Berlusconi allies guilty over prostitutes

A Milan court has found three of Silvio Berlusconi's associates guilty of procuring prostitutes. Source: AAP A MILAN court has found three of Silvio Berlusconi's associates guilty of procuring prostitutes - including the then underage Ruby...

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Israel frees Palestinians as talks gesture

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Israeli and Palestinian negotiators will resume peace talks. Source: AAP ISRAEL says it will release some Palestinian prisoners as a "gesture", as the two sides agreed to meet to pave the way for their...

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Court convicts five over Costa Concordia

AN Italian judge has accepted plea bargain agreements for four Costa Concordia crew members and a manager from owners Costa Crociere, in the first legal punishments for last year's shipwreck. Deputy commander Ciro Ambrosio, third officer Silvia...

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UK police find evidence of mosque blast

BRITISH counter-terrorism police say they had found evidence of a three-week-old explosion outside a mosque in central England, one of a spate of similar attacks in recent months. The Wolverhampton central mosque was evacuated on Thursday night...

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McCartney joins stars' lobby for elephant

BRITISH pop music icon Sir Paul McCartney has joined international animal rights activists in calling for the transfer of a 39-year-old elephant from a Philippine zoo to a sanctuary in Thailand. McCartney urged President Benigno Aquino III to...

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Bomb kills woman, children in Taliban home

A BOMB has killed five young children and a woman when it exploded after being made at the home of a Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan, a government official says. The device detonated on Thursday while children were playing with it after...

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EU 'concerned' about Navalny jailing

THE European Union has condemned the verdict against Russian protest leader Alexei Navalny, saying the embezzlement charges were unsubstantiated and that his jailing posed "serious questions" about the rule of law in Russia. A spokesperson for...

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Monsanto drops bid to grow GM foods in EU

US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto won't request to grow new genetically modified foods in the EU. Source: AAP US agro-chemicals giant Monsanto says it will drop all requests to be allowed to grow new genetically modified foods in the European...

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Navalny: ambitious crusader against Putin

Russia's protest leader Alexei Navalny has been sentenced to five years in a prison colony. Source: AAP RUSSIA'S charismatic protest leader Alexei Navalny, sentenced to five years in a prison colony, has galvanised the opposition with lacerating...

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Koreas fail to agree on industrial site

NORTH and South Korea have failed again to reach agreement on reopening their jointly-run industrial estate as they wrangled over who was to blame for its shutdown. A fourth round of talks about the complex ended on Wednesday without agreement,...

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FBT changes dominate climate debate

Labor minister Mark Butler (C) says legislation will be drafted for the ETS before the election. Source: AAP LABOR'S crackdown on work-related benefits to help pay for a shift to an emissions trading scheme (ETS) continues to anger the motor...

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Rudd close to boat policy announcement

THE Rudd government is closer to laying out changes to its strategy on asylum seeker boat arrivals as Opposition Leader Tony Abbott declared Australia was facing a national emergency. After moving to neutralise the carbon tax as an election issue...

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Rudd plays up Qld support at cabinet meet

Kevin Rudd opened a public forum in Rockhampton by declaring support for the Maroons in the Origin. Source: AAP KEVIN Rudd is a maroon-wearing, NRL loving, cockroach hating Queenslander. And the prime minister made sure those attending...

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McDonald's to open in Vietnam

MCDONALD'S says it will launch its first restaurant in communist Vietnam next year after granting a franchise to the son-in-law of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung. The American fast food giant said on Tuesday it planned to open in the southern...

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Hong Kong shares end flat

HONG Kong shares ended flat on Tuesday as another record close on Wall Street was offset by profit-taking following a rally in the previous session. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index edged up 9.07 points to 21,312.38 on turnover of $HK48.45...

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Hong Kong shares end 0.12% higher

HONG Kong and Shanghai stocks rose on Monday after Chinese economic growth data for the April-June quarter came in as forecast. Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng Index added 0.12 per cent, or 26.03 points, to 21,303.31 on turnover of HK$45.98...

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France vows to punish Mali hostage killers

A body found in northern Mali may be that of Philippe Verdon (R) kidnapped by al-Qaeda in 2011. Source: AAP FRENCH President Francois Hollande says there is a "very strong" chance that a body found in northern Mali is that of a French hostage...

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Thousands protest over Zimmerman verdict

Protests have been held in US cities after a jury found George Zimmerman not guilty of murder. Source: AAP THOUSANDS have protested in US cities as President Barack Obama appealed for calm following the acquittal in Florida of a man who gunned...

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