Italy president updated on coalition talks

ITALIAN prime minister-designate Enrico Letta is expected to update President Giorgio Napolitano on efforts to strike a coalition deal and give Italy a much-awaited government. The presidency said on Saturday the leftist 46-year-old was due to...

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H7N9 bird flu spreads in central China

CHINA'S deadly H7N9 bird flu outbreak has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities say, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location. A 64-year-old woman in Shaoyang City, who developed a fever four...

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100 Guantana prisoners on hunger strike

A HUNGER strike among prisoners at Guantanamo Bay keeps growing. Spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Samuel House said on Saturday 100 of 166 prisoners at the US base in Cuba have now joined the strike. He says 19 are receiving liquid nutrients through...

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Vic Labor claims victory in Lyndhurst

Martin Pakula is confident he can win the by-election in the Victorian state seat of Lyndhurst. Source: AAP LABOR'S Martin Pakula has claimed victory in the Victoria's Lyndhurst by-election with around 40 per cent of the primary vote, after...

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Campaigners protest British drone strikes

ANTI-WAR campaigners opposed to Britain's use of armed drones in Afghanistan have marched on a military base hosting the aircraft's human operators for the first time. Royal Air Force pilots had been operating Reaper aircraft to support British...

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Syria spillover risk, say analysts

SYRIA'S neighbours face a growing risk of the conflict spilling across their region with Bashar al-Assad turning to ever more desperate acts to halt rebels, analysts say. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki voiced such concerns on Saturday when...

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Toyota, Microsoft boost Gazoo Net service

TOYOTA is teaming up with Microsoft for an internet service that links cars, home computers and smartphones so users can find nearby tourist spots, connect on social networks and learn about new models. The service will start in Japan on May 30...

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Election a referendum on fair go: Swan

DEPUTY Prime Minister Wayne Swan admits the federal government is on the nose with voters, but says Labor is best placed to deliver better schools and disability care for Australians at the upcoming federal election. In an essay, Fair Go Under...

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Rescuers find 50 survivors in Bangladesh

RESCUE teams have found around 50 people alive in a collapsed garment factory compound in Bangladesh. Fire brigade officials said on Friday they had found around 50 people still alive at several places on the third floor of the the eight-storey...

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15 trapped in India hospital roof collapse

UP to 15 people, mostly patients, are feared trapped after a hospital roof caved in in the central Indian city of Bhopal. Rescuers moved in heavy machinery to cut through the crashed roof of the female surgical ward of Kasturba Hospital, hospital...

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ADM makes another GrainCorp offer

ARCHER Daniels Midland Co. is closer to making a huge expansion into Australia with a possible deal for grain handler GrainCorp. Decatur, Illinois-based ADM has offered 12.20 Australian dollars ($US12.54) to buy GrainCorp. That values GrainCorp...

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Militants kill four Indian police in Kashm

KASHMIRI militants have gunned down four Indian police in an ambush on a patrol in Indian-administered Kashmir. The four had just jumped from their vehicle to conduct a routine patrol near the town of Sopore, in the village of Hygam, when they...

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Four men shot in Sydney known to police

POLICE say four men who have been shot outside a home in Sydney's west are known to them. The men, aged between 20 and 25, were gunned down outside the Smithfield residence just after 8pm (AEST) on Friday. Around 15 bullet holes were found...

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Legacy donations stolen from NSW RSL club

DONATIONS for the families of defence personnel have been stolen from an RSL club on the NSW south coast in a "shocking" robbery in the early hours of Anzac Day, police say. An unknown number of people broke into the Bomaderry club about 2.20am...

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Remains found in missing Vic woman's home

HUMAN remains have been found in the home of an 82-year-old Melbourne woman who has been missing for almost two years. Phyllis Kelly was last seen on August 20, 2011, at the State Theatre, just after 6pm. She had not accessed her bank account...

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40 survivors found in Bangladesh collapse

FORTY people have been found alive in a room inside a collapsed garment factory compound in Bangladesh, the army said in an announcement greeted by loud cheers from waiting relatives. "We've found 40 people alive in a room," an army spokesman...

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UN votes to send peacekeepers to Mali

THE UN Security Council has unanimously backed sending up to 12,600 international troops and police to take over from French and African forces battling Islamist guerrillas in Mali. The United Nations is aiming for a July 1 start by the new...

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UK man loses Longley murder appeal

A YOUNG British man found guilty of murdering his aspiring New Zealand model girlfriend has lost his appeal against conviction. Wealthy jeweller's son Elliot Turner, now 21, from Bournemouth was present in the dock at the Court of Appeal in London...

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Shooting zone needed in NSW parks: union

THE Australian Workers Union (AWU) is urging the NSW government to enforce a 10-kilometre shooting exclusion zone around the homes of employees who live and work in the state's national parks. Recreational hunters will be allowed to hunt in...

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US stocks open mixed

US stocks are mixed in opening trade after Tuesday's one per cent-plus gains, with trade tempered by Apple's fall in profits and a poor read on durable goods orders in March. Five minutes into trade on Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average...

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US stocks surge on upbeat earnings

US stocks have opened sharply higher as investors dismiss downbeat Chinese manufacturing data and focus on a batch of encouraging US company earnings reports. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 92.39 points (0.63...

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Boston Marathon blast injuries toll at 264

A TOTAL of 264 people have been treated in Boston area hospitals for injuries suffered in the marathon bomb attacks, the city's public health commission says. The toll, up from around 200 on Monday, has been rising because people who suffered...

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Forged Hitler diaries to become accessible

THIRTY years after publishing what it believed were Hitler's diaries, a German news magazine says it will hand over what it still owns of the forgeries to the country's state archive, making them accessible to the public. Stern magazine unveiled...

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NSW missing woman case treated as murder

POLICE are treating the suspicious disappearance of a Central Coast woman eight months ago as a homicide investigation. Leisl Smith, 23, hasn't been seen since leaving her Wallarah home in August last year. Ms Smith's car, which was abandoned...

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Housing prices rising, but not a boom

NEW figures show housing prices are on the rise. Australian Property Monitors said on Wednesday in its quarterly housing report that the median price of a house rose by 3.2 per cent over the year to March. Over the same time, the price of a home...

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Four UK soldiers reinterred 96 years on

FOUR British soldiers have been laid to rest with full military honours in northern France, nearly a century after they were killed in action in World War I. The soldiers were interred in the Honourable Artillery Company (HAC) Cemetery at Ecoust-Saint-Mein...

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UK fails again to deport radical cleric

THE British government has suffered a fresh setback in its long-running legal battle to deport radical preacher Abu Qatada, but insists it will not give up trying to send him to Jordan. The Court of Appeal refused ministers permission to challenge...

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Rates to stay low for some time: Access

INTEREST rates should remain low for a couple of years given there is no immediate danger to the inflation outlook, an independent forecaster says. Deloitte Access Economics says a high Australian dollar, a peaking mining boom and the impact of...

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US stocks follow global markets higher

US stocks have followed Asian and European markets higher after shrugging off a disappointing earnings report from Dow member Caterpillar. Five minutes into trade on Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 27.80 points, or 0.19 per cent,...

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NSW gas prices to rise by 10 per cent

GAS prices are expected to rise by nearly 10 per cent next year, the NSW independent pricing tribunal is expected to announce. The Independent Pricing and Remuneration Tribunal will on Tuesday report that the average gas bill will rise by an...

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Titanic bandmaster letter fetches $138,000

A LETTER written by the bandmaster of the Titanic who carried on playing as the doomed ship sank has sold at auction for STG93,000 ($A138,000). Wallace Hartley, 33, has become a key figure of the disaster as - together with his seven other band...

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EU eases Syria oil embargo to help rebels

EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers have eased an oil embargo against Syria with the aim of helping rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad's regime. Under the deal, European firms seeking to import Syrian crude or invest in the energy sector...

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Six killed in Russia hunting shop shooting

AN armed former convict has killed six people, including a 14-year-old girl, in a broad daylight shooting at a hunting shop in the Russian city of Belgorod, police say. The man, apparently armed with a hunting rifle, killed three salespeople...

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Merkel says Germany not seeking 'hegemony'

GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel has rejected the idea that her country is seeking "hegemony" in the European Union, but insists members need to cede some national sovereignty for the greater good. Merkel says Germany always seeks to make joint...

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ANZ ranks lowest for business customers

THE Commonwealth and Westpac rank highest for customer satisfaction among the big four banks, while ANZ and National Australia Banks are still languishing. A monthly survey of satisfaction among the big four's business customers shows the Commonwealth...

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Vic family violence 'worse than feared'

THE scale of domestic violence in Victoria is worse than imagined, police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay says. Some 51,000 family violence incidents were recorded in 2011-12, but Mr Lay says he expects the figure to rise above 60,00 this financial...

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NSW prison staff win on back pay

HUNDREDS of NSW prison workers will share in thousands of dollars in back pay after the Industrial Relations Commissions found they were owed money. In a statement, the Health Services Union (HSU) said around 250 of its members would share in...

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Abbott's hit on retail workers' super

KITCHEN hands, hospitality workers, retail staff and cleaners are among those that will be hardest hit by the coalition's plan to scrap the low-income superannuation tax offset, Superannuation Minister Bill Shorten says. Mr Shorten said the...

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Brazil police jailed for prison 'massacre'

TWENTY-THREE Brazilian military police officers have been sentenced to 156 years in jail each for their role in the killing of 111 inmates during Brazil's deadliest prison uprising in 1992. The 23 were among 26 officers on trial before the Sao...

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