne, in a competition described as the biggest annual sporting event in the Southern Hemisphere.
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