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In other news. Wild weather has been rigging havoc³ parts of New South Wales. There's been flashing flooding in Sydney and in the south of the state. Twenty-three people have been rescued from the flood waters and there've hundreds of calls for help. One man drowned when he was trapped in a storm water drain. 

 

In the U.S, rescue workers are searching for more than 100 people still missing after a massive landslide⁴ in Washington state. The mudslide has destroyed 30 homes in the town of Oso. Eight bodies have been recovered so far and several people have been critically injured. 

 

Former Labor⁵ MP Craig Thompson will be sentenced today. He's been found guilty of defrauding⁶ the Health Service Union of more than 24,000 dollars. He faces up to five years in jail. 

 

And the Australian journalist Peter Greste has one again been denied bail⁷ as he faces terrorism charges in Egypt. Mr. Greste and his two Al Jazeera colleagues have been in jail since December, accused of supporting the outlaw⁸ Muslim Brotherhood⁹. During his latest court hearing, police witnesses refuse to give any details of the actual evidence against the man.

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