Talks fail to end Cambodia stalemate

Cambodian PM Hun Sen and head of main opposition have met face-to-face for the first time in years. Source: AAP CAMBODIA'S king has brought Prime Minister Hun Sen face to face with the head of the opposition for the first time in years, urging...

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Liberal lead narrows in McEwen

The margin is tightening in the nation's closest election race in the Victorian seat of McEwen. Source: AAP THE margin is tightening in the nation's closest election race in the Victorian seat of McEwen. Liberal challenger Donna Petrovich...

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Police end Mexico City plaza occupation

Police have raided Mexico City's historic centre to remove striking teachers from Zocalo plaza. Source: AAP RIOT police have swept thousands of striking teachers out of the heart of Mexico City. The authorities used tear gas, flash grenades...

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Singer Joan Regan dies aged 85

BRITISH singer Joan Regan has died in London aged 85, the BBC reports. Regan had chart hits in the late 50s and early 60s with records including Ricochet, May You Always and If I Give My Heart To You and also had her own BBC TV series Be My...

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Rooftop negotiations continue at Qld jail

A BRISBANE prison remains in lockdown as talks continue with two inmates who've scaled the facility's roof in protest. The men were on their way back from an oval when they climbed on top of a building at Brisbane Correctional Centre at Wacol...

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Labor's friendly leadership battle begins

LEADERSHIP hopefuls Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese insist there is no 'I' in Labor and their civil showdown for the ALP's top job is headed for a contest of personal experience and popularity. Both candidates say the 30-day leadership campaign...

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High Court footage to go online

Canberra's High Court has announced plans to post recordings of cases online. Source: AAP REAL-LIFE legal dramas will soon be available for download after Australia's most powerful court announced plans to post recordings of cases online....

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Taliban bomb US consulate in Afghanistan

A truck bomb killed at least one person and wounded 18 outside the US consulate in Afghanistan. Source: AAP SEVEN heavily armed Taliban suicide attackers have staged a dawn strike on the US consulate in the Afghan city of Herat, setting off...

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Carmakers bet on alternative-fuel future

JUDGING by the slew of electric and hybrid vehicles being rolled out at the Frankfurt Motor Show, it might seem carmakers are tapping a large and eager market. But in fact almost no one buys such cars - yet. Every major carmaker is coming out...

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Keep Rudd asylum-seeker policy: Burke

TONY Abbott should swallow his pride and stick to Labor's hardline asylum-seeker policies because they are working, says outgoing Immigration Minister Tony Burke. Mr Abbott did not speak to the media as he continued setting up his government on...

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Vic MP repays money for car misuse

VICTORIAN independent MP Geoff Shaw says he has repaid $1250 over the misuse of his taxpayer-funded vehicle as a gesture of goodwill. The Frankston MP was grilled by a parliamentary committee on Thursday, after the Victorian ombudsman found last...

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Clive shoots down AEC over military links

Clive Palmer claims at least 10 ex-military officers are working for the electoral commission. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer says ex-military officers are working for the electoral commission and may be part of a conspiracy to deny him victory...

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Brambles save cliff fall Australian in UK

AN 80-year-old Australian tourist who plunged 30 metres off a cliff in Cornwall was saved when his clothing caught on brambles, rescuers say. They say the man slipped off a cliff path in Mount Edgcumbe Country Park but narrowly avoided falling...

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Labor faces leadership vacancy

Outgoing federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus (pic) will back Bill Shorten to lead the Labor party. Source: AAP LABOR faces the prospect of its own new internal processes leaving the party without a federal leader for weeks, while Anthony...

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Bird in custody as bail hearing postponed

Perth man Dominic Bird says he's disappointed to be back in custody in Malaysia. Source: AAP PERTH man Dominic Bird, acquitted by a Malaysian court last week on charges that carry the death penalty, has been remanded pending a decision on whether...

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US man, 107 shot dead by police

US police shot dead a 107-year-old man who opened fire on them on Saturday in Arkansas. Source: AAP A 107-YEAR-OLD US man who died in a police stand-off had told officers months earlier that they would have to shoot him or throw him in jail...

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Residents take stock after NSW fires

Easing conditions have helped firefighters control bushfires that raged through Sydney's west. Source: AAP RESIDENTS have described an eerie purple hue and a roar like a steam engine as bushfires tore through Sydney's greater west, while the...

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Zygier settlement to end further scrutiny

Israel will compensate the family of an Australian-born Mossad agent who hanged himself in prison. Source: AAP THE Israeli government has agreed to compensate the Australian family of Mossad agent Ben Zygier, apparently to avoid ongoing media...

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Aussie kickboxer banged up in Bali - again

THE governor of Bali's notorious Kerobokan jail says it's probably "karma" that convicted Australian drug smuggler and former kickboxer Michael Sacatides has ended up in hospital with so-called boxing injuries. The Sydney man, who had been working...

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Prehistoric crocs 'ran like dogs'

Prehistoric crocodiles survived a dinosaur-dominated world by behaving like dogs, research found. Source: AAP PREHISTORIC crocodiles survived a dinosaur-dominated world by running around like dogs, new research has found. Unlike today's...

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Four guilty of Indian bus gang rape

Four men have been found guilty of the rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in December. Source: AAP AN Indian court has convicted four men of the gang rape and murder of a physiotherapy student on board a moving bus in a crime that...

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Bushfires rage across northwest Sydney

A SIGNIFICANT part of Sydney's northwest is under threat from bushfires that have claimed two houses and injured several fire fighters. A house was destroyed at Winmalee, in the Blue Mountains and two firefighters battling the blaze there suffered...

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Bracks backs his diplomatic credentials

The Abbott government has been accused of pettiness after it axed Steve Bracks' diplomatic posting. Source: AAP FORMER Victorian Labor premier Steve Bracks is defending his credentials for a high-profile diplomatic post after being axed by...

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Mirabella predicted to hang on to seat

THE gap between the two rivals in the battle for Victorian seat Indi is narrowing amid predictions Liberal frontbencher Sophie Mirabella may hang on. Independent Cathy McGowan leads Mrs Mirabella by 764 votes, with 80 per cent of the votes counted....

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New treatment for ectopic pregnancy

Melbourne mum Elizabeth Cacencu has praised a new treatment for ectopic pregnancy. Source: AAP MELBOURNE woman Elizabeth Cacencu lost one of her fallopian tubes when she suffered an ectopic pregnancy. So when she experienced her second...

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Sports party to slip into Senate

HE only secured a handful of primary votes but the Australian Sports Party's Wayne Dropulich looks set to get a spot in the Senate. Thanks to preferences, Mr Dropulich is poised to take the seat of Labor's Louise Pratt but wisely won't claim...

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Vic premier has first talks with new PM

VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine has discussed state projects including the East West Link with incoming prime minister Tony Abbott in what he says were constructive talks. Dr Napthine had a telephone conservation with Mr Abbott on Monday to outline...

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Giraffe in SKorea gives birth to 18th calf

OFFICIALS at a safari park in South Korea announced on Monday that a giraffe there has given birth to its 18th calf, which the park says is a new world record. Officials at the Samsung Everland safari park said the mother giraffe, Jang-Soon,...

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Microsoft offers free Xbox Music online

Microsoft announced its Xbox Music streaming service will be available for free on the internet. Source: AAP MICROSOFT is making its Xbox Music streaming service available for free on the web - even to those who don't use Windows 8. The...

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Kerry reasserts Syria charge in London

IN a strong rebuttal to remarks by Syrian President Bashar Assad, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday there is very strong evidence that the Syrian regime used chemical weapons against his own people. In an interview by Charlie Rose,...

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Maldives set for presidential run-off

Former Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed, who was ousted in 2012, has won the presidential election. Source: AAP FORMER Maldivian leader Mohamed Nasheed has won presidential polls with a big margin but failed to secure an outright win to avoid...

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Chinese man convicted via Yahoo email free

CHINA has freed a dissident writer who was convicted of leaking "state secrets" in 2005 in a landmark case where his Yahoo emails formed key evidence against him, international writers' groups say. Shi Tao, 45, was released on August 23 after...

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PM-elect Abbott hits the ground running

Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott has declared Australia "open for business". Source: AAP PRIME Minister-elect Tony Abbott has met with public service chiefs to discuss the coalition government's policy agenda and the economy, a day after his...

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It may be Albanese v Shorten on leadership

WHILE potential Labor leadership contenders were keeping their powder dry on Sunday, the contest looks like coming down to Bill Shorten or Anthony Albanese. Their undeclared rivalry may be complicated by state jealousies, with sources close to...

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First boat arrives on coalition watch

HOURS after Tony Abbott was elected prime minister promising hardline policy and immediate action on asylum seekers arriving by boat, authorities found a suspected people-smuggling vessel off Australia's north coast. The boat, carrying 88 passengers...

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