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Last week’s earthquake, which caused an estimated $15-billion in damage to Christchurch, has become New Zealand’s most expensive natural disaster.
A five-month-old boy was laid to rest on Monday at the first funeral for the victims of New Zealand’s quake, as the confirmed death toll rose to 148.
The tail end of one of Australia’s largest cyclones was felt at the other end of the country on Saturday as wild storms lashed Melbourne.
Pilgrims on Monday bore a giant wooden cross through the streets of Sydney, where Pope Benedict XVI will preside over World Youth Day.
The snail-paced Ophelia, downgraded from a hurricane to a tropical storm, picked up speed and moved out to sea early on Friday after a three-day drenching of North Carolina in…
