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Josef Fritzl and (inset) the father-daughter Deaves couple. (60 Minutes)
A woman who had two children in a sexual relationship with her father has condemned Austrian "monster" Josef.
Shirley Justins (centre) leaves court. (AAP)
A woman accused of euthanising her partner told his daughter she did not want to lose the estate to the "greedy children", a court has heard.

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The United States has dispatched its first aid flight to Burma, where some 1.5 million survivors of a massive cyclone are still waiting for help.

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 Fritzl should be jailed for life: DeavesA South Australian woman who had two children in a sexual relationship with her father has condemned Austrian "monster" Josef Fritzl for his incestuous crimes.
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