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Ukraine: referendum for self-rule in eastern regions begins - live updates

Posted: 11 May 2014 01:40 AM PDT

  • Referendum for 'people's republics' in Donetsk and Luhansk
  • Long queues form outside polling stations in Mariupol
  • Clashes overnight on the outskirts of Slavyansk
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Police fear for safety of girl, 2, taken from Queensland home

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:38 AM PDT

Police name a man and a woman they want to question about Bella Goulding's abduction

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East Ukraine goes to the polls for independence referendum

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:29 AM PDT

Donetsk on the brink of civil war as army, police and pro-Russia forces exchange fire in port city of Mariupol Continue reading...






'Drunken guy' removed from Opera House roof

Posted: 11 May 2014 12:28 AM PDT

Man not making a protest, Sydney police say

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Lithuania goes to the polls spooked by Russian intervention in Ukraine

Posted: 10 May 2014 11:39 PM PDT

Centre-right leader Dalia Grybauskaite, a firm supporter of the Nato alliance, strongly favoured to win second term

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Vietnamese protests against China gather pace, fuelling regional tension

Posted: 10 May 2014 09:52 PM PDT

More than 1,000 people gather outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi, testing response of Vietnamese government

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Michelle Obama raises pressure over kidnapped schoolgirls

Posted: 10 May 2014 08:38 PM PDT

American first lady delivers president's weekly address to highlight concern over Nigeria Continue reading...






Roosters' Mitchell Pearce arrested outside Kings Cross nightclub

Posted: 10 May 2014 08:27 PM PDT

Police issued an infringement notice and an order banning Pearce from area for 48 hours

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Australia and PNG governments don't fulfil human rights duties: Amnesty

Posted: 10 May 2014 07:10 PM PDT

Manus Island Senate inquiry told detainees who witnessed violence should be removed immediately

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Joe Hockey adamant that budget will not break any tax promises

Posted: 10 May 2014 06:36 PM PDT

Treasurer says his 'contribute and build' package will mean some pain but lower taxes, more jobs and $82bn for roads

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'Miraculous' escape as aircraft plummets out of sky in Blue Mountains

Posted: 10 May 2014 05:44 PM PDT

Quick-thinking pilot brought plane to earth using giant parachute

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Nigeria: Take the fight to Boko Haram on all fronts

Posted: 10 May 2014 04:05 PM PDT

As the search for the kidnapped schoolgirls continues, both the west and Nigeria itself will finally be forced to tackle the complacency which allowed terrorism to flourish Continue reading...






Vast hidden profits: from Asia's palm oil giants to a tiny British tax haven

Posted: 10 May 2014 03:11 PM PDT

Indonesian court helps to tear aside the veil of secrecy under which huge corporations operate in UK-linked tax havens Continue reading...






Texas 93-year-old woman shot dead by officer had fired twice, says nephew

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Town officials vote to fire police officer concerned
Demonstrators marched on city hall to protest case

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Two dead and one missing in Virginia hot-air balloon accident

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:16 PM PDT

Two bodies found but balloon and gondola missing
Witness describes hearing calls for help from basket Continue reading...






This is not just Nigeria's war on terrorists it's the world's fight too

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:14 PM PDT

Africa is facing a real and present danger from radical ideology and terror networks. How do we overcome this challenge? Continue reading...






Asian logging companies 'use British islands for tax dodging'

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:04 PM PDT

Calls for crackdown as investigation finds huge Indonesian corporations evading tax through network of secret shell companies in British Virgin Islands and other tax havens Continue reading...






Boko Haram's five-year battle to impose caliphate kills thousands

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT

Nigerians have suffered more than a year of attacks on western-style schools but the world is only just waking up to it Continue reading...






'We feel for those mothers' British Nigerians on kidnapped schoolgirls

Posted: 10 May 2014 01:00 PM PDT

British Nigerians in south London tell of their shock and fear at the schoolgirl abductions by Boko Haram, and their worries for family back home Continue reading...






In the Breaking Bad city, trust in the trigger-happy police has broken down

Posted: 10 May 2014 12:49 PM PDT

Albuquerque's people are struggling with poverty, mental illness and drugs and have had enough of a police force that has killed 25 in four years Continue reading...






EU timeline: from destruction to steelmaking to meltdown

Posted: 10 May 2014 12:44 PM PDT

1945-2014: the evolution of a union that grew from the ashes of the second world war Continue reading...






Heroes of Boston Marathon bombing receive honorary degrees

Posted: 10 May 2014 12:37 PM PDT

Carlos Arredondo helped save Jeff Bauman, who lost his legs
Two men jointly deliver graduation speech at Fisher College

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Voters can't name their MEPs as poll highlights disengagement with EU

Posted: 10 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT

Only 11% say they would be confident of naming one of their MEPs, against 52% who could name their MP Continue reading...

What can save the European Union?

Posted: 10 May 2014 12:30 PM PDT

The EU was designed to bind a continent together in peace. It transformed Europe politically and economically, but now critics rage at waste, austerity economics and a democratic deficit. Ahead of European elections, Julian Coman travels to Italy, France and Belgium to find out: is the postwar dream over?

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