Portuguese unemployment hits record 17.7%

PORTUGAL'S unemployment rate rose sharply in the first quarter of 2013 to a record high 17.7 per cent from 16.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, data from the national statistics institute INE shows. For the whole of 2013 the government...

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Abetz defends coalition workplace policy

OPPOSITION workplace spokesman Eric Abetz has rejected criticism of the coalition's workplace relations policy, arguing that it is designed to favour not one particular sector but to consider the best interests of the nation. The opposition is...

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US stocks retreat slightly

US stocks Thursday edged lower after recent record-setting gains, despite a favourable report on jobless claims. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.99 (0.01 per cent) to 15,103.13. The broad-based S&P 500...

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Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges

KENYA has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto, according to a letter seen on Thursday. Kenyatta, 51, voted into power...

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Freddie Mac posts $4.6B net income for Q1

MORTGAGE giant Freddie Mac earned $US4.6 billion ($A4.54 billion) from January through March, helped by a stronger housing market. The government-controlled company has now turned a profit in its past six quarters. It paid a dividend of $US7...

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Wendy's 1Q profit falls

WENDY'S first-quarter net income has fallen 83 per cent from year-ago, the result including a big gain on the sale of an investment. But the fast-food chain operator's adjusted results have matched Wall Street's expectations. Wendy's also boosted...

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Boy, girl charged over Qld armed robbery

A GIRL and boy, both 14, have been charged over the armed robbery of a supermarket in Bundaberg. Queensland police allege the Glenmore girl threatened an employee at a store on Kepnock Road with a knife and made demands for cash about 5pm (AEST)...

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Indon police shoot dead 3 bomb suspects

INDONESIAN anti-terror police have shot dead three men suspected of involvement in a plot to bomb the Myanmar embassy after a seven-hour firefight at their hideout. The elite unit swooped on the house on the outskirts of Bandung city in West Java...

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Nine dead in Mexico tanker blast

A GAS tanker has exploded in Mexico City, killing at least nine people. Authorities say 13 others were wounded in the blast and several homes and cars were damaged. "We regrettably confirm that in the explosion in Ecatepec, nine people died...

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UK comedian Tarbuck arrested: reports

UK comic Jimmy Tarbuck (R) has been arrested as part of a historical child sex abuse investigation. Source: AAP BRITISH comedian Jimmy Tarbuck has reportedly been arrested and questioned about alleged child abuse - the latest in a long list...

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Grundy's $20m art collection on show

PAINTINGS from the personal collection of Australian TV producer Reg Grundy have gone on display for the first time, in London, ahead of a predicted record-breaking auction. The 90 works by some of Australia's most renowned artists are expected...

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Bomb blast in Pakistan kills five

Officials say the death toll from a Taliban bomb attack at a Pakistan election rally rose to 23. Source: AAP A ROADSIDE bomb in northwest Pakistan has killed five people, including a local leader of a political party targeted by the Taliban....

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Andreotti: Powerbroker of Italian politics

SEVEN-TIME former Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti, who died on Monday at the age of 94, was a cunning political power broker who presided over Italy's recovery after World War II and was accused of close ties with the mafia. A government...

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Syria 'to choose time' to react to Israel

DAMASCUS will respond to Israeli attacks against targets on its territory but will "choose the moment" and may not do so immediately, a Syrian political official says. "Syria will respond to the Israeli aggression and will choose the moment...

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32 die in Bangladesh protest

BANGLADESHI police broke up a protest by tens of thousands of religious hardliners and shut down an Islamist television station after 32 people died in some of the fiercest street violence for decades. Hundreds more people were reported injured...

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US stocks open mixed in subdued trade

US stocks have opened mixed in quiet trading compared with Friday's record-busting drama. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 4.76 (0.03 per cent) to 14,969.20. The S&P 500 added 1.84 (0.11 per cent) at 1,616.26,...

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Road pricing would cut traffic: report

MAKING Aussie motorists pay to use roads would ease traffic congestion in the nation's major cities and help boost economic productivity, a report has found. The Grattan Institute report found a system of road pricing would also be a good way...

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Killings up Sudan tensions in Abyei region

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for calm following the killing of a top chief in Sudan. Source: AAP TENSION and anger gripped the Abyei region disputed by Sudan and South Sudan after the killing of a tribal chief and a peacekeeper,...

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Bowel disease among Aussies tipped to rise

IT'S a pain in the guts that's putting a hole in the nation's pocket and experts want it nipped in the bud. Australia has one of the highest rates of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in the world, and the problem is getting worse. But the lifelong...

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Teen girls assaulted in south NSW park

TWO teenage girls have been assaulted by two man who ambushed them in a park on the state's south coast, police say. Police said the girls, aged 14 and 15, were walking through the park at Bateman's Bay at about 5.30pm on Sunday when a man walking...

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