Five dead on Vic roads over the weekend

THE death of a man late on Sunday night has taken to five the number of people who died on Victoria's roads over the weekend. In the latest death, police believe the man lost control of his car before it hit a tree on the Henty Highway near...

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Turkey bars Syrian civilian flights

TURKEY'S foreign minister says the country has barred its air space to Syrian civilian flights. Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday that Turkey had made the decision because the Syrian regime, which is battling an insurgency, was "abusing" civilian...

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'Space jump' team begins inflating balloon

THE team working with an extreme athlete who hopes to become the first skydiver to break the sound barrier is inflating the balloon that is designed to lift him to the stratosphere. Felix Baumgartner has donned his high-tech pressurised suit...

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Two killed in strike on Gaza: medics

TWO men have been killed and another two critically wounded in an Israeli strike on central Gaza, Palestinian medics said in what was the third deadly raid in 24 hours. The incident occurred just east of Deir al-Balah, with the Israeli military...

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Students prepare to take HSC

THE time has come to put pen to paper as thousands of Year 12 students start their Higher School Certificate exams. The first HSC exams, in English, begin across NSW on Monday morning. Students taking the standard and advanced papers will be...

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Skydiver prepares to break sound barrier

AUSTRIAN extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has started his ascent to 37 kilometres above Earth, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. Baumgartner has taken off in the New...

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UK probes ex-brass over political access

BRITAIN'S defence ministry has announced it is investigating whether retired senior officers broke any rules after they were recorded by undercover journalists as appearing to offer to lobby the government on behalf of defence companies. The...

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