Plane catches fire landing in Nepal

AN Indian jetliner with 170 people on board has caught fire while landing in Nepal's capital, but there were no casualties reported. The right wheels of the Airbus 320 operated by budget airline Indigo caught fire during the landing and passengers...

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Man bashed with tyre iron in home invasion

Emergency crews were called to a Mount Street address about 3.30pm after a 53-year-old man was assaulted. Source: Supplied A MAN who was brutally assaulted in his Nerang home is being treated for head injuries at the Gold Coast University...

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Australians on board missing plane

A search and rescue mission is underway for a Malaysia Airlines flight, which has lost contact with air traffic control. Flight with 227 passengers and 12 crew on board missing ... Malaysia Airlines service bound for...

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Fuel tanker in head-on highway smash

A FUEL tanker is on fire after it collided head-on with another vehicle between Mackay and Emerald. The smash occurred just before 7pm with emergency crews closing the Peak Downs Highway.Initial information suggests there are several people requiring...

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Sarkozy under court wiretap

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's mobile phone has reportedly been under a wiretap. Source: AAP FORMER French president Nicolas Sarkozy's mobile phone has been under a wiretap for nearly a year as part of an investigation into campaign...

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Sydney crash victim gets $251,000 damages

AN aspiring fashion designer has been awarded more than $251,000 in damages after a car hit her when she was attempting to cross a Sydney highway. Helen Kamateros had been at the St George Leagues Club with two friends on November 11, 2005 to...

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NSW teacher arrested after child porn find

A Sydney school teacher has been charged after police uncovered child abuse material at his home. Source: AAP A PRIMARY school teacher has been charged after police uncovered child abuse material at a home west of Sydney. After receiving...

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Man struck by lightning in Sydney's west

A man has been struck by lightning as severe thunderstorms sweep across Sydney. Source: AAP A MAN has been struck by lightning as severe thunderstorms sweep across Sydney. A NSW Fire and Rescue spokesman said the 65-year-old man was struck...

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Melbourne siblings, 15 and 3, go missing

A THREE-YEAR-OLD boy and his teenage sister have gone missing from Melbourne's north. Paris, 15, and Corey Prince were last known to be at their home in Reservoir on Monday. Police have been told the siblings are with a male family member but...

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Kelly family hand over Kings Cross CCTV

THE family of coward punch victim Thomas Kelly hope a new CCTV camera in Kings Cross will make people think twice before orchestrating a violent attack. The Thomas Kelly Foundation was established following the 18-year-old's death in 2012. ...

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Cootes Transport faces NSW ban: govt

THE trucking company involved in a fatal Sydney fuel tanker crash that supplies NSW service stations with almost half of their fuel is facing a state-wide ban. Roads Minister Duncan Gay said Cootes Transport had shown a "blatant disregard for...

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Niger hands over Gaddafi son to Libya

Niger has turned dictator Muammar Gaddafi's son Al-Saadi (Pic) over to Libyan authorities. Source: AAP NIGER has turned a son of the late dictator Muammar Gaddafi over to Libyan authorities, the Tripoli government said Thursday, as a government-allied...

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PM's comments rile Tasmanian leaders

Tasmania's leaders have clashed over PM Tony Abbott's controversial comments on forestry. Source: AAP TASMANIA'S leaders have clashed in a pre-election debate over Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that too much Australian forest has been...

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Two possible cyclones track towards Qld

TWO tropical lows tracking toward north Queensland could form into cyclones and cross the mainland, forecasters say. The Bureau of Meteorology says there's a high chance a low pressure system between PNG and the Solomon Islands, about 1000km...

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Palmer angry over election ad robbery

CLIVE Palmer is furious thieves have stolen his party's election advertisements in a Brisbane robbery. Mr Palmer said there was a break-in late Wednesday at Coroneo and Co, the advertising firm he uses in Brisbane. He said the Palmer United...

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NT education union to contest by-election

THE Australian Education Union is using schoolchildren to flex its political power by standing a candidate in a coming by-election, the Northern Territory's attorney-general says. It was revealed on Tuesday that the AEU would endorse a candidate...

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Fearful Corby grabbed knife: parole boss

SCHAPELLE Corby twice tried to take her own life during a two-hour meeting with Bali's parole boss, who says she believes the media is stalking her even as she sleeps. Sunar Agus met the convicted drug smuggler on Monday night to discuss "various...

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Hospitals could be $1b more efficient

EDS: Not for use before 2000 (AEDT), Tuesday, March 4. CANBERRA, March 4 AAP - Almost $1 billion could be saved each year if public hospitals were forced to be more efficient with their spending, a think tank says. The Grattan Institute says...

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Police excavate driveway in Novy search

INVESTIGATORS are excavating a southern Queensland driveway looking for a vehicle believed to be linked to the disappearance of Gold Coast woman Novy Chardon. Police, including homicide squad officers, will search other areas of the Mt Nathan...

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Egyptian court bans Hamas activities

A CAIRO court has ruled to ban activities by the militant Palestinian group Hamas in Egypt, branding it a terrorist organisation. The court also on Tuesday ordered Hamas offices in the country be shut down and all dealings with the group suspended....

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WA woman jailed in Indonesia

A WEST Australian woman has been sentenced to eight months' jail in Indonesia after police found drugs in her handbag at a burgeoning tourist spot. Julie Anne Joseph, of Port Hedland, has been in custody on the island of Lombok since October...

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Cashed-up firms eye new workers

New figures are showing tentative signs that business has the confidence to hire staff. Source: AAP AT a time of high-profile job cuts, there are more tentative signs that business has the confidence to hire staff. New figures show employment...

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Pistorius pleads not guilty to murder

OSCAR Pistorius has pleaded not guilty to murdering his girlfriend on Valentine's Day last year, marking the start of the Olympian's murder trial. The trial started 90 minutes late after an Afrikaans interpreter was delayed and two women entered...

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Economic growth getting a little faster

Australia's economic growth is expected to have strengthened a little at the end of 2013. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA'S economic growth is expected to have strengthened a little at the end of 2013, getting a boost from a lift in mining and resource...

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QLD woman charged with attempted murder

A man is in a serious condition after being shot in the stomach the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane. Source: AAP A WOMAN has been charged with attempted murder after a man was found with a gunshot wound in a Lockyer Valley home. The 26-year-old...

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QLD crash victim would fly to relax

TRIBUTES are flowing for a Queensland plane crash victim who would spend his weekends in the skies to relax. John Stortelder, 58, was on a regular Sunday morning flight when his light plane came down and burst into flames in the Lockyer Valley...

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Dad drink drives three times in one day

Police have charged a NSW father who was caught driving drunk three times in 24 hours. Source: AAP A NSW father on his p-plates who allegedly drove drunk to a police station to collect his daughter after she was caught boozed up behind the...

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Premier wants minister to stay on

Victorian Liberal frontbencher Mary Wooldridge lost a preselection battle for the safe seat of Kew. Source: AAP PREMIER Denis Napthine wants Victorian government minister Mary Wooldridge to continue her career in state parliament after she...

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Fed govt boosts pension payment

THE federal government has announced a boost to pension payments to help 3.6 million pensioners keep pace with rising living costs. The increase to pension payments will come into effect on March 20 and is aimed at helping pensioners keep up with...

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PBS funds Botox to prevent migraines

The PBS is funding Botox injections for people who suffer headaches on at least 15 days a month. Source: AAP THE PBS has started funding Botox injections to prevent chronic migraines. The prescription drug, which has various cosmetic...

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