Salvestro-Martin hits out at 'vile' claims

LABOR'S candidate for the federal seat of Bennelong says he has "total faith" the party would not sack him without first letting him answer corruption allegations. Jeff Salvestro-Martin, a councillor for Ryde Council, is due to front the NSW...

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Track fault blamed in French train crash

A passenger train has derailed and crashed into a station outside Paris, killing at least seven. Source: AAP A TRAIN derailment near Paris that killed six people was caused by a fault in the tracks, France's state rail company says, as the...

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World's media sweat it out for royal baby

THE media frenzy over the birth of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby has reached fever pitch as the reported due date came and went with no sign of the royal heir. A rumour that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labour on Thursday...

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14 killed in traffic pile-up near Moscow

FOURTEEN people have been killed and 16 injured in a traffic accident outside Moscow involving a truck, a passenger bus and other vehicles, officials say. Police said that according to initial information, the accident took place on Saturday...

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Apologies over plane crash gaffe

US officials have apologised for mistakenly confirming false and offensive names identifying the pilots of the Asiana flight that crashed in San Francisco, leaving three dead and scores injured. Fox network affiliate KTVU news Channel 2 in Oakland...

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Suicides hit all-time high in Singapore

SUICIDES in Singapore hit an all-time high of 487 in 2012 as more young people bogged down by stress and relationship woes took their own lives, a charity group says. The tally, a 29 per cent increase from the 2011 total, was boosted by an 80...

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Thousands evacuated as typhoon nears

THOUSANDS of people have been evacuated in Taiwan and the entire island declared an "alert zone" as Typhoon Soulik edges nearer. More than 8000 people have been moved from their homes, many from southern areas prone to landslides, the Central...

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NSW teen catches fire, police hunt for ex

A HUNT is underway for a teenager whose ex-girlfriend was allegedly doused in accelerant as she stood near an open fire at a home south of Wollongong. The woman, 19, caught alight and had to be airlifted to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital...

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Mandela's wife now 'less anxious'

South Africa has marked 50 years since the police raid that led to Nelson Mandela's life sentence. Source: AAP GRACA Machel, the wife of ailing South African icon Nelson Mandela, says she is less anxious about his condition, five weeks after...

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Popular roving UK broadcaster Whicker dies

ALAN Whicker, one of the most widely-travelled and popular UK broadcasters of his generation, has died aged 87. The presenter and reporter died in the early hours of Friday at his home in Jersey after suffering from bronchial pneumonia, his spokeswoman...

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China plans to further restrict car use

China will further restrict the sale of cars for private use in a bid to fight pollution. Source: AAP CHINA is planning to up the number of cities that restrict vehicle purchases, in a bid to fight pollution and congestion. Four cities...

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Russia finds dead lawyer guilty of fraud

A Moscow court has found the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud. Source: AAP A MOSCOW court has convicted dead Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky of tax evasion, provoking outrage over the posthumous prosecution of a man...

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Pope widens punishment for child abuse

Pope Francis has bolstered criminal legislation against child abuse in the Vatican. Source: AAP POPE Francis has bolstered criminal legislation against child abuse in the Vatican and increased criminal liability for employees of the tiny...

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Global recovery to boost oil demand: IEA

GLOBAL economic recovery and emerging markets led by China will boost growth of oil demand to a record high total next year, the IEA forecasts. Next year, consumption by emerging markets will dominate demand overall, a position "they should hold...

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Ex-UK minister to be charged over expenses

Former UK MP Denis MacShane will be charged with false accounting over parliamentary expense claims. Source: AAP BRITAIN'S former Europe minister Denis MacShane is to be charged with false accounting over his expenses claims in parliament,...

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Carr meets with Myanmar president

Foreign Minister Bob Carr (L) met Myanmar's president on a visit aimed at boosting relations. Source: AAP FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has met Myanmar's (Burma's) reformist leaders on a visit aimed at boosting relations with the former junta-ruled...

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Aust expects Japan to accept ICJ rule

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has been presenting Australia's case against Japan's whaling program. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA expects Japan to stop whaling in the Southern Ocean if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) finds against it, Attorney-General...

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Federal election leaves Gen Y cold

21-YEAR-OLD Dominique Erichsen isn't alone in feeling alienated by politics. "If it was about me it probably wouldn't be about anything important. But sure, if it was about me I'd be more interested," she says. The trainee florist from Sydney...

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Perth rated priciest city in Australia

PERTH is now Australia's most expensive city and the eleventh priciest to live in worldwide, according a renowned online cost of living index. Numbeo, a website that claims to collate the world's largest database of user-contributed data about...

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Royal Mail privatisation plans announced

Royal Mail will be sold by the British government through flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Source: AAP UP to 150,000 Royal Mail staff are to be handed thousands of pounds in free shares as part of a privatisation, the British government...

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Pakistani officials slammed over bin Laden

A report has lambasted all levels of Pakistan's government for failing to detect Osama bin Laden. Source: AAP OSAMA bin Laden lived undetected in Pakistan for nearly a decade because of failures and gross negligence by the authorities, according...

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Bishop given 'poison chalice': NSW inquiry

Detective Inspector Peter Fox has completed his testimony at an inquiry into child sexual abuse. Source: AAP MICHAEL Malone believed he had inherited "a poisoned chalice" when he became bishop of the Maitland/Newcastle Catholic diocese, an...

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European stocks advance on Alcoa results

EUROPEAN stocks have risen as investors took their cue from better-than-expected earnings from US aluminium giant Alcoa and after the eurozone released billions of euros in fresh aid for Greece, dealers say. Meanwhile, economy and finance ministers...

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Man who battled Fukushima disaster dies

Levels of radioactive substances in groundwater at Fukushima nuclear plant have risen dramatically. Source: AAP THE former boss of Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, who stayed at his post to try to tame runaway reactors after the 2011 tsunami,...

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EU gives Latvia green light for membership

The EU has given Latvia, the region's fastest-growing economy, the green light to join the eurozone. Source: AAP ECONOMY and finance ministers from the 28 European Union countries have given the final green light to Latvia to join the eurozone...

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Suspended death sentence for ex-minister

China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun has been given a suspended death sentence. Source: AAP CHINA'S former railways minister Liu Zhijun has been given a suspended death sentence for his role in a huge corruption scandal, the official...

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Man quizzed over Melbourne laneway rape

A man has been questioned over the brutal rape of a young mother in a Melbourne laneway. Source: AAP A MAN has been questioned over the brutal rape of a young mother in a Melbourne laneway. The 28-year-old man was arrested on Saturday,...

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Heinz Kerry showed symptoms of seizure

US Secretary of State John Kerry's wife has been admitted to hospital in a critical condition. Source: AAP TERESA Heinz Kerry, the wife of US Secretary of State John Kerry and heir to a ketchup company fortune, was hospitalised in a critical...

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Tigers 'keep Aceh men up tree for 3 days'

Five men have spent three days in a tree in Indonesia to escape from a group of tigers. Source: AAP FIVE men have spent three days in a tree in Indonesia to escape from a group of tigers that had killed and eaten a sixth member of the group,...

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Myanmar 'Godfather of Heroin' dies: report

A former drug kingpin, once dubbed the "godfather of heroin" has died in his home in Myanmar. Source: AAP A FORMER drug kingpin and business tycoon that the US government once dubbed the "godfather of heroin" has died in his home in Myanmar...

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