Huge fire ravages Mackay shopping complex

FOUR youths have been questioned over a massive fire that gutted a north Queensland shopping complex. No one was injured in the blaze on Greenfield Boulevard, Mackay, but it destroyed most of the Toys R Us, Clark Rubber and Autobarn stores....

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US computer graphics guru wins Kyoto Prize

AN American regarded as a father of computer graphics, an Indian literary critic and a Japanese molecular cell biologist have received the Kyoto Prize, Japan's highest private award for global achievement. The Inamori Foundation awarded its...

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'Volunteers' roped into Beijing crackdown

THE Chinese Communist Party's paranoia is on full display for its congress in Beijing in a security squeeze extending from police swarming Tiananmen Square to elderly sentinels watching street corners. The capital has 1.4 million "public order...

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Fatal plane crash puzzles investigators

MYSTERY surrounds the circumstances of a fatal plane crash in northern NSW which killed two men after the aircraft plummeted to the ground about 80km off-course. The aircraft burst into flames when it crashed into a paddock off the Bruxner Highway...

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Plane destroyed in WA crash, pilot fine

A LIGHT plane has been destroyed but its pilot only slightly injured after a crash landing metres from the edge of a dam in Western Australia. The single-engine Jabiru plane suffered engine failure at around 2000 feet (610 metres) about 9.30am...

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A year after funeral, Savile myth in ruins

AT Jimmy Savile's funeral a year ago, the priest delivering the homily was emphatic: the DJ and television host "can face eternal life with confidence". Hundreds of people packed a cathedral for Savile's funeral Mass, thousands paid their respects...

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Bomb kills 10 Afghans going to wedding

A ROADSIDE bomb has killed 10 civilians, including women and a child, heading for a wedding party in southern Afghanistan, officials say. "Ten civilians, including four women and a child were killed in a roadside bomb attack as they were going...

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Govt using us as tools, says asylum seeker

AN asylum seeker at Australia's offshore processing centre on Nauru has accused the federal government of trying to cover up a mass hunger strike and says detainees are being used as political tools. The man, who asked to be identified only by...

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One dead at Linkin Park concert venue

A SPOKESWOMAN for the South African city of Cape Town says one person has died after a scaffolding collapsed in high winds outside a Linkin Park concert, injuring 19 other people. Kylie Hatton said on Thursday a woman died after being taken...

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WA mine workers favour new legal high

A NEW version of the synthetic drug known as Venom is on West Australian streets and is being favoured by mine workers, according to a retailer. A Perth tobacco retailer, who did not want to be named, said he had heard several stories about...

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Bahrain revokes citizenship of 31 Shi'ites

BAHRAINI authorities have revoked the citizenship of 31 Shi'ite activists, among them two former members of parliament, for having "undermined state security", state news agency BNA reports. The names of the 31 activists, including brothers Jawad...

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Suicide bombing kills five in Pakistan

A POLICE officer says a suicide bombing in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including three policemen. Asif Iqbal says the attack on Wednesday targeted the vehicle of a senior police officer outside a police station in a crowded market...

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Plane belly-lands in Perth's south

A FLYING instructor and his younger passenger have been forced to belly-land a small plane at an airport near Perth following an undercarriage malfunction. Western Australian police said the wheels on the Piper Seneca could not be lowered when...

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Hong Kong shares end 0.28% down

HONG Kong stocks have fallen 0.28 per cent with dealers displaying caution as they await the outcome of the neck-and-neck US presidential election. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Tuesday eased 61.97 points to 21,944.43 on turnover of $HK54.95...

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Gunmen kill brother of Syrian politician

SYRIA'S state-run TV reports that gunmen have assassinated the brother of the parliament speaker. The report on Tuesday said Mohammed Osama Laham was killed in the Damascus neighbourhood of Midan. It did not say when it happened, but a Syrian...

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73 at-risk children die in Queensland

A QUEENSLAND child who had been placed in the care of an alleged sex offender was one of scores of children known to the state's child protection system who died in the year to July. The Queensland Child Death Case Review Committee's 2011/12 annual...

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Sheep farmer calls for Pakistan boycott

PAKISTAN should be permanently boycotted as a market for Australian live exports, a West Australian sheep farmer says. Bob Ilffa, from the Wheatbelt town of Newdegate, made the comment as the industry braced for an ABC Four Corners program on...

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Prince jetlagged but in good spirits

THE Prince of Wales says it is worth feeling "a few sausages short of a barbie" from jetlag to be Down Under to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee. Sporting an Akubra he received at the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame, Prince Charles told...

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Would-be immigrants die in shipwreck

ITALIAN coastguards have reportedly retrieved the bodies of three would-be immigrants from the Mediterranean between the Libyan coast and the Italian island of Lampedusa after their boat got into trouble. Coastguards also assisted 62 men and...

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US police chopper crashes, 2 dead

AUTHORITIES say an Atlanta police helicopter searching for a missing 9-year-old child has crashed in the city during the night, killing the two officers aboard. Police spokesman Carlos Campos told The Associated Press by phone the helicopter...

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Samsung sells 30m Galaxy S III smartphones

SAMSUNG Electronics says global sales of its flagship Galaxy S III smartphone have topped 30 million since its debut in May. "The Galaxy S III continues to be a runaway favourite with customers around the world," JK Shin, head of Samsung's IT...

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