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Oscar Pistorius live trial coverage: Tuesday 1 July
Israeli jets pound Gaza as Netanyahu blames Hamas for teenagers' deaths
Reza Barati killing suspect has fled to PNG mainland, police officer says
Nicolas Sarkozy detained for questioning for alleged corruption
Senators to block loosening controls on financial advisers
Hong Kong students plan 24-hour occupation of Central business district
Hey Dad! star pays tribute to women who gave evidence against Rolf Harris
From the archive, 1 July 1974: Martin Luther King's mother slain in church
Poker machine challenge overturns country pub's plans for 30 machines
Bill Shorten vows to tackle climate change despite 'our failure to prosecute'
Gerard Baden-Clay professed love to second woman to 'placate' her
Rolf Harris tributes could be ripped up in home state of Western Australia
Battle against oblivion: the defeat that ended French colonial rule in Vietnam
Gerard Baden-Clay says father advised him to claim wife's life insurance
Detainee who lost eye in Manus Island violence sues government and G4S
Papua New Guinea PM still faces arrest after court rejects warrant challenge
Israel vows to make Hamas pay for alleged murder of three teenagers
Convicted paedophile tells commission he never queried school transfers
Mexican troops kill 22 suspected gang members in shootout
9/11 trial dealt blow as defendant asks for alleged CIA torture records
Living in the Shadows: project explores the hardships of one Indigenous community in Australia video
Tony Abbott falls further behind Bill Shorten in latest Newspoll
Ultramarathon burns victim Turia Pitt settles with race organiser
Nigerian military claims to break up Boko Haram intelligence cell
Obama sending additional troops to Iraq to safeguard US embassy

Oscar Pistorius live trial coverage: Tuesday 1 July

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 01:20 AM PDT

Rolling coverage as the court hears from defence witnesses in the trial of Paralympian Oscar Pistorius for the murder of Reeva Steenkamp

Israeli jets pound Gaza as Netanyahu blames Hamas for teenagers' deaths

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 01:19 AM PDT

Bodies of three abducted students found in a shallow grave near Hebron, but Hamas denies involvement in murders Continue reading...

Reza Barati killing suspect has fled to PNG mainland, police officer says

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:30 AM PDT

Ousted PNG assistant police commissioner says suspect was identified as a former Salvation Army worker

Nicolas Sarkozy detained for questioning for alleged corruption

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:26 AM PDT

Unprecedented move against a former French president as investigators also question his lawyer and two magistrates Continue reading...

Senators to block loosening controls on financial advisers

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:11 AM PDT

Move by finance minister Mathias Cormann to scrap some advice regulations takes effect but the Senate can still disallow it

Hong Kong students plan 24-hour occupation of Central business district

Posted: 01 Jul 2014 12:02 AM PDT

Occupy Central protest aims to follow possible 500,000-strong 1 July pro-democracy rally against Bejing's policies Continue reading...

Hey Dad! star pays tribute to women who gave evidence against Rolf Harris

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 11:03 PM PDT

On-screen daughter and victim of Robert Hughes urges others to speak out against abusers in wake of Harris being found guilty

From the archive, 1 July 1974: Martin Luther King's mother slain in church

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 11:00 PM PDT

Alberta King, mother of the late Rev Martin Luther King, was shot and killed today as she played the organ for morning service

Poker machine challenge overturns country pub's plans for 30 machines

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 10:54 PM PDT

No pub in the Victorian town of Euroa, with a population of about 3,000, has ever had pokies

Bill Shorten vows to tackle climate change despite 'our failure to prosecute'

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 10:17 PM PDT

Labor leader speaks of breakdown in consensus, saying Labor underestimated the 'anti-climate change brigade'

Gerard Baden-Clay professed love to second woman to 'placate' her

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 09:51 PM PDT

Husband tells court he wanted to keep having sex with Toni McHugh and had no intention of leaving his wife

Rolf Harris tributes could be ripped up in home state of Western Australia

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 09:26 PM PDT

Perth's council is considering removing a plaque honouring him, and his home town may strip him of his freeman status

Battle against oblivion: the defeat that ended French colonial rule in Vietnam

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 09:00 PM PDT

Dien Bien Phu was a disaster for France but today little is left of the key sites that were so bitterly contested Continue reading...

Gerard Baden-Clay says father advised him to claim wife's life insurance

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 08:56 PM PDT

He inquired how to claim the insurance the day after her body was found on a creek bank in Brisbane's west

Detainee who lost eye in Manus Island violence sues government and G4S

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 08:33 PM PDT

The asylum seeker, who suffered horrific injuries, says Australia and the security firm failed in their duty of care

Papua New Guinea PM still faces arrest after court rejects warrant challenge

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 08:12 PM PDT

The warrant relates to a corruption investigation which included allegations of illegal payments by the government to a law firm

Israel vows to make Hamas pay for alleged murder of three teenagers

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 08:10 PM PDT

Roundup of suspects brings rocket attack from Gaza and Israeli air strikes in return while Palestinian teenager shot dead in Jenin

Convicted paedophile tells commission he never queried school transfers

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 07:34 PM PDT

It is the first time an abuser who was the subject of a public hearing has been called before one

Mexican troops kill 22 suspected gang members in shootout

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 07:23 PM PDT

Gunbattle erupted after soldiers came under fire from suspects who had kidnapped three women, says defence ministry

9/11 trial dealt blow as defendant asks for alleged CIA torture records

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 06:11 PM PDT

Ammar al-Baluchi's request for military court to review more evidence threatens fresh delays for proceedings

Living in the Shadows: project explores the hardships of one Indigenous community in Australia video

Posted: 30 Jun 2014 06:09 PM PDT

David Maurice Smith visits the remote Barkindji Aboriginal community of Wilcannia, New South Wales, Australia, as part of a project called Living in the Shadows. Smith's work explores the difficulties faced by the remote community and also looks at the cultural fabric that remains in the face of those challenges Continue reading...