Royals freed after critical tweets

KUWAIT has released two members of the Al-Sabah ruling family after holding them for two days allegedly over tweets deemed critical of the government, they said on Twitter Saturday. Sheikh Abdullah Salem Al-Sabah was released late on Friday,...

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Iraq cancels $4bn Russia arms deal

BAGHDAD has cancelled a $US4.2 billion ($4.05 billion) weapons package with Russia citing graft concerns, torpedoing a deal that would have made Moscow Iraq's biggest arms supplier after the US. Cancellation of the deal, which had been announced...

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Fears blight 'Malala Day' in schoolgirl's hometown

PAKISTAN marked "Malala Day" on a global day of support for the teenager shot by the Taliban for promoting girls' education, but in her home town security fears meant schoolmates could not honour her in public. PTaliban hitmen shot Malala Yousafzai...

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Holocaust opera premiere in parliament

AN OPERA focusing on Nazi atrocities against children will premiere next year at an unusual venue - Austria's parliament. An official involved in the staging says the opera will be performed for the first time at the parliament on Jan. 25, marking...

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Stalker kills woman on police tip-off

A MAN who stabbed his ex-girlfriend to death in Japan learned her new married name and where she lived from the police officers who arrested him for stalking her, media reported Friday. Hideto Kozutsumi was held in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest...

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European stocks, euro drop

EUROPEAN stock markets have slid and the euro has dropped against the dollar at the end of a week dominated by rising concern about the economic outlook for the United States and eurozone. Sentiment took a fresh hit in indebted eurozone member...

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Spain meets 2012 bond-selling target

SPAIN has met its 2012 bond sales target in an auction, strengthening the government's hand as it resists seeking an international bailout. The Spanish Treasury raised 4.76 billion euros ($A5.88 billion) in a sale of three-, five- and 20-year...

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European stocks rebound before rate calls

EUROPEAN stock markets have rebounded slightly, while the euro has fallen further, before regional monetary policy decisions and after indebted eurozone member Greece approved new austerity measures. Gains were capped amid concern that the US...

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Defiant Assad refuses to leave Syria

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to "live and die" in Syria, saying in an interview he will never flee his country despite the bloody, 19-month-old uprising against him. The broadcast comes two days after British Prime Minister David...

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Victims trapped as Ghana mall collapses

A SIX-STOREY shopping mall has collapsed in the Ghanaian capital Accra and an unknown number of victims are feared trapped in the rubble, witnesses and an AFP correspondent say. "I was very close to the mall because I was going to buy something...

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Drive-by shooting narrowly misses girl

A BULLET fired into a house in Melbourne's north has narrowly missed a young girl who was watching television. Hume Crime Investigation Unit detectives say the shot fired into the Broadmeadows house passed through the front window, continued...

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PM rules out meeting with Iran Ahmadinejad

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard has condemned Iran over its threats against Israel, while also reiterating support for tough sanctions aimed curbing the country's nuclear ambitions. The prime minister arrived in Bali on Wednesday afternoon ahead...

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European stocks climb ahead of US polls

EUROPE'S main stock markets have advanced in cautious deals as investors awaited the outcome of the US presidential election and digested news of bumper profits from carmaker BMW. Markets on Tuesday held on to their gains despite a downbeat survey...

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'Police planted weapons on slain miners'

SOUTH African police may have altered the scene and planted weapons after they shot dead 34 striking miners near Lonmin's Marikana mines in August, according to photographic evidence presented at a commission of inquiry into the killings. Photographs...

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Choppers fight bushfire near houses

WATER-bombing helicopters joined the battle against bushfires in Brisbane's southwest on Tuesday, dumping thousands of litres of water to douse flames that neared fence lines. Senior firefighters estimated the fire ripped through 50 acres of...

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Swiss team prepares for Arafat exhumation

A SWISS laboratory team has arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah to prepare for the exhumation of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, Palestinian sources said on Monday. The team, along with French investigators, is expected to...

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G20 action needed, not just planning: Swan

EDS: Not for use before 0001 AEST on Tuesday, November 6. By Colin Brinsden, AAP Economics Correspondent CANBERRA, Nov 6 AAP - Treasurer Wayne Swan says the Group of 20 major economies have spent too much time on discussing crisis management...

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Nigeria gunmen burn police station, school

GUNMEN with explosives are said to have attacked a police station, a primary school and two mobile phone towers in a town in Nigeria's restive northeast and set them ablaze. "We heard that there were some attacks in Fika by suspected Boko Haram...

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Newspaper discloses new Cameron texts

A BRITISH lawmaker says he's asked the country's media ethics inquiry to consider newly disclosed text messages sent between Prime Minister David Cameron and Rebekah Brooks, the ex-chief executive of Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper division....

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UK soldier 'stabbed dead by tourists'

A British soldier has died after being stabbed while on a night out in Cyprus. Source: AFP A TEENAGE British soldier has been stabbed to death during a night club confrontation with a group of British tourists in the holiday resort of Ayia...

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