Taiwan hit by rabies outbreak after 50 yrs

Taiwan has struggled to contain the island's first outbreak of rabies in more than 50 years. Source: AAP TAIWAN has ordered tens of thousands of vaccine doses to protect people against the island's first rabies outbreak in more than 50 years....

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Aust in asylum bidding war: ex-US diplomat

A FORMER top US diplomat says Australia's major political parties are engaging in a bidding war on asylum seekers, and has labelled Papua New Guinea as unstable. Richard Armitage, the former US deputy secretary of state, has previously criticised...

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NSW Labor responds to Rudd intervention

Legal challenge to PNG solution PNG's opposition resurrects a legal challenge to Australia's detention centre on Manus Island after the arrival of asylum seekers. QR board rolled on new chief THE Newman Government has been slammed by the...

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Response to asylum seeker boat too slow

AUTHORITIES could have prevented the deaths of 102 asylum seekers who drowned after their termite-ridden boat capsized in the Indian Ocean, a court has heard. On Wednesday, retiring West Australian Coroner Alastair Hope handed down his findings...

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Civilian casualties up 23% in Afghan war

CIVILIAN casualties in the Afghan war have risen 23 per cent in the first half of this year as a result of Taliban attacks and increased fighting between insurgents and government forces, the UN says. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to...

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WA woman guilty of 'human fireball' attack

Perth woman Natalie Dimitrovska has been found guilty of setting another woman on fire. Source: AAP A PERTH woman has been found guilty of setting alight an acquaintance she believed was having an affair with her husband. Natalie Dimitrovska,...

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Bus crash kills nine children in India

NINE schoolchildren have been killed and 20 others injured when a school bus collided with a truck in northern India, police say. Police officer Vishnu Khatri says the crash happened early on Tuesday as the bus carrying around 30 children collided...

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EU's Ashton in two-hour meeting with Morsi

Oil spill 'from the Danny Rose' A DOMINICAN registered ship called the "Danny Rose" is believed to be responsible for the oil spill that fouled the Port of Brisbane on Monday. Wet weather a peak-hour hazard DESPITE no major traffic incidents...

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Israel hails 'positive mood' at talks

ISRAEL'S chief negotiator, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, has hailed a "positive" mood at resumed peace talks with the Palestinians in Washington, the first in three years. "The atmosphere was positive," she told public radio early on Tuesday Israel...

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Bushfire fallout tests kids' mental health

Children who experienced Tasmania's bushfires showed signs of mental health problems, experts say. Source: AAP EXPERTS have found around 10 per cent of children who experienced Tasmania's devastating bushfires are showing signs of mental health...

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NSW govt caving in to mine industry: oppn

COMMUNITIES will no longer have "a hope in hell" of stopping large scale mining developments after the NSW government announced it was overhauling the approvals process, the opposition says. Critics have also slammed the government for caving...

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Economy, ICAC on Rudd agenda

Qld cricket loses a champion 10:58AM QUEENSLAND has lost one of its finest sporting administrators with the death of Queensland Cricket chief executive Graham Dixon. Ban on geoblocking to get the 'best price' IT'S taken a year but the...

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