Syria military police chief defects to opposition

SYRIA'S military police chief has announced his defection from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, accusing the army of having turned into "murderous gangs," in a video posted online. "I, General Abdel Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, commander of Syrian...

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Syria deputy FM travels to Moscow

THE Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed for Moscow, an airport source in Beirut told AFP, amid reports of a US-Russian initiative for a transition in Syria. The Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed...

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UAE busts Saudi-Emirati 'terror' cell

UAE authorities have announced busting a cell of Saudi and Emirati members plotting "terror" attacks in the two countries and other states. The suspects "imported material and equipment with the aim of committing terror acts," said an official...

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Tube strike can't stop London shoppers

STRIKE action has heavily disrupted London's Underground train network, as hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters headed to the shops for the traditional Boxing Day sales. All 13 of the Tube lines were running a reduced service after just...

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National holiday road toll reaches 17

AUSTRALIA'S national road toll stands at 17 after a man was killed in a single car accident in Western Australia. Perth Now reports the man died when his car flipped on the North West Coastal Highway at Yannarie, which is about 1200km north...

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US stocks up ahead of 'fiscal cliff' talks

US stocks have opened slightly higher, as President Barack Obama heads back to Washington to try to secure a year-end "fiscal cliff" deal with Republican lawmakers. In roughly the first 15 minutes of trade on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial...

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Spain seizes 11 tonnes of hashish

SPANISH police have seized 11 tonnes of hashish smuggled from Morocco on trucks with fuel tanks rigged to hide the drugs and arrested 35 people in what has been described as the breakup of a major smuggling ring feeding the European market. The...

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Oil rises on housing data

THE price of oil is rising sharply on higher US home prices and hopes of a budget deal in Washington. US benchmark crude jumped $2.31, or 2.6 per cent, to $90.92 a barrel overnight in thin post-Christmas trading. US home prices rose in most...

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Syria military police chief defects to opposition

SYRIA'S military police chief has announced his defection from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, accusing the army of having turned into "murderous gangs," in a video posted online. "I, General Abdel Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, commander of Syrian...

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Syria deputy FM travels to Moscow

THE Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed for Moscow, an airport source in Beirut told AFP, amid reports of a US-Russian initiative for a transition in Syria. The Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed...

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UAE busts Saudi-Emirati 'terror' cell

UAE authorities have announced busting a cell of Saudi and Emirati members plotting "terror" attacks in the two countries and other states. The suspects "imported material and equipment with the aim of committing terror acts," said an official...

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Tube strike can't stop London shoppers

STRIKE action has heavily disrupted London's Underground train network, as hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters headed to the shops for the traditional Boxing Day sales. All 13 of the Tube lines were running a reduced service after just...

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National holiday road toll reaches 17

AUSTRALIA'S national road toll stands at 17 after a man was killed in a single car accident in Western Australia. Perth Now reports the man died when his car flipped on the North West Coastal Highway at Yannarie, which is about 1200km north...

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US stocks up ahead of 'fiscal cliff' talks

US stocks have opened slightly higher, as President Barack Obama heads back to Washington to try to secure a year-end "fiscal cliff" deal with Republican lawmakers. In roughly the first 15 minutes of trade on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial...

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Spain seizes 11 tonnes of hashish

SPANISH police have seized 11 tonnes of hashish smuggled from Morocco on trucks with fuel tanks rigged to hide the drugs and arrested 35 people in what has been described as the breakup of a major smuggling ring feeding the European market. The...

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Oil rises on housing data

THE price of oil is rising sharply on higher US home prices and hopes of a budget deal in Washington. US benchmark crude jumped $2.31, or 2.6 per cent, to $90.92 a barrel overnight in thin post-Christmas trading. US home prices rose in most...

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3800 British troops leave Afghanistan

PRIME Minister David Cameron has announced that 3800 British troops will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by the end of 2013. Some 5000 will remain into 2014, Cameron told MPs. The announcement comes after a lengthy video call on Tuesday between...

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Russia parliament says no to US adoptions

RUSSIA'S lower house of parliament has given key support to a bill banning Americans from adopting children, resulting in a huge outcry from rights groups. The bill, which came in retaliation for a US measure that punishes Russia for its rights...

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Iraqi leader set for German hospital

KURDISH officials say Iraqi President Jalal Talabani will be flown to Germany for further treatment after suffering a stroke earlier this week. Medical experts from Germany and other countries began arriving on Wednesday to assess the 79-year-old...

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Outrage grows in India over bus gang-rape

THE hours-long gang-rape and near-fatal beating of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi has triggered outrage and anger across the country as Indians demand action from authorities who have long ignored persistent violence and harassment against...

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US stocks mainly lower

US stocks have drifted mostly lower in early trade as investors eye Washington's budget impasse amid a looming deadline. In the first 30 minutes of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 9.82 points (0.07 per cent) at 13,341.14. The broad-market...

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Dictator's daughter new SKorea president

SOUTH Korea has elected its first female president, handing a slim but historic victory to conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-Hye, daughter of the country's former military ruler. As leader of Asia's fourth-largest economy, Park, 60,...

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Minogue and Donovan on stage for duet

KYLIE Minogue and Jason Donovan will end more than two decades of anticipation in London this week when they team up on stage for the first live performance of their number one hit, Especially For You. The former Ramsay Street sweethearts will...

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Pakistan: 8 polio workers killed in 2 days

GUNMEN have shot dead a woman working on UN-backed polio vaccination efforts and her driver in northwestern Pakistan, officials say, raising to eight the number of people killed in the last 48 hours who were part of the immunisation drive. The...

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US stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes

US stocks have opened higher as investors expected the Federal Reserve would announce new support for the sluggish economy following a two-day monetary policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 37.44 points (0.28 per cent) to...

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Singapore official resigns after affair

THE speaker of Singapore's parliament has resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair, adding to a list of scandals that have undermined the city-state's reputation for clean and efficient governance. Michael Palmer, the speaker and a member...

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UK officer jailed over nuclear secrets

A ROYAL Navy petty officer has been sentenced to eight years in prisons for passing nuclear submarine secrets to British intelligence agents impersonating Russian spies. Petty Officer Edward Devenney, who was sentenced on Wednesday, was arrested...

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NKoreans hail rocket launch; UN condemns

NORTH Koreans have danced in the streets to celebrate the country's first satellite in space, as world leaders in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo condemn the successful rocket launch. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the launch, which...

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Hey Dad! star Hughes to land in Sydney

ACTOR Robert Hughes will arrive in Sydney within hours to answer child sex abuse allegations dating back to the 1980s, when he was a Hey Dad! television star. Hughes, 64, boarded Qantas flight QF2 at London's Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney...

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Pope hits 1m mark as he tweets

POPE Benedict XVI has hit the one million Twitter follower mark as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and urging them to listen to Christ. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict...

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Over 2 million Afghans at risk this winter

MORE than 2 million Afghans are at risk from cold, disease and malnutrition this winter as an international appeal for funds to help one of the world's poorest countries has fallen drastically short of its goal, the United Nations and several humanitarian...

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'Serious differences' in fiscal stand-off:

THE White House and politicians have yet to reach a deal on averting a looming fiscal crisis, with the top Republican in Congress warning on Wednesday that "serious differences" remain on how to further reduce the debt. "We don't have an agreement...

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Pope hits 1m mark as he tweets

POPE Benedict XVI has hit the one million Twitter follower mark as he sent his first tweet from his new account, blessing his online fans and urging them to listen to Christ. In perhaps the most drawn out Twitter launch ever, the 85-year-old Benedict...

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Over 2 million Afghans at risk this winter

MORE than 2 million Afghans are at risk from cold, disease and malnutrition this winter as an international appeal for funds to help one of the world's poorest countries has fallen drastically short of its goal, the United Nations and several humanitarian...

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US stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes

US stocks have opened higher as investors expected the Federal Reserve would announce new support for the sluggish economy following a two-day monetary policy meeting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 37.44 points (0.28 per cent) to...

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Singapore official resigns after affair

THE speaker of Singapore's parliament has resigned after admitting to an extramarital affair, adding to a list of scandals that have undermined the city-state's reputation for clean and efficient governance. Michael Palmer, the speaker and a member...

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UK officer jailed over nuclear secrets

A ROYAL Navy petty officer has been sentenced to eight years in prisons for passing nuclear submarine secrets to British intelligence agents impersonating Russian spies. Petty Officer Edward Devenney, who was sentenced on Wednesday, was arrested...

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NKoreans hail rocket launch; UN condemns

NORTH Koreans have danced in the streets to celebrate the country's first satellite in space, as world leaders in Washington, Seoul and Tokyo condemn the successful rocket launch. The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the launch, which...

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Hey Dad! star Hughes to land in Sydney

ACTOR Robert Hughes will arrive in Sydney within hours to answer child sex abuse allegations dating back to the 1980s, when he was a Hey Dad! television star. Hughes, 64, boarded Qantas flight QF2 at London's Heathrow Airport bound for Sydney...

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'Serious differences' in fiscal stand-off:

THE White House and politicians have yet to reach a deal on averting a looming fiscal crisis, with the top Republican in Congress warning on Wednesday that "serious differences" remain on how to further reduce the debt. "We don't have an agreement...

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Amazon launches Kindle content for kids

AMAZON is launching a subscription service for children's games, videos and books aimed at getting more kids to use its Kindle Fire tablet devices. Amazon.com Inc plans to announce on Wednesday that the Kindle FreeTime Unlimited service will...

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7 killed in Syria-linked violence: Lebanon

SNIPER fire has killed seven civilians in Syria-linked violence in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, a security official told AFP on condition of anonymity. Sectarian tensions in Tripoli, the country's second city, have soared since the outbreak...

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Britain faces more austerity pain

FINANCE minister George Osborne has warned Britons that they faced an extra year of austerity measures and insisted that reversing his belt-tightening measures now would be a "disaster". Chancellor of the Exchequer Osborne said Britain would face...

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Citigroup to axe more than 11,000 jobs

CITIGROUP says it will eliminate more than 11,000 jobs. The bank says it's looking to cut expenses and improve efficiency. The company said on Wednesday that the cuts will result in about $US1 billion ($A958.91 million) in charges in the fourth...

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Cannibal mystery as Russians found in wild

RUSSIAN investigators have opened a murder case after two fishermen were rescued following three months lost in a remote far east forest amid fears the pair could have eaten a companion to stay alive, officials say. Four men disappeared in August...

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US stocks mixed in opening trade

US stocks have opened mixed after a weak November private-sector jobs report reflected the impact of the devastating superstorm Sandy. After five minutes of trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 41.62 points (0.32 per cent) at 12,993.40....

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Somali Islamists attack Puntland troops

SOMALIA'S Islamist Shebab have killed at least ten soldiers from the northern Puntland region, an area where the al-Qaeda linked militants are feared to be carving out new bases, officials say. Khalif Issa Mudan, defence minister of the semi-autonomous...

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Israel advances settlement plan

AN Israeli plan to build new settler homes in a sensitive area near Jerusalem has passed a first hurdle, sparking fury from the Palestinians, who said building there would end all hopes of peace. Israel's plan for construction in a strip of West...

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Italian teacher jailed for killing rabbits

AN Italian teacher has been sentenced to eight months in prison for killing two rabbits with a hammer in front of his pupils in an anatomy class, the animal protection association LAV said on Wednesday. Carlo Rando, a trained surgeon, had ordered...

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BP banned from US government contracts

BRITISH oil giant BP has been temporarily banned by the US Environmental Protection Agency from US government contracts due to its behaviour in the April 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil disaster. "EPA is taking this action due to BP's lack of business...

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British team hunts for WWII Spitfires

A BRITISH team preparing to dig for a rumoured hoard of World War II Spitfire planes in Myanmar (Burma) says it would be one of the most fascinating discoveries in aviation archaeology if they were found. The team believe there could be 36 of...

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Red Square bomb plotter gets 15 years

A MAN whose plot to cause carnage on Moscow's iconic Red Square was thwarted by a spam phone message has been sentenced to 15 years in jail. Ilyas Saidov, a member of an underground Islamist group, brought explosives-laden belts disguised as...

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Egypt panel poised to finish constitution

THE text of Egypt's new constitution was set to be completed later today, the drafting committee said, with the controversial document at the heart of a legal and ideological battle to be put to a subsequent vote. "The discussions over the draft...

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Cameron mum on press regulation

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron failed to offer any clues on whether he will support new more stringent regulation of Britain's press following the conclusion of a yearlong inquiry into the country's unruly tabloids. Mr Cameron got a sneak...

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UN vote on Palestinian status: likely yes

A LARGE majority of the 193 member states of the United Nations are expected to vote in favour of an upgraded status for the Palestinians at the world body's General Assembly on Thursday. Among the 'no' votes will figure those of Israel, and its...

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