National road toll rises to 29

The holiday road toll has risen to 29 after the death of a pedestrian hit by two cars in Tasmania. Source: AAP THE death of a pedestrian killed after being hit by two separate cars in Tasmania has taken the holiday road toll to 29. The...

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Man charged over Christmas Eve stabbing

A man has been charged over a Christmas Eve stabbing outside a Sydney restaurant. Source: AAP A MAN has been charged over a Christmas Eve stabbing outside a Sydney restaurant. Police say an argument between two men, aged 29 and 33, in...

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Central African Republic troops fight back

The Central African Republic troops are battling to re-capture a rebel-held city, officials say. Source: AAP GOVERNMENT soldiers in the Central African Republic are battling to re-capture a rebel-held city, a military official says, despite...

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Paper ordered to hand over Buswell notes

WEST Australian newspaper The Sunday Times has been ordered to hand over documents relating to an article it published containing allegations about the behaviour of state Treasurer Troy Buswell. Mr Buswell, who is also WA's transport and emergency...

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Indian teen pressed to drop case

A 17-YEAR-OLD Indian girl who was gang-raped has taken her own life after police pressured her to drop the case and marry one of her attackers, police and a relative say. Amid the ongoing uproar over the gang-rape of a student on a bus in New...

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Japan whaling fleet leaves for Antarctica

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. Citing the Fisheries Agency, Kyodo News reported on Friday three vessels had departed from the...

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China's boom damages coral reefs: study

CHINA'S economic boom has seen its coral reefs shrink by at least 80 per cent over the past 30 years, a joint Australian study has found. Scientists from the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the South...

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Elderly man drowns off Melbourne beach

A MAN has drowned at a Melbourne beach while swimming with his family. Police say the 74-year-old from Footscray suffered "some sort of medical condition" while in the water near the pier at Williamstown beach. Family members and others attempted...

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Cars hit by bullets in Sydney's west

POLICE are asking the public for help after several gunshots hit cars outside a home in Sydney's west early Thursday morning. Residents of a home in Greenfield Park found cars parked outside their house damaged by projectiles, police said in...

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Xmas Day storms blamed for 3 deaths in US

TORNADOES across the US south and brutal winds, have knocked down countless trees, blown the roofs off homes and left many Christmas celebrations in the dark. Holiday travellers in the nation's much colder midsection battled treacherous driving...

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Manila fires spark riots

ANGRY residents beat a man to death and threw rocks at firefighters after a shantytown fire left thousands of people homeless and another Christmas Day blaze in the Philippine capital left seven people dead. A resident was beaten to death by...

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Man held over elderly Vic couple's death

VICTORIAN police have made a breakthrough during the investigation of the deaths of an elderly couple found dead in their burning house at Yarraville last Saturday. They have arrested a man in relation to the deaths and are now interviewing...

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Man critical after boat capsizes off Vic

A MAN has been airlifted to the Alfred Hospital after nearly drowning in a boating accident at Venus Bay in Victoria's southeast. The 22-year-old man was with three mates in an aluminium craft off Venus Bay when it tipped over, throwing them...

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Myanmar plane crash kills child, rider

A FLIGHT packed with Christmas tourists has crash-landed on a road in central Myanmar (Burma), killing two people and injuring 11. Four foreigners were among the injured, state television reported on Tuesday. The airline said the injured were...

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Rotten egg attack mars Indonesia Christmas

MORE than 200 Indonesian Muslims have thrown rotten eggs at Christians wanting to hold a Christmas mass near empty land outside Jakarta where they plan to build a church. Some 100 Christian worshippers intended to hold the mass on the site about...

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Mongolia graft probe clears Aussie lawyer

AN Australian lawyer who had been barred from leaving Mongolia has been cleared of involvement in a corruption case and will soon be able to leave the country, her employer says. SouthGobi Resources, a subsidiary of resources giant Rio Tinto,...

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Child saved from Gold Coast resort pool

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl has been saved from drowning at Seaworld Resort on the Gold Coast. The girl was pulled from a pool at the resort and given oxygen by paramedics before being taken to Gold Coast Hospital, according to the Nine Network. ...

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Christmas road toll rises to seven

The national holiday road toll has risen to six, with the death of an elderly woman south of Sydney. Source: AAP A YOUNG Western Australian man and a woman in South Australia have died in car crashes on Christmas Eve, pushing the national...

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Emperor Akihito in good health on birthday

Japanese Emperor Akihito has addressed thousands of supporters on his 79th birthday. Source: AAP JAPANESE Emperor Akihito has reassured thousands of well-wishers on his 79th birthday that he has regained his health since heart by-pass surgery....

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Driver dies in Tasmanian crash

Tasmania has recorded its first road fatality of the holiday road toll period. Source: AAP A MAN has died north of Hobart in Tasmania's first road fatality of the holiday season. The driver was alone in a car when it crashed on East Bagdad...

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Three die in Vic as road campaign begins

A man has died after his car smashed into a tree and flipped on its side in Melbourne's southeast. Source: AAP THREE people have died on Victoria's roads in a horror start to the state's annual holiday road safety campaign. Police say...

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