Japan election candidates make final pitch

HUNDREDS of candidates vying for a seat in Japan's parliament made their final pitches on Saturday in an election expected to see the return of the country's old guard. Opinion polls show the Liberal Democratic Party on course for a convincing...

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17y/o Vic drink driver nabbed

A 17-YEAR-OLD learner driver has been caught drink driving and speeding in his mum's car on the first day of a Victoria Police road safety blitz in the lead-up to Christmas. The boy was pulled over in Carrum Downs, in Melbourne's southeast,...

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Facebook to meet Victoria police

A FACEBOOK representative will meet with Victoria's police chief over concerns the social media site's users are a "mob" that incites hatred and undermines the criminal justice system. Chief Commissioner Ken Lay confirmed on Friday that since...

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Banksia had problems for years: receiver

BANKSIA Securities was facing financial problems for at least three years before it collapsed owing investors $660 million, receivers for the company say. McGrathNicol partner Tony McGrath said the beginning of the failure of the company could...

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Screaming match in Vic parliament

THE last question time of the year in the Victorian Parliament's lower house has descended into a screaming match, with a Labor MP kicked out for repeatedly calling the speaker a disgrace. Speaker Ken Smith cited Labor MP Danielle Green, the...

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PM apologises to Pike mine families

NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has personally apologised to the families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine disaster. But they took little solace from Mr Key's words at a meeting in Greymouth on Thursday, as they continue to campaign...

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Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies

THE legendary Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a major influence on Western musicians including The Beatles and the Rolling Stones, has died at the age of 92, Indian television has reported. Shankar, the father of the American singer-songwriter...

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NSW top cop praises slain officer Anderson

NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione has remembered slain policeman Bryson Anderson as a loving husband and father, a prized friend and colleague and "a thoroughly good bloke". The 45-year-old father of three was stabbed after responding...

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Auditor again questions NSW govt figures

THE NSW auditor-general has questioned the revaluation of 27,000 school buildings after their total value increased by $8 billion but those built under a federal stimulus program fell by more than $660 million. Just weeks after Auditor-General...

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Man jailed for leaving victim quadriplegic

RETIRED cabinet-maker Kenneth Weger was the type of bloke who was quick to offer a visitor a beer. But he didn't get a chance to be hospitable to former boarder Daniel Charles Hughes, who rendered Mr Weger a quadriplegic by repeatedly stabbing...

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Thrift Shop still No.1 on ARIA chart

US rap duo Macklemore & Ryan Lewis continue to top the ARIA singles chart with their hip-hop parody Thrift Shop. Behind the rap duo is Swedish House Mafia's single Don't You Worry Child, up one spot to No.2, while Taylor Swift's I Knew You...

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Older students drinking at risky levels

A survey has found older high school children are continuing to drink alcohol at risky levels. Source: AAP OLDER high school children are continuing to drink at risky levels but alcohol use by younger teenagers is dropping, a new national survey...

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Treasurer Swan to spruik Aust in India

DEPUTY Prime Minister Wayne Swan will meet senior government and business officials in India this week to boost Australia's long-term possibilities with the Asian nation and the region. It is understood the treasurer will hold talks with his Indian...

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Kidnapped US doctor rescued in Afghanistan

US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO force in the war-torn country says. The mission was launched when intelligence showed that Dr Dilip...

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