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Prospect of reintroducing Alice Springs' banned drinker register sparks debate

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 01:00 AM PDT

Advisory group says it is only one of many options for alcohol management being considered but critics say it is humiliating

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Greens move to block clean energy cuts, setting up double dissolution trigger

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:57 AM PDT

Christine Milne says party will try to force second Senate rejection of bill abolishing Clean Energy Finance Corporation

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Israel detains dozens in West Bank as fears grow for missing teenagers

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:43 AM PDT

Netanyahu blames terrorists as military mounts 'intensive operation' to recover three youths who went missing last week Continue reading...






Afghan election workers killed in roadside bomb

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:27 AM PDT

Eleven die in Samangan blast as polls close in runoff vote to elect president to succeed Hamid Karzai Continue reading...






Tim Carmody: unrest grows over Queensland chief justice appointment

Posted: 15 Jun 2014 12:01 AM PDT

Storm of criticism from lawyers about Campbell Newman's promotion of chief magistrate to state's top judicial post

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Iraq: 'extreme, brutal' Isis fuels humanitarian crisis, says Bishop

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 10:57 PM PDT

Foreign affairs minister urges Australians to leave Iraq and dismisses idea of troops being sent

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Pakistan bombs militant targets in North Waziristan

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 09:57 PM PDT

Officials claim dozens of insurgents killed in air strikes, including a senior figure behind deadly Karachi airport siege

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Victorian volunteer firefighters rally to demand cancer compensation law

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 09:10 PM PDT

Protest pushes for legislation giving compensation to firefighters for specific cancers caused by continued exposure to toxins

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Tony Abbott: 'disputed' East Jerusalem merely a clarification

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 08:00 PM PDT

Prime minister seeks to play downinternational backlash over Australia's decision to stop referring to 'occupied' territory

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World Cup: hope, then disappointment, for England's sweltering supporters

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 05:37 PM PDT

Distance failed to deter a huge number of English supporters coming with hopes for success sadly, not to be fulfilled Continue reading...






Shia militia: 'Isis will not take Baghdad'

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 04:50 PM PDT

The militiamen in the capital have drawn a clear line in the sand and say that they will stand firm Continue reading...






Qatar hits back at allegations of bribery over 2022 World Cup

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 04:05 PM PDT

Qatari organisers say leaks to UK media are intended to influence the ongoing Fifa investigation Continue reading...

Dying to save the Amazonian rainforest

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 04:05 PM PDT

An environmental campaigner is killed every week in Brazil. Jonathan Watts and Karina Vieira travel to Lábrea in the heart of the Amazon to meet the people risking their lives Continue reading...






Ibiza unites against oil prospectors

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 02:47 PM PDT

The waters surrounding the Balearic party island are a world heritage site and conservationists, politicians and tourist chiefs are adamant that plans to drill in the sea must be stopped Continue reading...






Ugandan king battles Oxford museum over lost throne

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 12:47 PM PDT

University is refusing to return a looted artefact, claims its ruler Continue reading...






Kerry warns Russia the US will 'raise the costs' as Ukraine crisis intensifies

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 12:14 PM PDT

Secretary of state speaks with counterpart Sergei Lavrov
Kerry also calls Kiev after jet downed and embassy attacked

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Pennsylvania governor asks Obama to help break Philadelphia rail strike

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 12:06 PM PDT

As Septa strike affects tens of thousands across dense area, governor Tom Corbett has requested federal intervention

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Gun control groups march across Brooklyn Bridge to demand action

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 11:19 AM PDT

Spokesman: 'not one more person needs to die'
Protest follows string of deadly shootings

Opinion: Gun lobby redefines 'school shootings'

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NRA man: alpha-male fun without guns

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 11:02 AM PDT

With US women protesting against open-carry gun rallies, NRA man may soon need new ways to maintain his sense of masculine dignity. Here are some suggestions Continue reading...






US sends aircraft carrier to Persian Gulf as Obama considers air strikes in Iraq

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 11:01 AM PDT

Defence secretary deploys three ships and missiles
US weighs options as Iran bolsters Baghdad against Isis

Analysis: air strikes aim to 'break Isis momentum'

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Brazil: Arrests and crackdowns but anti-World Cup activists get their message across

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 10:22 AM PDT

Despite police raids on activists' homes, protesters are gaining wide audiences with their calls for change in Brazil and beyond Continue reading...






Las Vegas police hold memorial for officers killed in shooting rampage

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 10:06 AM PDT

Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, who were killed by Jerad and Amanda Miller during the couple's shooting spree, are honoured by city

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Bloodiest day in Ukraine conflict as rebel missiles bring down military jet

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 09:52 AM PDT

Il-76 transport plane destroyed at Luhansk airport, killing 40 paratroopers and nine crew Continue reading...






Afghanistan votes in second round of presidential elections

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 09:52 AM PDT

Despite threats from Taliban to target polling stations country remains relatively calm, but enthusiasm is also waning Continue reading...






'Naples is not Italy' said Maradona, but the city's shadow is all Azzurri

Posted: 14 Jun 2014 09:16 AM PDT

Despite being fiercely proud of its contrary nature Neapolitans are flying the tricolour for Italy against England in the World Cup Continue reading...








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