Madonna builds ten schools in Malawi

Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity has announced. Source: AAP FORMER Material Girl Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity announced. Two years after abandoning a $US15...

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Second man charged for Christmas murder

A second man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Source: AAP A SECOND man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Police said a 31-year-old man from Kippa...

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Man drowns at NSW Central Coast beach

A MAN has drowned at a beach on the NSW Central Coast after getting caught in a rip. Police say the 27-year-old man was one of six people swimming at Budgewoi beach when four members of the group got into trouble because of strong currents at...

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Madonna builds ten schools in Malawi

Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity has announced. Source: AAP FORMER Material Girl Madonna has built 10 primary schools in Malawi during 2012, her charity announced. Two years after abandoning a $US15...

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Second man charged for Christmas murder

A second man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Source: AAP A SECOND man has been charged following the Christmas Day murder of a man north of Brisbane. Police said a 31-year-old man from Kippa...

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Man drowns at NSW Central Coast beach

A MAN has drowned at a beach on the NSW Central Coast after getting caught in a rip. Police say the 27-year-old man was one of six people swimming at Budgewoi beach when four members of the group got into trouble because of strong currents at...

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Japan whaling fleet leaves for Antarctica

Japan's whaling fleet has left port for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt. Source: AAP JAPANESE whaling vessels have left port bound for the Southern Ocean on their annual hunt of the marine mammals, a media report and Greenpeace say....

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Apple must pay on copyright: Chinese court

A Chinese court has ordered Apple to pay 1.03 million yuan ($A159,740) to eight Chinese writers. Source: AAP A CHINESE court has ordered Apple Inc to pay 1.03 million yuan ($A159,740) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed...

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US teachers bear arms to protect students

US teachers are flocking to gun training as states consider allowing educators to carry weapons. Source: AAP SEVERAL US states are considering allowing school teachers to carry weapons and educators, determined not to allow a repeat of the...

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Asian shares rise amid US fiscal concerns

ASIAN shares have risen, with Tokyo scaling a 21-month high thanks to a weaker yen, but pessimism lingers over the prospects of a US "fiscal cliff" deal by the year-end deadline. Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei 225 index on Thursday climbed 0.91 per...

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4 Afghan police killed with 'insider' help

FOUR Afghan policemen have been killed and two wounded in an insurgent attack assisted by an insider loyal to the Taliban, officials say. Attackers stormed the police post at Tarin Kowt, a remote district in the southern province of Oruzgan,...

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UN peace envoy urges real change in Syria

Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi is seeking help from Russia to get the warring parties to negotiate. Source: AAP INTERNATIONAL envoy Lakhdar Brahimi has called for "real change" in war-torn Syria including a transitional government with full...

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Russian ban on US adoption nears approval

RUSSIA'S upper house of parliament is set to vote on a bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, the final legislative hurdle requiring clearance before the controversial law is sent to President Vladimir Putin for signing. The highly...

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Girls taken in 'domestic incident': Police

POLICE do not hold concerns for the safety of two young girls who were feared to have been abducted from Alexandra Hills this afternoon. A police spokeswoman said it is now being treated as a domestic incident and it's believed the girls were taken...

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Egypt's Morsi signs new charter into law

EGYPTIAN President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but he was left facing an economic crisis and international disquiet over his rule. The Islamist-dominated senate convened on...

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Russian ban on US adoption nears approval

RUSSIA'S upper house of parliament is set to vote on a bill barring Americans from adopting Russian children, the final legislative hurdle requiring clearance before the controversial law is sent to President Vladimir Putin for signing. The highly...

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Girls taken in 'domestic incident': Police

POLICE do not hold concerns for the safety of two young girls who were feared to have been abducted from Alexandra Hills this afternoon. A police spokeswoman said it is now being treated as a domestic incident and it's believed the girls were taken...

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Egypt's Morsi signs new charter into law

EGYPTIAN President Mohamed Morsi has signed into law a new constitution voted in despite weeks of opposition protests, but he was left facing an economic crisis and international disquiet over his rule. The Islamist-dominated senate convened on...

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Weak yen gives Tokyo a Christmas boost

TOKYO stocks have closed 1.41 per cent higher as a weak yen helped boost the market which surged last week following a return to power for the country's conservatives. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index gained 140.06 points to 10,080.12, while the...

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Taxi driver dies in Victoria crash

The national holiday road toll has risen to eight, after a man died from a collision in Victoria. Source: AAP VICTORIA'S holiday road toll has climbed to five following the death of a taxi driver in a crash in Geelong. Investigators believe...

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Toll rises to 10 as Vic taxi driver dies

THE national Christmas holiday road toll has risen to 10 with the death of a taxi driver in Victoria. Police believe a Holden Commodore was travelling east on Ballarat Road in the Geelong suburb of Hamlyn Heights when it crashed into a stationary...

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US yachtsman rescued after 8 days adrift

VIETNAMESE fishermen have rescued an American man who had been drifting at sea for eight days on a disabled yacht. Coastguard official Vo Hoang Liet said on Monday that Kenneth Putney of Melbourne, Florida, was in good health after being rescued...

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Afghan policewoman kills US adviser

AN Afghan policewoman has shot and killed an American adviser outside the police headquarters in Kabul. The woman, identified as Afghan police Sergeant Nargas, had entered a strategic compound in the heart of the capital and shot the adviser...

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Syria peace envoy Brahimi meets Assad

UN-ARAB League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi says he hopes all parties will reach agreement to end the "worrying" situation in Syria. After holding talks in Damascus with President Bashar al-Assad on Monday, he said: "I had the honour to meet...

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Aussies warned about Phuket scamsters

AUSTRALIAN tourists in Phuket should be wary of extortion gangs, some of which are in cahoots with local police. Australian Ambassador James Wise and his British counterpart, Mark Kent, have joined a Thai Ministry of Tourism campaign to tackle...

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Afghanistan Taliban pair pledge tolerance

Taliban have held talks with Afghan government officials at a landmark meeting in France. Source: AAP TWO senior Taliban representatives have pledged to accept a multiparty political system and respect women's rights in future post-war governments....

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Muslims reject anti-Christmas message

MUSLIM leaders have been quick to reject an anti-Christmas message posted on the Lakemba Mosque Facebook page, saying it gives people the wrong impression. The Lakemba Mosque Facebook page became the target of angry responses on Sunday, after...

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