Heavily armed Islamists attack in Cairo

RESIDENTS of Cairo's Manial neighbourhood are recovering from a bloody night of clashes with armed supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who killed at least seven people and left dozens injured, they've told AFP. The violence erupted when residents...

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WA offers Noongar people $1.3b title deal

THE West Australian government has made an historic $1.3 billion offer to settle the Noongar people's native title claim over Perth and the state's southwest. Premier Colin Barnett proposes to settle the Noongar claim with the transfer of 320,000...

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Flag flap delays Spain's Pamplona bull run

A RED-AND-WHITE ocean of revellers erupted in cheers to launch Spain's annual San Fermin bull-running festival on Saturday but only after a 19-minute delay caused by a giant Basque flag that blocked the starting rocket. The nine-day mix of alcohol-soaked...

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Pakistan train accident kills 14: official

AT least 14 people, including two children, were killed when a train collided with a packed motorcycle rickshaw in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, officials say. The passenger train travelling from the country's financial hub Karachi to...

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Iraq bombings kill five

A suicide attacker and a car bombing have killed at least 19 people in separate attacks in Iraq. Source: AAP BOMBINGS north of Baghdad have killed five people, including a police officer, a day after attacks across the country left 23 dead....

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Egypt military chiefs hold crisis talks

SENIOR military commanders are in emergency talks after Egypt's embattled President Mohamed Morsi rejected their ultimatum to resolve the current crisis, a source close to the military said. The meeting comes ahead of a 1430 GMT (0030 AEST)...

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Portuguese govt totters, markets reel

PORTUGUESE Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's government is close to collapse after two top ministers quit, pounding financial markets in Lisbon and across Europe. Markets reacted severely after Foreign Minister Paulo Portas resigned Tuesday...

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Rudd reckons Abbott lacks 'ticker'

PM Kevin Rudd (R) suspects Tony Abbott lacks the "ticker" to debate him on key policy areas. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd suspects Tony Abbott lacks the "ticker" to debate him on key policy areas. Mr Abbott has been "lying" to...

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US home prices rise in May by most in 7yrs

US home prices jumped 12.2 per cent in May, suggesting the housing recovery is strengthening. Source: AAP US home prices jumped 12.2 per cent in May from a year ago, the most in seven years. The increase suggests the housing recovery is strengthening....

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S African court orders exhumation

Nelson Mandela's family are seeking to have grandson Mandla (pic) charged with grave tampering. Source: AAP A SOUTH African court has ordered that the remains of three of Nelson Mandela's children be returned to his ancestral village, rejecting...

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Facebook cuts ads from controversial pages

Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. Source: AAP FACEBOOK is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network says that on Monday it will expand its definition of...

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No breakthrough for Kerry in Mideast talks

US-LED efforts to broker a resumption of peace talks have ended without a breakthrough, a top Palestinian official says, although Washington's top diplomat hailed "real progress". US Secretary of State John Kerry has spent the past four days locked...

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Obama to host summit of African leaders

Barack Obama will host a landmark summit of leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa next year. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama will host a landmark summit of leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa next year, the White House says. The...

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EU wants answers over alleged US bugging

A top EU official says ties with the US could suffer over a report that America bugged EU offices. Source: AAP THE European Union is angrily demanding answers from the United States over allegations Washington had bugged its offices, the latest...

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Snowden handover impermissible: Russian MP

A TOP Russian politician has declared it was "morally impermissible" to hand over to the United States fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowdon, who remains in a political limbo at a Moscow airport. Snowden, the 30-year-old former contractor...

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