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Plane hits Ferris wheel in Australia; no injuries
An ultra-light plane crashed into a Ferris wheel at a rural festival in eastern Australia on Saturday, trapping two children on the ride and two adults in the aircraft for hours. There were no serious injuries.
92-year-old Clara Tang on trial for murdering her 98-year-old husband in AustraliaLukas I. Alpert New York Daily News 04/03/2011 | Thieves break-in to New Zealand prison Breitbart.com 03/04/2011 |
 A 92-year-old woman is set to stand trial for allegedly killing her 98-year-old husband after more than 70 years of marriage. |  A New Zealand prison suffered a reversal of the norm when it became the victim of a break-in. |
New Zealand quake kills at least 65Adrian Bathgate Yahoo! News 02/21/2011 | Railway bridge feared to be mass grave after Australia flood The Daily Telegraph 01/12/2011 |
 New Zealand rescue teams worked under search lights early Wednesday to find scores of people trapped under collapsed buildings after an earthquake struck the country's second-biggest city of Christchurch, killing at least 65 people. |  BENEATH this bridge, submerged in the muddy water, could lie the most heartbreaking story of the Queensland floods. What was once a railway overpass crossed daily by freight trains is now, resigned rescuers fear, a marker for a mass underwater grave. |
Australia floods inundate Brisbane, over 90 missingEd Davies Reuters 01/11/2011 | 'Biblical' floods threaten thousands in Australia Breitbart.com 12/31/2010 |
 Thousands of residents of Australia's third-largest city evacuated homes on Wednesday as massive floods threatened to inundate the financial district, sparked panic buying of food and left authorities despairing for more than 90 people missing. |  Flood waters swept through vast areas of northeastern Australia Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of "biblical proportions". |
Boat Hits Rocks off Australian Island; 28 DeadKRISTEN GELINEAU and TANALEE SMITH ABC News 12/15/2010 | Three teenagers survive 50 days adrift in Pacific BBC News 11/25/2010 |
 Australians on a high cliff watched helplessly Wednesday as a wooden boat smuggling about 70 would-be migrants was smashed against the rocks of Christmas Island by monstrous waves, dumping screaming men, women and children into the stormy surf. At least 28 people died. |  Three teenage boys have been found alive after being lost in their boat in the Pacific Ocean for 50 days. |
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