Bright poll day ends in chaos for Abbott

TONY Abbott started in God's country, but has passed through hell before a likely finish in election paradise. The targeting of Labor's southern Sydney seat of Barton backfired spectacularly on the opposition leader, who had to be whisked away...

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Indian police kill 3 Kashmir militants

INDIAN police say they have killed three alleged militants who attacked one of their compounds in the disputed Himalayan territory of Kashmir. Inspector General Nalin Prabhat said on Saturday officers were retaliating after the three opened...

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250 infants die in month at India hospital

AT least 31 infants have died at a state-run hospital in eastern India over the past four days, according to news reports. The latest casualties take the number of deaths at the BC Roy Post-Graduate Institute of Paediatric Sciences in West Bengal...

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Egypt launches offensive in Sinai

EGYPTIAN helicopters and tanks are attacking Islamic militants in villages in the northern Sinai Peninsula, military sources say. "Dozens" are said to have been killed or wounded. The Saturday assault came after Egypt deployed a column of armoured...

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Carr pays tribute to war dead in Russia

BOB Carr says he's honoured that his last official duty as foreign minister was to pay tribute to Russian lives lost during the World War II siege of Leningrad. The keen war historian on Saturday visited the Piskariovksoye memorial cemetery in...

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Xenophon launches attack on the Greens

Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has accused the Greens of lying over his preference deals. Source: AAP INDEPENDENT Senator Nick Xenophon has launched a stinging attack on the Australian Greens, accusing the party of lying over his preference...

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North and South Korea restore hotline

NORTH Korea and South Korea have reopened a cross-border military hotline, paving the way for the reopening of their shared Kaesong industrial complex, officials in Seoul say. "The first test call was successfully made between the two Koreas...

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Man groomed fake 14-year-old girl online

A Sydney man has been charged with child grooming after police posed as a 14-year-old girl online. Source: AAP A SYDNEY man has been charged with child grooming after police posed as a 14-year-old girl online and arranged to meet with him...

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Australia right to back Syria strike: Carr

FOREIGN Minister Bob Carr has denied Australia was too quick to back a strike against Syria as US President Barack Obama struggles to persuade other world leaders to support punitive military action. Leaders meeting at the G20 summit in St Petersburg...

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US drone kills senior militant commander

A US drone strike has killed a senior commander in the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, wanted for kidnappings and sending hundreds of foreign fighters into Afghanistan, Pakistanis say. Mullah Sangeen Zadran, whom the US blacklisted as a terrorist...

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Fog causes 100-car pile up on UK road

A 100-VEHICLE pile-up on a bridge in heavy fog in England has left at least six people seriously injured and 200 suffering minor injuries in what witnesses described as "carnage". No one is believed to have died in the crash on the new Sheppey...

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Three NSW men charged with drug offences

THREE men have been charged with drug offences, with one man arrested at Sydney Airport on his return to Australia. An arrest warrant was granted for a 30-year-old man who was overseas on June 18. It came after police had raided a home in the...

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Coalition cuts aid, jobs to cover budget

The coalition's budget is under fire for cutting aid, public service and water buybacks. Source: AAP AN Abbott government would cut foreign aid and Murray-Darling water buybacks, on top of scrapping the mining and carbon taxes to improve the...

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Cuts at core of coalition foreign policy

The coalition's foreign affairs policy includes delaying increases to Australia's aid spending. Source: AAP CUTS to aid commitments are at the heart of the coalition's foreign policy which also plans to review Australia's off-shore consular...

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iPhone set to dominate this year: report

The iPhone is set to dominate Australian smartphone sales over the next 12 months, reports predicts. Source: AAP APPLE'S iPhone is set to dominate Australian smartphone sales over the next 12 months, a report predicts. Roy Morgan researchers...

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Vic man exposed himself to teens

POLICE are looking for a Victorian man who has been exposing himself to teenage girls. Officers believe the same offender is responsible for at least three incidents in Rosebud with the first reported on March 15 and the most recent on August...

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Vic man exposed himself to teens

POLICE are looking for a Victorian man who has been exposing himself to teenage girls. Officers believe the same offender is responsible for at least three incidents in Rosebud with the first reported on March 15 and the most recent on August...

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No surprise rate cut ahead of poll

The RBA says the cash rate is appropriate for an economy expected to continue to grow below trend. Source: AAP THE central bank expects the economy will continue to grow below trend for a while but has refrained from cutting the cash rate again...

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Historic Sydney bells get their voice back

THEY might be 140 years old but the bells in Sydney's oldest clocktower still have some lungs on them. The Sydney Town Hall carillon stopped chiming in March last year, after it was cocooned in cloth ahead of restorative work. But on Tuesday,...

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Dennis Rodman returns to North Korea

FORMER NBA star Dennis Rodman has arrived back in Pyongyang, Chinese state media report, after he said he was going to see his "friend" North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, whose regime has jailed a US citizen. Korean-American Kenneth Bae, 44, has...

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