Iran's Rowhani tells West to use dialogue

IRAN'S new President Hassan Rowhani says the only way for the international community to interact with Tehran on its controversial nuclear program is through dialogue and not sanctions. "The only path to interact with Iran is through negotiations...

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US a 'willing partner' if Iran serious

IRAN will find the US a "willing partner" if new President Hassan Rowhani is prepared for serious talks on its nuclear program, the White House says. In a message congratulating Rowhani on his inauguration, the White House said it "presents...

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Sri Lanka protest toll rises

POLICE have poured into a village near Sri Lanka's capital for the funeral of a teenager shot dead by troops during a protest against contaminated water. Security in Weliweriya village was strengthened as a hospital official said a third person...

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Retirees more worried about finances

AFTER consistently topping the list of those who feel most financially secure, retirees are starting to worry. A survey by ME Bank shows Australian households recorded an overall financial comfort level of 5.5 out of 10 - up from 5.29 six months...

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Hot-air balloons fill sky above France

A MASSIVE gathering of hot-air balloon enthusiasts in northeastern France has set two world records, filling the sky with 408 of the colourful craft at one time and lining up 391 of them for takeoff. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue....

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Zeppelin takes to skies near Paris

TOURISTS seeking an original way to take in France's famed countryside have a new way to do it - in a helium-filled Zeppelin. Airship Paris' 76-metre-long, five-storey airship has begun flights over the forests and villages northwest of Paris....

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Mars rover hoping to yield more secrets

THE dazzling success of NASA's rover Curiosity has paved the way for a human conquest of Mars, scientists say, almost one year after the groundbreaking probe first touched down on the Red Planet. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue....

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Terror threat 'most serious' in years

THE top Republican on the US Senate Intelligence Committee says the weekend closures of nearly two dozen US embassies and consulates in the Muslim world are "the most serious threat" he's seen in recent years. News+ Oops! Please register or log...

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Israel approves release of 104 prisoners

ISRAEL has approved the release of 104 long-held Palestinian prisoners, clearing a hurdle toward a possible resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Sunday's 13-7 cabinet vote with two abstentions came after a stormy session. Prime Minister...

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Heart survivors dice with death: report

THOUSANDS of heart attack survivors are risking death by eating badly, smoking and not exercising, according to research that shows loved ones are highly distressed by their lifestyle. Around 40 per cent of survivors admit to not following their...

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Forest fire leads to evacuations in Spain

A VAST forest fire on the Spanish island of Mallorca is burning out of control, prompting a complete evacuation of a seaside village. About 700 people in Estellencs, many of them tourists, were woken late Saturday (Sunday AEST) and brought to...

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Islamists kill 20 in Nigeria's north

SUSPECTED members of Nigeria's Islamist group Boko Haram have shot dead more than 20 civilians when a vigilante group attacked them in the northern Borno state. "The suspected sect members came armed and fired sporadic shots that killed over...

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31 drown after boat capsizes off Libya

From: AAP July 29, 2013 1:43AM MORE than half the people aboard a rubber boat carrying 53 African migrants died when it...

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Cambodian PM's party claims election win

THE ruling party of strongman Cambodian premier Hun Sen has claimed victory in Sunday's elections which were marred by allegations of widespread irregularities. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and free.) Continue...

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NSW Labor faces another huge defeat: poll

THE coalition government in NSW would be returned with a similar resounding majority to its 2011 election victory if an election was held today, the latest Newspoll shows. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and...

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Next World Youth Day in Krakow in 2016

POPE Francis has announced the next World Youth Day (WYD) will be held in the Polish city of Krakow in 2016. "Dear young friends, we have an appointment for the next World Youth Day in 2016 in Krakow, Poland," he said at the end of Sunday's...

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Abbott to reveal red tape reduction plan

EDS: Not for use until 0001, Monday, July 8. SYDNEY, July 8 AAP - Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will flesh out the coalition's plans to cut $1 billion worth of red and green tape from the Australian economy. Mr Abbott and Senator Arthur Sinodinos...

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Three known dead after Canada train crash

LAC-MEGANTIC, Canada, July 7 Agencies - Police sifting through the site of a horrific cargo train crash in Quebec say they have discovered two more bodies, and anticipate "many more" fatalities. The crash of an oil-laden train and subsequent...

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Israeli cabinet OKs army draft rejig bill

ISRAEL'S cabinet has approved a plan that would gradually end a contentious system that has granted automatic draft exemptions to Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students. Under a longstanding system, thousands of young men are allowed to skip...

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Venezuela says no contact yet with Snowden

VENEZUELA'S foreign minister says his country has not yet been in contact with US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, despite its offer of asylum. Elias Jaua says he expects to consult on Monday with Russian officials. Snowden is believed to...

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Four hurt on first day of Spanish bull run

FOUR people, including a 24-year-old Australian, have been injured on the first day of the running of the bulls in the Spanish city of Pamplona. Several thousand thrill-seekers dashed alongside six fighting bulls through the streets on Sunday....

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Peak bodies want education cap dropped

MORE than 20 professional bodies are demanding the federal government scrap its planned cap on tax deductions for self-education expenses, fearing it will hurt the economy. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy...

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Russian train derails, 80 injured: reports

AT least 80 people have been injured after a Russian passenger train travelling from Siberia derailed near the Black Sea, the emergency situations ministry says. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and free.)...

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Russian train derails, 80 injured: reports

AT least 80 people have been injured after a Russian passenger train travelling from Siberia derailed near the Black Sea, the emergency situations ministry says. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and free.)...

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Facebook cuts ads from controversial pages

Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. Source: AAP FACEBOOK is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network says that on Monday it will expand its definition of...

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No breakthrough for Kerry in Mideast talks

US-LED efforts to broker a resumption of peace talks have ended without a breakthrough, a top Palestinian official says, although Washington's top diplomat hailed "real progress". US Secretary of State John Kerry has spent the past four days locked...

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Obama to host summit of African leaders

Barack Obama will host a landmark summit of leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa next year. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama will host a landmark summit of leaders from across sub-Saharan Africa next year, the White House says. The...

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EU wants answers over alleged US bugging

A top EU official says ties with the US could suffer over a report that America bugged EU offices. Source: AAP THE European Union is angrily demanding answers from the United States over allegations Washington had bugged its offices, the latest...

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Putin signs 'anti-gay propaganda' ban

Skull casts doubt on Cook's claims WHEN police were called to reports of human remains found on a river bank on NSW's north coast they prepared themselves for a grim murder investigation. Taxpayers stash their returns THE nation's...

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Somali forces arrest Islamist leader

Rockin' the cat spa COULD this be the most expensive cat nap in the country? Skull casts doubt on Cook's claims WHEN police were called to reports of human remains found on a river bank on NSW's north coast they prepared themselves for...

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Snowden handover impermissible: Russian MP

A TOP Russian politician has declared it was "morally impermissible" to hand over to the United States fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowdon, who remains in a political limbo at a Moscow airport. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to...

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Germany blocks carbon cap for automakers

THE German government says it blocked a European Union agreement on capping carbon emissions from cars because the deal would have harmed its domestic auto industry. Environmental campaigners had lobbied to limit emissions from passenger cars...

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Company tax top priority, says business

BUSINESS has told the federal government that balancing the budget is not their main concern, with a survey finding cuts in company tax and infrastructure spending as far more important. According to an Australian Industry Group survey of 330...

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NSW sex abuse inquiry to start Monday

A SPECIAL NSW inquiry into allegations of a child sex abuse cover-up in the Catholic Church will begin in Newcastle on Monday. The special commission of inquiry was announced by NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell in last November, following explosive...

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Qld men cop highest sun risk: report

ONE in eight men and one in 12 women in Queensland get sunburnt on an average weekend, according to a report in the Medical Journal of Australia. Young men who work outdoors appear to be most at risk, and people who take part in physical activity...

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Belgian chemical train accident toll rises

THE casualty toll in Belgium from the derailing of a train carrying highly toxic chemicals -- which exploded and sent spectacular strips of fire into the night sky -- has risen dramatically to one dead and 49 injured. Two victims were in intensive...

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ANZ ranks lowest for business customers

THE Commonwealth and Westpac rank highest for customer satisfaction among the big four banks, while ANZ and National Australia Banks are still languishing. A monthly survey of satisfaction among the big four's business customers shows the Commonwealth...

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Vic family violence 'worse than feared'

THE scale of domestic violence in Victoria is worse than imagined, police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says. Some 51,000 family violence incidents were recorded in 2011-12, but Mr Lay says he expects the figure to rise above 60,00 this financial...

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NSW prison staff win on back pay

HUNDREDS of NSW prison workers will share in thousands of dollars in back pay after the Industrial Relations Commissions found they were owed money. In a statement, the Health Services Union (HSU) said around 250 of its members would share in...

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Abbott's hit on retail workers' super

KITCHEN hands, hospitality workers, retail staff and cleaners are among those that will be hardest hit by the coalition's plan to scrap the low-income superannuation tax offset, Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten says. Mr Shorten said the...

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Brazil police jailed for prison 'massacre'

TWENTY-THREE Brazilian military police officers have been sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their role in the killing of 111 inmates during Brazil's deadliest prison uprising in 1992. The 23 were among 26 officers on trial before the Sao...

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Sudan army men jailed over coup plot

A GROUP of Sudanese military officers have been sentenced to between two and five years in prison for their role in an alleged coup against the Sudanese government last year, a lawyer says. "Today the military court issued its decision about...

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Liberals close in on SA: Newspoll

THE Liberals are closing in on South Australia - Labor's last-held mainland state - according to the latest Newspoll. With federal Labor heading towards a September 14 election, primary support for the party's South Australian branch has slumped...

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Unis spend $280m a year on red tape

UNIVERSITIES estimate they spend $280 million a year on meeting red tape requirements like telling the government every time any academic travels overseas. The Universities Australia submission to the coalition's deregulation taskforce calls...

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Hayes and Mailman score silver Logies

ACTORS who brought the stories of real-life Australians to the screen have been recognised with Logies for the most outstanding actor and actress. A teary-eyed Deborah Mailman was given a standing ovation in Melbourne on Sunday when she received...

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Direct trade for Aust, China currency

AUSTRALIAN and Chinese currency will be traded in China for the first time under a deal to be announced by Prime Minister Julia Gillard. And a major tourism and investment campaign will be run in Shanghai in late 2014 to take advantage of China's...

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Joy for Ten as Keddie wins Gold

OFFSPRING star Asher Keddie has given Network Ten something to celebrate after winning the Gold Logie. Keddie had been twice nominated for a Gold Logie before claiming the highest individual honour at the annual television awards night in Melbourne....

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Syria's Homs besieged for 300 days: oppn

A SIEGE of Syria's central city of Homs has entered its 300th day, as troops loyal to President Bashar al-Assad wage a campaign to oust rebel groups holed up there, the opposition says. "Three hundred days have gone by since the start of the siege...

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Lagarde says euro has long-standing future

INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde has told an audience in China the euro has a solid future and she hopes no more countries in Europe will need bailouts. "I think the collective political will ... to maintain, defend, protect...

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Crean would fight super shift: report

SIMON Crean has reportedly pledged to oppose any move by the federal government to tax earnings on superannuation accounts. The Australian reports the Labor backbencher has called on his government to explicitly rule out changes that would retrospectively...

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Karzai meets Qatar emir on Taliban office

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai has held talks with the emir of Qatar during a visit to discuss opening a Taliban office in the Gulf state as a prelude to a possible peace deal with the militants. Karzai discussed "issues of mutual interest" with...

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Afghan kit removal to cost US $5bn

THE US operation to remove military hardware and vehicles from Afghanistan as troops withdraw after 12 years of war will cost between $US5 billion ($A4.8 billion) and $US6 billion, officials say. Among statistics released by the military about...

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Tanzanian building collapse toll hits 25

THE death toll from a building that collapsed in Tanzania's economic capital, Dar es Salaam, has reached 25, officials said, as hope faded of finding those missing two days after the accident. "Six bodies were found between Saturday night and...

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Egypt comedian bailed on insult complaints

EGYPTIAN satirist Bassem Youssef has been released on bail after nearly five hours of questioning over alleged insults to the president and religion, highlighting concerns over freedom of expression in post-revolt Egypt. Youssef, whose weekly...

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Five children under 10 die in France fire

FIVE children between the ages of two and 10 died when a fire ravaged their home in northern France while staying with their divorced father, who was seriously burned trying to save them. In Saint-Quentin, a town about 130km northeast of Paris,...

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US prosecutor murdered with wife

A TEXAS district attorney and his wife have been found dead in their home - the second murder of a US prosecutor in the same office in less than two months, sparking fears of a larger plot. In January, Kaufman County assistant district attorney...

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Chavez heir vows probe into leader's death

VENEZUELA'S acting president, Nicolas Maduro, says his mentor, Hugo Chavez, fought for his life "until the last second" and called for an inquiry into the leader's death. "Until the last second of his life he believed that he would live and he...

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Storms black out 50,000 Qld properties

A SERIES of severe storms, accompanied by 90km/h winds and lightning strikes, have swept through southeast Queensland, cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses. The State Emergency Service responded to up to 100 calls for help,...

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Zygier gave up names of informants: report

THE man known as Prisoner X - Melbourne-born former Mossad agent Ben Zygier - was outfoxed trying to turn a Hezbollah representative into a double agent and unwittingly became one himself, handing over the names of two valuable informants in Lebanon,...

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Spain paper retracts Merkel Hitler column

SPANISH newspaper El Pais has retracted a column that compared German Chancellor Angela Merkel to Adolf Hitler and apologised for its "inappropriate" content after sparking an indignant internet outcry. In the column, published on the paper's...

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Cyprus in last-ditch bailout talks

CYPRUS President Nicos Anastasiades has entered emergency talks with the island's international creditors seeking to avert bankruptcy in a crisis that is again threatening the stability of the wider eurozone. The clock is ticking for the tiny...

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Brit in India 'shouted for help for hour'

A BRITISH woman who jumped from a hotel balcony in India fearing a sexual assault says she shouted for help for more than an hour before she fled. Jessica Davies, 31, from London, says she barricaded the door of her hotel room in Agra with furniture...

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Storms black out 50,000 Qld properties

A SERIES of severe storms, accompanied by 90km/h winds and lightning strikes, have swept through southeast Queensland, cutting off power to thousands of homes and businesses. The State Emergency Service responded to up to 100 calls for help,...

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ADF should plan for climate change: report

EDS: Not for use before 0001 AEDT Monday, March 25 CANBERRA, March 25 AAP - The Australian Defence Force needs to plan now to deal with the impacts of climate change on security in the region, a report from a think-tank says. The Australian Strategic...

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Shark attack hero wins bravery award

That was the only thought Trevor Ronald Burns had when he saw a woman being attacked by a Great White Shark. He never expected to be awarded for his bravery. The Brisbane man was holidaying in Perth with his family in October 2010 when they took part...

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ADF should plan for climate change: report

EDS: Not for use before 0001 AEDT Monday, March 25 CANBERRA, March 25 AAP - The Australian Defence Force needs to plan now to deal with the impacts of climate change on security in the region, a report from a think-tank says. The Australian Strategic...

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Shark attack hero wins bravery award

That was the only thought Trevor Ronald Burns had when he saw a woman being attacked by a Great White Shark. He never expected to be awarded for his bravery. The Brisbane man was holidaying in Perth with his family in October 2010 when they took part...

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