| Baby dies while doctor playing online
November 12, 2009 at 10:56 pm
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| | A FIVE-month-old baby boy suffering from an eye infection died in hospital in eastern China as the attending doctor was playing a game online, state media has reported, citing health officials. |
| Mass blind date to help area's birthrate
November 12, 2009 at 10:11 pm
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| | SEOUL'S Gangnam district, South Korea's most prosperous area, has a single imperfection - one of the country's lowest birthrates. |
| UK shuts door on foreign workers
November 12, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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| | PROFESSIONAL workers from Australia and other countries outside the European Union wanting to find a job in Britain will face even tougher restrictions from 2010. |
| Bus plunges into sea, 13 dead
November 12, 2009 at 2:30 pm
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| | THIRTEEN people died today when a tour bus veered off a bridge and plunged into the sea in east China's Shandong province, state-run Xinhua news agency reported. |
| Vienna panda heads to China
November 12, 2009 at 2:26 pm
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| | FU Long the panda, Europe's first to be conceived naturally in captivity, will leave his home town of Vienna for China next week. |
| Man arrested with 1000 spiders in luggage
November 12, 2009 at 2:23 pm
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|  A BRITISH man has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro airport with 1000 live spiders in his luggage. |
| BBC publishes bosses' pay, expenses
November 12, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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| | DETAILS of the salaries and expenses of more than 100 of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)'s top executives have been published online. |
| Fort Hood suspect on 13 murder charges
November 12, 2009 at 1:41 pm
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| | US Army psychiatrist Major Nidal Hasan has been charged with 13 counts of premeditated murder in last week's Fort Hood mass shootings, a military spokesman said today. |
| Thirty-two dead in road accident
November 12, 2009 at 1:13 pm
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| | THIRTY-TWO people were killed and 42 injured when a truck overturned in northern Angola, state radio reported today. |
| Kidnapped Norway journalist freed
November 12, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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| | A NORWEGIAN journalist and his Afghan interpreter who were kidnapped last week in eastern Afghanistan have been released, Afghan and Norwegian officials said today. |
| Taliban battles kill 10 troops
November 12, 2009 at 1:07 pm
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| | AT least 10 Pakistani soldiers have died when troops encountered stiff Taliban resistance near the Afghan border, army sources say. |
| Obama on first tour of Asia
November 12, 2009 at 1:02 pm
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| | US President Barack Obama today embarked on his first tour of Asia as president, bound for Japan before later stops in Singapore, China and South Korea on a week-long trip. |
| First wooman pilot joins Red Arrows
November 12, 2009 at 12:44 pm
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| | BRITAIN'S renowned Red Arrows aerobatic display team presented its first woman pilot today, ending a high-altitude all-male bastion. |
| Hugs and heroics on world records day
November 12, 2009 at 11:52 am
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| | AUSTRALIANS were among thousands of people across the globe who attempted to break curious world records by stripping down to bikinis, cuddling strangers in railway stations and dragging buses with their hair. |
| Keeper suffers serious injuries in crash
November 12, 2009 at 11:37 am
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| | CARLO Cudicini, a goalkeeper for English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur, is in a London hospital with "possibly life-changing" injuries after crashing his motorbike, Sky News reported. |
| Obama announces summit on finding jobs
November 12, 2009 at 11:29 am
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| | PRESIDENT Barack Obama has announced a jobs forum to be held at the White House in December, as the United States struggles with a 10.2 per cent unemployment rate. |
| 'Masseur to the stars' in court for rape
November 12, 2009 at 11:02 am
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| | A FRENCH masseur who counted Tom Cruise, Sylvester Stallone and Penelope Cruz among his clients has appeared in court on date rape charges. |
| Sting sings praises of Aboriginal singer
November 12, 2009 at 8:27 am
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| | STING and indigenous Australian singer Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu got together in Paris this week to sing Every Breath You Take for French television. |
| Britain cracks down on foreign jobseekers
November 12, 2009 at 6:51 am
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| | PROFESSIONAL workers from Australia and other countries outside the European Union wanting to find a job in Britain will face even tougher restrictions from 2010. |
| US, Japan 'to call for nuke-free world'
November 12, 2009 at 6:19 am
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| | US President Barack Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama plan to issue a joint statement calling for a world without nuclear weapons when they hold talks overnight, reports said. |
| Thousands pay respects to soccer star
November 12, 2009 at 5:13 am
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| | ABOUT 35,000 people took part in a solemn procession through central Hanover to pay their respects to Robert Enke, the star goalkeeper who committed suicide this week. |
| No extra troops in Afghanistan - Smith
November 12, 2009 at 3:10 am
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| | AUSTRALIA is not considering increasing troop numbers to Afghanistan, the Federal Government says, despite the top US general on the ground calling for a military boost. |
| Japanese emperor 'did not want world war'
November 12, 2009 at 2:13 am
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| | JAPAN'S Emperor Akihito, celebrating 20 years on the throne today, offered a rare defence of his father's wartime record, saying Japanese aggression had been contrary to his wishes. |
| We won't leave Afghans in the lurch - Rudd
November 12, 2009 at 1:27 am
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| | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has promised not to leave Afghanistan "in the lurch" and reiterated his wish for the Dutch to extend their commitment. |
| Rudd calls for calm on asylum seekers
November 12, 2009 at 1:16 am
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| | PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has again stressed Australia's plan is to work calmly and methodically to resolve the crisis aboard the Oceanic Viking. |
| Digger hurt by roadside bomb
November 12, 2009 at 12:56 am
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| | AN Australian soldier has been hurt by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, Defence says. |
| Man forced girl, 11, to 'abort after rape'
November 12, 2009 at 12:31 am
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| | A MISSOURI man and his four sons have been charged with the ritualistic sex abuse of his six grandchildren, and police were searching the family farm for buried bodies. |
| S Korea staged naval clash - N Korea
November 12, 2009 at 12:11 am
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| | NORTH Korea accused South Korea's military today of staging a naval clash this week to raise tensions on the peninsula, and said it would pay dearly for the provocation. |
| China to keep Aussie exec 'spy' in jail
November 11, 2009 at 11:33 pm
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|  CHINA has extended a probe into detained Rio Tinto mining executive Stern Hu by two months, Australian officials said Thursday. |
| Asylum seekers 'will disembark boat'
November 11, 2009 at 11:12 pm
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| | ASYLUM seekers on the Oceanic Viking will have no choice but to disembark in Indonesia, acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard says. | | | 
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