Wiggles, Aussie talents woo Carols crowd

THOUSANDS of arms and legs waved and flailed at Sydney's Carols in the Domain, as the original members of The Wiggles celebrated their last carols bonanza. More than 50,000 people packed into the Domain on Saturday, as the popular annual event...

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China shows off its new high-speed rail

A display shows the speed aboard a high-speed train in Hebei province south of Beijing. Picture: AFP Source: AFP CHINA has shown off the final link of the world's longest high-speed rail route set to begin whisking passengers from Beijing to...

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Ex-butler pardoned, expelled from Vatican

POPE Benedict XVI has pardoned his former butler Paolo Gabriele, who was sentenced to 18 months in jail for leaking secret papal memos, but banished him from the Vatican. "This morning the Holy Father Benedict XVI visited Paolo Gabriele in prison...

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Damascus car bomb kills 5

A CAR bomb blast in northeastern Damascus killed five men and wounded dozens of people on Saturday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. "A car bomb blast in the district of Qaboon killed five men, wounded dozens of other people and caused...

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Bollywood star Khan charged with assault

INDIAN police have charged Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan for allegedly assaulting and breaking the nose of a South African businessman at a luxury hotel earlier this year, a report said Friday. The actor ran into trouble after Iqbal Sharma registered...

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Turf war fears as biker gangs hit Europe

A WAVE of biker gangs from the US, Canada and Australia arriving in Europe has raised fears of deadly turf battle like the Nordic biker wars of the 1990s, European police agency Europol warned. Gangs such as the Comancheros and Rebels from Australia,...

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Delhi bus rapists face life sentences

INDIA'S government, facing swelling protests over the gang-rape of a female student on a bus, vowed to press for life sentences for her six attackers and promised stricter policing. Home Secretary R.K. Singh also offered state assistance to...

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Two dead in supermarket looting

TWO people died and two more were seriously injured as mobs looted supermarkets in Rosario, Argentina's third largest city, an official said. Matias Drivet, a city hall official, gave the toll after similar violence shook other cities in Argentina...

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Sudan's war-torn S Kordofan to be divided

SUDAN'S war-torn South Kordofan state is to be divided, giving separate status to the western part dominated by nomadic Arab Misseriya tribesmen, the government said. Vice President Ali Osman Taha "announces the establishment of West Kordofan...

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Iran 'hangs six drug smugglers, rapist'

IRAN has hanged seven men, six of them for drug trafficking and another for rape, in prison in the central province of Isfahan, Kayhan newspaper reported. The seven, aged 25 to 45, were executed on Wednesday, the province's public prosecutor,...

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The Queen goes 3D for Christmas

SHE made her acting debut at the London Olympics. Now the Queen is hitting the screen again - in 3D. Buckingham Palace says the monarch was "ready to embrace something new" for her annual Christmas broadcast in honour of her Diamond Jubilee...

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US weekly unemployment claims rise

THE number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week by 17,000, reversing four weeks of declines. The Labor Department reports that a seasonally adjusted 361,000 people sought unemployment aid during the week ended December...

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Iran coal mine collapse and blast kills 8

IRAN'S official news agency says a collapse and explosion in a coal mine has killed eight workers in the country's east. IRNA on Wednesday quoted Ahmad Talebian Moqadam, who is governor of Tabas city near where the accident occurred, as saying...

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Review slams BBC over Savile report

THE BBC has been cleared of covering up allegations of child sex abuse against its late presenter Jimmy Savile, but an official probe has found widespread chaos at the corporation. The BBC's deputy director of news, Stephen Mitchell, resigned...

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Time names Obama person of the year

TIME magazine has named the recently re-elected US President Barack Obama as its person of the year for 2012 - the second time it has accorded him this honour. The venerable American news magazine said the United States is in the midst of huge...

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Mother of Jihad bomb T-shirt boy in court

THE mother and uncle of a three-year old named Jihad, who was born on September 11, are due in a French court for sending him to school in a top with "I am a bomb" written on it. The sweatshirt also had the words "Jihad, born on September 11"...

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Zuma wins ANC leadership vote by landslide

SOUTH African president Jacob Zuma has scored a thumping victory in an ANC leadership contest, opening the way for him to lead Africa's largest economy until 2019. Zuma won the backing of 75.1 per cent of the ANC's 3977 voting delegates at a party...

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Man in hospital after shooting

A 21-YEAR-OLD man has been taken to hospital with gunshot wounds after an incident in Melbourne's northeast on Tuesday. Emergency services were called to a home in Mooroolbark at 6.20pm (AEDT) to treat a man with gunshot wounds to his lower torso.Police...

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Dollar unlikely to return to lows: Stevens

THE Australian dollar is unlikely to return to the lower levels experienced before 2007, Reserve Bank governor Glenn Stevens says. In an interview published on Wednesday, Mr Stevens said that while he expected non-mining business investment to...

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Man dies in shooting in Sydney's west

A MAN has died in a shooting in Sydney's southwest overnight. Police said they were called to Owen Street in Punchbowl at around 11.15pm (AEDT) on Tuesday, following reports that a man had been shot. Police and NSW Ambulance paramedics attended...

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Apple sells 2m iPhones in China in 3 days

APPLE says it sold more than two million iPhone 5s in China in their first three days of availability, setting a record for that market. The iPhone 5, which launched in China on Friday, will be available in more than 100 countries by the end...

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Hospital closes beds as budget cuts bite

UP to 700 patients could be locked out of the Royal Melbourne Hospital, which will close beds next year due to federal government budget cuts. Victorian hospital chiefs have been holding emergency meetings to work out what services could be...

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More seeking help for amphetamine abuse

A NSW drug and alcohol rehabilitation centre has experienced a spike in the number of people seeking treatment for amphetamine-type stimulants. Odyssey House reported a 20 per cent increase in admissions to its residential rehabilitation clinic...

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German economy to shrink markedly in Q4

THE German economy, Europe's biggest, is set to contract "noticeably" in the fourth quarter of this year and will probably tread water early next year, the Bundesbank has forecast. "Current indicators point to a noticeable drop in economic production...

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S Africa leader vows 'meaningful change'

EMBATTLED South African President Jacob Zuma has made the case for his re-election, telling ANC members they will see meaningful economic change, as he seeks to face down a leadership challenge from his deputy. Zuma wooed delegates at the African...

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Syria planes in deadly refugee camp raid

WARPLANES have bombarded a Palestinian refugee camp in southern Damascus for the first time in Syria's uprising, as the army escalates its bid to suppress the rebellion in the capital. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday's air...

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Business confidence at record highs: CBA

OPTIMISM among mid-sized Australian businesses has hit record highs in the lead-up to Christmas, a quarterly survey has found. Commonwealth Bank's future business index rose to 9.3 in December, from 4.3 in September. The survey focuses on companies...

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More Aussies could avoid stroke: experts

MANY stroke sufferers miss out on a lifesaving de-clotting drug and four in 10 get treated in general wards rather than specialist stroke units, an advocacy group says. Stroke is Australia's second-largest killer and many of the 350,000 survivors...

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