'Single flu case' will
'Single flu case' will shut China borders (Herald Sun)
CHINA will close its borders if it finds a single case of human-to-human transmission of bird flu, while Taiwan said it would copy a patented antiviral drug as the south Asian nations ramp up plans to tackle a bird flu outbreak.
Wallaby's daughter critical (Herald Sun)
THE car accident that left the daughter of former Australia rugby union captain Phil Kearns with life-threatening injuries has reignited demands for upgraded safety on four-wheel-drive vehicles.
World meets to tackle outbreaks (Herald Sun)
HEALTH ministers and experts from 30 countries will meet in Canada's capital Monday to forge a coordinated international front against the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus.
73pc support flouride in water: survey (Herald Sun)
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Prisoner's family pleads to Government (Herald Sun)
THE mother of a Melbourne man set to be executed in Singapore for smuggling heroin has pleaded with the Federal Government to save her son's life. Time is running out for Nguyen Tuong Van, 25, who will be hanged within a month after the Singapore Government rejected his plea for clemency.
Gun sales ban set to be shot down (Herald Sun)
BRAZIL, which has one of the highest murder rates in the world, is set to shoot down a proposed ban on gun sales in a referendum today, according to final opinion polls.
73pc support flouride in water: survey (Brisbane Courier Mail)
THREE quarters of Queenslanders support fluoridating the state's water supplies, an independent survey has found.
Plane crash remains a mystery (Herald Sun)
THE cause of a plane crash in Namibia that killed an Australian researcher and his New Zealand colleague is still a mystery, the men's employer said today.
Call for ban on bird imports (Herald Sun)
BRITAIN has urged the European Union to ban imports of all live wild birds from around the world after it found that a quarantined South American parrot had died from bird flu.
'No recourse' but to accept AWAs (Herald Sun)
THE Federal Government has conceded jobseekers will have to accept individual contracts or have their welfare payments cut off, belying its promise that all Australian workers will have work choices.
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