Pakistan bus crash kills 17, police say

PAKISTANI officials say a bus carrying a wedding party has veered off a narrow road and plunged into a canal in the country's northwest, killing at least 17. Police officer Asif Sharif said on Saturday 11 people were still missing since Friday's...

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One dead after WA wheatbelt town fight

ONE man is dead and another has been charged with murder after a fight in Western Australia's central wheatbelt. Police say two men had started fighting in a home in Koorda, a township about 240km northeast of Perth. A 46-year-old man, identified...

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Premier praises Coonabarabran volunteers

NO lives were lost in the Coonabarabran fires because emergency workers fought so hard, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has said at a community barbecue to thank 300 firefighters and volunteers. The January fires razed the surrounds of Coonabarabran...

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Tainted horsemeat in French food

SEVERAL horse carcasses containing the drug Phenylbutazone have probably ended up in the human food chain, France's agriculture ministry said. Phenylbutazone, or bute, is an anti-inflammatory treatment for horses which is potentially harmful...

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Sydney house fire suspicious: police

POLICE believe a fire at a house in Sydney's west was a targeted arson attack. Two adults and five children in the Rooty Hill house at the time all escaped uninjured. The fire broke out about 3.30am (AEDT) on Saturday but NSW Fire and Rescue...

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Spate of Syrian blasts kill at least 83

A spate of car bombings in Syria's capital has killed at least 83 people, activists say. Source: AAP A SPATE of car bombings in Syria's capital has killed at least 83 people, including more than 60 in an attack near the headquarters of the...

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Pistorius 'heartbroken', says coach

OSCAR Pistorius is "heartbroken" by the death of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, his coach said, as the Olympian faced the fourth day of his fight for bail. "Blade Runner" Pistorius, 26, is accused of murdering 29-year-old model Steenkamp at...

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Manhunt for kidnapped French family

NIGERIAN security forces are in a "massive manhunt" for seven members of a kidnapped French family after Paris said the abductors had likely separated the victims into two groups. "As long as there are rumours of their cross-border movements,...

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Major flooding hits Greek capital

TORRENTIAL rain has caused widespread flooding and major damage in many parts of the Greek capital, inundating homes and motorways. Several main highways and roads were flooded, causing massive traffic jams as people could be seen trapped in...

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Volunteer firefighter dies after WA blaze

A 60-YEAR-OLD volunteer firefighter has died after a bushfire about 150km southeast of Perth. Early reports suggested the man was killed while battling a blaze, but police later said he appeared to have been hit by a falling tree branch while...

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Two killed in south Yemen clash

TWO south Yemen separatists have been killed during clashes between police and protesters. Officers fired on the demonstrators, thousands of whom had gathered in the southern port city of Aden to demand independence, Southern Movement member...

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Bomb hits near HQ of Syria's ruling party

A CAR bomb has shaken central Damascus, exploding near the headquarters of the ruling Baath party and the Russian Embassy. Witnesses and opposition activists have confirmed the blast as occuring in the central Mazraa neighbourhood. Syrian state...

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WA Labor waterfront plan 'boring': Barnett

THE rumoured appearance of Hollywood star Ewan McGregor at a West Australian Liberal party press conference threatened to overshadow the day's earlier political posturing. But the actor's no-show at a film funding announcement by planning and...

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Too late to change leaders after May: whip

IF the federal government's level of support doesn't get a bounce after the May budget it will be too late to change leaders, the chief government whip says. Joel Fitzgibbon says the budget is the government's best chance to turn its fortunes...

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Pokies ACT precommitment trial sunk

ACT clubs have voted against participating in a pokie precommitment trial until after the election. Source: AAP AN ACT trial of precommitment technology for poker machines is dead and has been an expensive "thought bubble", the federal opposition...

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Combet writes off leadership talk

Labor MP Greg Combet has written off speculation over the party's leadership as "media excitement". Source: AAP KEY Labor frontbencher Greg Combet has written off speculation over the party's leadership as "media excitement". The breaking...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.71% higher

HONG Kong shares have closed up 0.71 per cent after the Dow on Wall Street hit a five-and-a-half year high and following strong German investor sentiment data. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 163.50 points to 23,307.41 on Wednesday on turnover...

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Demand more highway funds, Labor MPs told

LABOR MPs in NSW are being asked to pressure their colleagues in Canberra to provide funds for badly needed upgrades to the Pacific Highway. Roads Minister Duncan Gay on Wednesday challenged Labor politicians to show their support for the move...

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Violence marks Indian strike

SPORADIC violence has broken out in India at the beginning of a two-day strike by labour unions protesting rising prices and government policies to open the economy. Millions of bank and factory workers stayed away from work and public transport...

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Pistorius fought with Reeva 'non-stop'

"BLADE Runner" Oscar Pistorius has returned to court to hear explosive allegations he fought "non-stop" with his slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on the night of her killing. With the South African sporting hero already facing a tough fight on...

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China's army controls hackers: US firm

CHINA'S army controls hundreds if not thousands of virulent and cutting-edge hackers, according to a US internet security firm that says it's traced a host of cyberattacks to an anonymous building in Shanghai. American company Mandiant says its...

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British PM vows to co-operate with India

British PM David Cameron David Cameron has arrived in India for a three day visit. Source: AAP EDS: includes press statements By Adam Plowright NEW DELHI, Feb 19 AFP - British Prime Minister David Cameron has promised full cooperation...

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Troops pour into Syria's Aleppo

President Bashar al-Assad says he's confident his troops will win the conflict ravaging Syria. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of troops backed by military vehicles poured into the northern province of Aleppo following rebel advances and as a battle raged...

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South Korea flexes might with naval drill

SOUTH Korea staged a naval exercise involving US surveillance aircraft, flexing its military muscles at a time of high tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the North's third nuclear test. Day one of a six-day drill in the East Sea (Sea...

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Stranded Sydney boat to be towed

Four people have been rescued from a fishing boat that became stranded on rocks in Sydney's south. Source: AAP SALVAGE crews will try to refloat a 50-foot trawler that became stranded off a beach in Sydney's south. The fishing boat, Challenge,...

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Arms vendors turn to cyber security

THE world's largest arms vendors are expanding in the cybersecurity sector as austerity measures weigh on sales of traditional weapons, a Swedish peace research institute said Monday. Sales by the 100 largest arms producing companies, excluding...

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Bribe-seeking allegations referred to CMC

QUEENSLAND'S crime watchdog is digging into cash-for-contracts allegations involving the department of former arts and IT minister Ros Bates. An official working in Ms Bates' department allegedly offered to help secure contracts for a Brisbane...

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Tasmanian bushfire under control

BUSHFIRE crews in southern Tasmania have controlled a blaze which earlier threatened homes, and residents will be able to return to their houses. A 250-hectare fire in the Derwent Valley, northwest of Hobart, prompted an emergency warning as...

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Staff evacuated from Nigeria after kidnap

A CONSTRUCTION company has evacuated all of its staff from a northern Nigeria site after gunmen blasted into the facility and kidnapped seven foreigners. Police in Bauchi state, where the attack occured late Saturday, said on Monday their top...

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Slain Reeva's family prepare for funeral

Oscar Pistorius has cancelled his Australian tour as he faces charges of murdering his girlfriend. Source: AAP THE family of Oscar Pistorius's slain girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp are preparing to hold a funeral service for the 29-year-old model,...

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Two die, 18 injured in Thailand blasts

A SERIES of blasts in a town in Thailand's restive south has killed two people and wounded up to 18, authorities say. The latest incidents, which began with two fire bombings of shops in Pattani on Saturday night, came just days after a major...

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Magda hoping for a Tropfest fight

AUSSIE actor Magda Szubanski is hoping she and fellow Tropfest judge Sam Worthington get into a punch-up over the winner. One of eight judges at main event for Tropfest at The Domain in Sydney on Sunday night, Szubanski says usually it's pretty...

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Firefighters remember fallen comrades

THEY came to remember their 14 comrades who died in the horror of Ash Wednesday 30 years ago but also paid tribute to two firefighters who perished just last week. More than 300 people gathered at the St Johns Anglican Church in Upper Beaconsfield...

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Matthew Newton says he's a changed man

ACTOR Matthew Newton has opened up about his violent past, saying his outbursts were provoked by a "wave of terror" and "hopelessness". The troubled star said his erratic behaviour was also brought on by his mental illness and a feeling that he...

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Fifteen die in Baghdad car bomb attacks

BLASTS have killed at least 15 people in Shi'ite-majority areas of Baghdad, officials say, in the latest attacks to hit Iraq as the country struggles with protests and a political crisis. Three car bombs struck Sadr City in the north of the...

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