Tsunami warning canceled for Alaska, Canada

OFFICIALS have canceled a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake, but the waves don't pose a threat to the areas. The centre says...

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Cooler weather helps Vic firefighters

Victorian firefighters hope to gain control over two major bushfires as the temperature cools. Source: AAP FIREFIGHTERS are making progress against a major bushfire in Victoria's southwest. About 40 trucks and several aircraft were at...

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Afghan govt releases 80 Taliban prisoners

SOME 80 Taliban prisoners once held at the US military Bagram jail have been released by the Afghan government amid hopes that it might help reconciliation efforts. Their release was secured through a special complaints committee that looked into...

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Quake hits off Alaska, tsunami 'no threat'

OFFICIALS have cancelled a tsunami warning for parts of southern Alaska and coastal Canada. The Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre says a tsunami was generated by a strong earthquake, but the waves don't pose a threat to the areas. The centre says...

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Death report as Tas bushfire razes homes

TASMANIAN police are investigating reports of a death in a huge bushfire in the state's south that has destroyed homes, and damaged a school and an RSL club. Police say up to 65 buildings could have been damaged or destroyed in the small community...

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Bid to restore Vic fire website and app

WORK is under way to restore Victoria's Country Fire Authority (CFA) website to full capacity. The crash occurred as the state sweltered through its hottest day in several years. At some points up to 700 people a second tried to access the website...

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Man seriously hurt in Qld machete attack

A MAN is in a critical condition in hospital with serious head injuries after being attacked with a knife and a machete by two men at Landsborough in the Sunshine Coast hinterland. Police said the 49-year-old victim also suffered wounds to his...

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Chavez suffers lung woes, aides allege war

VENEZUELA'S government has accused opposition leaders of waging a "psychological war" to destabilise the country, as cancer-stricken president Hugo Chavez battles a serious lung infection. The hardline stance was adopted after Vice President Nicolas...

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China denies rejecting journo's visa

BEIJING has denied rejecting the visa of an Australian journalist working for the New York Times after the paper - which has published a series of exposes on Premier Wen Jiabao's family - said he had been forced to leave mainland China. Chris...

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Drones kill 13, including top militant

PAKISTANI intelligence officials say two US drone strikes in the tribal regions bordering Afghanistan have killed 13 people, including a senior militant commander who had a truce with Pakistan's military. The five officials say two missile strikes...

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Bushfire watch and act in WA

A WATCH and act alert has been issued for residents of Narrikup in Western Australia's Great Southern Region as a plantation fire poses a possible threat to lives and homes. The Department of Fire and Emergency Services issued the warning for...

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Syria rebels assault northern airports

REBELS have launched assaults to try to take strategic airports in northern Syria. Insurgents battled with troops on the perimeter of the Aleppo international airport on Thursday, besieging the nearby military Brigade 80 in an attempt to push...

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Man flees scene after crashing stolen car

POLICE are searching for the driver of a stolen car who fled a crash in the ACT that left a man severely injured. They say the wanted man was driving a stolen blue Ford Territory in Kambah when he struck a black Holden Commodore on Sulwood Drive...

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Record number of Germans in jobs

THE number of people in Germany who have a job rose to a record high last year, even though growth momentum is slowing as the eurozone debt crisis hits the German labour market. The number of people in work in Germany increased by 416,000 or...

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Iraq and Britain discuss prisoner swap

BAGHDAD and London are discussing a prisoner transfer deal that could see a British security guard convicted of murder in Iraq serve the remainder of his sentence in his home country, officials say. Justice Minister Hassan al-Shammari has been...

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Rebels attack airbase in northwest Syria

The new year in Syria has started with air strikes near Damascus and the closure of Aleppo airport. Source: AAP REBELS have attacked Syrian regime troops stationed around an airbase in northwestern Syria, causing casualties on both sides....

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UK man shot dead at Thai NYE beach party

A 22-YEAR-OLD British tourist has been shot dead as he danced at a New Year party on one of Thailand's most famous islands after a fight between rival Thai gangs erupted on the beach, police say. The holidaymaker was killed when a Thai man opened...

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Bomb found near home of Delhi rape suspect

INDIAN police has arrested a man as he tried to plant a crude bomb near the home of one of the suspects in the New Delhi gang-rape case as a backlash against widespread sex crimes gathered steam. As protests against harassment and violence against...

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Pope prays for peace at New Year mass

POPE Benedict XVI prayed for the "gift of peace" this year, condemning the inequality between rich and poor and "unregulated financial capitalism" at a New Year's mass in St Peter's Basilica. The Pope spoke of "hotbeds of tension and confrontation...

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Attacks down but Iraq in 'low-level war'

VIOLENCE in Iraq dropped in 2012, data shows, but insurgents proved they were still capable of mounting waves of attacks and a watchdog warned the country was still in a "low-level war". The warnings, which come after the first full year since...

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Over it - banish the term fiscal cliff

SPOILER alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. 'Spoiler alert' is among them. So are 'kick the can down the road,' 'trending' and 'bucket list'. A dirty dozen have landed on the 38th...

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Sydney's firework go off with a roar

Sydney's lord mayor says the city is spending $6.6 million on its New Year's Eve event. Source: AAP SYDNEY'S skyline has exploded in gold, pink, green and blue as part of the traditional New Year's Eve family-oriented curtain raiser. The...

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UK singer remanded on child sex charges

ROCKER Ian Watkins has reappeared before a Welsh court to face allegations of plotting to rape a baby girl. The 35-year-old vocalist, whose band Lostprophets has sold more than 3.5 million records worldwide, was arrested with two women earlier...

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Iran tests weapons near Strait of Hormuz

IRAN'S navy says it has test-fired a range of weapons during ongoing manoeuvres near the Strait of Hormuz, the passageway for one-fifth of the world's oil supply. The Monday report by the official IRNA news agency quotes exercise spokesman Admiral...

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East Timor hailed a UN success

TROOPS sent by Australia and New Zealand have all gone home and only a handful of United Nations police will be left when the UN flag comes down in East Timor's capital of Dili after six years. "As of Monday, the liquidation team will be there....

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Syrian troops hit Homs, kill 23 children

SYRIAN regime forces have pressed a fierce offensive in Homs after overrunning a key neighbourhood of the central city, according to a watchdog, which also listed 23 children killed in violence across the country. The latest bloodletting on Sunday...

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Russia investigates Moscow plane crash

RUSSIAN medics have begun identifying the bodies of four crew killed when a passenger jet careened off the runway of a Moscow international airport and smashed into a highway. Rescue workers recovered the flight recorders from the four-year-old...

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French paper to publish comic on Mohammed

A FRENCH weekly known for publishing cartoons of Prophet Mohammed to the ire of conservative Muslims says it plans to release a comic book biography of Islam's founder that will be researched and educational. Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo...

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