| Blackout hits 50 million people
November 10, 2009 at 10:07 pm
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| | A MASSIVE blackout across the southern half of Brazil last night plunged tens of millions of people into darkness and prompted a major police mobilisation amid fears of an opportunistic crime wave. |
| NZ says no, next stop Philippines
November 10, 2009 at 4:18 pm
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|  NEW Zealand won't take the 78 asylum seekers on the Oceanic Viking, so the Government is working on another plan. |
| Obama leads Fort Hood shooting memorial
November 10, 2009 at 4:00 pm
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|  BARACK Obama tells relatives of the 13 people killed in last week's army shooting the US is "heartbroken". |
| $80m lotto winners quit IT support jobs
November 10, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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| | A GROUP of British IT workers have won more than $80 million in a record lottery payout. |
| Hostage drama in US office building
November 10, 2009 at 1:30 pm
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| | A HOSTAGE situation was under way today at an office building near the Missouri state governor's mansion, Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder said in a message on his Twitter account. |
| Floods, landslides kill 144
November 10, 2009 at 12:34 pm
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| | RESCUE workers in El Salvador overnight tried to reach dozens of towns cut off by torrents of mud and debris unleashed by devastating late-season storms that killed at least 144 people. |
| Police 'faked evidence' on graft fighter
November 10, 2009 at 12:30 pm
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| | A FORMER top Indonesian graft fighter on trial for organising a gangland-style murder burst into tears in court overnight after a key witness said he had been convinced by police to fabricate evidence. |
| Turkey unveils Kurdish peace plan
November 10, 2009 at 12:26 pm
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| | TURKEY'S parliament met overnight to hear the government unveil a plan to end a deadly 25-year Kurdish insurgency, a project the opposition views as a threat to the country's unity. |
| Doctors let sick baby die after dispute
November 10, 2009 at 11:20 am
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|  A SERIOUSLY ill baby boy at the centre of a court battle between his parents in Britain will be allowed to die. |
| EU regrets Fiji expulsion of top envoys
November 10, 2009 at 10:24 am
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| | THE European Union expressed regret on Tuesday at a decision by Fiji's military leader to expel top envoys from Australia and New Zealand, and urged the Pacific Island nation not to isolate itself. |
| Suspect in woman's murder arrested
November 10, 2009 at 9:16 am
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| | JAPANESE police said they had arrested the only suspect in the killing of 22-year-old British teacher Lindsay Ann Hawker, more than two years after her murder. |
| Young dropout wins $9.13m jackpot
November 10, 2009 at 8:01 am
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|  A 21-YEAR-OLD college dropout and a tree lopper have topped a poker tournament, earning almost $15 million between them. | | | 
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