Mali group withdraws ceasefire pledge

Ansar Dine is suspending its pledge to halt hostilities less than a month after agreeing to do so. Source: AAP AN Islamist group in northern Mali says it is suspending its pledge to halt hostilities less than a month after it agreed to do...

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Govt to support bushfire communities: PM

DISASTER assistance to fire-stricken communities in Tasmania will start flowing in coming days, the federal government has announced. The support will be available to help recovery in the Sorell and Tasman local government areas in the state's...

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Suu Kyi 'should' help with Kachin

MEDIATORS trying to broker a peace deal between the military and ethnic minority rebels in northern Myanmar have appealed to Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to help end the bloody conflict. The military's use of air strikes against the rebels...

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Bali stab victim remains critical

INDONESIAN police are waiting to speak to a West Australian man who was stabbed seven times while defending his Bali villa against armed robbers. Paul Gill, 42, was in a critical condition on Saturday and not well enough to speak to police....

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Ex-Westpac exec named Genworth CFO

MORTGAGE insurer Genworth Australia has appointed the former boss of St George Bank as its new chief financial officer. Genworth said in a statement on Friday Paul Fegan would join the company on January 7, 2013. Mr Fegan became chief executive...

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Govt agency oversimplifed gender pay data

A FEDERAL government agency has oversimplified data about graduate pay, resulting in the misrepresentation of gender pay differences, Graduate Careers Australia (GCA) says. The Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) said the gender pay gap for...

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Nation braces for wicked weekend heatwave

The Bureau of Meteorology has warned high temperatures will continue "unabated" well into next week. Source: AAP MUCH of Australia will be on high bushfire alert this weekend as a prolonged heatwave pushes across the country, with record temperatures...

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Major fires threaten southern Tasmania

TASMANIAN firefighters' worst fears have been realised with catastrophic conditions in the state's south leading to the loss of property, most likely including houses. Huge plumes of smoke are visible from Hobart as the island capital swelters...

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Obama signs sweeping US defence bill

US President Barack Obama has signed into law a $A605.71 billion defence spending bill. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Barack Obama has signed into law a $US633 billion ($A605.71 billion) US defence spending bill that funds the war in Afghanistan...

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Snow in NZ as Australia faces heatwave

AS Australians swelter in a heatwave, it's been snowing in New Zealand's South Island. For the second summer in a row, snow has fallen in Central Otago in January. But forecasters say the winter woollies will not be needed for long. Kids were...

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Mexican troops kill 12 in gun battle

MEXICAN soldiers have killed 12 suspected criminals in a running gun battle across the central state of Zacatecas, officials say. The clash erupted when the two sides ran into each other in the city of Rio Grande, sparking a pursuit along 50...

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More than 100 dead as cold snap hits India

POLICE say more than 100 people have died of exposure as northern India deals with historically cold temperatures. Police spokesman Surendra Srivastava said on Thursday at least 114 people have died from the cold in the state of Uttar Pradesh,...

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Safety fears see Vic ambos abandon post

SAFETY concerns at an ambulance branch in Melbourne's west have prompted paramedics to abandon the post and work from elsewhere. Ambulance Employees Australia Victoria general secretary Steve McGhie said 19 paramedics and one clinic transport...

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Bali pool death at private home not club

Bali police are investigating the suspicious death of a Qld woman who was found dead in a pool. Source: AAP A QUEENSLAND woman found dead in Bali was found at her home, not the beach club where she worked, her employers say. Indonesian...

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Photographer dies after taking Bieber shot

A paparazzo has been hit by a car and killed after taking shots of pop star Justin Bieber's Ferrari. Source: AAP A PAPARAZZO has been fatally struck by a car after taking photos of Justin Bieber's white Ferrari on a Los Angeles street. ...

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Man drowns at popular Gold Coast beach

A man has died in hospital after being pulled unconscious from surf at a popular Queensland beach. Source: AAP A MAN has died after being pulled unconscious from heavy surf at a popular Gold Coast beach he was reportedly visiting with his...

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Shots fired at woman at bus stop

THREE people have been charged with endangering the life of a woman who escaped unhurt when shots were fired at her as she sat at a bus stop in Adelaide. Police charged a 34-year-old man from Modbury, a 30-year-old woman and a 15-year-old girl,...

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Firefighters contain Albury bushfire

MORE than 60 firefighters have controlled a bushfire that was threatening homes in the state's southeast. NSW Rural Fire Service (NSWRFS) said the bushfire in Yambla Avenue and Forest Hill Avenue at Albury had been brought under control and...

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Body found in hunt for Qld teenager

A BODY has been found in bushland on the Sunshine Coast near where a teenager went missing on the weekend. Queensland police and State Emergency Service volunteers had been searching for 19-year-old Dylan Daure who was last seen at 12.30am (AEST)...

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Bleak start to 2013 on roads

The national holiday road toll has reached 38 after two drivers died in a head-on collision in NSW. Source: AAP SEVEN people including an eight-year-old girl have died in traffic accidents in what has been a bleak start to the new year on Australian...

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Body found after canoe tips on NSW river

A BODY has been pulled from the Murrumbidgee River in southwestern NSW following a police search for a man who fell from a canoe. Police said the body of a 29-year-old man was recovered on the river south of Griffith at about 3pm (AEDT) on Monday...

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Myanmar to have first public NY countdown

MYANMAR (Burma) will ring in the new year with its first public countdown and a grand fireworks display in a celebration unprecedented in the former military-ruled country. It's the latest, and perhaps most colourful, example of the country's...

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Car bombing kills two south of Baghdad

TWO people have been killed in a car bombing outside provincial government offices south of Baghdad, the latest in a series of attacks targeting Iraqi officials nationwide. The blast at 8.30am on Monday local time in the city of Hilla, 95km...

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Person killed in head-on crash

A PERSON has died in a head-on collision between two cars on Tasmania's east coast. Police said one person was killed, while another two were trapped in a vehicle as a result of the crash, which occurred on Gardens Road, The Gardens, near the...

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US congress seeks last-gasp fiscal deal

AFTER weeks of failed haggling, the fiscal cliffhanger is at hand as US lawmakers convene in a bid to strike a year-end deal that avoids huge tax hikes and possibly spending cuts set to kick in January 1. With the clock ticking ever closer to...

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Abalone fisherman drowns off WA coast

A MAN diving for abalone has drowned off the coast off Western Australia, police have confirmed. The man in his 40s, believed to be of Chinese origin who was living in Perth, was fishing in the waters near Cape Leeuwin in the state's southwest...

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Indian gang-rape victim cremated

India has been engulfed by an outpouring of grief as the body of a gang-rape victim arrived home. Source: AAP THE victim of a gang-rape which triggered an outpouring of grief and anger across India has been cremated at a private ceremony in...

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19 Shi'ites killed in Pakistan bus blast

A CAR bomb attack on buses carrying Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims to Iran has killed 19 people and wounded 25 in Pakistan's insurgency-hit southwest, officials say. The remotely-triggered bomb hit a convoy of three buses in Mastung district on Sunday...

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