NGOs in dilemma over rescuing N Koreans

SOUTH Korean NGOs face a dilemma over how to rescue 64 North Koreans held by Myanmar rebels and forced to work on a drug farm, an activist says. The North Koreans have been taken to a rebel camp northeast of Tachilek, a town along the border between...

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Local ballots for Labor preselection

LABOR will hold local ballots for preselection in five seats vacated by former prime minister Julia Gillard and several of her senior ministers. The national executive decided on Saturday the rank and file process would apply for preselecting...

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Lalor ALP candidates await fate

LABOR'S nominees for former prime minister Julia Gillard's vacated seat of Lalor will soon learn if the party, or local members, will pick the winning candidate. Ms Gillard will not recontest the safe Labor seat at the upcoming federal election,...

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Slipper gets some federal funds for costs

THE federal government has agreed to pay some of the legal costs incurred by former Speaker Peter Slipper's defence of civil proceedings brought by his former staffer James Ashby. Acting special minister of state Gary Gray says the funding will...

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Abbott to back Gonski if all states agree

A coalition government would require "overwhelming majority" support to retain the Gonski reforms. Source: AAP OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott says all states must sign up to the government's education reforms for the coalition to back the...

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Students want say on poll issues

UNIVERSITY students want a say on a wider range of issues than just those directly related to their studies, their national union says. National Union of Students president Jade Tyrrell says the upcoming federal election is an opportunity for...

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NASA's Mars rover to up hunt for life

THE next robotic rover to explore Mars in 2020 should scour the red planet's surface more closely than ever for signs of past life, a NASA team says. The US space agency's science definition team has released a 154-page document containing its...

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Poor people need power supply: Greens

A SA welfare group wants to take power to cut off a household's power out of energy companies hands. Source: AAP THE Australian Greens will take up a campaign to stop struggling families having their electricity and gas supplies cut off....

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Yancoal privatisation faces FIRB hurdle

CHINESE giant Yanzhou Coal Mining's plans to take full control of its Australian offshoot Yancoal could face a potential roadblock from the Foreign Investment Review Board. Yanzhou, which already owns 78 per cent of the local miner, has approached...

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Agonising abuse of tiny Tanilla: NSW court

SHE was forced to run countless laps. Whipped with an extension cord. Made to stand for hours at a time. And her mother failed to put a stop to the abuse. The last two months of two-year-old Tanilla Warrick-Deaves's life are outlined in an agreed...

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Five killed in India building collapse

A TWO-STOREY hotel has collapsed in the southern Indian city of Secunderabad, killing five restaurant workers and injuring 15 others, police say. "Five people have died and 15 more have been injured when the City Light Hotel collapsed early...

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Bail refused for accused NSW bash killer

A MAN charged with manslaughter over the death of another man who was brutally assaulted near Newcastle will remain behind bars. Matthew Beattie, 26, was charged on Sunday night with manslaughter and grievous bodily harm after a Currans Hill...

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Vic footy spectator's wheelchair taken

A footy spectator had his wheelchair stolen while watching a match at the MCG, police say. Source: AAP A FOOTY spectator had his wheelchair stolen while watching a match at the MCG. The man, 60, left his wheelchair near the Medallist...

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Mandela still critical as his family feuds

Nelson Mandela remains hospitalised in a critical state for a fourth week with a lung condition. Source: AAP NELSON Mandela remains hospitalised in a critical state after doctors ruled out turning off his life support unless he suffers massive...

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