Oprah helps Barbara Walters say goodbye

Oprah Winfrey and Hillary Clinton have surprised Barbara Walters as she taped her final edition of The View. OPRAH Winfrey and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have surprised Barbara Walters as the legendary American...

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Police hunt two sex predators in Melbourne

A man has tried to sexually assault a woman in the inner Melbourne suburb of Brunswick. Source: AAP THE hunt is on for two sex predators who attacked three women in the same Melbourne suburb where Jill Meagher died. Police say an assault...

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Cabbie car-jacked in NSW Hunter region

A taxi driver has been beaten up, robbed and car-jacked in the NSW Hunter region. Source: AAP A TAXI driver had his nose broken during a terrifying ordeal in which he was beaten up, robbed, kidnapped and car-jacked by a drunken passenger...

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Israel designs hi-tech fin to save turtle

A prosthetic fin has been built to save the life of an injured sea turtle in Israel. Source: AAP A BADLY injured sea turtle's prospects are looking up - thanks to a new prosthetic fin designed by an Israeli team and modelled on the wings of...

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Truck driver's arrest sparks SA drug bust

THE arrest of a truck driver in NSW has led to a drug bust in South Australia. Police on Wednesday stopped a truck on the Sturt Highway, near Gol Gol, and found six bags of cannabis weighing about 160 grams, leading them to charge the 42-year-old...

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Tinkler faces ICAC over pollie donations

Nathan Tinkler tells ICAC, he gives to political parties because he's a great guy. Source: AAP NATHAN Tinkler has told NSW's donation rort inquiry he gives to political parties because he's "such a great guy", not because he thinks his largesse...

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Donation law concerns cost me job: Davis

CHRIS Davis says he was sacked as Queensland's assistant health minister partly because he raised concerns about changes to political donation laws. Premier Campbell Newman sacked Dr Davis this week, saying his decision to speak out against some...

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Trial for academic over indecency claims

Criminologist Paul Wilson is ordered to stand trial for allegations he indecently treated two girls. Source: AAP QUEENSLAND criminologist Paul Wilson has been ordered to stand trial over allegations he indecently treated two girls in the...

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Borders commander warns vigilance is vital

THE army general charged with preventing asylum seeker boats from reaching Australia says ongoing vigilance is vital. There have been no successful people smuggling ventures to Australia since late December, but Lieutenant General Angus Campbell...

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Abbott hits back over state budget riot

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is confident he can get controversial budget measures through parliament. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has told the states they must accept there are "swings and roundabouts" when it comes to federal money....

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Uncensored Rudd reveals batts flaws

Kevin Rudd move to expose cabinet discussions about insulation scheme had a short-lived opposition. Source: AAP OPPOSITION to Kevin Rudd's plan to reveal the innermost secrets of the federal government lasted for a little less than 16 hours....

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Labor pounce on second staffer conflict

Federal Minister Nigel Scullion is under fire over a staff member cited for conflict of interest. Source: AAP LABOR has vowed to continue probing a second Abbott government minister over conflict of interest allegations. William "Smiley"...

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Ukraine hosts talks after new bloodshed

Separatist rebels have killed seven Ukrainian soldiers in a bloody ambush in the country's east. Source: AAP UKRAINE is hosting "national unity" talks after its military suffered its bloodiest day since launching an offensive to oust separatist...

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Sony sinks to $A1.46bn quarterly loss

Struggling electronics giant Sony says it lost 128.4 billion yen in the fiscal year to March. Source: AAP SONY Corp sank to a 138 billion yen ($A1.46 billion) quarterly loss because of expenses related to exiting the personal computer business....

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WA senator calls for GST debate

LIBERAL Senator Dean Smith has urged his party to take the plunge and reignite national debate on the prickly issue of GST reform. Senator Smith says the subject is close to his heart as a West Australian, and he's been calling for change since...

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NSW police officer charged with assault

A NSW police officer has been charged with assaulting a colleague during a domestic dispute. The female senior constable, attached to a command in the Western Region, was summonsed to court after allegedly assaulting a police another officer...

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Aus twins parents ignore negativity

THE Australian parents of rare conjoined twins, Faith and Hope, ignored doctors when they advised them they should end the pregnancy when they knew the babies would be born with one head and two faces. Now they are equally ignoring any negative...

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Polish ex-leader Jaruzelski suffers stroke

A HOSPITAL spokesman says that Poland's last communist leader, General Wojciech Jaruzelski, has suffered a stroke and is in serious but stable condition. Colonel Grzegorz Kade, spokesman for Warsaw's Military Medical Institute, said on Tuesday...

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Welfare groups angry about budget cuts

WELFARE groups are upset families, pensioners and youth are doing the heavy lifting to repair the federal budget. "There are measures in this budget that rip the guts out of what remains of a fair and egalitarian Australia," St Vincent de Paul...

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Defence spending hike gets big tick

Defence funding will rise, but it will also lose staff. Source: AAP THE Australia Defence Association has given the defence budget increase a big tick and reckons it might help the government achieve a funding promise. After several years...

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Arbib blames Garrett for pink batts

Former Labor senator Mark Arbib is to front the home insulation royal commission on Monday. Source: AAP FORMER senator Mark Arbib has put the blame for Labor's botched home insulation program squarely on the shoulders of his ex-colleague Peter...

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Union cash handover at Gillard's house

A former union official told an inquiry he gave cash to workers at former PM Julia Gillard's home. Source: AAP A FORMER union official went to the home of former prime minister Julia Gillard and gave cash to workers doing renovations, a royal...

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Teacher charged over NSW mine protest

A QUEENSLAND school teacher faces a possible jail term after chaining himself to an excavator and disrupting work at the NSW Maules Creek mine. Simon Wells, 55, became the 159th person to be arrested this year at the Leard State Forest in the...

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Victorian baby's murder 'inexplicable'

Prosecutors say the savage murder of a baby by a Victorian burglar demands a life sentence. Source: AAP IT was an evil and ferocious killing of an 10-month-old baby boy with no explanation. Harley Hicks used a homemade baton made of copper...

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Puffing Hockey silent on cigar tax

Treasurer Joe Hockey has avoided a question about a tobacco tax after being caught having a cigar. Source: AAP JOE Hockey probably hoped he had got away without being questioned about having that sly cigar with his finance minister. But...

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Militants kidnap, kill 20 Iraqi soldiers

A series of bombings in Iraq has killed 19 people, authorities say. Source: AAP MILITANTS who attacked a military base in north Iraq kidnapping 20 soldiers later shot them dead. The soldiers were abducted by a large group of militants...

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Dozens hurt in China protest

At least 29 police have been injured in China during a protest over a proposed waste incinerator. Source: AAP A PROTEST in eastern China over a plan to build a waste incinerator has turned violent with state media reporting at least 10 demonstrators...

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Missing Queensland girl found safe

Police say 3 men and a woman who abducted Queensland toddler Bella Goulding are known to her family. Source: AAP A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl abducted from her father's southeast Queensland home has been found safe and well in a Brisbane suburb. ...

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