16 sites for new nuclear plants in Iran

IRAN has selected 16 locations for the contruction of nuclear power plants as part of a plan to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity at multiple sites over the next 15 years. State TV says that experts at the Atomic Energy Organisation of...

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Pistorius spends time with family

Oscar Pistorius (R) has been freed on bail pending a high-profile trial for killing his girlfriend. Source: AAP SOUTH Africa's Olympic "Blade Runner" and murder suspect Oscar Pistorius was on Saturday with his family spending his first day...

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Opposition slams world inaction on Syria

Syria's opposition coalition says it will form a government to run "liberated areas" of the country. Source: AAP THE umbrella opposition National Coalition condemned world powers for failing to act to stop the slaughter in Syria, as missiles...

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Verbal spray ends in Vic man's death

A SHOUTING match has turned violent in Victoria's east, leaving one man dead. Two men had been arguing in the east Gippsland town of Orbost when the disagreement escalated and became physical. Police say one of the men suffered serious injuries...

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China holds general's son for gang rape

CHINA has detained the 17-year-old son of a general on suspicion of involvement in a gang rape, reports said, the latest allegation against the privileged children of officials to spark public outrage. Li Tianyi, the son of general Li Shuangjiang...

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Toddler missing in Queensland southeast

POLICE are looking for a two-year-old boy missing on a property in Queensland's southeast. The toddler was last seen on the property at South Maclean about 6pm (AEST) on Friday, police said in a statement. They began a search of the area a...

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Prince Harry shows off new girl on slopes

PRINCE Harry has shown he's serious about girlfriend Cressida Bonas by hugging her on a Swiss ski slope in front of the world's paparazzi. Top-selling British tabloid The Sun told readers: "Harry is like a dog with a Bonas". Photographs of...

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French Tigre hits rebels in Mali

A FRENCH Tigre attack helicopter has fired on a pickup truck containing jihadist fighters during clashes in rugged northern Mali, killing about 10 insurgents. France's main military spokesman Colonel Thierry Burkhard said on Thursday the firefight...

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Man charged after Mt Gravatt shooting

Two people have been wounded after shootings at Upper Mount Gravatt and Pimpama this afternoon in Queensland A 24-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a man in the face in an incident at Mount...

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Canadian tourist's body found in tank

POLICE say the body of a woman found wedged in a water tank on the roof of a Los Angeles hotel is that of a missing Canadian guest. Investigators used body markings to identify 21-year-old Elisa Lam, police spokeswoman Officer Diana Figueroa...

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AngloGold reports profit slump

ANGLOGOLD Ashanti, the third-biggest gold producer in the world, has reported a 47 per cent plunge in net profit in 2012 to $US849 million ($A824.11 million). Net profit on a comparable asset basis fell by 29.0 per cent to $US924 million, the...

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Indon pollie sacked over text divorce

INDONESIA'S president has sacked a district chief who took an 18-year-old as his second wife but divorced her after four days via text message, accusing her of not being a virgin. The case of Aceng Fikri, the chief of the town of Garut 200 kilometres...

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Ukraine tycoon pledges fortune to charity

VIKTOR Pinchuk, the Ukrainian metals and media tycoon who is the country's second-richest man, said on Tuesday that he would give at least half of his estimated $US3.7 billion ($A3.61 billion) fortune to charity. Pinchuk, 52, becomes the first...

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McGowan vows to be tough with Canberra

GETTING tough with Canberra is something West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has become known for, and now his political opponent says he'll do the same. WA Labor leader Mark McGowan has repeatedly deflected questions over why Prime Minister...

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Trial over UK woman's beheading begins

A BULGARIAN man with a history of mental health problems is on trial, accused over the decapitation a British woman at a shop on the Spanish holiday island of Tenerife. Deyan Valentinov Deyanov, 29, attended the opening of the trial at the provincial...

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EU approves military mission to Mali

EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers formally approved the launch of a 500-strong EU military mission to train the Malian army, which has already begun work on the ground. A first group of 70 EU military arrived in the west African nation 10 days...

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Missing teen found safe

HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? A Facebook image of Connaire Daniels. Source: Facebook CONNAIRE Daniels has been found safe and well after going missing on Sunday morning from Salisbury. Police tonight said they had located the 13-year-old boy and have...

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Pakistani city mourns after bomb kills 81

PROTESTS have erupted across Pakistan to demand protection for Shi'ite Muslims after 81 people died in a bomb blast, in the latest of a series of bloody sectarian attacks. The bomb containing nearly a tonne of explosives, was hidden in a water...

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Drug lab, guns found in Sydney home

POLICE have charged an alleged bikie gang associate after several firearms and a clandestine laboratory were found in a house in Sydney's west. Police say a replica revolver, replica rifle, sawn-off shotgun, loaded sawn-off rifle and stolen...

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Vic filmmaker Clifford wins Tropfest

VICTORIAN filmmaker Nicholas Clifford has been crowned victor at the 21st Tropfest, making him the last person to win before the festival moves dates and location. Tropfest is waving goodbye to the end of an era as it readies to move from February...

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