| All eyes on Murdoch for digital future
November 14, 2009 at 10:18 pm
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| | IS Rupert Murdoch bluffing? Making a bold high-stakes gamble that will save the troubled newspaper industry? Or pursuing a pipe dream that can only end in failure? |
| Guantanamo closure 'uncertain'
November 14, 2009 at 10:15 pm
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| | THE decision to try the accused September 11 plotters in New York is a spectacular step towards closing Guantanamo Bay, but numerous obstacles remain to meeting a January deadline, experts say. |
| APEC leaders open final summit session
November 14, 2009 at 10:11 pm
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| | LEADERS of the 21-member Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, including US President Barack Obama, have opened the second and last day of annual talks today. |
| Bankers' bonus crackdown 'will be law'
November 14, 2009 at 8:28 pm
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| | PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has promised to introduce legislation to "transform" the policing of Britain's financial sector when his Government sets out its political program this week. |
| Disabled baby in court fight dies
November 14, 2009 at 7:24 pm
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| | A SEVERLY disabled baby boy at the centre of a court battle between his parents has died after his father dropped his objection to switching off his ventilator, a report said overnight. |
| France, Brazil agree on Copenhagen policy
November 14, 2009 at 12:24 pm
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| | FRANCE and Brazil have adopted a common policy for the global warming summit in Copenhagen, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said. |
| Jet crashes during South African air show
November 14, 2009 at 11:52 am
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| | A CIVILIAN pilot was killed when his fighter jet crashed shortly before he was to participate in an air show in South Africa yesterday, an air force official said. |
| APEC drops 50 per cent emission cut target
November 14, 2009 at 11:27 am
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| | ASIA-Pacific leaders will drop a fixed target for halving greenhouse gas emissions in a final summit statement, a Chinese official said, ahead of a breakfast meeting on climate issues organised by Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. |
| Obama joins leaders for dress-up dinner
November 14, 2009 at 10:56 am
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| | US President Barack Obama joined world leaders who donned colourful designer shirts for a glittering dinner overnight, taking a break from annual talks to enjoy the Singapore waterfront and skyline. |
| PM 'slept at office over security fears'
November 14, 2009 at 10:22 am
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| | PRIME Minister Silvio Berlusconi spent two nights sleeping at the office amid reports he was on a hit list of politicians held by an alleged terrorist, the Italian press said. |
| Saudi TV 'sex bragger' appeals sentence
November 14, 2009 at 9:56 am
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| | THE Saudi man sentenced to five years in prison for boasting on television about his sex life appealed his case yesterday, claiming errors and biased treatment in the original trial, his lawyer said. |
| Boatload of asylum seekers detained
November 14, 2009 at 9:28 am
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| | INDONESIAN officials say they've intercepted a boat carrying 61 Afghans heading for Australia and that two of the asylum seekers were wounded while trying to escape. |
| At least 10 killed in shooting range fire
November 14, 2009 at 9:02 am
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| | AT least 10 people including two Japanese tourists were killed and six others injured in a blaze at an indoor shooting range in South Korea yesterday. |
| Cash stunt scrapped as huge crowd gathers
November 14, 2009 at 8:33 am
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| | A FRENCH internet company that planned to throw envelopes of cash to passers-by from a bus stop had to cancel the publicity stunt for security reasons after thousands of people turned up. |
| APEC leaders back off emissions target
November 14, 2009 at 8:04 am
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| | ASIA Pacific leaders are backing away from a target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, pledging instead to "substantially" slash them by that date, the latest draft of their summit statement says. |
| Peru, Chile caught in major spying row
November 14, 2009 at 7:21 am
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| | PERU and Chile are embroiled in a worsening serious diplomatic row, after two Chilean military officials were allegedly found to be spying in Peru. |
| Bomb kills two at police checkpoint
November 14, 2009 at 6:57 am
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| | A BOMB has exploded in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar at a police checkpoint, killing at least two people and wounding 16 others, police said. |
| Soccer stars want memorial game for keeper
November 14, 2009 at 6:29 am
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| | GERMANY'S top players including Michael Ballack and Bastian Schweinsteiger have requested the German Football Federation (DFB) hold a memorial game for tragic goalkeeper Robert Enke. |
| Famed mountaineer found dead in Nepal
November 14, 2009 at 5:51 am
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| | A WELL-known Slovenian mountaineer who went missing during a solo climb in Nepal's Himalayas has been found dead, his expedition organisers said. |
| Three killed in south Thai violence
November 14, 2009 at 2:45 am
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| | SUSPECTED Islamic insurgents have shot dead three civilians and six people have been injured in bomb and shooting attacks in Thailand's troubled south. |
| Obama to make surprise APEC appearance
November 13, 2009 at 10:52 pm
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| | US President Barack Obama will make a surprise early appearance at the APEC meetings in Singapore today, after bringing forward his departure from Japan. | | | 
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