Egypt's Islamists rally for Morsi

Vast crowds have rallied in Cairo to protest a draft constitution seen as undermining freedoms. Source: AAP ISLAMISTS have rallied in support of President Mohamed Morsi's new expanded powers and the drafting of a contested charter, in a clear...

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Manila slams China's plans to board ships

THE Philippines has denounced Chinese plans to search ships sailing through what Beijing says is its territory in the South China Sea in the latest irritant between the countries. The Department of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Saturday...

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Syrian army moves to secure Damascus

Clashes have raged near Damascus airport, as members of the Friends of Syria group meet in Tokyo. Source: AAP THE Syrian army has shelled the outskirts of Damascus in a drive to establish a secure perimeter around the capital, including the...

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Man arrested after Darwin navy boat raid

POLICE believe a number of people were involved in a conspiracy to steal weapons from a navy patrol boat during a midnight raid in Darwin. A dozen semi-automatic pistols and two pump-action shotguns were stolen from the armoury of the Armidale-class...

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North Korea to test long-range rocket soon

NORTH Korea says it will launch a long-range rocket between December 10 and 22, a move likely to heighten already strained relations with the US and South Korea, where a presidential election will be held on December 19. This would be North...

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'No support' for tough climate deal

THE United Nations climate chief is urging people not to look solely to their governments to make tough decisions to slow global warming, and instead to consider their own role in solving the problem. Approaching the half-way point of two-week...

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Low-paid workers to get pay increase

EDS: not for release before 0001 (AEDT) Saturday December 1 SYDNEY, Nov 30 AAP - In what is being hailed as an important step towards ending the discrepancies between men's and women's wages, 30,000 low-paid social workers will receive pay increases....

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Syria rebels 'using children in battle'

HUMAN Rights Watch has accused the Syrian opposition of using young boys to serve as fighters, guards and lookouts in the brutal conflict with regime forces. "Children as young as 14 have served in at least three opposition brigades, transporting...

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Senate passes Malaysia free trade deal

THE Senate has passed legislation to create stronger trade ties with Malaysia through a new free trade agreement. Senators on Thursday approved legislation to implement the agreement, which will lead to almost all Australian goods being able to...

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European stocks rebound on US optimism

EUROPEAN stocks have rallied, mirroring gains elsewhere, on optimism over talks aimed at avoiding a so-called fiscal cliff in the United States, and after upbeat unemployment data in Germany. In late morning deals on Thursday, London's benchmark...

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Suicide bomber hits Pakistani warlord

A SUICIDE bomber attacked a prominent Pakistani militant commander in the country's northwest who is believed to have a nonaggression pact with the army, wounding him and killing seven people, officials said. The bomber attacked militant Maulvi...

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Children take lion cub to school

MOST primary school classes get a goldfish to keep, a hamster or a turtle if they're lucky - but children from one village in southern Russia got to play with a lion cub. Children in the Rostov region found the 5-month old cub on the steppe...

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Asian middle class key to Aussie tourism

THE rise of the Asian middle class is the key to Australia's tourism success in the next three years, a new economic report says. Deloitte Access Economics' Tourism and Hotel Outlook also says a weakening Australian dollar in the medium term...

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Snakeskin fashions threaten pythons

EUROPE'S love of snakeskin fashion items could threaten the very survival of pythons, according to a report published on Tuesday. Nearly a half million python skins are exported each year - almost exclusively for use in European fashion - in a...

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Inventor wins cash to create Braille phone

A 29-year-old Indian inventor won $50,000 to help him make a new low-cost mobile phone for the blind that uses a Braille display. Sumit Dagar, an industrial designer from New Delhi, beat thousands to win the money from watch company Rolex, which...

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Parents-to-be can buy 3D model of foetus

EXPECTANT parents in Japan who can't wait to show the world what their baby will look like can now buy a 3D model of the foetus to share with their friends. Based on an MRI scan, a 3D printer can create a 9-centimetre resin model of the white...

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Ehud Barak: war hero, political stalwart

ISRAELI Defence Minister Ehud Barak, who has stunned the country by announcing his retirement from politics, is a stalwart of the Jewish state's politics and a former prime minister with a legendary military career. A liberal leader who once headed...

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Asian markets mixed

ASIAN markets were mixed on Monday as investors awaited the outcome of a meeting later in the day aimed at finalising a bailout deal for Greece, amid a simmering budgetary impasse in Washington. Tokyo rose 0.24 percent, or 22.14 points, to 9,388.94,...

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Bills tying carbon price to EU passed

A PACKAGE of bills that tie Australia's carbon pricing mechanism to the European Union emissions trading scheme and dumps a $15 floor price have cleared parliament. The seven bills passed the Senate, without amendments, by 34 votes to 28 on Monday...

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Berlusconi talked politics at parties

FORMER Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi liked to talk about politics and economics with female invitees to his so-called bunga bunga dinner parties, a court in Milan heard on Monday. Over the past weeks, showgirls and Berlusconi associates...

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Video shown of Breivik parking van bomb

NORWAY'S public broadcaster has shown for the first time video footage of right-wing extremist Anders Behring Breivik parking his van bomb that killed eight people in Oslo in July 2011. Captured by video surveillance cameras, the images show...

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Renewables to dominate 'within decades'

CHIEF climate commissioner Tim Flannery believes Australia will be generating 100 per cent of its energy from renewable sources within decades. At the moment renewables such as hydroelectricity, wind and solar power account for 10 per cent of...

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Brother on sex charges flees to Sri Lanka

A FORMER Catholic brother facing charges of sexually abusing dozens of children has fled to Sri Lanka after tardy extradition attempts to bring him back from New Zealand where he had been living, says Fairfax Media. The paper says former St...

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