Court slashes Samsung's $1b damages bill

A US judge slashed nearly half of the $US1 billion ($A984.40 million) damage award a jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple over the rights to the design and technology running market-leading smartphones and tablet computers. US District Court Judge...

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Abbott and PM descend on western Sydney

TONY Abbott has fired the first shot in this week's war for western Sydney as Julia Gillard gears up for a five-day tour to reconnect with the Labor heartland and salvage support in once-safe seats. The opposition leader descended on Campbelltown...

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Drastic threat over deadly Borneo siege

MALAYSIA is threatening to take "drastic action" against intruding followers of a self-proclaimed Filipino sultan after a tense standoff erupted into a shootout that killed 14 people. Twelve followers of the little-known sultan of Sulu and two...

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Iran pipeline work to begin this month

A CONSORTIUM will start work next week on a much delayed $US7.5 billion ($A7.38 billion) gas pipeline from Pakistan to Iran despite American warnings of possible sanctions. The date was announced after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held...

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Man missing after trawler capsizes in Qld

EMERGENCY services are searching for a man after a fishing trawler capsized off the Gold Coast early on Friday morning. The 39-year-old deckhand has now been missing for over 13 hours after he was washed overboard when the 50-foot boat flipped...

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Manning pleads guilty to 10 charges

US Army private Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. Source: AAP BRADLEY Manning, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in US history, could face 20 years in prison after pleading...

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NSW prison escapee charged

POLICE have charged a prison escapee who was captured in the NSW Snowy Mountains after two days on the run. Convicted murderer Adam Bowhay, an inmate of Cooma Correctional Centre, ran away from Snowy Oval in Cooma about 1.15pm (AEDT) on Tuesday....

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Qld floodwaters begin to recede

AFTER peaking on Thursday morning, floodwaters at Maryborough in southern Queensland will start to drop overnight. Water flowed through about 20 homes and businesses in the city after the Mary River broke its banks. "It reached its highest level...

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RBS slumps to $8.9bn loss

STATE-RESCUED Royal Bank of Scotland said that net losses almost tripled to STG5.97 billion ($A8.9 billion) in 2012, when it was hit by compensation payouts and a Libor fine. The vast loss after taxation compared with a shortfall of STG1.99 billion...

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Cyclone Rusty already battering WA coast

Red alerts have been issued in WA as tropical cyclone Rusty intensifies to a category four. Source: AAP A LATE change of course by Severe Tropical Cyclone Rusty has spared Port Hedland the full force of 230km/h winds, leaving the tiny community...

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Blaze in illegal Kolkata market kills 19

A FIRE swept through a six-storey building housing illegal shops in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata on Wednesday, killing 19 people who were unable to flee the inferno, local officials said. Hundreds of firefighters gathered at the scene of...

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WA prison officers says strike likely soon

PRISON officers in Western Australia say they expect to strike in coming days as they push to at least match a wage deal recently sealed between the state government and nurses union. WA Prison Officers Union (WAPOU) spokesman John Welch said...

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Mixed reactions to summit on Qld's future

THE Queensland opposition says Premier Campbell Newman is too scared to hold his "future" summit in the southeast due to job cuts in the region. Queenslanders have been invited to tell the state's 89 MPs what they want their state to look in 30...

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It's time to improve NSW's accounts: A-G

NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat says he'll back any move to lift the dismal quality of the state's accounting, including sending senior financial bureaucrats to boot camp. "I have been making the point since 2009 that we really do have...

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Aquino warns sultan in Malaysian stand-off

PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino has warned a sultan he would face the "full force of the law" unless he withdraws his gunmen from Malaysia, but the elderly ruler remained defiant. Dozens of followers of the little-known Sultan of Sulu have...

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Argo wins best film as Oscars shared out

BEN Affleck's Iran hostage drama Argo has won the coveted best film Oscar, as other key prizes were shared among several films at the 85th Academy Awards, Hollywood's biggest night. Taiwan-born Ang Lee on Sunday won best director for spectacular...

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Frantic search before brothel death: court

A MELBOURNE man who was allegedly murdered outside a brothel had been frantically searching for his girlfriend who he believed was being held as a sex slave, a court has heard. Two days before his death Abraham Papo told his best friend he had...

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Senate on steroids over mining tax

MIX a pathetic tax, a messy political divorce and an unaccustomed spotlight and you get a Senate on steroids. The upper house is supposed to be a little more measured, a tad more civil, than the unruly mob in the Reps. Not on Monday, as a rare...

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Cyclone threat to north coast of WA

RESIDENTS have been warned to prepare for dangerous weather as a cyclone intensifies off Western Australia's north coast. Tropical Cyclone Rusty is expected to bring gales late on Sunday night or early on Monday, as it tracks towards the coast,...

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Storms destroy homes as floods swamp NSW

Homes on the NSW mid-north coast have been destroyed as waters continue to rise across the state. Source: AAP GALE force winds have wreaked havoc across Sydney and the NSW south coast, while around 20,000 people are isolated by floodwaters...

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RAAF flare drop in Vic cancelled

THE planned flare drop over Port Phillip Bay has been cancelled because of technical problems with the RAAF plane. The airforce says the C-130J Hercules, which was due to fly over Port Phillip Bay towards St Kilda around 8pm (AEDT) as part of...

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