Chinese man gets death for child deaths

A CHINESE man who hacked three children to death and injured 13 others at a daycare centre in southern China has been sentenced to death. The official Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday that Wu Yechang was convicted of intentional homicide...

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Two dead in Vic road tragedy

THE drivers of two cars described to police as racing erratically and side-by-side on a Victorian highway before a fatal crash are aged in their 50s and 60s. Victorian police say concerned witnesses called them about a high-speed car race on...

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Case of burned woman baffles NSW cops

A severely burnt woman discovered in Sydney bushland claimed she was a victim of a chemical attack. Source: AAP POLICE are mystified as to how a woman who was critically burned in an apparent chemical attack survived for days on the streets...

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Emergency alert for Stradbroke Island fire

A watch and act alert has been issued for a bushfire on Queensland's North Stradbroke Island. Source: AAP AN emergency bushfire alert has been issued for a blaze on Queensland's North Stradbroke Island, with warnings that homes may be lost....

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Aust mum seeks truth about Thai death

THE Australian mother of a 24-year-old man who died after a five-storey fall in Thailand hopes police reports provide fresh evidence into his death, which she believes followed an assault. Karen Edwards, whose son Nathan died at the Hilton Arcadia...

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No quotas on police score cards: top cop

Queensland's top cop says score cards used to rate officer performance won't set quotas for fines. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND'S top cop says ordinary citizens have no reason to fear they'll be targeted by police when score cards are used to rate...

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Nurses to join medicare protest in Sydney

Nurses and midwives are to join a protest in Sydney against proposed changes to Medicare. Source: AAP NURSES and midwives are to join a protest in Sydney against proposed changes to Medicare. Acting General Secretary of the NSW Nurses'...

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Briton, New Zealander shot dead in Libya

LIBYAN troops have found the bodies of a British man and a New Zealand woman shot dead southwest of Tripoli, a security source says. "The bodies of a British man and a New Zealand woman who had been killed by bullets were found on the beach...

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NSW nursing home resident found safe

Police are concerned about a 63-year-old man who was last seen at a Sydney aged care home on Sunday. Source: AAP A 63-YEAR-OLD man who went missing in Sydney's inner west for five days has come home. Police had appealed for help finding...

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Replacement party cancelled at Wet n Wild

A replacement for a cancelled New Year's Eve festival at Sydney's Wet 'n' Wild has been cancelled. Source: AAP THE recently opened Wet 'n' Wild theme park in Sydney won't be hired out for big events in the near future following the last-minute...

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Chinese cook crashes balloon in sea

A CHINESE cook who crashed into the sea while trying to fly a hot-air balloon to islands claimed by both China and Japan has been rescued by Japan's coast guard. Xu Shuaijun, 35, crashed on Wednesday after hitting turbulence as he approached...

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X-Cross star to undergo surgery

MOTOCROSS star Jackson Strong is to undergo surgery to his left leg after a New Year's Eve explosion left him injured. The two-time X-games gold medallist is in Sydney's St George Hospital due to undergo surgery on Friday following a gas explosion...

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Marijuana laws the real crime: pot party

AUSTRALIA needs to chill out about marijuana and take its cue from US states Colorado and Washington by legalising the drug, the HEMP Party says. Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party president Michael Balderstone says Australia needs to...

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Vic and Tas deaths take road toll to 25

THE deaths of two men in car crashes in Victoria and Tasmania have taken the national holiday road toll to 25. A man aged in his 80s died after his car struck a median strip and flipped onto its roof in Hastings, southeast of Melbourne at around...

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Passengers safe after Antarctic rescue

Authorities say the rescue mission for the passengers stranded off Antarctica will commence shortly. Source: AAP MORE than 50 passengers who were on a Russian ship stuck in sea ice in Antarctica have been rescued in a helicopter transfer...

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New year heats up in parts of Australia

QUEENSLAND is about to swelter through a heatwave, with the mercury tipped to reach close to 50C this week. But South Australians are already sweating through 2014, with some northern centres posting temperatures in the high 40s. In the western...

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Sydney measles outbreak spreads in NZ

AN outbreak of measles linked to a Sydney hip-hop dance festival has spread from Auckland to the New Zealand cities of Turangi and Taupo, with 10 cases confirmed. An 18-year-old Auckland woman was the first to have been reported contracting measles...

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Motorcyclist dies in Perth crash

A MOTORCYCLIST has died after being thrown off his bike while riding on a Perth highway. Police said the 46-year-old man was riding his motorbike south on Tonkin Highway at Ascot when the incident occurred about 11.47am (WST) on Wednesday. ...

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Vic man lost teeth after hit on NYE

A man has lost several teeth after he was punched in the face at a New Year's party in Melbourne. Source: AAP A MAN has lost several teeth after he was punched in the face at an out-of-control New Year's Eve party in Melbourne. The 31-year-old...

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Vic fire crews contain chemical spill

FIREFIGHTERS have worked for more than six hours to contain a chemical spill at a food crate manufacturing site in Melbourne's west. Firefighters are neutralising a sanitising agent called Oxyzan ZS after it leaked from a container at a factory...

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Clouds don't dampen New Year fireworks

Spectators have begun descending on Sydney's popular spots for the New Year's Eve fireworks show. Source: AAP A CLOUDY Sydney sky has come to life with a kaleidoscope of shooting comets and giant wheels of colour as the city's New Year's Eve...

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Painted night skies kick off New Year

SYDNEY and Melbourne have kicked off the party that starts the world's new year by painting the night sky. A kaleidoscope of colourful fireworks were launched into the skies of both cities before an estimated two million revellers on Tuesday -...

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Man arrested over double murder

A man has been arrested on suspicion over the double murder of a mother and her daughter in Perth. Source: AAP A 19-YEAR-OLD man has been arrested on suspicion over the double murder of a mother and her daughter in Perth. The bodies of...

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Stradbroke Island fire prompts evacuation

Around 900 campers will be taken off North Stradbroke Island as a large bushfire burns in the area. Source: AAP AROUND 900 campers on North Stradbroke Island will be evacuated on New Year's Day as a large bushfire burns in the area. The...

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Games will be safe says AOC

Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates believes the Sochi Winter Games will be safe. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S Olympic chiefs are confident athletes and spectators will be safe at the Winter Games in Sochi, despite two suicide bombings...

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NSW workers comp changes for 2014

Controversial changes to workers comp laws are among many new laws to take effect in NSW next year. Source: AAP INJURED workers and children attending childcare will be among the winners and losers at the start of 2014, as new laws kick in...

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Vic child killed after tree branch fall

A CHILD has died and a woman was seriously injured after a tree branch fell on them at a park in Bendigo. Police said the pair were at Rosalind Park when a large branch has fallen from a tree about 5.20pm (AEDT) and killed the young girl. The...

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Holiday toll rises to 21

Three more people have died on Australian roads, taking the Christmas holiday road toll to 21. Source: AAP A HORROR NSW car crash that claimed the life of a young girl and injured five others is one of three fatal smashes that has lifted the...

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Cyclone impacting WA's north coast

Residents in and near Port Hedland have been told to take shelter as Cyclone Christine intensifies. Source: AAP A RED alert remains in place for communities from Pardoo to Mardie in the Pilbara as tropical cyclone Christine starts to impact...

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Perth gets ready for NYE parties

An extra 1000 police officers will be on the streets on New Year's Eve in Perth. Source: AAP LIVE music, fancy-dress parties and fireworks are on offer in Perth for New Year's Eve, but police are warning revellers to act responsibly. ...

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GP fee would 'clog up' hospitals: Labor

LABOR says a $5 fee for bulk-billed GP visits would put extra pressure on the public health system by clogging up hospital emergency departments, labelling the idea a "tax on taking your sick child to the doctor". The federal government has refused...

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Winds flaming north coast bushfire

AN out-of-control bushfire threatening homes on the state's north coast is being pushed north by strong winds, the Rural Fire Service (RFS) says. At 9.26pm (AEDT), the RFS said the blaze was burning near the corner of Byron Bay Road and Bundaleer...

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Cyclone accelerates towards WA coast

A category two cyclone off the Western Australian Kimberley coast is expected to intensify. Source: AAP A CATEGORY two cyclone off Western Australia's Kimberley coast is picking up speed as it heads towards the Pilbara. Tropical Cyclone...

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Times Square preps for New Year's Eve bash

New York City's Times Square is getting ready for New Year's Eve celebrations on Tuesday night. Source: AAP NEW York City's Times Square is getting ready for New Year's Eve. The square will host millions on Tuesday night counting down...

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Suicide bomber kills 13 in Russia's south

A female suicide bomber set off a blast in a train station in Russia killing at least 13 people. Source: AAP AT least 13 people have been killed and scores wounded by a suicide bomber at a railway station in southern Russia, officials said....

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