Iran hangs drug traffickers, rapists

IRAN has hanged an Afghan drug trafficker and four Iranians, three of them convicted of rape, local media reported. The 27-year-old Afghan from Herat, identified only by his initials MM, was sent to the gallows in the northern city of Damghan...

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'Syria collapse threatens region'

THE UN envoy for the Syria crisis is warning that further deterioration of conditions in the country could send an unbearable stream of refugees into neighbouring countries. Speaking Saturday after meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister...

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'Syria collapse threatens region'

THE UN envoy for the Syria crisis is warning that further deterioration of conditions in the country could send an unbearable stream of refugees into neighbouring countries. Speaking Saturday after meeting in Moscow with Russian Foreign Minister...

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Plane on fire after running off runway

A PASSENGER airliner is on fire after running off the runway while landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. There was no immediate confirmed word on whether there were any casualties in the crash of the Tu-204 belonging to Red Wing Airlines. Russia's...

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Karachi bus explosion kills five

AN EXPLOSION on a bus in Pakistan's largest city Karachi left at least five people dead and wounded 35 others, police said. It was not immediately clear what had caused the blast in Sadar, a congested shopping area of Karachi, officials said,...

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Iran hangs drug traffickers, rapists

IRAN has hanged an Afghan drug trafficker and four Iranians, three of them convicted of rape, local media reported. The 27-year-old Afghan from Herat, identified only by his initials MM, was sent to the gallows in the northern city of Damghan...

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Plane on fire after running off runway

A PASSENGER airliner is on fire after running off the runway while landing at Moscow's Vnukovo airport. There was no immediate confirmed word on whether there were any casualties in the crash of the Tu-204 belonging to Red Wing Airlines. Russia's...

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Karachi bus explosion kills five

AN EXPLOSION on a bus in Pakistan's largest city Karachi left at least five people dead and wounded 35 others, police said. It was not immediately clear what had caused the blast in Sadar, a congested shopping area of Karachi, officials said,...

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Man to face Qld court over woman's murder

A MAN is expected to face murder charges in a Queensland court after a woman was stabbed to death in a small town on the Northern Territory border. A police statement said the 32-year-old man had been charged with murdering a a 41-year-old woman...

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Film composer Bennett dies aged 76

SIR Richard Rodney Bennett, a British composer, pianist and arranger who was nominated three times for Academy Awards, has died in New York City at age 76. His publisher Novello & Co said in a statement that Bennett died on Dec. 24 following...

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India plans 65 all-women police stations

THE woman chief minister of India's West Bengal state unveiled plans for 65 all-female police stations, as authorities tried to assuage growing anger over a gang-rape in New Delhi. "Sixty-five all-women police stations will be set up across...

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China passes law on visiting parents often

VISIT your parents. That's an order. China's national legislature on Friday passed a law requiring adult children to visit their aged parents "often" - or risk being sued by them. The amendment does not specify how frequently such visits should...

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Indian president's son in rape demo gaffe

THE Indian president's son has landed himself in hot water with his own family for denigrating women who took part in mass protests over a gang-rape as being middle-aged and caked in makeup. Abhijit Mukherjee, who is also a member of parliament,...

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Iran president sacks cabinet's sole woman

IRANIAN President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has sacked Health Minister Marzieh Vahid Dastjerdi, the sole woman in his cabinet, state television reports. The minister had proposed price hikes for a number of medicines due to the plunge of the Iranian...

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One Pound Fish singer returns to Pakistan

INTERNET sensation One Pound Fish Man has returned to a hero's welcome in Pakistan, vowing to take his signature tune in honour of cut-price produce to France and the United States. Hundreds showed up at Lahore airport in eastern Pakistan to honour...

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US jobless applications fall to 5-year low

THE average number of people seeking unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008, a sign that the job market is healing. The Labour Department said that weekly applications dropped 12,000 to a seasonally...

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Toyota ups 2012 sales forecast

JAPAN'S Toyota group has forecast a 22 per cent jump in worldwide sales this year to 9.7 million units, driven by surging demand which may help it regain the top spot in the global auto market. Those figures could put Toyota ahead of General Motors...

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Man dies when car flips over in WA

AUSTRALIA'S national road toll stands at 17 after a man was killed in single car accident southeast of Exmouth in Western Australia. Perth Now reports the man died when his car flipped on the North West Coastal Highway at Yannarie, which is...

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Syria military police chief defects to opposition

SYRIA'S military police chief has announced his defection from President Bashar al-Assad's regime, accusing the army of having turned into "murderous gangs," in a video posted online. "I, General Abdel Aziz Jassem al-Shallal, commander of Syrian...

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Syria deputy FM travels to Moscow

THE Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed for Moscow, an airport source in Beirut told AFP, amid reports of a US-Russian initiative for a transition in Syria. The Syrian deputy foreign minister, Faisal Muqdad, was headed...

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Millions of unwanted gifts to go on sale

CHRISTMAS is a time for giving and Boxing Day is a time for giving away, with 14.3 million unwanted presents received around the country this year, says classifieds website Gumtree. The value of unwanted gifts has soared to $475 million, says...

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Six killed as Pakistan Muslim leader hit

GUNMEN have opened fire on a car carrying a senior figure from an extremist Muslim Sunni group in the Pakistani city of Karachi, killing four policemen and two other people, police say. The target of the attack, Maulana Aurangzeb Farooqi, was...

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Policeman injured in gang-rape protest dies

AN INDIAN policeman injured in clashes during a protest over a gang-rape in New Delhi died overnight, a police spokesman said, as much of the city centre remained sealed off following the violence. Subash Tomar, a 47-year-old constable deployed...

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US braces for wild Christmas weather

FORECASTS of blinding snow, sleet and freezing rain threatened to complicate Christmas Day travel around the US Midwest overnight as several Gulf Coast states braced for a chance of twisters, high winds and powerful thunderstorms. A blizzard watch...

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Xstrata hikes cost estimate for PNG mine

SWISS mining giant Xstrata says it will cost $US300 million ($A290 million) more than previously expected to develop the Frieda River copper and gold mine in Papua New Guinea. The Swiss company had, according to a statement, handed over a feasibility...

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Syrian troops 'using killer gas bombs'

SYRIAN troops have deployed bombs containing a killer gas while fighting rebels in the central city of Homs, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and activists say. "Activists in Homs say that six rebels died on Sunday night on the Khaldiyeh-Bayada...

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Stolen puppy found by Melbourne police

A 12-WEEK-OLD puppy stolen from a pet shop eight days ago has been recovered and two people arrested. The white Cavalier-Shih Tzu cross was found in a house at Heidelberg West on Monday night with police arresting a Keilor East man and a Heidelberg...

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S&P downgrades Egypt credit rating

RATINGS agency Standard and Poor's has downgraded Egypt's long-term credit rating because of "elevated" tensions over its political crisis, and warned it could be lowered further. The country's long-term rating was lowered to B- from B because...

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Elderly woman dies in NSW crash

A ELDERLY woman has died following a crash near Wollongong, marking the first death on NSW roads during the Christmas toll period. Police said the woman, aged 79, was travelling with her husband and another married couple, aged 73 and 74, when...

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Monti won't run but could still rule

Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti, who handed his resignation in on Friday, will not directly campaign to run the country. Picture: AFP Source: AFP ITALY'S caretaker Premier Mario Monti has said he won't run in February elections, but if political...

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Egypt opposition cries fraud in referendum

EGYPT'S opposition says it will appeal a referendum that voted in a new constitution backed by ruling Islamists, vowing to keep up a struggle that has spawned weeks of protests and damaging instability. Polling "fraud and violations" skewed the...

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Archbishop calls for forgiveness

CHRISTMAS a great time to fix feuds and forgive, Anglican Archbishop Peter Jensen says in his final Christmas message. Dr Jensen, who retires in mid-2013, has called on people to be more just and generous. "Reconciliation is a big theme for...

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