Fire bans in SA as temperature hits 39C

MUCH of South Australia will be on total fire bans, with soaring temperatures tipped to reach 39C. The Country Fire Service (CFS) has said 13 districts face an extreme or severe risk of fire on Sunday and declared a 24-hour total fire ban from...

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Sri Lanka nabs 100 Chinese for money scam

POLICE in Sri Lanka have arrested 100 Chinese nationals for an online currency fraud scam in a string of night-time raids in and around the capital Colombo, officials say. "They have defrauded their countrymen by making them ... transfer money...

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Kutcher files for divorce from Demi Moore

ASHTON Kutcher has filed court papers to end his seven-year marriage to actress Demi Moore. The actor's divorce petition cites irreconcilable differences and does not list a date that the couple separated. Moore announced last year that she was...

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Feasibility of Sydney heliport questioned

The company that was set to run a heliport in Sydney Harbour says it is putting the project on hold. Source: AAP THE plan to have a moveable helicopter barge on Sydney Harbour has been put on hold following community criticism over a lack of...

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Fire warning for WA's Pilbara

WA emergency crews are warning residents in the state's Pilbara region to brace for severe fire danger, with the day set to bring a mid-40C scorcher. The 6000-strong inland residents of the region's Shire of Ashburton face hot, dry, windy conditions...

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Vietnam imposes funeral wreath limit

VIETNAM has imposed strict limits on the number of wreaths that can be laid at officials' funerals and banned civil servants from burning "ghost money" in a bid to assuage public anger over government waste. Ghost money - fake banknotes or papier...

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Calls for the release of Kessing reports

Senator Nick Xenophon has called for the release of suppressed reports on Sydney Airport security. Source: AAP A WHISTLEBLOWER convicted of leaking reports about customs operations at Sydney airport is questioning why it has taken years to...

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Remains of missing Victorian man found

HUMAN remains have been uncovered in a search of a Bellarine Peninsula backyard connected to the suspicious disappearance of father-of-five Douglas Kally. Homicide Squad detectives, who earlier on Friday arrested and interviewed a 43-year-old...

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Call for royal commission into Customs

IF Australian Customs officials are found to have been corrupt, the government has "no option" but to hold a commission of inquiry or a royal commission into the matter, a former police officer says. Ross Fusca, a former Australian Federal Police...

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N Korea confirms arrest of US citizen

NORTH Korea has confirmed it arrested a US citizen in November, saying he had admitted to unspecified charges and suggesting he would be formally prosecuted. The man, identified as Pae Jun-Ho, entered North Korea on November 3 as a tourist, and...

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Gladstone fishers slam compo package

FISHERS at one of Queensland's busiest ports have slammed the compensation package offered by the government-owned Gladstone Ports Corporation, calling it "an insult". The Queensland Seafood Industry Association (QSIA) says fishers and other...

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Qld govt stifling power market: Parmenter

QUEENSLAND'S government is choking competition in the retail electricity market by misdirecting a key subsidy, the former head of the state's competition watchdog says. Brian Parmenter, who used to head the Queensland Competition Authority,...

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Two injured in Vic family violence attack

A WOMAN has been stabbed in the neck while a man is nursing serious injuries after swallowing poison following an outburst of family violence in Melbourne's north. Police were called to a house in Pearl Drive, Craigieburn after a 30-year-old...

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'Terrorists' kill three Indonesian police

SUSPECTED militants have shot dead three policemen and injured three more, police say, in the latest attack to hit a central Indonesian district known for being a hotbed of terrorism. The attackers opened fire at paramilitary police patrolling...

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Putin offers Depardieu Russian passport

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says he's ready to offer French movie star Gerard Depardieu a Russian passport to resolve his tax row, calling him a friend. "If Gerard really wants to have a residency permit in Russia or a Russian passport,...

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Report released on Qantas engine problem

AN Australian Transport Safety Bureau investigation has concluded a separated turbine blade led to an engine malfunction on an international Qantas flight last year. A Qantas Boeing 747-400 aircraft, was en route from Sydney to Singapore on...

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Man in Saudi Arabia executed for murder

A SUDANESE man convicted of murder has been beheaded by the sword in the western city of Mecca, the Saudi interior ministry says. Othman Mohammed was found guilty of killing another Sudanese man, Salah Ahmed, by repeatedly beating him on his...

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Malaysia provides refuge for 'Rohingyas'

MALAYSIA has provided refuge to 40 shipwreck survivors believed to be refugees from Myanmar's conflict-wracked Rakhine state, a Malaysian maritime official says. The refugees arrived late on Tuesday in the southern state of Johor after they...

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French judges keep Strauss-Kahn charges

French judges have decided not to drop aggravated pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. Source: AAP FRENCH judges have decided not to drop aggravated pimping charges against Dominique Strauss-Kahn. His lawyer says the former...

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High turnout in S Korea presidential vote

HUGE crowds have voted in a tight presidential race pitting the son of North Korean refugees against the conservative daughter of an assassinated dictator, who both favour greater engagement with Pyongyang. Despite freezing temperatures that hovered...

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NT axes hospital domestic violence teams

EMERGENCY department staff at two Northern Territory hospitals fear domestic violence victims discharged over Christmas will not have a safe place to go, after the NT government axed their in-house responder teams. The domestic violence teams...

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Syrian rebels fight pro-Assad Palestinians

CLASHES between Syrian rebels and an armed Palestinian group loyal to President Bashar al-Assad is raging inside a Damascus refugee camp as the Syrian military closes in, opposition activists say, following two days of shelling. The reinforcements...

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Kenya orders all refugees back to camps

TENS of thousands of refugees living in urban areas in Kenya must return to remote and overcrowded camps, the government says, demanding all aid be cut off outside the camps. "All asylum seekers and refugees from Somalia should report to Dadaab...

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37 dead in 24 hours in Ukraine cold snap

NINETEEN people have died of exposure in Ukraine in the past 24 hours amid temperatures of minus 20C, bringing the toll this month to 37, the health ministry says. Some 190 people asked for medical attention because of hypothermia and frostbite,...

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Iraqi president taken to hospital

THE office of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani says he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of an unspecified health problem. The president's office posted the brief statement on its official website. It said Talabani was taken to the...

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Blast hits US compound in Afghan capital

A CAR bomb has exploded outside a compound housing a US military contractor in the Afghan capital, blowing apart an exterior wall and wounding dozens inside, company representatives and police say. The blast on the outskirts of the city sent...

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Bomb attack kills 16 at Pakistan market

A car bomb attack at a Pakistan market has killed 16 people and wounded around 70, officials say. Source: AAP A CAR bomb attack has killed 16 people and wounded around 70 in a Pakistan market in the northwestern town of Jamrud, close to the...

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Iraq attacks kill 25 people

A SERIES of attacks targeting both Iraqi security forces and civilians have killed at least 25 people, officials and medics say, a day before the first anniversary of the departure of US forces. The violence on Monday comes after a string of attacks...

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Japan's Abe worries China with island talk

Japan's new PM declared there will be no compromise over disputed islands in the East China Sea. Source: AAP INCOMING Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, boosted by his sweeping election victory, has declared there will be no compromise on...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.41% lower

HONG Kong shares have finished 0.41 per cent lower following losses on Wall Street and on profit-taking after the Hang Seng Index hit a 16-month high last week. The benchmark index on Monday eased 92.37 points to close at 22,513.61 on turnover...

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Mandela treated for gall stones

SA anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has undergone a successful procedure to remove gall stones. Source: AAP SOUTH African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela has undergone a successful procedure to remove gall stones a week after being admitted...

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Union warned about WA dock's safety issues

A KARRATHA man's arm was crushed as he worked at the dock supplying Chevron's massive Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia on Saturday, the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) says. The man was airlifted to a Perth hospital after his arm became...

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Grassfire 'out of control' near Young

FIREFIGHTERS are battling an out-of-control grassfire burning near properties in southwestern NSW. The fire, covering 4600 hectares, is burning at Geegullalong Road, around eight kilometres east of Murringo, near Young. NSW Rural Fire Service...

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US school victims mostly six years old

Police say the gunman who shot dead 20 school children at a US school forced his way in. Source: AAP SHATTERED families and grieving residents are devastated that most of the 27 people shot dead by a US school gunman are children aged just...

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Man critical after Tas double murder

A man and woman have been found dead in an apparent double murder northwest of Hobart, police say. Source: AAP A MAN remains in a critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head and a man and woman in their thirties are dead in a double...

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