UK car manufacturing rises 1.1%

THE number of cars built in the UK increased by 1.1 per cent in the first half of the year, to 764,390 units, figures have shown. The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said growth was 4.6 per cent in the second-quarter of the...

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First test for PNG deal after boat arrives

A new approach to boat arrivals could save lives, Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare says. Source: AAP MORE than 80 boat people are facing transfer to Papua New Guinea under the government's tough new asylum seeker plan, after their vessel was...

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G20 seeks to narrow differences on growth

FINANCE chiefs of G20 states have sought to narrow differences on how to keep budget deficits in check without harming fragile growth as the world economy emerges from slowdown. The finance ministers and central bank chiefs of the top 20 advanced...

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Kremlin critic Navalny cheered in Moscow

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has received a hero's welcome after his release from jail. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of supporters of Alexei Navalny have gathered at a Moscow rail station to cheer the Russian opposition leader as a national...

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Message rush as India stops telegrams

THOUSANDS of Indians have crammed into telegram offices to send souvenir messages to friends and family in a last-minute rush before the service shuts down after 162 years. Sunday is the last day that messages will be accepted by the service,...

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China evacuates 500,000 as typhoon hits

EASTERN China is bracing for torrential downpours from Typhoon Soulik which forced the evacuation of half a million people after killing two in Taiwan. Soulik lashed coastal Fujian province with winds of 118 kilometres per hour when it made landfall...

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Malian troops to open Bastille Day

TROOPS coming from Mali and 12 other African countries will march with the French military in an unusual Bastille Day parade in Paris, to honour their efforts against terrorism. Beyond the triumphal display on the Champs-Elysees on Sunday, including...

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PM swamped by supporters in Cairns

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is sure to smell good during his visit to Papua New Guinea after buying six bars of soap from a Queensland market. Gripping papayas, bread and other goods, his supporters pushed their way through a large crowd to catch...

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