Teacher kills off celebrities on Twitter

A man famous for killing celebrities using fake Twitter accounts has announced JK Rowling's death. Source: AAP FIDEL Castro, Mikhail Gorbachev and Pope Benedict XVI - Italian Tommasso Debenedetti has killed them all in fake tweets aimed at...

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New alerts for Tasmanian bushfires

THE Tasmanian Fire Service has issued a bushfire emergency warning for a large bushfire burning at the Tasman Highway near the east coast town of Bicheno. The fire is expected to put the area of Coles Bay Road south of Apsley River as well as...

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NZ shares fall from near five-year high

NEW Zealand shares fell, as a rally that has pushed the NZX 50 Index to near a five-year high, faltered on concern the gains have left some equities fully valued. Telecom paced the decline and Xero dipped. The NZX 50 fell 7.328 points, or 0.2...

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US capital cops urge gun control

WASHINGTON'S police chief has spoken out in favour of tougher US gun laws with statistics showing the homicide rate in the nation's capital at its lowest in half a century. Eighty-eight murders were committed in the District of Columbia in the...

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Man burned in Sydney house fire

A MAN has been seriously injured in a house fire in Sydney's west. About 3pm on Thursday, fire and rescue crews were called to Bindaree St, Hebersham, after reports of a large explosion and fire in a house. A 45-year-old man was located at...

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Man, grandsons found after bush ordeal

A MAN and his two grandsons have been found after they went missing while bushwalking near Lithgow, west of the Blue Mountains. A police spokesman confirmed to AAP about 3pm on Thursday the trio had been found. The spokesman said the 64-year-old...

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Gales disrupt New Zealand flights

STRONG winds have caused problems for flights coming into the New Zealand cities of Wellington and Blenheim. Air New Zealand spokeswoman Brigitte Ransom said a flight from Gisborne to Wellington had to stop at Palmerston North due to gale-force...

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Home prices fall, again

Home prices eased 0.4 per cent on average across Australia's capital cities during 2012. Source: AAP AUSTRALIAN home prices have fallen for the second consecutive year as nervous consumers continue to sit on the sidelines of the housing market....

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UN hits DR Congo rebels with sanctions

THE UN security council has slapped an arms embargo on M23 rebels and their alleged Rwandan allies, the FDLR, amid a flare-up of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern region. The council committee tasked with monitoring sanctions...

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Secret SA Labor papers set for release

THE release of previously secret cabinet documents from when the current South Australian Labor government was first elected in 2002 must be done in a timely fashion, the state opposition says. Under changes introduced in 2009, confidential...

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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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