Rainbow Warrior leaves Australian waters

Greenpeace's ship the Rainbow Warrior is leaving Australian shores after a "successful" tour. Source: AAP GREENPEACE ship the Rainbow Warrior is leaving Australian shores after a "successful" tour raising awareness about the coal industry's...

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Man charged over fatal Melbourne hit-run

A MAN is due to face court over a fatal hit-and-run crash in Melbourne. A 28-year-old Maidstone man was hit as he crossed Ballarat Road in Footscray on Thursday night. He was taken to the Royal Melbourne Hospital with serious head injuries...

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Japan tsunami boat confirmed in California

A JAPANESE fishing boat washed across the Pacific following the 2011 tsunami has been confirmed as the first piece of debris to reach the coast of California. The six-meter skiff, found this month near the northern Californian coastal town of...

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Katter Party could preference Palmer party

Katter's Australian Party could preference Clive Palmer's party at the federal election. Source: AAP KATTER'S Australian Party (KAP) could preference Clive Palmer's United Australia Party (UAP) at the federal election. The mining magnate...

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Syrian officials deny chemical weapon use

TWO Syrian officials have denied the government has used chemical weapons against rebel forces, saying the regime has no need for them. The denials follow assertions by the White House and other top Obama administration officials that US intelligence...

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Iraq toll rises after mosque bombs

The Iraqi prime minister warned of a return to civil war as 179 people were killed over three days. Source: AAP BOMBS have exploded at four Sunni mosques in the Baghdad area after prayers, killing four people and raising the death toll from...

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NSW driver runs down man, punches police

A DRIVER deliberately drove into a group of men outside a hotel in Bathurst, running down and injuring one before resisting arrest, police say. A 23-year-old man has been charged with a number of offences after allegedly crossing to the wrong...

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Protests as Bangladesh toll hits 200

HUNDREDS of thousands of garment workers have walked of the job in Bangladesh after the deaths of 200 people in a building collapse. Grief turned to anger on Thursday as the workers, some carrying sticks, blockaded key highways in at least three...

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Iraq bloodshed stokes fears of civil war

THE deaths of more than 100 people in violence between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arab protesters and their supporters have raised fears of a return to all-out sectarian conflict. The trouble began on Tuesday when security forces moved into...

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UK police 'have amnesia' over hacking

BRITISH police knew of claims that journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World hacked into a murdered schoolgirl's mobile phone but they failed to investigate, the police watchdog said. Britain's Independent Police Complaints Commission...

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Afghan quake kills seven, injures dozens

SEVEN people were killed and dozens injured when a 6.2 quake struck eastern Afghanistan, officials say. Six people, including some children, died in Nangarhar province on Wednesday, and 75 people were injured, said provincial spokesman Ahmad...

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Pope appeals for release of Syrian bishops

POPE Francis has called for the release of two Syrian bishops kidnapped by gunmen near Aleppo, after a Christian group appeared to retract its claim that the clerics had been freed. Aleppo's Greek Orthodox Bishop Boulos Yaziji and Syriac Orthodox...

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Clashes in north Iraq leave 40 dead

DEADLY fighting has hit Kirkuk province in north Iraq, with 27 people killed in clashes between protesters and security forces and 13 gunmen dying in subsequent revenge attacks on the army. The clashes mark the deadliest eruption of violence linked...

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Australian population hits 23m, ABS says

The Australian Bureau of Statistics' population clock is expected to reach 23 million on Tuesday. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA is now home to 23 million people, according to an estimate by the Australian Bureau of Statistics' (ABS), with the milestone...

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NSW police officer caught drink driving

A NSW police officer has been suspended after he was caught drink driving, police say. Source: AAP A NSW police officer has been suspended after he was caught drink driving, police say. The officer, 48, was arrested on Sunday after he...

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Police catch NSW prison escapee

A PRISONER who escaped from a jail in NSW's Upper Hunter has been recaptured by police. Dean Wells, 29, was reported missing from the St Heliers Correctional Complex in Muswellbrook after 4pm (AEDT) on Monday. He was arrested at Muswellbrook...

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Turks in talks over chopper hostages

THE Taliban have seized up to nine foreigners from a helicopter forced to make an emergency landing in Afghanistan, officials said, with Turks and Russians on board. The charter firm running the Mi-8 helicopter said seven Turks working on a road...

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Murder-suicide prisoner 'unstable': lawyer

A PRISONER who died in a suspected murder-suicide at a Sydney jail was concerned about his "unstable" cellmate, his lawyer says. The bodies of the men, aged 41 and 47, were found at Silverwater Prison's Metropolitan Remand and Reception Centre...

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Jordan arrests eight Syrian refugees

Jordanian demonstrators have called on authorities to close a refugee camp housing Syrians. Source: AAP POLICE have arrested eight Syrians on suspicion of inciting riots at a refugee camp near the Jordan-Syria border. About 100 Syrian...

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Girl indecently assaulted at Sydney beach

POLICE are searching for man in his 60s who they allege indecently assaulted a seven year-old girl at an eastern Sydney beach. They say the incident occurred while the girl was on a day out with her family at Coogee Beach, about 2pm (AEST) on...

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84 arrested at western Sydney rave

Most of the 84 arrests made at a Sydney music festival were due to sniffer dogs, police say. Source: AAP POLICE have made 84 mainly drug-related arrests at a rave in western Sydney. Dance music festival IQON ran most of Saturday at the...

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