US charges Snowden with espionage: reports

US officials have asked Hong Kong authorities to detain Edward Snowden, a US newspaper reports. Source: AAP US authorities have filed espionage charges against rogue intelligence technician Edward Snowden and asked Hong Kong to detain him,...

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Female cyclist dies in Townsville crash

A TRUCK has ploughed into four cyclists, killing one in the north Queensland city of Townsville. Police say the truck crashed into the cyclists when trying to overtake them on Shaw Road on Saturday morning. The cyclists, a 62-year-old man and...

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Singapore haze hits critical 400 level

SINGAPORE'S smog index has hit the critical 400 level, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site. The level was reached at 11am (1300 AEST) on Friday, after a rapid rise in...

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A million Brazilians protest in cities

About 300,000 have rallied in Rio de Janeiro, bemoaning massive spending to stage the World Cup. Source: AAP BRAZILIAN President Dilma Rousseff has called an emergency cabinet meeting after at least a million people rallied for better public...

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Qld hospital concealed fatal death: union

THE Queensland Nurses Union is calling for an independent investigation into the Wesley Hospital manager who did not disclose a previous legionnaires' disease death at the facility. The Brisbane hospital is dealing with a deadly outbreak of legionnaires',...

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Visa crack down put off to next week

THE federal government's crackdown on skilled migration visas appears to be on shaky ground after independent MP Rob Oakeshott said he won't support the legislation. During heated debate on the bill in parliament on Thursday, Opposition Leader...

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WA power station costs public $250m: Labor

WESTERN Australia's opposition is calling for the head of a minister over what it says is the waste of $250 million of taxpayers' money on the refurbishment of a 47-year-old power station. The long-running saga of the Muja AB power station resurfaced...

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50 plots foiled by US spy program: NSA

SECRET US surveillance has foiled more than 50 terror plots since 2001, including a planned bomb attack on the New York Stock Exchange, a US spy chief says. Google, meanwhile, asked a federal surveillance court to grant it permission to release...

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'Tweet' to feature in Aussie dictionary

IN a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term 'tweet' has entered the English Oxford Dictionary for the first time. Tweet will also debut in Australia's printed Macquarie Dictionary later this year. Oxford...

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Customer likely planted Qld bomb: police

AN angry customer likely planted a bomb that caused several Gold Coast businesses to be evacuated on Monday, police say. The powder-filled device that was found under a car at a Burleigh Heads car canopy manufacturer is linked to two crude bombs...

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