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Oscar Pistorius trial live coverage Tuesday 6 May 2014

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:29 AM PDT

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Chinese human rights lawyer detained before Tiananmen anniversary

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:24 AM PDT

Pu Zhiqiang is held by Beijing police in apparent attempt to deter activists from marking 25 years since crackdown Continue reading...

Thai PM Yingluck Shinawatra in court over abuse of power claims

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:18 AM PDT

Yingluck rejects claim she unlawfully removed national security chief in one of several cases that could remove her from office
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Parents of girl denied chemotherapy put inappropriate emphasis on faith

Posted: 06 May 2014 01:14 AM PDT

More rational evidence would not change their minds, doctor said of parents of 10-year-old who died of liver cancer

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Six injured in knife attack at Chinese train station

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Incident in Guangzhou is third high-profile attack at a Chinese train station in a little more than two months Continue reading...

Civilian diver dies in South Korea ferry search

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:28 AM PDT

Civilian was pulled to surface unconscious after beginning his first dive to look for bodies on wreck of Sewol

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Ukraine: many feared dead in fresh Slavyansk clashes

Posted: 06 May 2014 12:22 AM PDT

Interior minister Arsen Avakov estimates 'the terrorists lost more than 30 people' in Monday's violence in east of country Continue reading...






Missing Nigerian schoolgirls: Boko Haram claims responsibility for kidnapping

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:44 PM PDT

Islamist militants' leader threatens to sell the more than 270 girls abducted in north-east Nigeria on 14 April Continue reading...






Manus Island block a 'rape dungeon', Salvation Army worker tells inquiry

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:20 PM PDT

Parliamentary inquiry also told of inadequate medical care, poor workplace safety and fears of violent attacks

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Port Moresby governor calls on PNG not to act like Australians on Manus

Posted: 05 May 2014 11:01 PM PDT

Powes Parkop decries as 'repugnant' the detention of asylum seekers in a 'near prison-like environment'

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Juan Manuel Santos campaign chief resigns amid bribery allegations

Posted: 05 May 2014 10:29 PM PDT

Claims are published in Colombian media that JJ Rendon received US$12m to negotiate surrender of drug lords

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NSW Liberal and Labor parties reveal previously undisclosed donations

Posted: 05 May 2014 09:06 PM PDT

Liberals lodge amendment disclosing funding of more than $60,000, and Labor makes late declaration of $43,000

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Jazz musician launches fresh high court challenge against school chaplains

Posted: 05 May 2014 09:05 PM PDT

Ron Williams says the program launched by John Howard in 2007 has turned into a 'half-billion-dollar behemoth'

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Australia is the ninth best place to be a mother, Save the Children says

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:58 PM PDT

Tie with Belgium puts Australia behind several European countries and highlights plight of women in developing world

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Japan trade deal: farm investment thresholds to mirror South Korea deal

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:48 PM PDT

Thresholds for investment in Australian farms and rural businesses to be a fraction of $1bn figure for general investment

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Pilot walks away after plane hits house in Colorado

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:40 PM PDT

No one at home when single-engined aircraft went through roof of two-storey home, causing heavy damage and fire

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Queensland jail in lockdown as smoking ban anger remains

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:36 PM PDT

Roof protest ends after 13 hours, but union believes the ban has placed the lives of prison workers in danger

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Tullamarine airport closed after burning debris falls from plane

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:35 PM PDT

Vietnam Airlines flight aborted after 'bits of the plane' fell on to runway

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Plane crashes into a house in Colorado - video

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:34 PM PDT

A small plane has crashed into a house in Northglenn, Colorado, with no injuries reported. The house was empty the time of the crash, local news reported. The pilot walked away but was taken to a local hospital for examination Continue reading...






Queensland environmental policy developed by QCoal worker, says report

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:21 PM PDT

Activists say the Queensland government was giving keys to the blood bank to Dracula

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Abbott government close to losing voters' trust

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:16 PM PDT

The cut-through message of the pre-budget conversation is that there is a looming threat to the Australian social contract

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U-2 spy plane causes Los Angeles air traffic control to crash

Posted: 05 May 2014 08:13 PM PDT

High-altitude aircraft's flight plan confused computers on the ground, grounding commercial planes over a wide part of the US

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How Australian newspapers covered the Packer-Gyngell fight in pictures

Posted: 05 May 2014 07:23 PM PDT

News Corp is reported to have spent more than $200,000 on a series of 50 photos of two middle-aged millionaires having a scrap in Bondi on Sunday. The series of photographs of media moguls James Packer and David Gyngell fighting featured heavily in News Corp's coverage of the incident on Tuesday, and in the Sydney Morning Herald and the Age

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Q&A interrupted by student protest video

Posted: 05 May 2014 07:01 PM PDT

The ABC interrupted its live Q&A program for several minutes on Monday night after a group of students began protesting about education funding during the show. Protesters unfurled a banner and chanted about the potential deregulation of universities. Continue reading...






Mike Gallacher implicated in alleged serious electoral funding irregularities

Posted: 05 May 2014 06:44 PM PDT

Counsel assisting Icac inquiry says there is a strong prima facie case implicating the former NSW police minister

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