Trial of Libyan ex-PM to begin

THE trial of late dictator Muammar Gaddafi's last prime minister, Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, will open in the Libyan capital on Monday, the public prosecutor's spokesman says. "Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi will appear tomorrow (Monday) on the occasion...

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Inquiry to see list of pedophile priests

A VICTIMS group on Monday will present to the Victorian government inquiry into sex abuse by priests a list of 18 convicted pedophile priests who were moved from parish to parish or further away, where they continued offending. Helen Last of...

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BBC trust head calls for radical overhaul

THE head of the BBC's governing body says the broadcaster needs a radical overhaul following the resignation of its chief executive in the wake of a scandal over a botched report on child sex-abuse allegations. Chris Patten vowed on Sunday to...

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Order implicated in abuse scandal

A PSYCHOLOGIST who met dozens of child abuse victims claims three quarters of the Brothers from the St John of God order were suspected to be involved in the scandal. Michelle Mulvihill has also told Fairfax that Catholic Archbishop of Sydney...

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EgyptAir stewardesses begin wearing hijab

EGYPTAIR stewardesses who campaigned to wear the Muslim headscarf have begun donning the hijab for the first time since the national carrier was founded in 1932, a company official says. The first flight attendants dressed in the hijab, which...

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French gunman's brother blames parents

THE radicalisation of the French gunman who killed seven people on an eight-day shooting spree this year began at home, his brother recounts in a new book and documentary, according to media reports. Mohamed Merah killed three Jewish children,...

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NATO soldier dies in Afghan insider attack

A NATO-LED soldier fighting insurgents in Afghanistan has been shot dead by a man in an Afghan army uniform in southern Afghanistan, the latest in a series of "insider" attacks, the alliance says. "I can confirm that an individual wearing Afghan...

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Blogger's Iran prison death to be probed

PARLIAMENT has launched a probe into the death in detention of an Iranian blogger and will make its report public, the ISNA news agency reports deputy speaker Mohammad Hassan Abutorabi as saying. Opposition activists say blogger Sattar Beheshti,...

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