Swan marks Labor's five years in office

Deputy PM Wayne Swan says the government's biggest achievement is its economic management. Source: AAP DEPUTY Prime Minister Wayne Swan says the government's biggest achievement is its economic management, as it marked five years since being...

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18 hurt as gas blast levels US building

A NATURAL gas explosion in one of New England's biggest cities has destroyed a strip club and seriously damaged a dozen other buildings. Firefighters, police and gas workers in the area because of reports of a gas leak were among the 18 people...

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S. Korea island marks shelling anniversary

A SOUTH Korean island has marked the anniversary of its 2010 shelling by North Korea, with its residents still haunted by the assault and alarmed by Pyongyang's threat to strike again. The November 23 attack on Yeonpyeong island killed two South...

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Fatal Afghan attack premeditated: defence

AN attack by a rogue Afghan soldier who shot dead three Australians and wounded seven others was premeditated but a year on defence still doesn't know why he acted. Neither is the Australian Defence Force (ADF) sure why 10 days later another Afghan...

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Scandal-hit US commander returns to Kabul

The US general being investigated for potentially inappropriate emails has returned to Afghanistan. Source: AAP US General John Allen, under investigation for potentially inappropriate emails with a woman linked to a CIA sex scandal, has returned...

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Smartphones killing digital cameras

The soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, analysts say. Source: AAP THE soaring popularity of smartphones is crushing demand for point-and-shoot cameras, threatening the once-vibrant sector as firms...

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Patel doesn't need judge-only trial: court

JAYANT Patel is not so notorious that his manslaughter case warrants a judge-only trial, a court has heard. Barrister Peter Davis SC appeared in the Supreme Court in Brisbane on Wednesday to fight Patel's application to have a judge decide whether...

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Congo rebels capture city of Goma

Rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo claimed control of eastern city Goma and its airport. Source: AAP REBELS in the Democratic Republic of Congo have seized the key eastern city of Goma amid warnings of a humanitarian catastrophe, with...

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Australia's The Amazing Race wins at Emmys

AUSTRALIA'S The Amazing Race has won international fame with a top gong at the 40th International Emmy Awards in New York. The Amazing Race, which was produced by Seven Productions, Active TV and ABC Studios, defeated shows from Singapore, Spain...

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Even apes have midlife crises: study

A new study has found evidence that apes experience midlife crisis because of evolution. Source: AAP CHIMPANZEES in a midlife crisis? It sounds like a setup for a joke. But there it is, in the title of a report published in a scientific...

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Murder hunt as Vic woman's body found

Police believe the body of missing woman Sarah Cafferkey has been found in Melbourne's outer west. Source: AAP TWO men live at a Melbourne property where a woman's body has been found, but police have declined to reveal if the pair have been...

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French opposition's new leader unclear

THE battle to succeed former president Nicolas Sarkozy at the helm of France's main opposition party, the UMP, was left undecided after both candidates claimed victory amid allegations of ballot rigging. Jean-Francois Cope, the party's populist...

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Mali's north tense after Tuareg offensive

Mali's Gao region is tense after a Tuareg offensive failed to dislodge al-Qaeda-linked fighters. Source: AAP AL-QAEDA-LINKED fighters have gathered reinforcements in the tense Gao region of northeastern Mali and are waiting to see if the Tuareg...

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Hamas chief in Cairo for talks

Hamas chief Khaled Meshaal is in Cairo to confer on ending the Gaza conflict. Source: AAP HAMAS chief Khaled Meshaal is in Cairo to confer on ending the Gaza conflict, but the Islamist group is reluctant to agree a ceasefire without guarantees...

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