Man 'threatens' club staff with fake gun

A man has been charged with threatening staff with a replica handgun at a licensed club in NSW. Source: AAP A MAN has been charged with threatening staff with a replica handgun at a licensed club on the NSW Central Coast. Police said...

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Obama orders $US85 billion spending cuts

US President Barack Obama has blamed Republican for "dumb" and "unnecessary" spending cuts. Source: AAP PRESIDENT Barack Obama has reluctantly ordered an $US85 billion ($A83.67 billion) austerity drive that could slow the US economy and slash...

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Court slashes Samsung's $1b damages bill

A US judge slashed nearly half of the $US1 billion ($A984.40 million) damage award a jury ordered Samsung to pay Apple over the rights to the design and technology running market-leading smartphones and tablet computers. US District Court Judge...

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Abbott and PM descend on western Sydney

TONY Abbott has fired the first shot in this week's war for western Sydney as Julia Gillard gears up for a five-day tour to reconnect with the Labor heartland and salvage support in once-safe seats. The opposition leader descended on Campbelltown...

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Profit season shows signs of hope

THERE are signs of life and glimmers of hope in the market after a reporting season that beat expectations - albeit only slightly - and promised better things to come. The February reporting season all but wrapped up on Friday with overall results...

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Iran pipeline work to begin this month

A CONSORTIUM will start work next week on a much delayed $US7.5 billion ($A7.38 billion) gas pipeline from Pakistan to Iran despite American warnings of possible sanctions. The date was announced after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari held...

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Man missing after trawler capsizes in Qld

EMERGENCY services are searching for a man after a fishing trawler capsized off the Gold Coast early on Friday morning. The 39-year-old deckhand has now been missing for over 13 hours after he was washed overboard when the 50-foot boat flipped...

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Manning pleads guilty to 10 charges

US Army private Bradley Manning has pleaded guilty to leaking classified information. Source: AAP BRADLEY Manning, the Army private accused in the biggest leak of classified material in US history, could face 20 years in prison after pleading...

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Vic elective surgery list heads to 50,000

VICTORIA'S elective surgery waiting list is edging closer to 50,000 people, many of whom are in pain as they wait their turn. There were 4587 more people on the list at the end of last year than in December 2011, after the first 12 months of the...

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NSW prison escapee charged

POLICE have charged a prison escapee who was captured in the NSW Snowy Mountains after two days on the run. Convicted murderer Adam Bowhay, an inmate of Cooma Correctional Centre, ran away from Snowy Oval in Cooma about 1.15pm (AEDT) on Tuesday....

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Floodwaters receding in central Qld

AFTER peaking on Thursday morning, floodwaters at Maryborough in southern Queensland will start to drop overnight. Water flowed through about 20 homes and businesses in the city after the Mary River broke its banks. "It reached its highest level...

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RBS slumps to $8.9bn loss

STATE-RESCUED Royal Bank of Scotland said that net losses almost tripled to STG5.97 billion ($A8.9 billion) in 2012, when it was hit by compensation payouts and a Libor fine. The vast loss after taxation compared with a shortfall of STG1.99 billion...

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US senator attacked for Taiwanese wife

AIDES to top Republican Senator Mitch McConnell has voiced outrage after a left-leaning group suggested he supported China over the United States due to his Taiwan-born wife. McConnell, who faces re-election next year, is married to former labour...

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Boy's death prompts Qld health probe

NO stone will be left unturned in determining how a Palm Island boy died from viral pneumonia after repeatedly being given antibiotics and being sent home, Queensland's health minister says. William John Bligh, 9, died in Townsville Hospital...

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'Pirate' ruling irrelevant: Sea Shepherd

Sea Shepherd founder Paul Watson described a US judge's opinion that he is a "pirate" as irrelevant. Source: AAP SEA Shepherd founder Paul Watson has described a US judge's opinion that he is a "pirate" as one-sided and irrelevant. Chief...

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India's TCS to pay $30m to settle lawsuit

INDIA'S biggest software outsourcer TCS has agreed to pay $US30 million ($A29.47 million) to settle a lawsuit filed by two former employees in the US relating to unpaid wages, media reports said. The suit, filed in 2006 by former TCS staffers...

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No change to gun silencer law: O'Farrell

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has denied hunters will be allowed to use silencers in national parks. Source: AAP NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has denied hunters will be allowed to use silencers on guns when shooting feral animals in the state's...

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Mixed reactions to summit on Qld's future

THE Queensland opposition says Premier Campbell Newman is too scared to hold his "future" summit in the southeast due to job cuts in the region. Queenslanders have been invited to tell the state's 89 MPs what they want their state to look in 30...

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It's time to improve NSW's accounts: A-G

NSW Auditor-General Peter Achterstraat says he'll back any move to lift the dismal quality of the state's accounting, including sending senior financial bureaucrats to boot camp. "I have been making the point since 2009 that we really do have...

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Aquino warns sultan in Malaysian stand-off

PHILIPPINE President Benigno Aquino has warned a sultan he would face the "full force of the law" unless he withdraws his gunmen from Malaysia, but the elderly ruler remained defiant. Dozens of followers of the little-known Sultan of Sulu have...

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Lake Eyre under greatest threat in decades

MINING on its floodplains and irrigation along its rivers pose the greatest threat in decades to Australia's largest lake, an advocacy group warns. Lake Eyre Basin is under the spotlight after the Queensland government's decision to rewrite...

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Hockey says no compo in carbon plan

SHADOW treasurer Joe Hockey has backtracked from his comment that businesses affected by the abolition of the carbon tax would be compensated on a case-by-case basis. Many Australian businesses involved in clean energy and other sectors are benefiting...

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Earthquake shakes buildings in Tokyo

A STRONG 6.2-magnitude earthquake has hit north of Tokyo, shaking buildings in the capital but causing no risk of a tsunami, Japan's meteorological agency reported. National broadcaster NHK said there had been no abnormalities detected at nuclear...

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Lawyers to mount Vodafone class action

LAWYERS are preparing to mount a class action against Vodafone after years of complaints about the telecommunications provider. Law firm Piper Alderman on Monday announced plans to proceed with the action but did not reveal further details....

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Cyclone threat to north coast of WA

RESIDENTS have been warned to prepare for dangerous weather as a cyclone intensifies off Western Australia's north coast. Tropical Cyclone Rusty is expected to bring gales late on Sunday night or early on Monday, as it tracks towards the coast,...

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One killed in clashes in southern Yemen

One person has been killed in an exchange between security forces and suspected insurgents in Yemen. Source: AAP ONE person has reportedly been killed and three injured in an exchange of fire between security forces and suspected secessionist...

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Palestinians hurt in West Bank clashes

Three Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Jewish settlers in the northern West Bank. Source: AAP THREE Palestinians have been wounded in clashes with Jewish settlers from a wildcat settlement near a village in the northern West...

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Storms destroy homes as floods swamp NSW

Homes on the NSW mid-north coast have been destroyed as waters continue to rise across the state. Source: AAP GALE force winds have wreaked havoc across Sydney and the NSW south coast, while around 20,000 people are isolated by floodwaters...

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