Spanish police arrest 17 'Voodoo pimps'

SPAIN'S Interior Ministry says police have arrested 17 people on suspicion of smuggling Nigerian women into Spain and forcing them into prostitution using threats including claims they would cast Voodoo spells on them if they didn't comply. ...

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Scuffles erupt at Hong Kong pro-govt rally

SCUFFLES have broken out as thousands marched in support of Hong Kong's scandal-plagued leader Leung Chun-ying, ahead of a mass pro-democracy rally planned for New Year's Day. About 2500 people took to the cold and windy streets waving Chinese...

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Jordan rejects Saddam Hussein candidates

JORDAN'S electoral commission has refused to register an independent list of candidates calling itself Saddam Hussein after the executed Iraqi dictator, the group's leader says. "We have filed an appeal against the electoral commission's rejection...

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Man shot in stomach in Sydney's southwest

A MAN has been shot in Sydney's southwest. A 21-year-old man was found with a wound to his stomach after police were called to Green Valley Road, Busby about 11.15pm (AEDT) on Sunday following reports of a shooting. The man was treated by ambulance...

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Benghazi security a 'huge problem': Obama

PRESIDENT Barack Obama has admitted that a probe into a deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya had uncovered a "huge problem" in security procedures at the mission. "We're not going to be defensive about it," Obama said in an interview recorded...

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Russia sends landing ships to Syria

A RUSSIAN warship carrying a marines unit has left its Black Sea port for Syria amid preparations for a possible evacuation of nationals living and working in the strife-torn country, news reports say. The Novocherkassk landing ship is the third...

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Magazine mistakenly publishes Bush obit

GERMANY'S respected news weekly Der Spiegel has mistakenly published an obituary for former US president George Bush senior, hours after a family spokesman said the 88-year-old was recovering from illness. Bush was hospitalised in Houston November...

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Switzerland freezes Mubarak sons' $300m

SWISS authorities have frozen $US300 million ($A290 million) sitting in Credit Suisse accounts in Geneva held by the sons of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the newspaper Le Matin Dimanche has reported. The funds are held in accounts...

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