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Yemen's main oil export pipeline is blown up
El Salvador court issues arrest warrant for ex-president
New Zealand in U-turn on designer drugs
Syrian rebels begin Homs evacuation
Coalition all but confirms it will impose debt levy but calls for trust
Liberals may not have refunded $10,000 donation from AWH
Mathias Cormann all but confirms debt levy video
Thai court orders Yingluck Shinawatra to step down as PM
Abuse survivors reject Vatican claim about Australian redress scheme
Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram's 'craziest commander'
Drones striking a high-tech blow for conservation and the environment
ABC news department not over-resourced, Coalition review finds
Icac: developer alleged to have paid $137,000 for Chris Hartcher's influence
Clive Palmer seeks $1m in damages from Queensland premier
Plane stowaway shown in Hawaii airport video
Hawaii stowaway shown emerging from plane video
Police request interviews with James Packer and David Gyngell report
Asylum seekers stacked four deep below decks as they await turnback
Clive Palmer's outstanding carbon tax debt climbs to $2.68m
Dozens die in Kenya after drinking homemade alcohol
Drug cocktail in US executions banned from use on animals, says report
Tibetans-in-exile divided over right to vote in Indian elections
Great Barrier Reef's 'unprecedented' threat from dredging, dumping
Thom Tillis wins North Carolina Republican primary
Malcolm Turnbull says no one 'entirely comfortable' with asylum policy

Yemen's main oil export pipeline is blown up

Posted: 07 May 2014 01:29 AM PDT

Gunmen also attack electricity lines, causing power cuts in northern cities Continue reading...

El Salvador court issues arrest warrant for ex-president

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:50 AM PDT

Francisco Flores may have fled the country after being accused of misappropriating millions of dollars donated by Taiwan Continue reading...

New Zealand in U-turn on designer drugs

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:39 AM PDT

Government reverses controversial legislation to ban sale and possession of all synthetic drugs after public outcry Continue reading...

Syrian rebels begin Homs evacuation

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:35 AM PDT

Fighters and civilians in besieged opposition-held districts will be taken to north of province under deal with government Continue reading...

Coalition all but confirms it will impose debt levy but calls for trust

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:22 AM PDT

Finance minister says there is need for 'an immediate special effort' as Tony Abbott tells voters: 'We're all in this together'

Liberals may not have refunded $10,000 donation from AWH

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:19 AM PDT

NSW Liberals' records do not match declarations made by AWH to the Australian Electoral Commission

Mathias Cormann all but confirms debt levy video

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:15 AM PDT

The finance minister, Mathias Cormann, says there is a need for an "immediate special effort" to repair Australia's budget. Speaking to reporters in Canberra, Cormann mentioned the role of high-income earners as he carefully avoided using the words "debt levy" while describing increased taxes. Continue reading...

Thai court orders Yingluck Shinawatra to step down as PM

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:02 AM PDT

Constitutional court finds PM guilty of abuse of power over transfer of senior civil servant to another position in 2011 Continue reading...

Abuse survivors reject Vatican claim about Australian redress scheme

Posted: 07 May 2014 12:01 AM PDT

Australian survivors astonished to hear the Vatican describing Towards Healing as an effective process

Abubakar Shekau, Boko Haram's 'craziest commander'

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:41 PM PDT

Little is known about Nigeria's most wanted man, who is believed to behind the kidnapping of nearly 300 girls Continue reading...

Drones striking a high-tech blow for conservation and the environment

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:27 PM PDT

A non-profit group is working with manufacturers to scale up production, making drones more affordable for green groups

ABC news department not over-resourced, Coalition review finds

Posted: 06 May 2014 11:22 PM PDT

Efficiency review understood to have failed to find 'mountains of fat' for cutting

Icac: developer alleged to have paid $137,000 for Chris Hartcher's influence

Posted: 06 May 2014 10:07 PM PDT

Gazcorp wanted 'strategic advice' on how it could secure zoning approval for a shopping outlet in western Sydney

Clive Palmer seeks $1m in damages from Queensland premier

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:58 PM PDT

Mining tycoon and MP serves papers claiming Campbell Newman defamed him

Plane stowaway shown in Hawaii airport video

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:48 PM PDT

Yahya Abdi emerges from underneath Boeing 767 that took him from California to Maui on freezing journey at 35,000 feet

Hawaii stowaway shown emerging from plane video

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:44 PM PDT

Airport security footage captures teenager Yahya Abdi emerging from the wheel well of a jet that had flown from California to Maui. The boy snuck into the wheel compartment of the Boeing 767 that took off from San Jose international airport on 20 April and survived a freezing high-altitude journey lasting more than five hours Continue reading...

Police request interviews with James Packer and David Gyngell report

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:42 PM PDT

Photographer who captured images of stoush gives statement at Bondi station

Asylum seekers stacked four deep below decks as they await turnback

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:04 PM PDT

Like reject goods packed for disposal, these desperates are part of the Australian government's production line of misery

Asylum seeker lifeboats stripped of safety equipment

Clive Palmer's outstanding carbon tax debt climbs to $2.68m

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:01 PM PDT

Four Palmer United senators poised to wield power and cast their votes on the repeal of contentious climate change tax

Dozens die in Kenya after drinking homemade alcohol

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Fifty or more killed and others blinded by illicit brew believed to have been laced with poisonous methanol to make it stronger

Drug cocktail in US executions banned from use on animals, says report

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Bipartisan thinktank report urges 'substantial revisions' to process
Report notes pre-existing state law banning method for animals

Tibetans-in-exile divided over right to vote in Indian elections

Posted: 06 May 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Rule change gives up to 50,000 ethnic Tibetans voting rights, but some fear stronger ties to India will dilute decades of struggle Continue reading...