UK island swimmer going strong

A UK endurance swimmer has made good progress in her attempt to swim around the Isle of Wight. Source: AAP AN endurance swimmer has made good progress through the night in her attempt to become the first person in nearly 30 years to swim solo,...

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Pakistan releases senior Taliban figure

PAKISTAN has released its most senior Afghan Taliban detainee Abdul Ghani Baradar, a senior official told AFP, in a move welcomed by Kabul who hope it will encourage peace talks with the insurgents. Baradar, a one-time military chief often described...

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At least six dead in Kenyan mall attack

Gunmen have opened fire inside an upmarket mall in Kenya's capital of Nairobi. Source: AAP AT least six people have been killed and dozens wounded after black-clad masked gunmen attacked an upmarket shopping mall in the Kenyan capital, according...

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Yoga Guru 'detained at Heathrow'

A SPIRITUAL leader who was due to lead a 1,500-strong yoga class has been stopped from entering the UK, his supporters say. Swami Ramdevji, 47, was expected to lead the class in Glasgow on Monday night. But his supporters said he was stopped...

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Pope keeps cleric who leads US crackdown

POPE Francis is keeping in place the German prelate who leads the crackdown on US nuns and who also helps craft the Catholic Church's sex-abuse response. After six months in the job, Francis made several key appointments Saturday in the Vatican's...

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Woman holds up pizza shop near Ipswich

A WOMAN has allegedly attempted to rob a pizza shop south of Brisbane armed with a knife. The 33-year-old is accused of entering the Redbank Plains store in Ipswich on Friday afternoon and demanding cash at knifepoint. The restaurant's employees...

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Cooking fire claims Qld toddler's life

A TODDLER has died in a house fire west of Brisbane after his 15-year-old aunt accidentally started the blaze during a cooking mishap while babysitting. The single-storey house in Toowoomba was well alight when emergency services arrived on...

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NT government wants GST to remain at 10%

The Northern Territory treasurer says he's happy for the GST to stay at 10 per cent. Source: AAP A HIKE in the GST would be detrimental to Australia's competitiveness in the long run, the Northern Territory treasurer says. Dave Tollner,...

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Raise a glass, Newton-John clinic opens

Olivia Newton-John has opened the final stage of her Cancer and Wellness Centre in Melbourne. Source: AAP OLIVIA Newton-John says her completed cancer centre in Melbourne should be a place where everybody knows your name, and has a drink...

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Man stalks girl on Sydney's north shore

POLICE are looking for a man who followed a girl in his car and then stalked her into a park on Sydney's north shore. The 14-year-old was walking in Hunters Hill on Thursday afternoon when she noticed a grey 4WD with roof racks and black and...

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WA premier braces for more school strikes

More than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across WA. Source: AAP MORE than 20,000 people have come together to support an unprecedented teacher's strike across Western Australia. And beleaguered...

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Vic crews face long factory fire fight

FIREFIGHTERS will work into the night to bring a large blaze at a Melbourne factory under control. Fire broke out in the flooring factory at Dandenong South at about 6pm (AEST) on Thursday, sending thick smoke into nearby suburbs. More than...

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Man charged over murder of Sydney father

A MAN has been charged with murder over the fatal stabbing of a Sydney father. Doonside man Cheyne Duncan, 33, died in Westmead Hospital on Wednesday afternoon after he was attacked with a machete while walking his children home from school....

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Child dies in Qld house fire

A CHILD has died in a house fire in the Queensland city of Toowoomba. Four other children managed to escape the single-storey home in the suburb of North Toowoomba. The house was well alight when emergency services arrived on Thursday evening,...

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BBC report casts doubt on honeymoon death

A BBC report has raised doubts about evidence against a British man sought in South Africa for allegedly orchestrating his wife's murder while on their honeymoon. Shrien Dewani is accused of hiring a hit man to kill his 28-year-old bride, Anni....

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Biden's niece arrested after scuffle

US Vice President Joe Biden's niece has been arrested after getting into a scuffle with police. Source: AAP THE niece of Vice President Joe Biden is being accused of striking a New York City police officer. Police said on Tuesday they...

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Oppn wants to cut airport train ticket fee

The NSW Upper House will review the "station access fee" for Sydney airport. Source: AAP THE NSW Upper House is set to examine whether the "station access fee" for Sydney's airport should be dropped, a move the opposition says would "slash"...

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UK mother accused of starving boy, 4

THE mummified corpse of a four-year-old boy was found in a cot in his mother's bedroom almost two years after he starved to death, a British jury has been told. Hamzah Khan's body was still dressed in a baby-gro when police made the "dreadful...

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Qld man dies in hospital after car crash

A MAN seriously injured in a crash on the Bruce Highway in August has died. The 29-year-old had been in the Princess Alexandra Hospital since rolling his car at Parklands on the Sunshine Coast on the evening of August 31, police say. The Mooloolah...

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LSD guru Timothy Leary's files go public

A New York library has released a vast trove of papers belonging to LSD guru Timothy Leary. Source: AAP A TROVE of Timothy Leary's files could shed new light on the LSD guru, his controversial research into psychedelic drugs and the emergence...

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Man who defaced Queen's portrait in court

A FATHERS' rights campaigner has denied defacing a portrait of the Queen displayed in Westminster Abbey. Tim Haries, 42, is alleged to have smuggled a can of spray paint into the abbey on June 13 before defacing the picture painted by Australian-born...

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Coppola, Domingo win Japanese arts prize

FILMMAKER Francis Ford Coppola and opera singer Placido Domingo are among five winners of a lucrative arts prize that has been dubbed the "Nobel Prize of the arts". The Godfather director and the Spanish tenor are recipients of the Japan Art...

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China opens world's highest airport

THE world's highest civilian airport has opened at an altitude of 4411 metres on the Tibetan plateau in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, state media say. The Daocheng Yading airport in Ganzi prefecture's Daocheng county, or Dapba...

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UN probe exposes Nth Korea rights abuses

A UN-MANDATED investigator has spotlighted "unspeakable atrocities" inflicted on political camp prisoners in North Korea, citing testimony from survivors who saw babies drowned or had to survive by eating lizards. Retired Australian judge Michael...

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ALP members show strong support for Albo

Anthony Albanese received a standing ovation as he launched his bid for the Labor party leadership. Source: AAP The cheer from the outgoing deputy prime minister Anthony Albanese's supporters belted through the trade union hall in Sydney as...

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ACTU fears Abetz's agenda

THE peak union body has raised concerns about incoming Employment Minister Eric Abetz's agenda in power. Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott unveiled his ministerial line up on Monday, naming Eric Abetz as his Employment Minister in waiting. Senator...

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Stronger pound could hit UK recovery

THE pound has defied recent expectations of a fall as it heads towards a level of $US1.60 for the first time in eight months. A focus on prospects for a tapering of monetary stimulus in the American economy has pushed down the greenback against...

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Comet collisions 'can spawn life'

BUILDING blocks of life can spring into existence spontaneously when icy comets smash into planets, a study has shown. A similar process can create amino acids - bits of proteins - when a rocky meteorite strikes an ice-covered world. The discovery...

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Independent still in the lead in Indi

The Victorian seat of Indi may be determined on Monday with a small number of votes to be counted. Source: AAP INDEPENDENT candidate Cathy McGowan continues her slight lead over Liberal incumbent Sophie Mirabella in the battle for the north-east...

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NSW govt changing CSG to bluff people: LTG

A ROSE by any other name ... but what about a gas well? The NSW government is trying to hoodwink communities by changing the name of the controversial coal seam gas (CGS) industry to "natural gas from coal seams," activists say. President of...

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