Snowden to meet rights activists in Moscow

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 is set to meet with leading Russian rights activists and lawyers at the airport...

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No deal on school reforms: Qld premier

Queensland Premier Campbell Newman says his government needs more time to consider school reforms. Source: AAP THE Queensland government hasn't signed up to the federal government's education reforms but has left the door open. Premier...

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Six teens arrested for stealing cars in NT

A 14-year-old boy has been charged with stealing and crashing a taxi in the Northern Territory. Source: AAP IT was a week for teenage joyrides in the Northern Territory as a 14-year-old Darwin boy was charged with stealing and crashing a taxi...

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Greek unions call July 16 general strike

GREECE'S main unions will hold a general strike on July 16 to oppose a new round of civil service job cuts announced by the government to secure EU-IMF loans. "An emergency meeting of the executive committee has decided to call a 24-hour general...

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Crisis sinks European birth rate: study

FEWER babies were born in Europe because of the world economic crisis, a study shows. The birth rate per woman in 28 European countries sank faster on average the higher the unemployment rate rose, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research...

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Dropping dollar is good for unis

THE dropping dollar is being seen as a boost to Australia's international education industry. Universities Australia says with international competition for tertiary students becoming more intense, the cost of going to university is playing...

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Suppliers blamed for Vic dispatch glitch

THREE potentially life-threatening failures in Victoria's emergency dispatch system were caused by external suppliers, a government document has revealed. Emergency service operators were forced to revert to manual technology as glitches on May...

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Driver dies in NSW bus crash

A BUS has crashed into a duplex on NSW's Central Coast, killing the driver and critically injuring a man inside the home. Police say the bus crashed into the house on Greenfield Road at Empire Bay shortly after 4.15pm (AEST) on Tuesday. Fire...

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Women in Ohio kidnap case thank public

THREE women held captive in a house in Ohio for a decade have issued a YouTube video in which they thank the public for the encouragement and financial support that is allowing them to restart their lives. Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle...

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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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Solar airplane lands in New York

THE experimental Solar Impulse plane, powered by the sun, has completed a transcontinental trip across the United States, touching down in New York despite a rip in the fabric of one wing. The giant, single-person plane landed at New York's John...

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