Police describe the dogs as large cross-breeds.
Town shocked by fatal dog attack
Residents of a small town in the New South Wales Riverina are shocked by a dog attack this morning that killed a toddler and seriously injured her baby sister.
A three-year-old girl was found dead and her 15-month-old sister is in Wagga Base Hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by four dogs at Whitton near Leeton.
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Humanitarian corridor
The United Nations has welcomed Israel's decision to open a humanitarian corridor into the Gaza Strip.
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'Factories of death'
A mining group says a warning to incoming US President Barack Obama about Australia's coal industry is an unfounded exaggeration.
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No room for Obama while Howard's in town
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Alcoa job cuts 'won't affect Aust work force'
- PNG morgue too full to accept new bodies
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Aussies save some face at SCG
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NSW Police say they will apply to have the dogs that killed a three-year-old girl in Whitton destroyed.
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The Australian cricket team has salvaged some pride, with a final Test win in Sydney, despite a brave last stand by the injured South African captain.
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English evolution: The Macquarie Dictionary is compiling a list of new words that have entered the the English language to see what stays.
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Delegates to the UN in New York press for an immediate Gaza ceasefire and the opening of humanitarian crossings.
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Properties in north-west Queensland are on standby to evacuate as floodwaters continue to rise.
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More than 30 Palestinians died as Israel targeted UN-run schools with artillery and air strikes in the Gaza Strip.
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US President-elect Barack Obama will have to deal with the financial crisis and the Middle East conflict in less than two weeks.
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Rocky road: The future of the local automotive industry looks grim.
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On track: Preliminary races to select riders to contest this year's speedway championship are underway around the country.
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Icy spectacle: The annual ice festival is underway in the north-east Chinese city of Harbin.
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News Online: 'Shocked': Shahzad Hassan says his newborn son was left with a stranger at Port Augusta airport during a medical transfer.
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News Online: UNRWA's Chris Gunness tells Radio National's Steve Cannane a UN school hit by Israeli shells was clearly marked.
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PM: Crikey, it's hot: Australians sweltered as 2008 temperatures entered the record books.
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News Online: Climatologist Lynette Bettio tells Nic MacBean that the last year has seen some welcome rain fall over drought-affected parts of Australia
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News Audio: Nick Cave, curator of All Tomorrow's Parties, talks to Steve Cannane about the festival line-up.
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AM: A Rotary club on the NSW coast is raising money for families on drought-stricken properties to have a holiday by the sea.
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PM: Crowds at the third cricket Test have turned the SCG into a sea of pink to help raise awareness in the fight against breast cancer.
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News Audio: Steve Cannane speaks with the president of the Doctor Who Club of Australia about the BBC's pick to play the time traveller.
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AM: The UNRWA's Sami Mshasha tells Karen Barlow that UN officials feel helpless to deal with the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
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News Audio: Bob Zelnick, a US journalist who prepared David Frost for the Richard Nixon interviews, talks to Steve Cannane.
Features and Analysis
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Mermaid find
A team of archaeologists, scientists and volunteers has confirmed a shipwreck found on the Great Barrier Reef is that of the Mermaid.
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Wine worries
Tasmanian winemakers fear chemicals from the proposed Gunns pulp mill may contaminate their vineyards.
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Bloody brawl
Local council calls on the NSW Government to address public housing concerns after a bloody brawl in western Sydney.
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