Man charged after 200km/h pursuit

A DRINK driver has been charged with evading police after he was caught travelling at more than 200km/h in western Victoria. Police pursued the man on the Western Highway at Stawell, 230 kilometres west of Melbourne, after the allegedly stolen...

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ALP vice-president savages NSW Right

SENIOR Labor figure Tony Sheldon has launched a scathing attack on one of the party's factions and says the organisation is in a potentially catastrophic situation. Mr Sheldon, who is the secretary of the Transport Workers Union and Labor's...

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Thomson strip searched, lawyer says

CRAIG Thomson was stripped naked and searched by prison guards on the NSW Central Coast in an attempt to intimidate him, the embattled federal MP's lawyer says. Chris McArdle, who is representing Thomson in his fight against 149 fraud offences,...

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Feds accused of cutting med intern program

THE Victorian government says it has stepped in to prevent medical intern positions being cut across the state because of a commonwealth funding cut. Victorian Health Minister David Davis said the federal government had gone back on its promise...

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African billionaire gives away half wealth

MINING billionaire Patrice Motsepe has announced he will give half his family's fortune to charity, becoming the first African to match a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. The Soweto-born tycoon, worth an estimated $US2.7 billion ($A2.59...

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Spanish economy plunges in final quarter

SPAIN'S economy shrank at the fastest pace in more than three years in the final quarter of 2012, official data shows, casting a shadow over the prospects of nearly six million unemployed. Total economic output slumped 0.7 per cent from the previous...

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Vic Supreme Court clearing backlog

THE Victorian Supreme Court is clearing its backlog of cases at a quickening pace, according to new figures released on Thursday. Chief Justice Marilyn Warren said the average clearance rate in all trial and appeal areas in 2011/2012 had jumped...

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Project decisions to shape investment peak

FINAL decisions on $126 billion of planned resources projects during 2013 will determine whether the investment pipeline slows gradually or comes to an abrupt halt, an independent forecaster says. Deloitte Access Economics expects the mega-resources...

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Baillieu told to lift game or get dumped

VICTORIAN Premier Ted Baillieu was told before Christmas by party leaders that he would have to lift his game or he would be replaced. The Australian newspaper says the man gunning for his position was 38-year-old Planning Minister Matthew Guy,...

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Consumers happy to borrow money for cars

CONSUMERS appear to be more comfortable about borrowing money but there's still reluctance about taking on a home loan, new data suggests. Cautious consumers have tended to shy away from new credit since the 2008-2009 global financial crisis....

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Focus turns to Brazilian club safety

THERE was no alarm, no extinguishers, no sprinklers and almost no escape from the nightclub that became a death trap for more than 200 Brazilian college students. As investigators began poking through the rubble and families mourned their dead,...

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Girl crushed by snowball froze in fear

A BRITISH teenager who was crushed by a giant snowball she'd made with friends says she "froze on the spot" when she saw the projectile hurtling towards her. Nicole Wignall, 16, is recovering in hospital after the snowball pinned her against...

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British citizenship test revised

ASPIRING British citizens will face a revised general knowledge test, including an appreciation of Monty Python, in their bid to join the nation's ranks. The British Home Office has updated its 2007 handbook, Life In The UK, and subsequent exam,...

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Timbuktu mayor says Islamists burned texts

French-led troops are closing in on Timbuktu without meeting any resistance from Islamist militants. Source: AAP ISLAMIST extremists have torched a library containing historic manuscripts in Timbuktu as French and Malian forces close in on...

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Thailand to turn away Myanmar boat people

THAILAND will turn away any more Rohingya boat people from neighbouring Myanmar (Burma) who try to land on its shores, a top official says. "The Thai navy from now on will be stricter with them and will no longer allow them to land," National...

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NSW cop has surgery after pot knockout

A MAN has allegedly hurled a heavy cooking pot at a constable, knocking her out, at a unit on the NSW Central Coast. Officers went to Nambucca Drive in Woy Woy to arrest an 18-year-old man and a 13-year-old boy over an alleged assault shortly...

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Mali crisis to dominate African summit

EFFORTS to end conflict across Africa, especially in Mali, dominated the African Union summit opening on Sunday, with the 54-member bloc's chief saying greater efforts are needed to build peace. "Much still needs to be done to resolve ongoing,...

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At least 90 dead in nightclub fire in Brazil

AT least 90 people died today in a fire that erupted at a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria, local media reported. "We have just taken the fire under control," Colonel Silvia Fuchs of the local fire department was quoted by...

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Nightclub fire kills at least 90

A FIRE in a nightclub in southern Brazil killed at least 90 people early Sunday, police and firefighters said. Sandro Meinerz, spokesman for the police in the city of Santa Maria, told local media that the fire broke out at the Kiss club while...

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Qld cities brace for floods - again

A sixth tornado has hit Queensland's Bundaberg region and forecasters say more could develop. Source: AAP RESIDENTS of Brisbane and Ipswich are again preparing for floods, two years after the 2011 deluge that inundated thousands of homes and...

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150 dead in Brazil nightclub fire

LOCAL media report 150 people have died in a fire that erupted at a nightclub in the southern Brazilian city of Santa Maria. The death toll from the early Sunday morning disaster stood initially at 70 but quickly increased as firefighters searched...

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