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MH17: Kiev and rebels hold talks to set up security zone around crash site
From prey to predator: how I got justice after sexual assault
Bus crash in Germany leaves several dead and scores injured
Pro-Russia rebels accused of cover-up over MH17 atrocity - live updates
MH17: Victorian family of five add to list of Australian victims
Australians who died on flight MH17 in pictures
US drone strike kills several militants in Pakistan
MH17: Tony Abbott increases pressure on Russia as Bishop heads for UN
Surfer missing as large swell batters northern NSW coast
MH17: AIDS conference organisers name six delegates killed in crash
MH17 crash: Julie Bishop urges Russia to back swift investigation
MH17: Northern Territory teacher died returning from holiday
MH17: rebels block access to part of site of crash as evidence against them grows
MH17: Australian flags to be flown at half-mast as nation mourns victims
Former Nazi concentration camp guard fights deportation from US
Convert, pay tax, or die, Islamic State warns Christians
Obama to sign executive orders to protect gay federal employees
EPA blocks huge Alaska mine project with environmental restrictions
I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile
Edward Snowden interview - the edited transcript
Number of Aids researchers on flight MH17 'smaller than reported'
How to fix California? Make six of them, says billionaire Tim Draper
Oklahoma same-sex marriages ruled constitutional for second time

MH17: Kiev and rebels hold talks to set up security zone around crash site

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 01:04 AM PDT

Agreement comes as experts from UK and Malaysia arrive in Kiev to assist a Ukrainian-led investigation into how flight was brought down

From prey to predator: how I got justice after sexual assault

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 01:00 AM PDT

First came the attack, on her first day at college. Then came the long, hard road through disbelief and two trials Continue reading...

Bus crash in Germany leaves several dead and scores injured

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:33 AM PDT

Nine dead and 40 hurt as three vehicles involved in accident on autobahn near Dresden Continue reading...

Pro-Russia rebels accused of cover-up over MH17 atrocity - live updates

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:32 AM PDT

Obama confirms surface-to-air missile was used

Airlines change flight paths to avoid Ukraine

Putin calls for opposing sides in Ukraine to lay down arms

US president blames disaster on pro-Russia rebels

Ukrainian, Russian and rebel leaders deny involvement

UN demands full inquiry

MH17 crash in pictures

MH17: Victorian family of five add to list of Australian victims

Posted: 19 Jul 2014 12:12 AM PDT

Couple and three children from Eynesbury, Melbourne, confirmed on flight as country mourns victims

Australians who died on flight MH17 in pictures

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:33 PM PDT

These are some of the faces of passengers who on board MH17 when it was apparently shot down over Ukraine

US drone strike kills several militants in Pakistan

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:29 PM PDT

Eleven dead in remote-controlled attack on a compound in north Waziristan, the second this week

MH17: Tony Abbott increases pressure on Russia as Bishop heads for UN

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 11:06 PM PDT

PM wants justice for 'dead and the living'
Julie Bishop will lead bid for 'full investigation'
Australian officials on their way to Kiev
China's president calls for a 'fair and objective' inquiry

Surfer missing as large swell batters northern NSW coast

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 10:12 PM PDT

Byron Bay police and rescue helicopter search around Tallow Beach after pulling two others from the water

MH17: AIDS conference organisers name six delegates killed in crash

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 09:23 PM PDT

International AIDS Society expresses grief at loss of colleagues, saying there will be more names to add to the list

MH17 crash: Julie Bishop urges Russia to back swift investigation

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 06:55 PM PDT

Australian foreign minister says UN resolution is needed to ensure bodies can be repatriated and crash site examined

MH17: Northern Territory teacher died returning from holiday

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 06:16 PM PDT

Emma Bell, originally from NSW, was due back for the new term at Maningrida

MH17: rebels block access to part of site of crash as evidence against them grows

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 05:24 PM PDT

First OSCE investigators to the scene retreat after hour-long standoff with armed separatists who fired warning shots Continue reading...

MH17: Australian flags to be flown at half-mast as nation mourns victims

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 05:11 PM PDT

Malaysia Airlines says it will fly families of 28 victims to Ukraine as Tony Abbott asks for official mark of respect at government buildings

Former Nazi concentration camp guard fights deportation from US

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 04:37 PM PDT

German authorities seek extradition of Johann Breyer, 89, on charges of aiding and abetting the deaths of 216,000 Jews Continue reading...

Convert, pay tax, or die, Islamic State warns Christians

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 03:19 PM PDT

Insurgents issue ultimatum to Iraq's dwindling Christian population to abide by 'dhimma' contract or face the sword Continue reading...

Obama to sign executive orders to protect gay federal employees

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:50 PM PDT

President to sign orders without new exemption that was requested by religious organisations on heels of Hobby Lobby ruling

EPA blocks huge Alaska mine project with environmental restrictions

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:26 PM PDT

Pebble mine decision protects state's largest salmon fishery
Copper and gold mine stood to affect Manhattan-sized area

I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT

He doesnt drink, hes reading Dostoevsky and, no, he doesnt wear a disguise. A year after blowing the whistle on the NSA, Americas most wanted talks frankly about his life as a hero-pariah and why the world remains more dangerous than Orwell imagined.

Read a transcript of the interview

Edward Snowden interview - the edited transcript

Posted: 18 Jul 2014 01:00 PM PDT

The whistleblower speaks to Alan Rusbridger and Ewen MacAskill about life in Russia, the NSA culture, his time there and the future of communication

I, spy: Edward Snowden in exile