World's media sweat it out for royal baby

THE media frenzy over the birth of Prince William and his wife Catherine's baby has reached fever pitch as the reported due date came and went with no sign of the royal heir. A rumour that the Duchess of Cambridge had gone into labour on Thursday...

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14 killed in traffic pile-up near Moscow

FOURTEEN people have been killed and 16 injured in a traffic accident outside Moscow involving a truck, a passenger bus and other vehicles, officials say. Police said that according to initial information, the accident took place on Saturday...

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Apologies over plane crash gaffe

US officials have apologised for mistakenly confirming false and offensive names identifying the pilots of the Asiana flight that crashed in San Francisco, leaving three dead and scores injured. Fox network affiliate KTVU news Channel 2 in Oakland...

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NSW teen catches fire, police hunt for ex

A HUNT is underway for a teenager whose ex-girlfriend was allegedly doused in accelerant as she stood near an open fire at a home south of Wollongong. The woman, 19, caught alight and had to be airlifted to Sydney's Royal North Shore Hospital...

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Mandela's wife now 'less anxious'

South Africa has marked 50 years since the police raid that led to Nelson Mandela's life sentence. Source: AAP GRACA Machel, the wife of ailing South African icon Nelson Mandela, says she is less anxious about his condition, five weeks after...

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Popular roving UK broadcaster Whicker dies

ALAN Whicker, one of the most widely-travelled and popular UK broadcasters of his generation, has died aged 87. The presenter and reporter died in the early hours of Friday at his home in Jersey after suffering from bronchial pneumonia, his spokeswoman...

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Global recovery to boost oil demand: IEA

GLOBAL economic recovery and emerging markets led by China will boost growth of oil demand to a record high total next year, the IEA forecasts. Next year, consumption by emerging markets will dominate demand overall, a position "they should hold...

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Ex-UK minister to be charged over expenses

Former UK MP Denis MacShane will be charged with false accounting over parliamentary expense claims. Source: AAP BRITAIN'S former Europe minister Denis MacShane is to be charged with false accounting over his expenses claims in parliament,...

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China plans to further restrict car use

China will further restrict the sale of cars for private use in a bid to fight pollution. Source: AAP CHINA is planning to up the number of cities that restrict vehicle purchases, in a bid to fight pollution and congestion. Four cities...

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Ireland set to pass abortion law

IRISH MPs are set to introduce abortion in limited cases where the mother's life is at risk, when controversial new laws go to a final vote on Wednesday night. The predominantly Catholic nation's abortion laws faced global scrutiny after the...

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Royal Mail privatisation plans announced

Royal Mail will be sold by the British government through flotation on the London Stock Exchange. Source: AAP UP to 150,000 Royal Mail staff are to be handed thousands of pounds in free shares as part of a privatisation, the British government...

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Astronomers spot monster star

ASTRONOMERS have reported their best observation yet of a massive star embryo growing within a dark cloud - the largest stellar "womb" ever spotted in our Milky Way galaxy. The star, which could grow to 100 times the mass of our Sun and up to...

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Tigers 'keep Aceh men up tree for 3 days'

Five men have spent three days in a tree in Indonesia to escape from a group of tigers. Source: AAP FIVE men have spent three days in a tree in Indonesia to escape from a group of tigers that had killed and eaten a sixth member of the group,...

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Suspended death sentence for ex-minister

China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun has been given a suspended death sentence. Source: AAP CHINA'S former railways minister Liu Zhijun has been given a suspended death sentence for his role in a huge corruption scandal, the official...

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Myanmar 'Godfather of Heroin' dies: report

A former drug kingpin, once dubbed the "godfather of heroin" has died in his home in Myanmar. Source: AAP A FORMER drug kingpin and business tycoon that the US government once dubbed the "godfather of heroin" has died in his home in Myanmar...

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Pupils' Weight Concerns Highlighted

CHILDREN as young as 10 are unhappy with their weight and believe they need to shed some pounds, research suggests. It indicates that young people become increasingly concerned about their weight as they grow up, with nearly two-thirds of 14 and...

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Qatada denies Jordan terror charges

Islamist cleric Abu Qatada has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges in Jordan. Source: AAP ISLAMIST cleric Abu Qatada has pleaded not guilty to terrorism charges pressed by Jordanian military prosecutors just hours after his deportation...

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Syrian city almost flattened: monitors

INTENSE fighting in the central Syrian city of Homs has left up to 70 per cent of a besieged rebel-held district damaged, destroyed or uninhabitable, a monitoring group says. The estimate from the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights on Sunday...

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