US military aircraft hit in South Sudan

TWO US military aircraft responding to the outbreak of violence in South Sudan have been hit by incoming fire, wounding three US service members. Two officials said the aircraft were heading to Bor, the capital of the state of Jonglei and scene...

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Attacks across Iraq leave 15 people dead

A STRING of attacks across Iraq has killed 15 people, including a senior military commander, a colonel and five soldiers who all died during a raid on an al-Qaeda hideout, officials said. Police officials said army Major General Mohammed al-Karawi,...

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Cafe fire shuts UK theme park

A THEME park near London has been forced to close after a blaze in one of its cafes. There are no reports of any injuries. A Chessington spokesman said no staff, visitors or animals were injured. "The theme park and zoo were closed at the...

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Saudi Arabia reports death from new virus

SAUDI Arabia says one more person has died from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing to 56 the number of deaths in the kingdom at the centre of the outbreak. The Health Ministry said Saturday that a 73-year-old, chronically ill...

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Astronauts begin urgent space repairs

ASTRONAUTS have stepped out on the first of a series of urgent repair spacewalks at the International Space Station. The two Americans on the crew floated outside on Saturday morning. They will disconnect an ammonia pump that contains a bad...

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Swedish Christmas goat engulfed in flames

VANDALS in Sweden have burned down for the 27th time a giant straw goat meant to symbolise Christmas spirit. The 13-metre high and 3.6-tonne heavy straw goat was engulfed in flames early on Saturday after unidentified assailants attacked it...

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Security scare at NSW parliament house

Police have rushed in and grabbed a man from a car after a stand-off outside NSW Parliament. Source: AAP A DISGRUNTLED former taxi driver who sparked a two-hour stand-off outside NSW Parliament has been charged. Abdula Ganiji has been charged...

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Man refused bail for cold-case murder

THREE decades after Sydney nurse Mary Louise Wallace went missing, a 61-year-old man has been charged with her murder and refused bail. Ms Wallace, 33, went missing from Sydney's north shore in the early hours of September 24, 1983. On the...

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Sisters cleared of fraud in UK Lawson case

TWO former personal assistants to Charles Saatchi and his ex-wife Nigella Lawson have been cleared of fraud. The jury at Isleworth Crown Court, west London, found Italian sisters Elisabetta and Francesca Grillo not guilty of a single count of...

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Nigerian church bomber gets life in jail

A NIGERIAN court has sentenced the convicted participant of a 2011 Christmas Day bombing of a Catholic church to life in prison. At least 44 people died in the explosion. The Federal High Court found Kabiru Sokoto guilty of terrorism and murder....

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Farmers clash with police in Greece

FARMERS from the island of Crete are clashing with police outside Greece's parliament as MPs prepare to vote on a new property tax that will extend the levy to include farms. Hundreds of farmers took an overnight ferry to protest in Athens on...

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Kinnock's son plans to become UK MP

Street Watch: drug MDMA seized A SECOND man has been charged after hundreds of MDMA tablets and a handgun were allegedly found at a Bringelly property earlier this month. Bon Scott - the unseen footage VIDEO, PICS: Unseen footage and photographs...

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Merkel says EU must be ready for changes

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been sworn in to a third term as Germany's head of government. Source: AAP GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel says European Union members must be open to treaty changes to strengthen joint economic governance in the...

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Amnesty granted to Greenpeace Arctic 30

GREENPEACE'S Arctic 30 have expressed relief after the Russian parliament voted to grant them amnesty, the environmental organisation says. Three months after 28 activists and two freelance journalists were arrested at an Arctic oil platform,...

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Two facing charges over fatal Vic attack

TWO men accused of attacking a 36-year-old man in Melbourne could be facing more serious charges after he died in hospital from his injuries. Police had initially charged the pair with intentionally causing serious injury and other offences...

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Britain to move to plastic banknotes

PLASTIC bank notes are to be issued by the Bank of England for the first time when the new STG5 ($A9.19) note featuring Sir Winston Churchill appears in 2016. A STG10 ($A18.39) note featuring Jane Austen to follow around a year later will also...

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Saatchi assistant 'not a fantasist'

A FORMER personal assistant of Nigella Lawson and her art dealer ex-husband Charles Saatchi, who is accused of defrauding the couple, has denied she was a fantasist and a "shopaholic". Francesca Grillo, 35, and her sister Elisabetta, 41, are alleged...

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Russia passes bill to drop crew's charges

RUSSIAN lawmakers have unanimously approved a Kremlin-backed amnesty bill that will lead to charges being dropped against 30 Greenpeace crew members, as well as freeing two jailed members of the punk band Pussy Riot. Russia's Duma lower house...

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Two stabbed in Sydney

TWO men are in hospital after being stabbed in what police believe are related incidents in Sydney's southwest. Emergency services were called to Meredith Street in Bankstown at 9pm on Tuesday following reports of a stabbing. A man, aged in...

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'White powder in Nigella's handbag': PA

A London court has heard TV cook Nigella Lawson was unhappy in her marriage to Charles Saatchi. Source: AAP NIGELLA Lawson's former personal assistant "frequently" found rolled-up banknotes with white powder on them in her handbag, she has...

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Syria peace talks to open in Montreux: UN

The UN has called for $US6.5 billion in aid for the expected 4.1 million Syrian refugees in 2014. Source: AAP THE long-delayed "Geneva II" peace conference for Syria will open in the Swiss lakeside town of Montreux because of a lack of hotel...

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Knox 'afraid' to front Italian court

US murder suspect Amanda Knox has emailed an Italian court to say she is "afraid" to show up for her trial on charges of killing British student Meredith Kercher, judge Alessandro Nencini says. Knox, who is a defendant, along with her former Italian...

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Helicopter maker issues safety alert

HELICOPTER manufacturer Eurocopter has issued a worldwide safety alert after a fault was found in the model of craft that crashed into a Glasgow pub, killing 10 people. The company said there was a problem with the fuel indication system on some...

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China zookeeper killed by tiger

A KEEPER at Shanghai's zoo has been mauled to death by a rare South China tiger after entering its enclosure, officials and colleagues say. In brief statements on their Twitter-like microblogs, the zoo and Municipal Landscaping Administration...

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Fawcett auction items sell for $200,000

PERSONAL items belonging to late actress Farrah Fawcett have fetched $US200,000 ($A224,997.19) at auction. Items including the iconic red swimsuit she wore for an Esquire magazine shoot, her passport, a script from her 1984 TV film The Burning...

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NSW woman dies in single vehicle crash

A 45-YEAR-OLD woman has been killed in Sydney's west when the car she was driving crashed at Hassall Grove. Police say the woman was driving along Luxford Road about 12.50am (AEDT) on Sunday when her car hit the gutter, before crashing through the...

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Missing Qld man found after four days

A MAN who went missing for four days in southwest Queensland, sparking a massive air and land search, has been found. Two aircraft, police and State Emergency Service volunteers helped search a property south of Quilpie after the man, in his...

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Police assaulted at NSW soccer game

A POLICEMAN had to use "defensive strikes" to force a man to release his grip on his groin during a brawl at a Newcastle A-League soccer match. Another police officer was punched in the head by another man in the melee, which saw a spectator...

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NAB's business satisfaction rating falls

AUSTRALIA'S biggest business lender National Australia Bank has fallen further behind its big four rivals in business customer satisfaction. NAB had an average satisfaction rating of 6.9 out of ten in November, well behind Commonwealth Bank...

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Extreme fire danger in WA prompts bans

FIRE alerts ranging from severe to extreme for much of Western Australia have prompted total fire bans in many areas, including parts of the Goldfields-Midlands region. With temperatures set to soar again on Monday, the Department of Fire and...

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