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World

Bali teen to return home today

A 14-year-old Australian boy convicted of drug possession on the Indonesian resort island of Bali will be free to return home today after two months in detention, lawyers say.
December 4, 2011, 8:28 am
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Honour killing link to double murder

An honour killing is expected to be behind the murder of a couple in Pakistan this month.
November 25, 2011, 7:31 am
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One Aussie dead, three injured in Indian train fire

Seven people, including one Australian woman, died when a fire swept through an overnight train in eastern India, officials say.
November 23, 2011, 6:02 am

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Ricky Gervais vows more outrage at Golden Globes

Ricky Gervais says he wants to improve on his controversial performance at the 2011 Golden Globe Awards - by being even more outrageous the next time around.
November 18, 2011, 7:57 am

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Lebanese politicians come to blows on TV

Rival Lebanese politicians came to blows live on national television over the crisis in neighbouring Syria, hurling insults - and chairs - at each other before the show cut to a commercial break.
November 16, 2011, 5:29 pm
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Roebuck death was suicide

South African police are investigating the death of the former cricketer and ABC commentator Peter Roebuck after he fell to his death from a Cape Town hotel room on Saturday.
November 14, 2011, 6:16 am

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China's property downturn may have global effect

China's property market, a mainstay of the world's second-largest economy, has started to suffer a downturn that could have a knock-on effect on global trade in commodities, analysts warn.
November 13, 2011, 1:43 pm

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Trade boost 'good for Australian jobs'

Australia has signed up with eight other Asia-Pacific nations to begin work on a trade deal that is set to deliver a region-wide free-trade area.
November 13, 2011, 8:27 am

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Gillard pins hopes on free-trade deal

Julia Gillard is set to hitch the nation's future economic fortunes to the creation of an Asia-Pacific free-trade deal she says would bring major financial and work benefits to ordinary Australians.
November 12, 2011, 12:15 pm

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Aussie PM pays tribute to American veterans

Julia Gillard has used Veteran's Day in Hawaii to make a heartfelt tribute to the role of American GIs in staving off a possible Japanese invasion of Australia.
November 12, 2011, 7:35 am

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Secret sex tape made for time, motion study

A man who used his mobile phone to secretly film himself having sex with his girlfriend says he made the 35-minute film to rate his performance.
November 11, 2011, 7:21 am
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Russia races to save spacecraft

A Russian spacecraft on its way to Mars with 12 tons of toxic fuel is stuck circling the wrong planet: ours.
November 10, 2011, 11:17 am
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Man skips down street swinging cat by tail

Shocking footage has emerged of a man dancing down an English street while swinging a cat by its tail.
November 10, 2011, 7:57 am
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Rapper Heavy D is dead at 44-report

Rapper Heavy D, who scored hit singles such as "Now That We Found Love", died on Tuesday after falling at his Beverly Hills home, according to media reports.
November 9, 2011, 8:30 am

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Lindsay Lohan strips down for Playboy

One day in jail, the next in Playboy.
November 8, 2011, 9:10 am

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Tragedy of couple's coal fire deaths

A British couple married for 36 years have been found dead in each other's arms - apparently the victims of poisoning after their coal fire malfunctioned.
November 8, 2011, 8:30 am
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Court chaos as child killers sentenced

Two American women guilty of beating a helpess toddler to death have collapsed in court, screaming and shouting after they were sentenced to life for the cold-blooded killing.
November 7, 2011, 7:55 am
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Gillard in Afghanistan for coalition talks

Julia Gillard has made her second trip to Afghanistan as Prime Minister, just eight days after one of the Diggers' bloodiest episodes in the decade-old conflict.
November 7, 2011, 4:06 am

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Lohan jailed - for two days

Troubled actress Lindsay Lohan was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 days in jail for violating her probation and ordered to perform a strict schedule of community service and psychological counseling.
November 3, 2011, 5:28 am

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Carpark beheading for 'sorcerer'

Dozens of people have watched the public beheading of a Sudanese man in a Saudi Arabian carpark after he was found guilty in a secret trial of being a sorcerer.
November 1, 2011, 3:22 pm
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