China's first lady a media sensation

Peng Liyuan set Chinese media and social network sites abuzz with her elegant style in Moscow. Source: AAP CHINA'S glamorous first lady has become a media and internet sensation as she accompanies husband President Xi Jinping on a state visit...

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Cambodia French family deaths not suicide

Investigators in Cambodia have ruled out suicide in the deaths of French widower Laurent Vallier. Source: AAP FRENCH and Cambodian investigators have ruled out suicide in the deaths of a Frenchman and his four young children whose skeletal...

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Queen volunteered for Olympics Bond

Director Danny Boyle says the Queen offered to do the James Bond skit for the London Olympics. Source: AAP QUEEN Elizabeth II needed no convincing to appear in a James Bond-themed skit during the opening ceremony of the London Olympics -...

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Three Marines die in shooting at US base

A US Marine shot and killed at least one person at a military base in Virginia. Source: AAP A US Marine shot and killed two colleagues before apparently turning the gun on himself at a military base in Virginia, US media reported. The...

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Revealed: The Big Bang's baby boom

The afterglow of the Big Bang, the cosmic microwave background, as detected by the European Space Agency's Planck space probe. The radiation was imprinted on the sky when the universe was 370,000 years old. It shows tiny temperature fluctuations...

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SA wine makers launch new campaign

ADELAIDE wants to become what Bordeaux is to France - the wine capital of the nation. The state's winemakers have launched a campaign to promote Adelaide, seeking to identify the city more closely with the state's leading wine regions, including...

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26 million migrants keen to call Aust home

TWENTY six million people across the globe want to move to Australia, making it the seventh most desirable country among potential migrants, a poll says. The Gallup poll released on Thursday of over 500,000 adults, ranks the US as the most popular...

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Missing teenage Vic girl found

A 13-YEAR-OLD missing Melbourne girl has been found at a fast-food restaurant. Police found Natalia Barbaccia safe at a Burwood fast-food restaurant in Melbourne's east on Thursday night. The Forest Hill teen had been missing for three days...

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Unmarried sex in Indon could be illegal

UNMARRIED people caught having sex in Indonesia will face up to five years in jail under proposed new laws. Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Ministry director general for legislation Wahiduddin Adams reportedly confirmed penalties for pre-marital...

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New-look WA cabinet to be announced

WA Premier Colin Barnett is expected to appoint several new ministers in his new-look cabinet. Source: AAP FIVE new ministers have been appointed to Western Australia's cabinet, with pro-nuclear Riverton MP Mike Nahan emerging as the big winner...

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Greater privacy for abuse victims

THE federal government has changed the century-old Royal Commissions Act to facilitate the inquiry into institutional child abuse. The bill passed in the lower house on Wednesday night allows those who want to give evidence to do so in a less...

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Most indigenous kids completing Year 12

FEDERAL Schools Minister Peter Garrett says he's proud that more than half of indigenous students are now staying in school and finishing Year 12. Data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) released on Wednesday show that last year,...

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Dead pigs in China river exceed 13,000

The number of dead pigs found in a river running through Shanghai has reached more than 13,000. Source: AAP THE number of dead pigs found in a river running through China's commercial hub Shanghai has reached more than 13,000, as mystery deepened...

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Half a million new homes for Sydney

NSW Planning Minister Brad Hazzard has unveiled a 20-year blueprint for Sydney's growth. Source: AAP A 20-YEAR blueprint for Sydney's growth has identified a need for more than half a million new homes by 2031 but lobby groups want clarity...

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Cost for water on the rise in southeast

RATEPAYERS in five southeast Queensland Council areas, including Brisbane, will pay an extra 3.9 per cent for water and sewerage this coming financial year. Confirming the news this afternoon, Queensland Urban Utilities, which services the Brisbane,...

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Sydney man waits months for urgent surgery

A SYDNEY man had to wait 105 days for urgent heart surgery because of the state government's $3 billion cut to health funding, NSW Labor says. Leumeah man Sid Jackson, who had an aortic valve replacement at St George Hospital, was also asked...

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Mugabe in Rome for Pope's inauguration

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Rome for Pope Francis's inauguration. Source: AAP ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe flew into Rome on Monday to attend Pope Francis's inauguration, sidestepping a travel ban that applies to the EU...

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Charges over $4m car pile up in Japan

A multi-car pile up involving eight luxury cars could see 10 drivers charged. Source: AAP POLICE in Japan want to charge 10 drivers over a $US4 million, multi-car pile up involving eight Ferraris, one Lamborghini and a Mercedes-Benz. ...

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Asian markets mixed

ASIAN markets have closed mixed following another strong lead from Wall Street, where traders took heart from more upbeat US jobs numbers. The yen was flat after Japanese MPs gave final approval to the government's nominees to take the helm at...

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Cyprus postpones debate on EU bailout

THE Cyprus government has postponed a planned emergency session of parliament on Sunday to debate a controversial EU bailout as the scale of opposition to its terms became clear. President Nicos Anastasiades also put off until Monday a planned...

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Count under way after Zimbabwe referendum

ZIMBABWE is tallying the ballots from a constitutional referendum that looked set to curb President Robert Mugabe's powers and tee up crucial elections in the violence-plagued nation. The first incomplete trickle of results pointed to landslide...

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