Tourist bus flips in Cuba, injuring 16

Cuban authorities say a serious highway crash involving a bus has left 16 foreign tourists injured. Source: AAP CUBAN authorities says a serious highway crash involving a bus carrying foreign tourists has left 16 passengers injured, most...

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Teens film high speed NSW car chase

A MAN'S son and nephew have used a mobile phone to film him behind the wheel during a high-speed police car chase in southern NSW. The teenagers were passengers in the car the 36-year-old ACT man was driving when it allegedly hit speeds of 140k/h...

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Fat Malaysian orangutan put on diet

AN obese orangutan has been put on a strict diet by Malaysian wildlife authorities after two decades of gorging on junk food handed out by tourists. Jackie reportedly weighs 100 kilograms, twice the normal weight of an adult female in the rich...

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Huge seagrass regrowth at Qld port

SEAGRASS is making an unlikely comeback at a large Queensland port that's been criticised by green groups for damaging the environment. But the new findings, released by James Cook University's seagrass monitoring program on Friday, paint a grim...

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Egypt army detains ousted president Morsi

Egypt's army has toppled president Mohamed Morsi after a week of bloodshed that killed nearly 50. Source: AAP EGYPT'S army has detained Islamist president Mohamed Morsi after a week of deadly clashes and mass protests calling for him to go...

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Packer Sydney casino proposal to proceed

Another high roller room in Sydney will attract unsavoury and laundered money, says a NSW Greens MP. Source: AAP JAMES Packer's proposal for a second Sydney casino has been given the green light to proceed to the next stage. NSW Premier...

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New plan to tackle overseas phone bills

Mobile phone operators will now be forced to provide alerts about the cost of international roaming. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS will soon have no excuse for racking up huge mobile bills when they travel abroad with telcos set to adopt a warning...

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RBA governor speech sends $A lower

THE Australian dollar hit a near three-year low minutes after Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens revealed the RBA board deliberated for a "very long time" before deciding to leave the cash rate unchanged. Mr Stevens made the remark as he opened...

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Man pleads guilty to McGurk murder

ONE of the men charged over the 2009 shooting of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk has pleaded guilty to his murder. Haissam Safetli is now set to give evidence against property developer Ron Medich in his upcoming committal hearing, a court...

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Hopefuls trade barbs in race for Rankin

A POTENTIAL successor to retiring MP Craig Emerson says his main rival doesn't have what it takes to keep the safe Labor seat out of coalition hands. Dr Emerson has announced he will vacate his seat of Rankin, which takes in part of Brisbane and...

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Coles caught out on home grown claims

SUPERMARKET giant Coles has been fined $61,200 for selling imported fruit that it advertised as Australian-grown. The competition watchdog acted after a complaint that Coles had displayed imported navel oranges and kiwi fruit underneath signs...

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Residents in Mandela village pray for him

NELSON Mandela's neighbours have held a special prayer service in his ancestral village in South Africa to wish the gravely ill anti-apartheid hero a speedy recovery. Worshippers sang solemn hymns in a community hall in Qunu, calling on God...

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Crunch meeting over future of Browse

THE future of the stalled multi-billion dollar Browse gas project will be discussed when the joint venture partners meet for talks on Monday. The troubled project, believed to be worth between $30 billion and $90 billion, is led by Woodside,...

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Gunpowder blast kills man in Qld

A MAN is dead and two others have been seriously injured after gunpowder exploded in far north Queensland. Police say the men were believed to have been trying to dispose of expired gunpowder in a burn-off on a rural property west of Mareeba...

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