Aust troops 'kill two Afghan children'

AUSTRALIAN soldiers in southern Afghanistan shot dead two children tending cattle, local officials said on Saturday as the international coalition launched an inquiry into the incident. Civilian casualties caused by NATO-led troops have been one...

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Man charged with murdering factory worker

A MAN has been charged with murdering a factory worker in Sydney's west after handing himself into police. The body of Lane Hargreaves, 63, was found in the yard of the factory where he worked on Links Road, Dunheved, on February 21. A 37-year-old...

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Thousands brave rain for Sydney Mardi Gras

FIREWORKS, glittering transvestites and a sprinkling of popstars lit up Sydney's Mardi Gras but the loudest cheers were saved for the festival's founding cast. Ten thousand performers took part in the gay community's night of nights, with celebrations...

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Flooding prompts Lockyer Valley alert

AN emergency alert has been issued for the Lockyer Valley region, west of Brisbane, with residents told to evacuate if needed. The Lockyer Valley regional council issued the alert on Saturday night. The council has advised that flooding is expected...

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Floods cut off key roads in northern NSW

A LANDSLIDE and flooding has forced the closure of part of a major highway in northern NSW. The Gwydir Highway, a vital east-west route in northern NSW, has closed between Grafton and Glen Innes. Motorists are being told to use the New England...

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Rapist on the run holed up in Melb house

A DEPRAVED Melbourne rapist on the run has been cornered by police at a house in Melbourne's north. Police said they tracked down Antonio Loguancio, 40, to a house in Justin Avenue at Glenroy about 7pm (AEDT) after he broke a supervision order....

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Man 'swallowed' by sinkhole under bedroom

A MAN is presumed dead after a sinkhole opened up under his bedroom in the US state of Florida and "swallowed" him. CNN reported the incident happened overnight in Brandon, a suburb of Tampa. Authorities called to the scene found the hole to...

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Brothers 'can't accept pedophile's guilt'

Archbishop Denis Hart ignored reports that a pedophile might have been working at a college. Source: AAP MANY Christian brothers refuse to accept that one of their ranks is guilty of the child sex crimes for which he was convicted, a Victorian...

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Berlusconi claims innocence in trial

FORMER Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi proclaimed his innocence at an appeal trial in Milan against a tax fraud conviction linked to his business empire. "I am completely extraneous to the facts that I am accused of," the billionaire...

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Woman missing from NSW Riverina

POLICE are appealing for information to help find a woman missing in the NSW Riverina. Colleen Judith Cooke, 59, has suffered from depression after a recent bereavement and there are concerns for her welfare, police said. She was last seen...

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Spain's recession deepens

SPAIN'S economy sank deeper into recession in the fourth quarter of last year as high unemployment and biting austerity measures prompted households to slash spending, official data showed Thursday. The eurozone's fourth largest economy shrank...

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Pope vows 'obedience' to successor

Pope Benedict will spend his last day as pontiff, following an emotional public farewell. Source: AAP POPE Benedict XVI on Thursday vowed "unconditional obedience" to his successor on his historic final day as leader of the world's 1.2 billion...

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Deadly clashes in Bangladesh

A BANGLADESH war crimes court sentenced a top Islamist opposition figure to death on Thursday, a verdict that unleashed a new wave of deadly clashes between police and protesters. Four people were shot dead in the violence that erupted after a...

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Kerry promises $59m in aid to Syria oppn

US Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration will provide the Syrian opposition with an additional $US60 million ($A59 million) in assistance and will for the first time provide non-lethal aid like food and medical supplies to...

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Myer winter collection blows into stores

WITH a gust of snowy white wool and light showers of sequins, winter arrived in Melbourne. Myer's autumn/winter collections launch declared the sunny neon colours that dominated catwalks in spring and summer banished in favour of black, white...

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NSW ice seizure breaks records

A MULTI-AGENCY operation has led to the largest seizure of methamphetamine on record in Australia, with an estimated street value of up to $438 million. The operation involving federal and NSW police netted 585 kilograms of the illegal drug...

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Firefighters contain WA blaze

RESIDENTS of Swan Valley suburbs on Perth's northeastern fringes have praised firefighters for containing a fast-moving, out-of-control blaze that burnt 150 hectares of bushland. The cause of the fire, which began in Upper Swan, is being investigated....

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Shooter among three dead in Swiss factory

PROSECUTORS say a shooting at a wood-processing company in central Switzerland has left three people dead and seven injured, some of them seriously. The shooting occurred shortly after 9am (1700 AEDT) at the premises of Kronospan, a company...

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Hunt on for undie-wearing armed robber

AN image has been released of a man who robbed a Melbourne service station with a knife in his hand and a pair of undies on his head. The man entered the Deer Park store on February 15 about 12.30am (AEDT), demanding cash from the attendant....

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Seven hurt in Sydney balcony collapse

SEVEN people have been injured when they fell up to five metres in a balcony collapse at a home on Sydney's north shore. Police and paramedics were called to a duplex on the Pacific Highway at Lane Cove, about 10.15pm (AEDT) on Wednesday. It's...

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Japan will never stop whaling: minister

JAPAN'S fisheries minister says his country will never stop hunting whales, despite fierce criticism from other nations and violent clashes at sea with militant conservationists. "I don't think there will be any kind of an end for whaling by Japan,"...

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Six charged over NT killing

FIVE men are facing murder charges in Alice Springs after a local man was found dead just north of the town. A sixth man is accused of being an accessory after the fact, while two others are being questioned in custody about the death following...

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NY marks 20th anniversary of WTC bombing

TUESDAY marks the 20th anniversary of the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. A midday ceremony is planned to honour the six people who died in the 1993 blast in a garage below one of the twin towers. More than 1000 people were...

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Hot air balloon crash in Egypt kills 18

A HOT air balloon flying over Egypt's ancient city of Luxor has caught fire and crashed into a sugar cane field, killing at least 18 foreign tourists, officials say. Tuesday's crash was one of the worst accidents involving tourists in Egypt and...

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$A2.9m cocaine haul at Prague airport

CUSTOMS officers at Prague international airport have seized a record 31kg of cocaine hidden in the luggage of three Dutch passengers. The haul, worth 60 million Czech kroner ($A2.94 million), "was without doubt the largest" ever at the airport,...

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Hackers air Sri Lanka 'war crimes' video

HACKERS have attacked Sri Lanka's media ministry by placing a documentary about alleged war crimes during the island's ethnic conflict on its website, says an official. The hackers identifying themselves as "H4x0r HuSsY" uploaded a link to an...

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70 evacuated in Kiama due to asbestos

ABOUT 70 locals are being evacuated from their homes after a tornado-style storm dumped asbestos and other building materials on parks, backyards and streets in Kiama on the NSW south coast. Gale-force winds uprooted trees, stripped roofs and...

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Cyclone Rusty looms off WA coast

TROPICAL Cyclone Rusty is moving closer to the Kimberley and Pilbara coast in Western Australia, lifting the emergency level to yellow. The category two cyclone is moving south at 6km/h after being stationary for much of the day, and is estimated...

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Horse meat found in Ikea's meatballs

HORSE meat has been detected in meat balls labelled as beef and pork imported to Czech Republic by furniture giant Ikea. The Czech State Veterinary Administration says the one-kilogram packs of the frozen meat balls were made in Sweden to be...

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DSK tries to ban graphic new book

DISGRACED IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is taking legal steps to stop a controversial new book by Argentinian-born Marcela Iacub detailing their liaison, his lawyers say. In Beauty and the Beast, due to be released on Wednesday, Iacub says...

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Four shot dead in Bangladesh protest

ISLAMISTS demanding the execution of bloggers they accuse of blasphemy clashed with police in Bangladesh for a third straight day on Sunday, and at least four protesters were killed when police opened fire. Up to 3,000 protesters, including students...

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Derryn Hinch interviews ex, Jacki Weaver

AUSTRALIAN actor Jacki Weaver has been upfront about her husband count, child abuse and her Oscar chances in an intimate interview with two-time ex-husband Derryn Hinch. Weaver has been nominated for her supporting role alongside US actor Robert...

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Topless feminists in Berlusconi protest

THREE topless feminists have lunged at Italy's Silvio Berlusconi as he arrived at a polling station in Milan to vote in the general election. The young women had the slogan "Basta Berlusconi" ("Enough With Berlusconi") scrawled on their backs....

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Storms destroy homes as floods swamp NSW

Homes on the NSW mid-north coast have been destroyed as waters continue to rise across the state. Source: AAP A BIG clean-up is underway after gale force winds wrecked houses, cut power and felled trees across parts of Sydney and the NSW south...

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Pope's last Sunday blessing draws crowd

POPE Benedict XVI has given his pontificate's final Sunday blessing from his studio window to the cheers of tens of thousands of people packing St Peter's Square, and sought to reassure the faithful that he isn't abandoning the church by retiring...

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