Single parents to protest over payments

WELFARE advocates are planning to protest around Australia next month over the government's cuts to single parent benefits. From January 1, single parents have not been eligible for the Parenting payment once their youngest child has turned...

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Savile's victims set to seek damages

AROUND 50 victims of sexual abuse by Jimmy Savile are set to seek damages from the late broadcaster's estate and from organisations including the BBC and Britain's health service, their lawyer said. A report by British police on Friday said...

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Monster tiger shark caught near beach

A Tiger shark of nearly 5 metres was caught off the coast in Coolum, Queensland. Video by Peter Hall and Glenn Barnes A RECORD 753 "resident" sharks have been caught off Queensland beaches in the past year, new figures reveal. The...

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Beijing pollution at dangerous levels

DENSE fog has enveloped swathes of east and central China, with pollution levels in Beijing reaching dangerous levels for a second day and residents advised to stay indoors, state media reports. The municipal environment warning centre issued...

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French forces stop Mali Islamist advance

MALIAN troops were poised on Saturday to reclaim a key town from Islamists threatening to advance on the capital after France sent in its air force, opening a dramatic new phase in the months-old conflict. Witnesses and the Malian army said dozens...

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Judi Dench 'sorry' over Bond's Oscar snub

VETERAN British actress Judi Dench has spoken of her disappointment that the latest James Bond film Skyfall did not feature more prominently in the latest round of Oscar nominations. The 23rd outing of 007 in a 50-year franchise opened in Britain...

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Croc found wandering Gold Coast streets

A baby crocodile approximately 30cm in length was found this afternoon wandering the light rail construction site in Queens Street, Southport and was taken to Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary for a check-up by Dr Andrew Hill Picture: David Clark Source:...

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France hunts Kurd killers amid feud claim

POLICE are hunting down the assassins of three Kurdish activists shot dead in Paris even as Turkey said an internal feud in the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) was most likely behind the slayings. Judicial sources say the three female...

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Catherine 'delighted' with first portrait

THE first official portrait of Prince William's wife, Catherine, has been unveiled in London, with the Duchess giving the work a royal thumbs up. Catherine, 31, attended the National Portrait Gallery on Friday where artist Paul Emsley's work was...

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US trade deficit balloons in November

THE US trade deficit widened sharply in November, posting its highest level in seven months amid a jump in consumer-goods imports, according to Department of Commerce data. The US trade deficit expanded to $US48.7 billion ($A46.16 billion),...

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Honda axes 800 British jobs on weak demand

HONDA has announced it intends to cut 800 jobs this year at its Swindon plant in Britain owing to weakening demand for its vehicles in Europe. "Honda Motor Europe has today announced changes to its UK car manufacturing operation to ensure the...

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Cabinet push for dole rise: report

THERE'S growing support within federal cabinet for the Gillard government to increase dole payments in this year's budget. The Weekend Australian reports that the government has begun modelling a number of measures to help people who are receiving...

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Pakistan says soldier killed in Kashmir

PAKISTAN has accused Indian troops of opening fire and killing a Pakistani soldier, in the third deadly cross-border incident reported in five days in the disputed Kashmir region. The Pakistan military said the incident happened in the Battal...

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UK says all options on table for Syria

WORLD powers will have to step up their response to the Syrian conflict if the violence worsens, British Foreign Secretary William Hague says, warning that all options are on the table. He has reiterated that Britain will seek to amend the EU...

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US jobless claims rise by 4000

US jobless claims increased by 4000 last week, according to government data released on Thursday. Seasonally adjusted initial claims for unemployment insurance in the week ending January 5 rose to 371,000 from the previous week's revised figure...

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US fugitive caught in PSO application

AN international fugitive once allegedly in business with an arms dealer has reportedly been arrested in Melbourne after a failed application to become a protective services officer (PSO). Richard Chichakli, 53, was arrested on Thursday after...

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Oscar nods for Hugh Jackman, Jacki Weaver

HUGH Jackman, Naomi Watts and Jacki Weaver have been nominated for Oscars, but Nicole Kidman, Keith Urban and Russell Crowe have been snubbed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed the nominees on Thursday morning (Friday AEDT)...

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668 rhinos poached in S Africa in 2012

POACHERS slaughtered a record 668 rhinos in South Africa last year, up 50 per cent, as demand for their horns continued to surge on the black market in Asia, the government says. More than three in five of the slaughtered pachyderms were from...

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Shifting Canada ice frees trapped whales

A CANADIAN village leader says about a dozen killer whales that were trapped under sea ice appear to have reached safety after the floating ice shifted on Hudson Bay. Tommy Palliser said two hunters from Inukjuak village reported the water had...

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ArcelorMittal wants to raise $3.5 bn

TOP global steel producer ArcelorMittal says it plans an offer of stock and subordinated notes to raise $US3.5 billion ($A3.35 billion) to reduce its massive debt that has worried investors. "ArcelorMittal intends to use the net proceeds from...

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Priest's flock want him back

Father Geoff Baron will not take up a position on the Gold Coast. Picture: Fiona Hamilton Source: Herald Sun SUPPORTERS of a controversial Catholic priest who quit his new post on the Gold Coast have made an impassioned plea for him to return...

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Flood cover still too high for victims

FLOOD insurance remains unaffordable for those who most need it, says the expert who was commissioned by Canberra to fix the issue after the 2011 crisis. John Trowbridge, who conducted the National Disaster Insurance Review, said the industry...

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British flag raised in Belfast

THE British flag has been hoisted over Belfast's City Hall for the first time since the decision not to fly it permanently sparked riots in Northern Ireland. On a sixth consecutive night of violence in the British province, protesters pelted police...

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30 to 50 reported hurt in NY ferry crash

POLICE and fire officials say 30 to 50 people have been injured when a ferry struck a dock during rush hour in New York City's financial district. News reports say the Seastreak Wall Street ferry from New Jersey banged into the mooring as it...

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US stocks open higher

STOCKS have opened higher, one day after aluminum producer Alcoa kicked off the quarterly earnings season with a report that met expectations. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 33.55 points (0.25 per cent) at 13,362.40....

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French honour Malala, father urges peace

THE Taliban are fighting a lost cause and must accept peace talks, the father of Malala Yousafzai says, accepting a key French award for the Pakistani schoolgirl shot for campaigning for girls' education. In an impassioned speech after accepting...

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Vietnam schoolgirl banned for Ho parody

A VIETNAMESE teenager has been suspended from school for a year for posting a parody of a famous speech by independence hero Ho Chi Minh on her Facebook page, local media says. The Declaration of Students of Ly Tu Trong Secondary School satirises...

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Lenin mobile phone ads spark Polish anger

VLADIMIR Lenin is not considered funny in Poland. A Polish mobile phone operator that used a cartoon image of the Russian communist revolutionary found itself barraged by angry feedback and responded this week by stopping its advertising campaign....

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Poachers slaughter Kenyan elephant family

KENYAN wildlife rangers are tracking a team of poachers who massacred a family of 11 elephants in what they said was the worst single such killings in the country in the past three decades. "We have not lost as many elephants in a single incident...

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Matisse painting stolen in 1987 recovered

A PAINTING by Henri Matisse has been recovered a quarter of a century after it was stolen from a Swedish museum by a sledgehammer-wielding thief. The Art Loss Register, which tracks stolen, missing and looted art, says Le Jardin was found when...

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2 Indian soldiers killed by Pakistan army

PAKISTANI troops have killed two Indian soldiers near the tense disputed border in Kashmir, two Indian military sources say, two days after Islamabad said one of its soldiers was killed there. "There was an exchange of fire and two of our troops...

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Keats poem fragment up for auction

A FRAGMENT of the only hand-written poem by John Keats known to remain in private hands is going under the hammer. Inspired by a walk on London's Hampstead Heath, Keats began writing the work, I Stood Tiptoe Upon A Little Hill, in Margate in...

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Statistics behind stylish Catherine

AS Prince William's much-admired wife celebrates her 31st birthday, the keys to Catherine's fashion stardom have been compiled by a British magazine. Style bible Vogue reports in its latest edition that "the world has become mesmerised" by the...

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Men lift ute off injured motorist

BRUTE FORCE: The group of construction workers who lifted a car off a trapped driver near Roma on Sunday night. Pic: Alistair Brown Source: The Courier-Mail A GROUP of construction workers became accidental heroes, lifting a 1400kg ute to...

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Islamists strengthened in Egypt reshuffle

THE Muslim Brotherhood has strengthened its position in the Egyptian government following the latest government reshuffle, which saw members secure three more portfolios, media reports say. The ministries of transport, domestic development and...

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UK far-right leader jailed over passport

THE leader of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) has been jailed for 10 months by a British court for using a friend's passport to travel to the United States. Stephen Lennon, 30, whose group opposes what it calls the "Islamisation"...

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Army 'bombs' left in hire car

SYDNEY'S domestic airport was partially shut down after fake bombs hidden in a returned hire car's glove box went undiscovered during an elite military exercise. According to an investigation report obtained by Fairfax, the mistake sparked a...

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Suspected US drone found off Philippines

PHILIPPINE navy officials say a suspected American drone has been found floating in the ocean, prompting them to deploy a ship with ordnance experts after fishermen reported the object may have been a bomb. The three-metre orange BQM-74e drone...

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US stocks open lower as earnings loom

US stocks have opened lower as profit taking and caution ahead of the looming earnings season took hold in the wake of the bullish week that opened the new year on the markets. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

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Mum kills son who 'failed to learn Koran'

A MOTHER convicted of beating her seven-year-old son to death for failing to learn the Koran by heart has been jailed in Britain for a minimum of 17 years. Sara Ege, a 33-year-old mathematics graduate from India, battered her son Yaseen with a...

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Road crash victims 'gone too young'

VICTIMS: Zara Simon and Samantha Neilsen died in a car crash at Anstead. Picutres: Facebook Source: The Courier-Mail SHOCKED police at a crash that killed two teenage girls said words could not describe the devastating scene. Zara Simon...

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US considers broad gun sales restrictions

THE administration of President Barack Obama is considering a broad array of measures to curb the nation's gun violence, including more than just a reinstatement of a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition, The Washington Post reports....

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Assad speech 'beyond hypocritical': UK

BRITAIN has denounced President Bashar al-Assad's speech calling for a conference of national dialogue to end the Syrian conflict as "beyond hypocritical". Foreign Secretary William Hague said Assad's first speech to the nation since June was...

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Egypt cabinet reshuffle ahead of IMF talks

EGYPT'S President Mohamed Morsi has reshuffled his cabinet amid a serious economic crisis and ahead of talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $US4.8 billion ($A4.6 billion) loan. Ten new ministers have been sworn into office, including...

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Cameron says wants to be UK PM until 2020

DAVID Cameron says he wants to serve as British prime minister until at least 2020 to oversee a range of reforms including a renegotiation of Britain's relationship with Europe. In a raft of interviews ahead of a mid-term review of the progress...

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Syrian opposition rejects Assad plan

THE opposition Syrian National Coalition rejects a reconciliation plan outlined by President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, spokesman Walid al-Bunni has told AFP by phone. "We said at the founding of the National Coalition that we want a political...

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Doctors say Mandela has 'recovered'

NELSON Mandela has "recovered" from recent surgery and a lung infection for which the 94-year-old spent nearly three weeks in hospital, the South African presidency says, citing his doctors. He "has recovered from his surgical procedure and...

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