Communication key lesson of SARS: experts

Experts have learned the importance of raising global alert after the SARS outbreak a decade ago. Source: AAP A DECADE ago, a highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and holidays as schools...

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Vatican readies to elect new Pope

The Vatican says Catholic cardinals will meet next Tuesday for a conclave to elect the next pope. Source: AAP THE Vatican has installed a special chimney on the Sistine Chapel from which white smoke will signal the election of a new Pope as...

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Three men drown at Victorian beaches

TWO fathers have drowned trying to rescue their sons, while a third man has also died while snorkelling with friends at separate unpatrolled beaches across Victoria. Paramedics were first called to a beach at Lorne, on the Great Ocean Road, about...

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Shots fired at Vic bikies' home

Five men with links to bikie gangs have been arrested in Melbourne over an alleged kidnapping plot. Source: AAP UP to six shots have been fired at the Melbourne home of a bikie gang member accused of being part of a million-dollar stolen property...

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Indian malnutrition fund used to fix buses

Money collected to help Indian children has been spent on fixing public transport. Source: AAP A FUND of hundreds of millions of rupees raised to help malnourished children in western India has been diverted to maintain public buses, it's...

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Bin Laden's son-in-law to face US court

Sulaiman Abu Ghaith will face charges that he conspired to kill Americans in his in al-Qaeda. Source: AAP OSAMA bin Laden's son-in-law was due to appear in a New York court on Friday to face charges that he conspired to kill Americans in his...

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SAfrican dragging death cops back in court

NINE South African policemen appeared in court accused of dragging a Mozambican immigrant behind their police van and then brutally beating him to death. They are charged with killing Mido Macia, a 27-year-old Mozambican taxi driver who died in...

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Hundreds march against 'police brutality'

Demonstrators are set to protest against alleged police brutality at the Mardi Gras in Sydney. Source: AAP HUNDREDS of people have marched through central Sydney demanding an end to police brutality and an independent investigation into allegations...

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Jailed Pussy Riot punk seeks parole

One of the two Pussy Riot performers serving a jail term, has asked to be released on parole. Source: AAP JAILED Pussy Riot performer Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, serving a two-year sentence in a Russian prison camp, has asked to be released on...

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Valuable artworks taken from Adelaide home

South Australian police are seeking information about the theft of six pieces of artwork. Source: AAP ART dealers should be on the lookout after six rare and valuable artworks, worth more than $100,000, were stolen from an Adelaide home....

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4 charged over axe brawl at WA McDonald's

A mass brawl outside a McDonald's restaurant in Perth has left a man with extensive injuries. Source: AAP A MASS brawl outside a McDonald's restaurant in central Perth has left a man with extensive injuries after he was struck with an axe...

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Randy pandas get privacy at Tokyo zoo

Officials at Ueno Zoo are keeping visitors away in the hope a pair of pandas will mate. Source: AAP A PAIR of pandas in the mood for mating are being given a bit of space with Japanese zookeepers hoping they would get it on if the public...

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FIFO workers are 'modern heroes' - Barnett

WA premier Colin Barnett has stood up for fly-in, fly-out workers on temporary visas. Source: AAP FLY-IN, fly-out (FIFO) workers should be regarded as Australia's "modern day heroes", Western Australia's Premier Colin Barnett says, akin to...

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Tennis star Goolagong Cawley is a grandma

EVONNE Goolagong Cawley, one of the few mothers to win a Grand Slam singles title, is a grandmother. Goolagong Cawley and her husband, Roger Cawley, were at Nambour Hospital on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday when their son Morgan's fiancee,...

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Hong Kong stocks close higher

HONG Kong shares have closed 0.96 per cent higher, taking a strong cue from Wall Street, where the Dow closed at a record high. The benchmark Hang Seng Index added 217.34 points on Wednesday to 22,777.84 on turnover of HK$73.25 billion ($A9.27...

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Baillieu a man of integrity: Abbott

Former Victorian premier Ted Baillieu is a man of integrity, opposition leader Tony Abbott says. Source: AAP FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has congratulated Denis Napthine for being elected Victorian premier and praised outgoing leader...

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Indonesia president visits Germany

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is winding up an official visit to Germany. Source: AAP INDONESIAN President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is visiting Germany for talks aimed at strengthening business ties between the two countries....

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Home builders need another rate cut: HIA

Improved economic data suggests the Reserve Bank of Australia may not need to cut the cash rate. Source: AAP THE housing industry believes the central bank has missed an opportunity to provide a boost to the struggling residential building...

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Cigarettes worth $200,000 seized in Vic

Police have seized illegally imported cigarettes from a truck in Victoria's northeast. Source: AAP MORE than 1000 cartons of cigarettes worth $200,000 have been seized from a truck in Victoria's northeast. The cigarettes, believed to...

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Premier set to add to PM's problems

UNBACKABLE: Premier Colin Barnett, a firm favourite to win the state election, will give the federal Labor leadership another headache. Source: The Sunday Times AS if the polls, the carbon tax, the mining tax, the lack of a budget surplus and...

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Syria troops launch major assault on Homs

Britain described Syria's leader as "delusional" after he rejected the idea of standing down. Source: AAP SYRIAN troops have launched a major assault to capture rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs. The Syrian Observatory for Human...

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US, Saudi united on Syria, Iran

THE United States and Saudi Arabia have warned Syrian President Bashar Assad they will boost support to rebels fighting to oust him unless he steps down. The two are also putting Iran's leadership on notice that time is running out for a diplomatic...

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Malik Obama campaigns for change in Kenya

MALIK Obama, who is running for office in western Kenya, on Monday said his half-brother, US President Barack Obama, had promised to visit if elections were free and fair. The 54-year-old accountant said the theme for his campaign in the race...

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Hostage families urge France to negotiate

THE families of four hostages being held by al-Qaeda's north African branch have urged the French government to seek negotiations with the militant group in the hope of securing their relatives' release. The call was issued on Monday against...

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200 Syria troops, rebels die in battle

ALMOST 200 troops and rebels were killed in an eight-day battle for a police academy in the north Syrian province of Aleppo, as insurgents seized control of most of the complex, a watchdog said. "Rebels have seized most of a police academy in Khan...

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Sydney woman abducted and gang raped

A YOUNG woman has been abducted and sexually assaulted by a gang of men after leaving a house party in Sydney's northwest. Police say the 18-year-old woman left the party on Merindah Road at Baulkham Hills at 1am (AEDT) on Sunday when a green...

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UN urges end to illegal wildlife trade

Thailand has been forced onto the defensive over the rampant smuggling of ivory. Source: AAP THE world must clamp down hard on the illegal global wildlife trade, the head of the United Nations environment agency has warned, calling it a multibillion-dollar...

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Attacks in Iraq kill four

THREE separate attacks in Shi'ite-dominated areas on Sunday in central Iraq have killed at least four people and injured 14, officials said. The deadliest was in the Husseiniya area northeast of Baghdad, where three roadside bombs went off simultaneously,...

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