Man missing after canoe tips on NSW river

A MAN remains missing after his canoe tipped over on a river in southwestern NSW. The man, aged in his late 20s, was paddling on the Murrumbidgee River when the canoe overturned about 2.30pm (AEDT) on Sunday. He failed to resurface, police...

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UN mission leaves East Timor

THE United Nations has ended its peacekeeping mission in East Timor, leaving the country without any direct security assistance for the first time since a spasm of political and ethnic violence in 2006 almost overwhelmed its shaky, post-independence...

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NDIS, education before election: Gillard

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says her government has two major items to implement in 2013 before going to an election - introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme and undertaking further major education reforms. Ms Gillard took time...

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NSW man charged with stealing guns

A YOUNG man has been charged with the theft of 22 firearms, some of which have not been recovered. Some time between December 22 and 27, the guns were stolen from a farming property at Hillston, in southwestern NSW. Following an extensive investigation,...

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Kylie gears up for a special Sydney NYE

POP princess Kylie Minogue will meet with Sydney New Year's Eve planners to put the finishing touches on plans for the big night. As creative ambassador for the event in 2012, the UK-based singer developed the event's theme "embrace" and chose...

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Australia won't monitor Japanese whaling

The Australian government has vowed to continue its fight against Japan's whaling. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA will take diplomatic action to encourage Japan to drop its "scientific whaling" program, amid reports the Japanese fleet has begun its...

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Apple must pay on copyright: Chinese court

A CHINESE court has ordered Apple Inc to pay 1.03 million yuan ($A159,740) to eight Chinese writers and two companies who say unlicensed copies of their work were distributed through Apple's online store. The Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's...

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Leighton wins two LNG contracts

LEIGHTON Holdings has secured $1.2 billion worth of contracts linked to the $34 billion Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in Darwin. The first contract, worth $923 million, is to build infrastructure such as roads, foundations and trenches,...

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Tropical storm kills five in Philippines

At least Five people are dead after Tropical Storm Wukong hit the Philippines, officials say. Source: AAP FIVE people have died and three are missing after tropical storm Wukong hit the central Philippines, following devastating Typhoon Bopha...

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Tas Boxing Day sales fail to match nation

BIG crowds of bargain hunters may have packed the Hobart CBD on Boxing Day and spent a collective $20 million but it still won't match the rest of the nation. The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) estimates Tasmanians spent about $20 million...

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Greens call for new bushfire body

THE nation's bushfire research body should be replaced with a new one because it's set to run out of government funding, Greens MP Adam Bandt says. The Bushfire Cooperative Research Centre (BCRC) examines the social, environmental and economic...

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Russia's Kalashnikov in intensive care

Russian rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov has been hospitalised after complaining of weakness. Source: AAP RUSSIA'S legendary rifle designer Mikhail Kalashnikov has been hospitalised in intensive care after complaining of general weakness,...

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Top Putin foe Navalny faces new charges

Prominent Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is facing his third criminal case in five months. Source: AAP RUSSIAN investigators have opened their third criminal case in five months against an opposition leader who poses one of the main...

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Severe storm warning for NSW

THE Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for large parts of NSW, with emergency authorities urging residents to be prepared for flash flooding and damaging winds. The warnings, issued at 2.06pm (AEDT) on Tuesday are for...

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Pell apology could signal change in church

Cardinal George Pell's apology to those abused by priests has been labelled a "minimal response". Source: AAP VICTIMS' support groups say the Catholic Church could be preparing to acknowledge its involvement in historic child sexual abuse in...

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Thatcher 'in good spirits' after op

Former British prime minster Margaret Thatcher is recovering from minor surgery in hospital. Source: AAP FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is said to be "in good spirits" as she recovers from minor surgery but is expected to...

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North Korean leader calls for more rockets

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for the development of more powerful rockets after last week's successful launch of a satellite into space. The North's official media said on Saturday that Kim made the call at a banquet for rocket...

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Police seek man for NSW shooting

POLICE have identified a man they are looking for over a shooting in Sydney's southwest last week. Officers were called to a home in Panania on reports five children and their mother were inside a house when a window was broken by a gunshot...

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Senate approves $633bn defence bill

The US Senate has approved a $A606.41 billion defence spending bill for next year. Source: AAP THE US Senate has approved a $US633 billion ($A606.41 billion) defence spending bill for next year that tightens penalties on Iran, funds the war...

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South Sudan army 'shoots down' UN chopper

South Sudan's army has shot down a UN helicopter killing all four crew on board. Source: AAP SOUTH Sudan's army has shot down a UN helicopter killing all four crew on board, a United Nations spokesman says. The helicopter was hit on a...

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Major abalone haul in WA's midwest

Three people face charges in WA after being caught with more than 700 abalone and trochus shells. Source: AAP IN one of Western Australia's biggest hauls of poached abalone and trochus shells, fisheries officers have seized more than 700...

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More doomsday sect arrests in China

CHINA has detained more than 100 further members of a Christian sect accused of predicting doomsday, taking the total held beyond 1,000 as officials denied cold weather was apocalypse-related. More than 90 members of "Almighty God", a Christian...

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Labor walks away from surplus promise

THE federal government has conceded it's unlikely to deliver on its promised budget surplus this financial year, in the wake of a big drop in tax revenues. Figures released on Thursday showed financial year-to-date company tax payments were much...

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Palmer denies knowledge of Ashby case

Billionaire Clive Palmer (pic) denied any prior knowledge of the court case against Peter Slipper. Source: AAP MINING magnate and coalition donor Clive Palmer has denied any prior knowledge of a politically damaging court case brought against...

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Cairns croc management plan unveiled

SEPARATING rogue saltwater crocodiles from people is part of a snappy new croc management plan released in Cairns by the Queensland government. The plan will take a three-tier approach similar to a plan used in the Northern Territory based on...

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Fed govt cuts forcing bed closures: Vic

THOUSANDS of patients will suffer, with every Victorian hospital copping the brunt of "unprecedented" federal funding cuts, the state government says. Up to 700 Royal Melbourne Hospital patients will be forced to wait longer for elective surgery,...

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New species old threats to Mekong wildlife

FROM a devilish-looking bat to a frog that sings like a bird, scientists have identified 126 new species in the Greater Mekong area, the WWF says in a new report detailing discoveries in 2011. But from forest loss to the construction of major...

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Kiwi runs out of optimistic puff

THE New Zealand dollar fell in local trading as investor optimism ran out of puff from the Federal Reserve's plan to print more money and the Bank of Japan looking likely to follow suit after the weekend's election. The kiwi fell to 84.34 US...

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WA dock worker's wrist injured: company

THERE have been conflicting reports about the injury of a worker at a dock supplying Chevron's massive Gorgon LNG project in Western Australia over the weekend. The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) claimed a man was being sent by air ambulance...

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NSW men charged over 290 cannabis plants

POLICE have charged three men after finding almost 300 cannabis plants in the tray of a ute west of Sydney. Police allege the 290 plants were found during a vehicle search about 10.30pm (AEDT) on Friday at Marrangaroo near Lithgow. The search...

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Aussies to spend $8.5 billion this Xmas

Australians are forecast to fork out $8.5 billion on presents this Christmas, a survey says. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS are expected to spend about $8.5 billion on Christmas presents this festive season, with almost a third admitting to feeling...

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NZ helps Samoa after deadly cyclone

NZ is helping Samoa with the cleanup after Cyclone Evan ripped through the Pacific nation. Source: AAP NEW Zealand is helping Samoa with the cleanup after Cyclone Evan ripped through the Pacific nation, killing at least three. Foreign Affairs...

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'Inaction' not option in Syria: Cameron

British Prime Minister David Cameron says doing nothing is not an option in Syria. Source: AAP DOING nothing is not an option in Syria, British Prime Minister David Cameron says as his European Union counterparts pledge to look at "all options"...

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Kiwi gains against yen before election

THE New Zealand dollar is headed for a 3.1 per cent gain against the yen this week as Japanese voters prepare to go to the polls in an election that's expected to install a new government that backs unlimited monetary easing. The kiwi traded...

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NZ shares end week on mixed note

THE New Zealand share market ended the week on a mixed note. The NZX 50 index rose 4.44 points, or 0.1 per cent, to 3979.17. Within the index, 18 stocks rose, 26 fell and six were unchanged. Turnover was $156 million. The benchmark index is heading...

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Retailers form new lobby group

AUSTRALIAN retailers may be doing it hard, but they are fighting back with a new industry group designed to lobby governments on a range of issues affecting the struggling sector. The Australian Traders Group (ATG) will be launched in Melbourne...

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PM apologises to Pike mine families

NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has personally apologised to the families of the 29 men killed in the Pike River mine disaster. But they took little solace from Mr Key's words at a meeting in Greymouth on Thursday, as they continue to campaign...

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Protesters remain at Brisbane tent embassy

THIS week has seen the end of Brisbane's Aboriginal tent embassy, with indigenous elders turning on each other over its unceremonious closure. Council shut down the embassy in inner-city Musgrave Park on Tuesday, extinguishing a sacred fire under...

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Indian sitar legend Ravi Shankar dies

LEGENDARY Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar, a major influence on Western musicians ranging from The Beatles to Yehudi Menuhin, has died at the age of 92. Shankar, the father of the American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, died in a hospital in...

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Powell says toxins did not fall on homes

WATERWAYS and residential areas have not been contaminated by toxic fumes from an industrial blaze north of Brisbane, the state government says. About 50 firefighters took more than two hours to contain the blaze in the Narangba industrial estate,...

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Parole breaker on revenge mission: police

AFTER breaking his parole twice this year, armed robber Jason Robert Herbert is on the run and believed to be hunting two policemen he blames for the death of his brother. Police fear Herbert, 40, is heading from NSW to Western Australia to seek...

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Vic govt overhauls disaster management

VICTORIA has unveiled a major overhaul of its emergency management after determining the response to recent floods and the 2009 bushfires was no longer adequate. Premier Ted Baillieu released a white paper outlining the proposed changes on Monday,...

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Elderly couple injured in SA home invasion

An elderly man is in hospital after home invaders attacked him and his wife in Adelaide. Source: AAP AN elderly couple are in a serious condition in hospital after being assaulted in a traumatic home invasion carried out by two armed men...

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Kidnapped US doctor rescued in Afghanistan

US soldiers killed seven Taliban insurgents in a pre-dawn raid to rescue a kidnapped American doctor in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the NATO force in the war-torn country says. The mission was launched when intelligence showed that Dr Dilip...

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NSW severe storm warnings cancelled

SEVERE storm warnings for the Mid-North Coast, Hunter, Central Tablelands and Northern Tablelands regions of NSW have been cancelled by the Bureau of Meteorology. Despite the downgrades, a bureau spokesman warned storms were still expected for...

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Fewer UK patients dying from cancer

Fewer UK patients are dying from cancer despite an increase in the diagnosis rate, a report shows. Source: AAP FEWER people are dying from cancer in the UK despite an increase in the numbers being diagnosed, figures show. Latest figures...

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Broadcasting watchdog to quiz 2Day FM

THE broadcasting regulator says it will be talking to the licensee of the radio station which broadcast the prank call to the hospital where the Duchess of Cambridge was being treated for acute morning sickness. The call by Sydney 2Day FM presenters...

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ACT launch site for NDIS: Gallagher

ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher says 5000 people with disabilities will benefit as a result of the territory being a launch site of the national disability insurance scheme (NDIS). Ms Gallagher on Friday signed an agreement with Prime Minister...

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States sign on to NDIS launch sites

ALL Australian states and territories have signed a broad agreement on the national disability insurance scheme. Speaking after the Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra on Friday, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said she also had...

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Mexican court backs same-sex marriage

MEXICO'S Supreme Court has ruled that a law in southern Oaxaca state that bans same-sex marriages is unconstitutional, paving the way for same-sex couples to marry in that state and possibly in the rest of Mexico. In a unanimous decision on...

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First Aussie hybrid engine plant opens

AUSTRALIA'S car manufacturing industry has received a shot in the arm with the opening of a multimillion-dollar engine plant in Melbourne's west. The Toyota petrol-electric hybrid engine plant is the first of its kind built outside of Japan and...

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