'Hurt Locker' actor Jeremy Renner a dad

ACTOR Jeremy Renner is a dad. The Hurt Locker star and girlfriend Sonni Pacheco confirmed on Friday that they are the parents of Ava Berlin Renner. A statement released by Renner's spokeswoman Susan Patricola says the new parents "are beyond...

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Zumba teacher guilty plea to prostitution

A US Zumba instructor who has pleaded guilty to using her studio as a front for prostitution. Source: AAP A DANCE instructor accused of using her Zumba fitness studio as a front for prostitution has pleaded guilty to 20 counts in a scandal...

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Charges over China school stabbing frenzy

A MAN who allegedly hacked and injured 23 school children in central China will be tried on charges of intentional homicide and jeopardising public safety. The municipal prosecutor's office for the city of Xinyang in Henan province said in a...

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Tokyo stocks, euro up in holiday-hit trade

JAPANESE shares ended higher at the end of quiet regional trade on Friday but the euro edged lower on lingering concerns over Cyprus despite the island's bank's reopening to relative calm. Lenders in the Mediterranean nation began trading Thursday...

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Woman burned in gas explosion

A WOMAN has suffered burns in a gas cylinder explosion at Berowra Waters in Sydney's north. The woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, was standing near a barbecue when the cylinder exploded at about 1pm (AEDT) on Friday. Police said the woman...

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Neighbour Day celebrated on Sunday

A DECADE since an elderly woman's remains were found in her Melbourne home two years after she died, Australians are being urged to celebrate Neighbour Day in tribute to her. The special annual celebration of community was launched in 2003 just...

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East and West join forces against diabetes

SCIENTISTS say they have proved Chinese medicine and conventional drugs work well together in the treatment of type 2 diabetes. After a controlled 48-week clinical trial of 800 adults with type 2 diabetes, researchers from Queensland and Beijing...

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Online sleuths hunt for stolen parrot

SOCIAL media detectives are being called on to track down thieves who stole a wooden parrot from a tiki bar in Perth. The outraged owners of the Hula Bula Bar in Victoria Avenue have used their Facebook page to post images of the group, and...

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Outcry after Freo lead transport allowed

HOWLS of protest have followed a decision to let lead carbonate shipments resume through Fremantle port. Canadian company Rosslyn Hill Mining was on Wednesday given permission to ship lead from its Wiluna mine in Western Australia's Mid West...

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Two bushfires threatening Vic towns

MAJOR fires are threatening homes in Victoria's east and west. The CFA says a fast-moving grassfire at Dereel, west of Melbourne, may have already destroyed a home or a shed and damaged 12 buildings. Three firefighters battling the blaze were...

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N. Korea cuts military hotline with South

North Korea has issued fresh threats to attack the US mainland, Hawaii, Guam and South Korea. Source: AAP NORTH Korea says it is cutting a military hotline with South Korea, meaning that all direct inter-government and military contact has...

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Pope Francis adorns Rome bus, metro tix

Rome has printed one million bus and metro tickets bearing Pope Francis' silhouette. Source: AAP ROME has printed one million bus and metro tickets bearing Pope Francis' silhouette, the city's transport operator says. Transportation office...

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WA Finks bikie jailed for 15 months

A FINKS bikie has been jailed in Perth for 15 months for refusing to answer questions before the Australian Crime Commission. Stephen John Wallace, 49, pleaded guilty to five offences of failing to answer questions at an examination in Perth...

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Huge blow to Chan's Bali Nine clemency bid

THE Bali Nine's Andrew Chan has been dealt a massive blow with Indonesia's National Narcotics Board believed to have recommended that his death sentence should be upheld. A senior source involved in considering Chan's clemency application has...

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Greens urge probe into asylum boat tragedy

The PM called on the opposition and the Greens to support the people-swap plan with Malaysia. Source: AAP THE Australian Greens and refugee advocates are calling for a coronial inquest into the boat capsize near Christmas Island that left two...

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Police find dinosaur at Canberra home

A THREE-METRE long dinosaur stolen from a Canberra museum has been recovered. Police found the fibreglass Utahraptor inside a house in Page on Monday afternoon after a tip-off. A 20-year-old man admitted stealing the statue as a birthday prank,...

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Buddhist-Muslim unrest spreads in Myanmar

ANTI-MUSLIM mobs have rampaged through three more towns in Myanmar's predominantly Buddhist heartland over the weekend, destroying mosques and burning dozens of homes. President Thein Sein declared a state of emergency in central Myanmar (Burma)...

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Fiery gas buses to stay on Perth roads

PERTH'S fleet of gas buses will remain on the road despite another being destroyed by fire, as transport bosses demand answers from manufacturer Mercedes Benz. A month after Perth drivers threatened to walk off the job unless answers were given...

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ALP MPs say another spill by June 3: Pyne

Senior Labor minister Anthony Albanese has called on his party to unite behind PM Julia Gillard. Source: AAP OPPOSITION frontbencher Christopher Pyne says he's receiving text messages from Labor MPs still agitating for Julia Gillard's removal...

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Take holiday in tornado-hit area: Napthine

Victorian Premier Denis Napthine has toured areas of the state's northeast devastated by a tornado. Source: AAP VICTORIAN Premier Denis Napthine is encouraging people to take their Easter holidays in towns where a tornado cut a devastating...

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Thousands celebrate Greek Independence

POLITICIANS and prominent Greek Australians have joined with thousands in a central Sydney park to celebrate Greece's independence from the Ottoman Empire. Prime Minister Julia Gillard, environment minister Tony Burke, opposition immigration...

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