Vic man charged after ute crash kills two

A 19-YEAR-OLD Victorian man has been charged with culpable driving after a ute rolled killing two people. Robert Saunders was the driver of a ute carrying six people when it left the road and rolled onto its roof ejecting several passengers,...

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Assault weapons ban deserves vote: Obama

US President Barack Obama says each of his proposed steps to reduce gun violence should get a vote in Congress - even an assault weapons ban that both parties agree stands little chance at passing. Senate Democrats dropped the ban from the bill...

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One month delay in Berlusconi trial

A COURT in Milan has delayed by a month the next hearing in former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's appeal trial against a conviction for tax fraud after a request by his lawyers. Judges accepted Berlusconi's justification that he could not...

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National Apology for Forced Adoptions

Prime Minister Julia Gillard's National Apology for Forced Adoptions, delivered in Canberra on Thursday. Today, this Parliament, on behalf of the Australian people, takes responsibility and apologises for the policies and practices that forced...

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'Autism risk rise over generations'

OLDER fathers are more likely than younger men to have grandchildren with autism, researchers say. A new study suggests genetic risk factors for the condition accumulate over generations. Scientists have analysed family and psychiatric records...

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Kurdish rebel leader calls for ceasefire

JAILED Kurdish rebel chief Abdullah Ocalan has called for a ceasefire, telling militants to lay down their arms and withdraw from Turkish soil, raising hopes for an end to a three-decade conflict with Turkey that has cost tens of thousands of lives....

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Vic man charged with murder

A 23-YEAR-OLD man has been charged over the murder of a man in Victoria's southwest. Matthew Drayton was charged with the murder of a 57-year-old man found dead at a house in Winchelsea. Police found the dead man at about 4.15pm (AEDT) on Wednesday...

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Asian markets mixed after Cyprus vote

ASIAN markets were mixed on Wednesday after Cypriot lawmakers comprehensively rejected a plan to tax savings as part of a crucial bailout deal. The euro rebounded from morning losses to climb against the yen and dollar as European leaders sought...

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Tiny implant conducts blood tests

A TINY implant that conducts blood tests under the skin could greatly improve the tracking and treatment of cancer and other diseases, researchers claim. The 14 millimetre-long device is packed with miniaturised electronics including five sensors...

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Three-parent IVF to move closer?

THE UK could move a step closer today to allowing IVF babies with DNA from three different people. Techniques that give a baby DNA from a father, a mother and a woman donor to prevent inherited disorders are currently outlawed. But today the...

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Dead pigs in China river exceed 13,000

The number of dead pigs found in a river running through Shanghai has reached more than 13,000. Source: AAP THE number of dead pigs found in a river running through China's commercial hub Shanghai has reached more than 13,000, as mystery deepened...

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Half a million new homes for Sydney

NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard has unveiled a 20-year blueprint for Sydney's growth. Source: AAP A 20-YEAR blueprint for Sydney's growth has identified a need for more than half a million new homes by 2031 but lobby groups want clarity...

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Cost for water on the rise in southeast

RATEPAYERS in five southeast Queensland Council areas, including Brisbane, will pay an extra 3.9 per cent for water and sewerage this coming financial year. Confirming the news this afternoon, Queensland Urban Utilities, which services the Brisbane,...

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Airbus wins record order from Lion Air

EUROPEAN aircraft maker Airbus on Monday announced a record order worth 18.4 billion euros ($A23.1 billion) from Indonesia's Lion Air for 234 medium-haul A320 jets. Lion Air, Indonesia's largest private carrier and one of the world's fastest growing...

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Saudi Arabia sentences Indon maid to death

A SAUDI court has sentenced an Indonesian housemaid to death after she was convicted of decapitating her employers' four-year-old child, sparking two other deaths, a newspaper reports. The maid was "charged with decapitating the girl with a cleaver...

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Somali car bomb attack kills eight: police

AT least eight people have been killed by a car bomb in central Mogadishu in one of the bloodiest attacks in the war-ravaged capital in recent months, police say. Security sources added that a top intelligence official was the target of Monday's...

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PM facing landslide loss in new poll

THE latest Fairfax Media/Nielsen poll offers no glimmer of hope for Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her government which shows the Labor Party seemingly entrenched at a 31 per cent primary vote. With the Tony Abbott-led coalition unchanged...

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'Pray for me', new Pope Francis urges

POPE Francis has appeared before some 150,000 pilgrims massed in St Peter's Square for his first Angelus prayer and asked the faithful to pray for him. "Thank you for your welcome, and for your prayers," the first Pope from Latin America said...

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Count under way after Zimbabwe referendum

ZIMBABWE is tallying the ballots from a constitutional referendum that looked set to curb President Robert Mugabe's powers and tee up crucial elections in the violence-plagued nation. The first incomplete trickle of results pointed to landslide...

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