GREENPEACE will continue to stage oil rig protests despite having 30 activists taken prisoner by the Russian authorities, one of the Britons freed from detention says.
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MOVES to slap GST on overseas online shopping purchases worth less than $1000 will be on the agenda when Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey meets his state and territory counterparts this week.
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THE Vatican has for the first time publicly unveiled a handful of disputed bone fragments said by some to belong to the first pope, St Peter.
The eight or so pieces of bone sat nestled like rings in a jewel box inside a big bronze display case on the side of the altar during a mass commemorating the end of the Vatican's "Year of Faith".
The "Year of Faith" is a Benedict XVI initiative which began on October 11, 2012 to mark the 50th anniversary of the start of the Vatican II Council, which approved key Catholic Church reforms.
Pope Francis prayed before the fragments, blessing them with incense, at the start of Sunday's service.
No pontiff has ever definitively declared the fragments to belong to the Apostle Peter, but Pope Paul VI in 1968 said fragments found in the necropolis under St Peter's Basilica were "identified in a way that we can consider convincing".
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THE national union peak body wants special leave for domestic violence victims to be included as a minimum workplace award entitlement from next year.
To coincide with White Ribbon Day, Australian Council of Trade Unions secretary Dave Oliver said unions will support a special resolution on the issue at an ACTU executive meeting on Tuesday.
He said 1.2 million workers already have access to domestic violence leave but it should be extended to cover more people.
"Victims of domestic violence are often vulnerable, traumatised and left with little support," he said.
"The last thing they need is to risk losing their jobs."
THE alert status for one of Indonesia's most active volcanoes has been raised to the highest level after it repeatedly sent hot clouds of gas down its slope following a series of eruptions in recent days.
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TENS of thousands of demonstrators have marched through central Kiev to demand the Ukrainian government reverse course and sign a landmark agreement with the European Union in defiance of Russia.
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