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Sex abuse royal commission funds redirected to home insulation inquiry
Sexual abuse inquiry funds siphoned for insulation - politics live
Manus unrest: G4S boss denies PNG police were invited into compound
2,300-year-old false tooth removed in northern France
Sinkhole opens under seaside home in NSW
Immigration reformers urge Obama to avoid unilateral action on deportation
US nears decision on training Syrian rebels
Peat bog as big as England found in Congo-Brazzaville
White House to investigate mistaken release of CIA official's name
David Cameron tries to stop Jean-Claude Juncker getting EU top job
Obama announces plan to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after 2014
Modi can't ease Delhi's traffic but has opened a door to Islamabad
Colorado mudslide search called off by rescuers due to unstable conditions
Ukraine says it controls Donetsk airport after fighting leaves dozens dead
Podemos hopes to cement rise of citizen politics in Spain after election success
Clearing Detroit's blight will cost city almost $2bn, taskforce report finds
Missing woman's body is found in package posted across Japan
Egyptian presidential election extended to third day
Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death for marrying for love
Belgian police look into assassination theory in Jewish museum killings
Wisconsin abortion providers challenge law on admitting privileges
'We left when the bullets were falling like rain' Syrian refugees' illustrated stories
Briton among eight jailed in Iran for web insults
US supreme court bars Florida from using IQ score cutoff for executions
Human remains uncovered by Bosnia's record floods likely to be war missing

Sex abuse royal commission funds redirected to home insulation inquiry

Posted: 27 May 2014 05:20 PM PDT

Labor says George Brandis needs to explain decision to divert nearly $7m and 'why he has been hiding that decision'

Sexual abuse inquiry funds siphoned for insulation - politics live

Posted: 27 May 2014 05:13 PM PDT

The Abbott government is facing widespread condemnation for siphoning funds from the Royal Commission into institutional sexual abuse while its budget continues to divide as the parliamentary week draws on. Follow the news from Canberra live...

Manus unrest: G4S boss denies PNG police were invited into compound

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:51 PM PDT

Assertion that officers 'broke into' detention centre comes despite company's official incident report indicating the contrary

2,300-year-old false tooth removed in northern France

Posted: 27 May 2014 04:02 PM PDT

Iron implant is same size and shape as incisors found with Celtic woman's remains and was likely added after death Continue reading...

Sinkhole opens under seaside home in NSW

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:26 PM PDT

Brick house extensively damaged after what is believed to be a disused mine shift collapsed beneath it

Immigration reformers urge Obama to avoid unilateral action on deportation

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:15 PM PDT

Immigration advocates say unilateral action from the president could stall prospect of reform bill making it through Congress

US nears decision on training Syrian rebels

Posted: 27 May 2014 03:14 PM PDT

President may sign off on project that would boost support to forces who have been asking for help for three years

Peat bog as big as England found in Congo-Brazzaville

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:55 PM PDT

Swamp thought to contain billions of tonnes of peat dating back 10,000 years will offer window on Africa's past, say experts Continue reading...

White House to investigate mistaken release of CIA official's name

Posted: 27 May 2014 02:09 PM PDT

White House press office unaware it had circulated name
Washington Post journalist sounded alert after filing report

David Cameron tries to stop Jean-Claude Juncker getting EU top job

Posted: 27 May 2014 01:01 PM PDT

Christian Democrats claim mandate for Juncker to head commission as nominee of parliament's largest caucus Continue reading...

Obama announces plan to keep 9,800 US troops in Afghanistan after 2014

Posted: 27 May 2014 12:55 PM PDT

President confirms initial residual force of nearly 10,000, declining floated proposal to withdraw all US troops from country

Modi can't ease Delhi's traffic but has opened a door to Islamabad

Posted: 27 May 2014 12:21 PM PDT

Presence of Sharif at inauguration and trip to Pakistan for Indian PM could unlock box of beneficial consequences for both nations Continue reading...

Colorado mudslide search called off by rescuers due to unstable conditions

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:59 AM PDT

Mesa County Sheriff said conditions remained too unstable to continue looking for three men likely overwhelmed by 'huge' mudslide

Ukraine says it controls Donetsk airport after fighting leaves dozens dead

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:53 AM PDT

Putin calls on Ukraine to end 'punitive' operation as rebel says at least 30 fighters' bodies have been delivered to hospital Continue reading...

Podemos hopes to cement rise of citizen politics in Spain after election success

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:48 AM PDT

Barely 100 days old, party born from indignados movement now has five MEPs and determination to change political landscape Continue reading...

Clearing Detroit's blight will cost city almost $2bn, taskforce report finds

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:18 AM PDT

Much-anticipated study says there are more than 84,000 blighted structures and vacant lots, half of which should be demolished

Missing woman's body is found in package posted across Japan

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:17 AM PDT

Parcel marked 'doll' containing body of nurse Rika Okada is sent 230 miles without arousing suspicions of postal workers Continue reading...

Egyptian presidential election extended to third day

Posted: 27 May 2014 11:00 AM PDT

Critics say extension and last-minute public holiday are attempts to boost credibility of probable winner Abdel Fatah al-Sisi Continue reading...

Pregnant Pakistani woman stoned to death for marrying for love

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:48 AM PDT

'Honour killing' in broad daylight outside Lahore high court involved father and brothers Continue reading...

Belgian police look into assassination theory in Jewish museum killings

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:42 AM PDT

Police investigating whether Israelis were targeted or victims of a random antisemitic attack, as couple buried in Tel Aviv Continue reading...

Wisconsin abortion providers challenge law on admitting privileges

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:37 AM PDT

Wisconsin is one of several states in which abortion opponents passed laws requiring doctors to have hospital admitting privileges

'We left when the bullets were falling like rain' Syrian refugees' illustrated stories

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:32 AM PDT

Earlier this year, artist George Butler spent several days in the refugees' 'tented settlements' of northern Lebanon. His portraits of the people and the often random possessions they brought with them when they fled their homes tell their own poignant tales. Picture captions by Nick Rice

Briton among eight jailed in Iran for web insults

Posted: 27 May 2014 10:17 AM PDT

Roya Saberinejad Nobakht, from Stockport, reportedly sentenced to 20 years over Facebook comments Continue reading...

US supreme court bars Florida from using IQ score cutoff for executions

Posted: 27 May 2014 09:49 AM PDT

Intellectually disabled man reprieved by high court which ruled it unconstitutional for state to solely use IQ test to determine whether capital punishment is permissible