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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