Boycott-hit voting begins in Kuwait

VOTING is under way in Kuwait to pick a new parliament that is certain to side with the ruling establishment after a widespread election boycott by opposition groups. The voting on Saturday is likely to expose deep divisions in the strategic...

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Pageant picks Brazil's most shapely rear

Fifteen curvy young ladies are competing in the grand finale of Brazil's annual Miss Bumbum pageant. Source: AAP CARINE Felizardo, a curvy model from the northern state of Para, has been crowned Miss Bumbum, a title rewarding Brazil's sexiest...

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Portugal cracks down on legal highs

170 have been hospitalised in Portugal due to synthetic legal drugs known as 'bath salts'. Source: AAP AUTHORITIES in Portugal are waging war on the synthetic drugs known as bath salts, amid concerns they are becoming increasingly popular among...

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Mexico's Calderon hands off to Pena Nieto

MEXICO'S incoming president Enrique Pena Nieto is set take the reins of power, inheriting a country full of economic promise but beset by a brutal drug war. Outgoing President Felipe Calderon handed power to Pena Nieto in a symbolic ceremony just...

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Abalone fishers urged to take care

ABALONE fishers are warned to take care on Sunday, the second day of the heavily restricted season, following the death of a Malaysian fisherman on the first day. A 20-year-old Malaysian man was swept into heavy seas by a strong rip in Yanchep...

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Cut GST threshold on online goods: report

THE independent GST review has called for a cut in the consumption tax threshold for goods and services bought online. The report, by former premiers Nick Greiner and John Brumby and tax expert Bruce Carter, says the way the 10 per cent GST applies...

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Teen badly hurt after falling on tent peg

A SCHOOL leaver has suffered serious head injuries after falling on a tent peg as he packed up to leave the West Australian town of Busselton. The accident is understood to have occurred on Thursday night, and the 17-year-old was taken to a...

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Daniel Morcombe's funeral set for Friday

Daniel Morcombe's parents are considering a funeral on the ninth anniversary of his disappearance. Source: AAP DANIEL Morcombe's family will finally lay their son to rest, nine years to the day after he went missing. Daniel's funeral will...

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Nasser talks about BHP CEO succession

BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser (R) has backed CEO Marius Kloppers (L) at its AGM. Source: AAP BHP Billiton chairman Jac Nasser has not guaranteed chief executive Marius Kloppers' job for any length of time as speculation continues about a...

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Beach algae still causing red alert

More NSW beaches have been closed as red algal blooms are spotted along much of the state's coast. Source: AAP RED algal blooms are continuing to close beaches along the NSW coast, with sightings as far south as Bateman's Bay and as far north...

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Oakeshott undecided about election run

NSW Independent MP Rob Oakeshott says he hasn't decided whether to run in the next election. Source: AAP INDEPENDENT MP Rob Oakeshott says he hasn't yet made a firm decision about whether he will run for his NSW seat at the next federal election....

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Vic temperatures exceed 45C

The mercury is forecast to reach near-record highs across Victoria on Thursday. Source: AAP VICTORIANS have sweltered through the hottest November day in more than a century with the temperature soaring above 45C in some parts of the state....

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Gonski bill lacks funding detail: schools

PARLIAMENT is considering legislation to set up a new school funding system but there is still little detail available about how that will work. Prime Minister Julia Gillard says Labor will target and eradicate the "great moral wrong" of children...

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Dhaka fire factory managers arrested

Three factory managers have been arrested in Bangladesh over a blaze that killed 110 workers. Source: AAP BANGLADESH police have arrested three managers of a factory where a blaze killed 110 people, following claims they stopped workers from...

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Call for crane checks after UTS fire

Investigations are underway into a fire that caused a crane to fall onto a Sydney construction site. Source: AAP A CRANE that caught fire and toppled onto a Sydney university building has prompted union calls for city-wide engineering checks,...

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Diuron use risks Barrier Reef: WWF

A FEDERAL government decision to reinstate the use of diuron on weeds in water bodies is not enough to protect the Great Barrier Reef despite new conditions, conservationists say. The Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority (APVMA)...

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Bishop defends meeting with Blewitt

Deputy opposition leader Julie Bishop defended meeting with self-confessed fraudster Ralph Blewitt. Source: AAP DEPUTY opposition leader Julie Bishop has defended her decision to meet with one of the key figures in the Australian Workers' Union...

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Man shot dead in Punchbowl

Police are conducting and operation in Sydney's southwest after a man was shot multiple times. Source: AAP A MAN has been found dead in a house in southwestern Sydney and another man is in hospital after being found with gunshot wounds in the...

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Obeid 'frontman' didn't coach me: witness

AN Obeid family associate gave a key witness at a corruption inquiry into the granting of mining licences in the Bylong Valley a timeline setting out a version of events, the ICAC has heard. The Independent Commission Against Corruption heard...

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Doctor admits errors in treating toddler

AN anaesthetist has admitted he failed on a number of occasions to call off risky dental surgery on a two-year-old boy who later died. Leonard Crowe did not regain consciousness after having 13 decayed teeth removed and six others repaired under...

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New fire as Bangladesh mourns dead

A fire in a nine-storey garment factory in Bangladesh has left at least 110 people dead. Source: AAP BANGLADESH firefighters quelled a new blaze at a garment factory on Monday as the country mourned the death of 110 workers in a weekend blaze...

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Skyfall shakes the Australian box office

THE latest Bond instalment has shaken the Australian Box Office, pulling in a massive $12.304 million in its opening weekend. Skyfall, the 23rd in the James Bond series, which stars Daniel Craig, Javier Bardem as a very convincing baddie, and...

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UN climate talks open in Qatar

UN talks on a new climate pact have opened in oil and gas-rich Qatar, where negotiators from nearly 200 countries will discuss fighting global warming and helping poor nations adapt to it. The two-decade-old talks have not fulfilled their main...

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Mines minister in on deal, ICAC hears

FORMER Labor minister Eddie Obeid's son told a business associate he urgently needed to finalise the purchase of farms in the Bylong Valley before a NSW government decision increased their value tenfold, a corruption inquiry has heard. The Independent...

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Australian man charged with fraud in PNG

AN Australian man has been arrested and charged with fraud by Papua New Guinea's anti corruption taskforce. Leonard Patrick Capon, 68, was arrested and charged after allegedly misappropriating 1,485,085 million kina ($A668,400) paid in 2010...

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Newman denies internal LNP conflicts

Veteran Queensland MP Ray Hopper (R) has resigned from the Liberal National Party (LNP). Source: AAP QUEENSLAND Premier Campbell Newman insists his government is not divided despite losing an MP within days of the departure of a major Liberal...

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Bangladesh garment factory blaze kills 104

At least nine people have died after a blaze tore through a garment factory in Bangladesh. Source: AAP MORE than 100 workers have been killed in a fierce blaze which tore through a garment factory in Bangladesh, forcing people to leap from...

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Afghan bomb attacks kill 8, wound 35

The Pakistan Taliban has claimed a bomb blast that killed eight people near a Shi'ite procession. Source: AAP A BOMB attack on a Shi'ite Muslim procession has wounded more than 35 people in Pakistan's northwest as Shi'ites mark their holiest...

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