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MH370 flight recorders search to be completed within seven days
Slow-motion landslide threatens homes in Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Bob Carr believes Kevin Rudd is ideal for the top job at the United Nations
Rana Plaza: one year on from the Bangladesh factory disaster
88 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists still missing
Ferry captain says evacuation was delayed for lack of rescue ships
'It's quite intense': SES volunteer describes MH370 search - audio
SES volunteers the eagle eyes of the MH370 search
Abu Hamza trial: American testifies about 'fiery' sermons
Cairo bomb explosion kills police officer
South Korea ferry captain arrested
LA Dodgers star Yasiel Puig at centre of kidnapping and gangster drama
Authorities charge suspect in string of Kansas City-area highway shootings
Faith, hope and Cameron's dog-whistle Christianity
In Sicily, on the hunt for the last mafia fugitive
Pro-Russian separatists defiant as Ukraine peace moves flounder
Teenager from Brighton killed within weeks of joining Syrian conflict
Everest avalanche leaves Sherpas counting dead and considering future
Japan's consumer inflation set to reach five-year high
Chinese state energy firm ups shale gas spend to £950m
Ukraine peacemakers say they need more help
South Sudanese soldiers sent to protect UN base after attack kills dozens
West, Texas marks anniversary of fertiliser plant explosion which killed 15
Pakistani towns left in the dark for not paying electricity bills
Giorgio Armani settles £222m tax dispute with Italy

MH370 flight recorders search to be completed within seven days

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 11:30 PM PDT

Indian Ocean hunt by US navy deep-sea vehicle narrows to an area with a radius of just 10km

Slow-motion landslide threatens homes in Jackson Hole, Wyoming

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 10:57 PM PDT

Safety concerns as the landslide speeds up have prompted officials to postpone efforts to stabilise the area

Bob Carr believes Kevin Rudd is ideal for the top job at the United Nations

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 10:32 PM PDT

Former prime minister's 'legendary forcefulness' would be an advantage in leading the world body, former foreign minister says

Rana Plaza: one year on from the Bangladesh factory disaster

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 10:00 PM PDT

Last year, the eight-storey Rana Plaza building collapsed in Dhaka, killing 1,130 garment factory workers. The building had been declared unsafe, but the managers had quotas to meet. People blamed the factory owners, the builders, or the government. But isn't the real culprit our demand for cheap clothing? Continue reading...

88 Nigerian schoolgirls abducted by Islamic extremists still missing

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 07:20 PM PDT

Mass kidnap of 129 students unprecedented in uprising that has killed 1,500 people so far this year

Ferry captain says evacuation was delayed for lack of rescue ships

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 06:55 PM PDT

Lee Joon-seok says he feared passengers would be swept away if they left ship that subsequently sank

'It's quite intense': SES volunteer describes MH370 search - audio

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 04:43 PM PDT

Jim Maclean, an SES volunteer assisting with the aerial search for missing flight MH370, describes the difficulties in spotting wreckage from the air Continue reading...

SES volunteers the eagle eyes of the MH370 search

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 04:42 PM PDT

Fifteen-hour days are par for the course for the unsung heroes on the frontline of the aerial search for the missing plane

'It's quite intense': SES volunteer describes MH370 search - audio

Abu Hamza trial: American testifies about 'fiery' sermons

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 02:23 PM PDT

Witness tells court that cleric's speeches would have followers want to 'run up to the nonbeliever and bite him'

Cairo bomb explosion kills police officer

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 02:20 PM PDT

Security official says bomb detonated next to traffic post in Lebanon Square in Mohandessin district Continue reading...

South Korea ferry captain arrested

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 01:18 PM PDT

Captain and crew accused of abandoning passengers on sinking 7,000-ton ferry Sewol Continue reading...

LA Dodgers star Yasiel Puig at centre of kidnapping and gangster drama

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 01:17 PM PDT

Press probes defection of Cuban star with league's richest team
Source: stories could attract interest of federal authorities

David Lengel on Puig, the Dodgers and more in MLB this week

Authorities charge suspect in string of Kansas City-area highway shootings

Posted: 18 Apr 2014 01:02 PM PDT

Mohammed Whitaker, 27, charged with 18 felony counts in connection with highway shootings that wounded three