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![Searchers make contact with teen sailor](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Searchers make contact with teen sailor
A family spokesman says searchers have contacted a 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea and she is alive and well.
![New nightmare for BP as Florida closes beaches](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
New nightmare for BP as Florida closes beaches
The environmental nightmare unleashed by the crippled BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has reached the white-sand paradises of Florida.
![<i>Matthew Lynn</i>: BP should tell hypocritical Americans to take a hike](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
<i>Matthew Lynn</i>: BP should tell hypocritical Americans to take a hike
BP is done and dusted in the US, for a generation at least.
![Missing sailor's dog back chasing rabbits](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Missing sailor's dog back chasing rabbits
Juanita, a healthy and fit retriever cross who loves chasing rabbits, seems blissfully unaware of her tragic past.
![Ady Gil collision inquiry 'inconclusive'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Ady Gil collision inquiry 'inconclusive'
A lack of Japanese co-operation has meant an Australian investigation into Ady Gill's collision with a whaling boat was 'inconclusive'.
![Tongan official quits over 'interference'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Tongan official quits over 'interference'
Attorney-General John Caughi has accused the Tongan govt of trying to curb an independent judiciary and attempting to interfere with the Princess Ashika inquiry.
![Bulk coal carrier hauled off Great Barrier Reef](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Bulk coal carrier hauled off Great Barrier Reef
The bulk coal carrier stranded on the Great Barrier Reef has been refloated.
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Aussie politician backing fight to free NZ activist
The leader of Australia's Green Party is backing a campaign to free anti-whaling protester Peter Bethune.
![Boatie found dead in water](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Boatie found dead in water
The body of a middle-aged man without a lifejacket was found floating in Auckland's Waitemata Harbour yesterday, renewing safety calls.