Topless feminists in Vatican gay protest

FOUR activists from Ukrainian feminist group Femen have stripped off in St Peter's Square in a protest for gay rights just as Pope Benedict XVI was reciting his traditional weekly Angelus prayer. The four topless women had "Shut Up!" scrawled...

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Man hospitalised after shooting

A MAN is in hospital after he was shot in the stomach and chest in Sydney's west. Police were called to Ismay Avenue, Homebush about 11pm on Sunday following reports of a shooting. On arrival, they found a man with gunshot wounds to his stomach...

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Victorian firefighter dies in Tasmania

A 60-YEAR-OLD Victorian firefighter has been found dead near a hamlet on the Tasman Peninsula where he was conducting a backburn. Police say the body of the man, part of a Victorian contingent assisting the Tasmania Fire Service, was found near...

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Steam train chugs through London's Tube

TOURISTS waiting for their train to Madame Tussauds in London have been treated to an unusual sight: a 19th century steam engine chugging down the tracks. Officials sent the Met Locomotive 1, built in 1898, down London's Metropolitan Line to...

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Beijing choked by third day of smog

BEIJING has endured a third day of pollution at hazardous levels, as authorities warned a thick cloud of smog may not lift from the Chinese capital until the middle of the week. While those venturing outside wore face masks, dissident Chinese...

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French strike Islamist bases in Mali

THE French air force has struck the northern Malian city of Gao, which had been controlled by the al-Qaeda offshoot MUJAO, destroying Islamist bases and forcing the insurgents to flee, residents say. "There were dozens of strikes in and around...

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Depardieu slams Russia protest movement

FRENCH actor turned Russian national Gerard Depardieu has accused President Vladimir Putin's opposition of lacking vision and defended the Kremlin's treatment of the Pussy Riot protest punks. Depardieu received a Russian passport at a January...

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France on alert over Mali backlash fears

FRANCE is in a state of high alert with military action against Islamic radicals in Mali and Somalia triggering fears of a backlash on home soil. Armed troops patrolled rail and subway stations in Paris and security around airports and public...

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