| 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. |
| Nearly 4000 swine flu deaths in US
November 12, 2009 at 4:19 pm
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| | SWINE flu has killed nearly 4000 people, including 540 children, in the US since it emerged in April, according to new estimates. |
| 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. |
| Fort Hood suspect on 13 murder charges
November 12, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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| | INVESTIGATORS today charged suspected Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan with 13 counts of pre-meditated murder over last week's shooting rampage at the Texas military base. |
| 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 BBC's top executives have been published online. |
| First woman 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. |
| 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. |
| President: We have too many time zones
November 12, 2009 at 10:45 am
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| | FROM Kaliningrad to Kamchatka, Russia covers 11 time zones - and President Dmitry Medvedev says that is too many. |
| Shoot the bastards, pollie says of crims
November 12, 2009 at 10:23 am
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| | SOUTH Africa's deputy police minister has urged officers to "shoot the bastards", backing calls for tougher action against criminals days after police shot dead a three-year-old boy. |
| 'Balloon boy' parents to plead guilty
November 12, 2009 at 9:03 am
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|  THE parents behind the "balloon boy" hoax could spend up to 90 days in jail after pleading guilty. |
| 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 WWII'
November 12, 2009 at 2:13 am
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|  - Wartime emperor 'did not want WWII'
- Said Japanese aggression against his wishes
- 'He took to heart maintaining peace'
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| Man forced girl, 11, to 'abort after rape'
November 12, 2009 at 12:31 am
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|  - Man, and four sons, 'raped his grandchildren'
- Girl was 'forced to marry uncle'
- Police searching for bodies at family farm
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| 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 will keep mining executive Stern Hu in detention for another two months over allegations of spying and bribery. |
| Mike Tyson in suspected airport assault
November 11, 2009 at 9:28 pm
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|  MIKE Tyson taken into custody by police after a suspected clash with paparazzi at LA Airport. |
| Docs worried soldier was 'psychotic'
November 11, 2009 at 9:16 pm
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| | US military doctors had worried that the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shootings was "psychotic" and unstable but did not seek to sack him, National Public Radio reported today, citing unnamed officials. |
| Kidnapped Irish priest freed
November 11, 2009 at 9:11 pm
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| | MUSLIM rebels handed elderly Irish priest Michael Sinnott over to Philippine authorities in good health today, just over a month after he was abducted, authorities said. |
| Brazil blames storm for massive blackout
November 11, 2009 at 6:12 pm
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| | A BLACKOUT that cast half of Brazil into darkness overnight was caused by a fierce storm that shorted three high-tension transmission lines, the energy ministry said today. | | | 
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