Tourists flock to Sydney for NY eve

SYDNEY'S famous fireworks have attracted not only locals, but brought in overseas visitors keen to experience New Year's Eve down under. American Melissa Sjostedt says she's wanted to see the fireworks on the bridge since reading about it in a...

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Shark sightings clear SA beaches

SOUTH Australian swimmers have had a New Year's scare with shark sightings forcing the closure of two popular beaches. Police said Moana Beach, south of Adelaide, had been evacuated and closed on Monday evening (ACDT) after a 2.5-metre shark...

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Thousands gather on Sydney harbour for NYE

Sydney's lord mayor says the city is spending $6.6 million on its New Year's Eve event. Source: AAP THOUSANDS of revellers have gathered at Sydney's sparkling harbour to take part in the party that kicks off New Year's celebrations the world...

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UK bishop urges against gay marriage

THE head of the Roman Catholic Church in England and Wales has urged followers to write to their representatives in Parliament to oppose the government's plans to allow gay marriage. In a letter read to congregations over the weekend, the Archbishop...

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Thousands pack Darling Harbour

THOUSANDS of people have packed Sydney's Darling Harbour with a record number of families, tourists and partygoers turning out for the fireworks. Event organisers estimate a record 130,000 people will pack in by the 9pm display. "There is definitely...

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Woman accused of NYC subway murder

A woman has been charged with murdering an immigrant by pushing him in front of a NY subway train. Source: AAP A 31-YEAR-OLD New York woman is scheduled to appear before a judge after being charged with murder as a hate crime for shoving a...

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IMF, EU seek less drastic cuts

THE International Monetary Fund and European Commission officials have encouraged France and its eurozone partners not to fixate on deficit reduction targets if it would exacerbate the bloc's debt crisis. The head of an IMF mission in France,...

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Friends recall Indian gang-rape victim

SHE was due to marry her boyfriend in a matter of weeks, was the apple of her father's eye and her friends were convinced she would achieve great things after completing her medical studies. While India has seen an outpouring of grief for the...

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Israel indicts ex-minister Lieberman

ISRAEL'S former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has been formally indicted on charges of breach of trust and fraud, allegations that could hurt his political future if he is convicted. Lieberman resigned earlier this month after he was...

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Missing Georgian soldier shot dead

A GEORGIAN soldier who went missing in Afghanistan this month has been found dead in an abandoned mud house with multiple bullets to his body. Police searching for Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze found his body in a village compound in the Musa Qala...

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Woman accused of NYC subway murder

A woman has been charged with murdering an immigrant by pushing him in front of a NY subway train. Source: AAP A 31-YEAR-OLD New York woman is scheduled to appear before a judge after being charged with murder as a hate crime for shoving a...

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IMF, EU seek less drastic cuts

THE International Monetary Fund and European Commission officials have encouraged France and its eurozone partners not to fixate on deficit reduction targets if it would exacerbate the bloc's debt crisis. The head of an IMF mission in France,...

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Friends recall Indian gang-rape victim

SHE was due to marry her boyfriend in a matter of weeks, was the apple of her father's eye and her friends were convinced she would achieve great things after completing her medical studies. While India has seen an outpouring of grief for the...

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Israel indicts ex-minister Lieberman

ISRAEL'S former foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, has been formally indicted on charges of breach of trust and fraud, allegations that could hurt his political future if he is convicted. Lieberman resigned earlier this month after he was...

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Missing Georgian soldier shot dead

A GEORGIAN soldier who went missing in Afghanistan this month has been found dead in an abandoned mud house with multiple bullets to his body. Police searching for Sergeant Giorgi Kikadze found his body in a village compound in the Musa Qala...

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Stolen macaws found in midnight raid

Two rare and valuable birds stolen from a wildlife park have been recovered from a Sydney backyard. Source: AAP TWO rare and valuable birds stolen from a wildlife park over Christmas have been recovered from a Sydney backyard. Some time...

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Apple drops patent claims against Samsung

Samsung has reportedly agreed not to sell the Galaxy S III Mini in the United States. Source: AAP APPLE has agreed to drop its patent claims against Samsung's Galaxy S III Mini after the South Korean rival said it would not sell the gadget...

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Madonna builds ten schools in Malawi

Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity has announced. Source: AAP FORMER Material Girl Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity announced. Two years after abandoning a $US15...

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Second man charged for Christmas murder

A second man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Source: AAP A SECOND man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Police said a 31-year-old man from Kippa...

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Man drowns at NSW Central Coast beach

A MAN has drowned at a beach on the NSW Central Coast after getting caught in a rip. Police say the 27-year-old man was one of six people swimming at Budgewoi beach when four members of the group got into trouble because of strong currents at...

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Diplomats quit Central African Republic

Central African Republic President Francois Bozize has sought foreign aid to stop rebel forces. Source: AAP BANGUI, Central African Republic, Dec 28 AFP - The United States has evacuated its embassy in the Central African Republic as the nation's...

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Asian markets up despite US fiscal woes

ASIAN shares have risen on hopes of a last-minute deal to avert the US fiscal cliff, despite warnings from a leading Democrat that an agreement is unlikely just days before a year-end deadline. Expectations for more aggressive monetary easing...

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Official acquitted over Magnitsky death

A Russian court has acquitted a prison official over the death of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky in 2009. Source: AAP A MOSCOW court has acquitted a former top prison official accused of negligence over the death in detention of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky...

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Indian teen pressed to drop case

An Indian girl who was gang-raped has taken her own life after she was pressured to drop the case. Source: AAP A 17-YEAR-OLD Indian girl who was gang-raped has taken her own life after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of...

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Japan whaling fleet leaves for Antarctica

Japan's whaling fleet has left port for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt. Source: AAP JAPANESE whaling vessels have left port bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of the marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace say....

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Japan bank giant buys stake in Vietnam

JAPAN'S biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ has bought a 20 per cent stake worth $US743 million ($A719.37 million) in state-owned VietinBank, the largest merger or acquisition deal ever in Vietnam's banking sector. The deal aims to boost "support for...

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UN staff leave Central African Republic

The UN ordered non-essential staff to leave the Central African Republic because of fears of unrest. Source: AAP THE United Nations has ordered non-essential staff and families of its other workers to leave the Central African Republic because...

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Turnbull takes aim at 'soundbites'

MALCOLM Turnbull has accused the media and politicians of treating Aussie battlers with contempt by dumbing down complex issues into "one-line soundbites". Speaking at the Woodford Folk Festival in Queensland, the federal member for Wentworth...

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Asian shares rise amid US fiscal concerns

ASIAN shares have risen, with Tokyo scaling a 21-month high thanks to a weaker yen, but pessimism lingers over the prospects of a US "fiscal cliff" deal by the year-end deadline. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index on Thursday climbed 0.91 per...

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4 Afghan police killed with 'insider' help

FOUR Afghan policemen have been killed and two wounded in an insurgent attack assisted by an insider loyal to the Taliban, officials say. Attackers stormed the police post at Tarin Kowt, a remote district in the southern province of Oruzgan,...

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India announces gang-rape inquiry

INDIA'S government has ordered a special inquiry into the gang-rape of a student which sparked mass protests, as police announced the arrest of 10 men over another multiple sex assault. While a wave of angry protests over the December 16 assault...

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Asia remembers 2004 tsunami

MUTMAINAH sits quietly with her brother at a mass grave on the outskirts of Banda Aceh on Indonesia's Sumatra island, quietly reading their prayer books. They lost five members of their family in the December 26, 2004, tsunami, which killed nearly...

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Gunman who killed US firemen left note

THE ex-convict turned sniper who killed two firefighters in New York state typed his goodbye note, describing his desire to "do what I like doing best, killing people", before setting ablaze the house where he lived with his sister. Police chief...

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Newtown residents consoled at Christmas

THIS Christmas was unlike any other in Newtown. When a gunman wiped out nearly an entire elementary school class and killed students and adults in two other first-grade classrooms just 11 days before Christmas, it made it impossible for the holiday...

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Russian ban on US adoption nears approval

RUSSIA'S upper house of parliament is set to vote on a bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, the final legislative hurdle requiring clearance before the controversial law is sent to President Vladimir Putin for signing. The highly...

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Japan officials inspect Mitsubishi offices

DOZENS of Japan's transport ministry officials have inspected Mitsubishi Motors' offices after the automaker last week widened a recall to about 1.7 million vehicles. The inspection of Mitsubishi's Tokyo headquarters and quality-control offices...

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Character actor Charles Durning dies

CHARLES Durning, a two-time Oscar nominee dubbed the king of the character actors for his skill in playing everything from a Nazi colonel to the pope, has died Monday at his home in New York City. He was 89. Durning died on Monday of natural causes...

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Taxi driver dies in Victoria crash

The national holiday road toll has risen to eight, after a man died from a collision in Victoria. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S holiday road toll has climbed to five following the death of a taxi driver in a crash in Geelong. Investigators believe...

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Weak yen gives Tokyo a Christmas boost

TOKYO stocks have closed 1.41 per cent higher as a weak yen helped boost the market which surged last week following a return to power for the country's conservatives. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 140.06 points to 10,080.12, while the...

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Toll rises to 10 as Vic taxi driver dies

THE national Christmas holiday road toll has risen to 10 with the death of a taxi driver in Victoria. Police believe a Holden Commodore was travelling east on Ballarat Road in the Geelong suburb of Hamlyn Heights when it crashed into a stationary...

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Woman held for Queensland murder

A WOMAN will spend Christmas behind bars, accused of murdering a man in northwest Queensland. Police say they were called to a home in Spence Street in Mount Isa in the early hours of Monday, where they found a 32-year-old man with a serious...

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Christmas flash flood fears for NSW

CHRISTMAS Eve has brought wild weather to much of NSW, with residents from Wollongong to Wilcannia warned to expect heavy rain and gusty winds overnight. The Bureau of Meteorology said heavy rainfall, flash flooding and damaging winds could...

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