World's largest building opens in China

BOASTING its own artificial sun and a floor area three times that of the Pentagon, the "world's largest building" has opened in southwest China to mixed reviews from its first visitors. The towering 100-metre high New Century Global Centre, which...

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Pamplona bull run hospitalises 21

Bull-runners were crushed in a pile-up in Pamplona on the seventh day of Spain's famed festival. Source: AAP DAREDEVIL bull-runners have been crushed in a pile-up in the Spanish city of Pamplona during its famed San Fermin festival, with at...

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Texas abortion law passes despite protests

The Texas senate approved a bill setting some of the strictest limits on abortion despite protests. Source: AAP THE Texas senate has approved a bill setting some of the strictest limits on abortion in the United States, just weeks after a...

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Syria's famed Crusader fort hit in raid

AN air raid on Syria's famed Krak des Chevaliers castle, a UNESCO World Heritage site, has damaged one of the fortress's towers, footage shot by activists shows. Several videos posted online on Saturday showed at least one air strike on Friday...

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Faulty switch blamed for French derailment

The train derailment near Paris that left six people dead was likely caused by a faulty switch. Source: AAP THE derailment near Paris that left six people dead and dozens injured was likely caused by a faulty part in the switch that allows...

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Snowden to meet rights activists in Moscow

The Deputy Secretary of State says the US is "very disappointed" how China handled the Snowden case. Source: AAP FUGITIVE US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is set to meet with leading Russian rights activists and lawyers at the airport...

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No deal on school reforms: Qld premier

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says his government needs more time to consider school reforms. Source: AAP THE Queensland government hasn't signed up to the federal government's education reforms but has left the door open. Premier...

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Six teens arrested for stealing cars in NT

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with stealing and crashing a taxi in the Northern Territory. Source: AAP IT was a week for teenage joyrides in the Northern Territory as a 14-year-old Darwin boy was charged with stealing and crashing a taxi...

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Cuts delayed Caltex leak response: union

NOT a single local firefighter was on deck when a Caltex terminal in Sydney sprung a leak, and politicians and unions say it's lucky no one was killed. Firefighters were still mopping up at Banksmeadow, near Port Botany, on Friday night after...

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WA woman banned from owning pets

A West Australian woman has been banned from owning pets after being convicted of animal cruelty. Source: AAP A WEST Australian woman has been banned from owning pets for the rest of her life after she was found guilty on 24 counts of animal...

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Qld jobless rate soars to 6.4pc

QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman's 4.0 per cent unemployment target has slipped further away with the state recording its highest jobless rate in almost a decade. It has risen by half a percentage point in June to 6.4 per cent, well above...

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CSR forecasts sustained housing recovery

BUILDING products group CSR predicts a sustained recovery in the Australian housing construction sector, led by New South Wales and Western Australia. CSR believes conditions will improve after recent economic data confirmed an upward trend in...

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Russia finds dead lawyer guilty of fraud

A COURT in Moscow has found the late Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky guilty of tax fraud. Moscow's Tverskoi court ruled on Thursday that Magnitsky was guilty of creating a million-dollar tax evasion scheme, news agencies reported. Magnitsky...

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Junaid Thorne deported from Saudi Arabia

AN Australian being deported from Saudi Arabia after his brother was jailed there for terrorism-related offences is expected in Perth around midnight (WST). Lawyer Abdal Jalil Al-Khalidy says Junaid Thorne was scheduled to board a Perth-bound...

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Crash pilot 'told people not to evacuate'

Pilots of the plane that crashed in the US told attendants not to begin evacuation passengers. Source: AAP THE pilot of the Asiana Boeing 777 which crashed in San Francisco told attendants not to begin evacuating passengers in the chaotic immediate...

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Crisis sinks European birth rate: study

FEWER babies were born in Europe because of the world economic crisis, a study shows. The birth rate per woman in 28 European countries sank faster on average the higher the unemployment rate rose, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research...

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Gunmen kill nine in Nigeria: report

GUNMEN have killed at least nine people in attacks on three villages in Nigeria's MidEast region, the Daily Times newspaper reports. The reason for the attacks on the villages in the district of Nzorov, in Benue state, remains unknown, according...

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Pamplona bull run sends three to hospital

THREE men are in hospital after bulls thundered into and knocked over daredevils through Spain's northern city of Pamplona. No one was gored but three Spaniards, aged 24, 27 and 32, suffered bruises in falls and were taken to hospital, regional...

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China data add to economic growth fears

CHINA'S trade surplus fell 14.0 per cent in June as imports and exports both dropped unexpectedly, suggesting a further slowdown in the Asian economic giant as Beijing warned of "grave challenges". Wednesday's figures are the latest to set alarm...

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Dippy the tortoise weighs in at 120kg

THERE aren't many patients that take a forklift, a ute and four men to get them onto the scales. But that's what was needed for Dippy, a 45-year-old Galapagos tortoise who tipped the scales at 120kg. A local pet food manufacturer provided the...

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