Tassie shooting was targeted: police

THE shooting death of a man outside a northern Tasmanian hotel was targeted, police say. The man in his 40s was shot dead outside the Marrawah Hotel just after midnight (AEST) on Saturday. "Investigations to date suggest this is not a random...

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Indonesian police hunt 131 escapees

Indonesian police have stepped up their search for 131 inmates who escaped from a Sumatran jail. Source: AAP INDONESIAN police have expanded their search for 131 inmates including four militants who escaped from an overcrowded jail during a...

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Bull runners crushed in Pamplona

Bull-runners were crushed in a pile-up in Pamplona on the seventh day of Spain's famed festival. Source: AAP DAREDEVIL bull-runners have been crushed in a pile-up in Pamplona on the seventh day of Spain's famed San Fermin festival, and at...

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Russia mulls asylum for data spy Snowden

US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden (C) has told rights activists he will seek asylum in Russia. Source: AAP RUSSIA has been weighing whether to grant asylum to fugitive US leaker Edward Snowden after he told activists he wanted sanctuary...

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Cuts delayed Caltex leak response: union

NOT a single local firefighter was on deck when a Caltex terminal in Sydney sprung a leak, threatening a disaster similar to Canada's devastating fuel explosion. The NSW government's cost-cutting policy of rolling station closures was scorched...

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Abbott ventures into Rudd homeland

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has nudged a kid out of the way during a schoolyard game of footy. Source: AAP TONY Abbott has nudged a kid out of the way during a schoolyard game of footy. The federal opposition leader, who's known for his...

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Deported WA man criticises fed government

AN Australian man deported from Saudi Arabia, leaving his brother behind in prison for terrorism-related offences, has criticised the federal government for not doing enough to help them. Junaid Thorne arrived back in Perth in the early hours...

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Snowden to meet with Moscow activists

The Deputy Secretary of State says the US is "very disappointed" how China handled the Snowden case. Source: AAP FUGITIVE US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden has requested a meeting with leading rights activists and lawyers at the airport...

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Vic woman abducted in daylight sex attack

A WOMAN was threatened with a knife and a gun before being repeatedly sexually assaulted during a violent daylight abduction in Melbourne. The 33-year-old woman had just stepped off a bus on Tuesday afternoon when the 30-minute brutal ordeal...

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Rudd says Lalor interview 'curious'

THE political career of an aspiring Labor candidate for Julia Gillard's seat of Lalor may be over before it begins, after a interview in which she admitted to having no connection to the party or the electorate. Both Prime Minister Kevin Rudd...

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Twin bombing kills five in Afghanistan

A TWIN bombing in southern Afghanistan has killed five people, an official says. Three civilians died after their car struck a roadside bomb as well as two police officers who had rushed to the scene to help the victims when the second bomb...

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CSR forecasts sustained housing recovery

BUILDING products group CSR predicts a sustained recovery in the Australian housing construction sector, led by New South Wales and Western Australia. CSR believes conditions will improve after recent economic data confirmed an upward trend in...

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Schools funding momentum builds

Kevin Rudd (L) can't understand why the NT government is walking away from extra school funding. Source: AAP MOMENTUM is building on education reform with independent schools the latest to agree to the federal government's funding plan ahead...

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WA faces wafer-thin surplus, premier hints

KEEPING Western Australia's budget in surplus is going to be a close call, Premier Colin Barnett warns. The budget, to be delivered on August 8, is expected to show a sharp drop in revenue due to volatile iron ore royalties and lower payroll tax...

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Greek public TV signal back on air

GREECE'S public television signal is back on air, nearly a month after the government shut down the country's state broadcaster ERT to cut costs. A backdrop reading 'Greek public television' (EDT) and featuring a globe and coloured waves was...

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One dead in Sydney fire

A PERSON has died in a house blaze in Sydney's north. The body of the missing person, originally reported as a child but now believed to be an adult, was found following the Mount Colah fire, a Fire and Rescue spokeswoman said on Wednesday afternoon....

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Palmer announces Tasmanian candidates

Clive Palmer has named three candidates to stand for his Palmer United Party in Tasmania. Source: AAP MINING magnate and prime ministerial hopeful Clive Palmer has named his first Tasmanian candidates for the federal election. The announcement...

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Both Koreas agree to reopen joint zone

North and South Korea have agreed in principle to reopen the Kaesong industrial complex. Source: AAP NORTH and South Korea have made a crucial step forward by agreeing to reopen a joint industrial zone seen as the last remaining symbol of cross-border...

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Bahrain bomb kills policeman

A BOMB attack has killed a Bahraini policeman and wounded two others in a Shi'ite Muslim village outside the capital, a police statement carried by the official BNA news agency says. "Terrorist groups targeted a police station in Sitra" late on...

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Deported cleric Abu Qatada lands in Jordan

Radical Islamic cleric Abu Qatada has been deported from Britain and is on his way to Jordan. Source: AAP RADICAL Islamist cleric Abu Qatada has arrived in Amman after Britain deported him to face terrorism charges, ending a decade-long legal...

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