Snowden's hopes rise on asylum offer

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has offered asylum to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden. Source: AAP US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden remained stranded in a Moscow airport for the 14th day amid rising hopes he may finally be able...

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'World's biggest cocaine dealer' deported

AN Italian mafia capo alleged to be the biggest cocaine trafficker in the world will be deported to Italy on Saturday, a day after being arrested in a Colombian shopping mall, prosecutors said. Roberto Pannunzi was detained in Bogota with a...

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Mubarak back in court amid Egypt unrest

LAWYERS for Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak have entered a not guilty plea at his retrial for alleged complicity in the killings of protesters in 2011. The hearing resumed on Saturday and comes coincidentally just three days after Mubarak's...

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WA offers Noongar people $1.3b title deal

THE West Australian government has made an historic $1.3 billion offer to settle the Noongar people's native title claim over Perth and the state's southwest. Premier Colin Barnett proposes to settle the Noongar claim with the transfer of 320,000...

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Search called off for American schooner

THE search has been called off for the American schooner Nina which went missing with seven people on board in the Tasman Sea. The 21m sailing vessel was travelling from Opua in the Bay of Islands to Newcastle in Australia on May 29 with six...

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Popes have no faith in gay marriage

THE Vatican has issued an unprecedented religious text co-written by Pope Francis and his predecessor Benedict XVI in which the two popes said faith should serve the "common good" but restated their opposition to gay marriage. Francis paid tribute...

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Delhi gang-rape verdict due next week

A JUVENILES' court in New Delhi is set to hand down the first verdict next week over the gang-rape of a student in the capital which sparked mass protests, a lawyer says. The court has been hearing the case of a teenager, aged 17 at the time of...

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Mandela reflects on his death in video

NEARLY 15 years ago Nelson Mandela was unperturbed by his own death, telling a dying teenager that he had lived his life to the full. The video dating from 1998, broadcast by American news channel CBS on Thursday as Mandela remained in critically...

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Portugal government battles for survival

PORTUGAL'S leaders are scrambling to save their coalition government after being torpedoed by top resignations over the austerity policies squeezing their bailed-out nation. Financial markets rallied on Thursday after Prime Minister Pedro Passos...

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China supports people's 'choice' in Egypt

CHINA says it supports the "choice of the Egyptian people" and called for dialogue after the army toppled democratically-elected Islamist president Mohamed Morsi, detaining him and his top aides. But foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying...

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Egypt seeks arrest of Brotherhood leaders

THE authorities in Egypt have issued an arrest warrant for the Muslim Brotherhood's supreme leader Mohammed Badie and his first deputy Khairat El-Shater, a judicial source says. The two are wanted on charges of inciting the killing Sunday of...

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Female Afghan police officer shot dead

GUNMEN have shot dead one of the most high-profile female police officers in Afghanistan, underlining the threat to women who take on public roles in the country. Lieutenant Islam Bibi was a well-known face of female advancement but admitted...

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Portuguese govt totters, markets reel

PORTUGUESE Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho's government is close to collapse after two top ministers quit, pounding financial markets in Lisbon and across Europe. Markets reacted severely after Foreign Minister Paulo Portas resigned Tuesday...

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Rudd reckons Abbott lacks 'ticker'

PM Kevin Rudd (R) suspects Tony Abbott lacks the "ticker" to debate him on key policy areas. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd suspects Tony Abbott lacks the "ticker" to debate him on key policy areas. Mr Abbott has been "lying" to...

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US home prices rise in May by most in 7yrs

US home prices jumped 12.2 per cent in May, suggesting the housing recovery is strengthening. Source: AAP US home prices jumped 12.2 per cent in May from a year ago, the most in seven years. The increase suggests the housing recovery is strengthening....

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S African court orders exhumation

Nelson Mandela's family are seeking to have grandson Mandla (pic) charged with grave tampering. Source: AAP A SOUTH African court has ordered that the remains of three of Nelson Mandela's children be returned to his ancestral village, rejecting...

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1 dead in Aceh earthquake

A STRONG earthquake has hit Indonesia's Aceh province, killing at least one person and leaving two others missing. The magnitude-6.1 quake struck at a depth of just 10 kilometres and its epicentre was located 55 kilometres west of the town of...

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US sanctions against Iran come into force

RIGID new US sanctions against Iran have come into force, including bans on the exchange of gold to the Islamic republic, as Washington ratchets up efforts to isolate the country over its nuclear program. Iran's foreign ministry denounced the...

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Drugs, guns, cash found in Gold Coast raid

GUNS, ammunition, cash and a large stash of drugs have been seized by police during a raid on a Gold Coast motel. Two men, 21 and 35, have been charged with a raft of drug and firearm offences following the search of the Burleigh Heads motel...

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China probes baby formula makers on prices

CHINA has launched an investigation into alleged price-fixing by several mainly foreign baby formula makers, state media said. China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), had launched the "anti-monopoly"...

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Economy needs more diversity: Rudd

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd says the economy must broaden and not have all its eggs in one basket. Source: AAP PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd believes he has put together a strong economics team to tackle the threats of the global economy, particularly...

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Husic becomes first Muslim frontbencher

Labor MP Ed Husic (L) has become the first Muslim sworn into a federal government frontbench. Source: AAP AMONG the oaths, photographs and backslapping at Labor's latest ministerial swearing-in ceremony, a cultural milestone was passed for...

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O'Farrell accused of misleading NSW nurses

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has been accused of misleading nurses over an ongoing wages dispute. Source: AAP NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has been accused of misleading the state's nurses by covering up the government's true position on an...

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Cameron inks $1bn deal in Kazakhstan

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron signed a strategic cooperation agreement as well as $US1.0 billion ($A1.10 billion) in deals with Kazakhstan on Monday during his first visit to the energy-rich ex-Soviet state. Cameron and Kazakh President...

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Pakistan backing Afghan peace efforts

British Prime Minister David Cameron has arrived in Pakistan for talks on the Afghan peace process. Source: AAP PAKISTAN has assured visiting British Prime Minister David Cameron that it will promote efforts to reach a peace deal in neighbouring...

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EU alarmed over alleged US bugging

A top EU official says ties with the US could suffer over a report that America bugged EU offices. Source: AAP A "SHOCKED" European Union is angrily awaiting explanations from Washington following allegations of US spying on EU offices, which...

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Crowds gather for anti-Morsi rallies

Egypt is bracing for mass protests as President Mohamed Morsi's opponents determine to oust him. Source: AAP EGYPT is bracing for mass rallies with President Mohamed Morsi's opponents determined to oust him and his Islamist supporters vowing...

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Facebook cuts ads from controversial pages

Facebook is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. Source: AAP FACEBOOK is pulling ads from pages that contain violence or sexual content. The social network says that on Monday it will expand its definition of...

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