UN sounds alarm over Myanmar boat people

The UN has raised the alarm over the rising number of boat people perishing in the Indian Ocean. Source: AAP THE UN's refugee agency has raised the alarm over the rising number of boat people perishing in the Indian Ocean, including Rohingya...

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Pope to quit Twitter after stepping down

The pope's official Twitter account will close after stepping down, Vatican Radio says. Source: AAP THE pope's official Twitter account, which has more than two million followers in nine languages, will close next week when Benedict XVI leaves...

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Vic police promise to target fire starters

Victorian police have promised to prosecute people who recklessly or carelessly cause bushfires. Source: AAP PEOPLE who recklessly start bushfires would be liable to pay for the damage their actions cause, Victorian police have warned. ...

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RBA plays down banks' smaller cuts

RESERVE Bank of Australia (RBA) has played down the difference between its own interest rate cuts and those made by commercial banks. RBA governor Glenn Stevens on Friday told a parliamentary committee that banks' funding costs had gone up in...

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Gillard unfazed by bad poll numbers

PM Julia Gillard is confident Labor can still win the next election despite bad opinion polls. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says she's not worried about the polls and still thinks she can win the next election. Ms Gillard...

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Gloomy ad market plagues Fairfax

Fairfax Media says gloomy conditions in the advertising market are still dragging on its revenues. Source: AAP EMBATTLED media group Fairfax says gloomy conditions in the advertising market are still dragging on its revenues. The group...

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Google shares top $US800 for 1st time

Google's shares have pushed past $A780.85 for the first time despite challenge from Microsoft. Source: AAP INTERNET search king Google's shares have pushed past $US800 ($A780.85) for the first time despite a tough new challenge from Microsoft...

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Toll lifts first half profit by 21%

TOLL Holdings says cost cutting and improving efficiency will drive earnings in its underperforming global freight-forwarding business in the near future. The transport and logistics group on Wednesday reported a 21.2 per cent lift in net profit...

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End of Labor-Greens deal 'welcomed'

THE end of the Labor-Greens alliance is good news because every government that's climbed into bed with the minor party has ended up losing office, a former Labor minister says. Australian Greens leader Christine Milne says Prime Minister Julia...

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Maid held for allegedly abusing baby

MALAYSIAN police say an Indonesian maid has been detained for allegedly abusing a four-month-old baby by violently tossing him around like a doll. National television late on Monday showed closed-circuit television footage of the 24-year-old...

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Armenia votes in presidential election

ARMENIANS have begun voting in presidential elections already marred by the non-fatal shooting of an opposition candidate and the lack of any high-profile alternative to incumbent Serzh Sarkisian. Monday's poll will test the small Caucasus nation's...

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Driver avoids jail for hitting mum, baby

A DRIVER whose car mounted a kerb and struck a mother and her baby in Sydney's inner-west has avoided jail and instead been sentenced to 50 hours of community service. Bryce James Wayland, 27, of Queenscliff, was last year convicted of negligent...

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Moon church mass wedding in Korea

THOUSANDS of Unification Church followers have been married in a mass wedding in South Korea - the first since the death of their "messiah" and controversial church founder Sun Myung Moon. Some 3500 identically-dressed couples - many of mixed...

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Quake shakes central Italy

A small earthquake has hit the area in Italy which suffered a deadly earthquake in 2009. Source: AAP A 4.8-MAGNITUDE quake hit central Italy late Saturday, shaking apartment buildings in the centre of Rome and spooking citizens in the region...

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