| Aussie guard admits Afghan kickbacks
November 16, 2009 at 10:19 pm
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| | AN Australian security coordinator faces five years in a US prison after admitting his role in a kickback scheme in Afghanistan. |
| Snappers told to stay clear of Richie
November 16, 2009 at 7:54 pm
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| | TWO photographers involved in a car crash with Nicole Richie have been ordered to stay at least 45m away from the former reality television star by a Los Angeles judge. |
| Dawdlers die earlier - study
November 16, 2009 at 7:27 pm
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| | SLOW walking may not only mean getting to your destination later but it could also be taking its toll on your health, according to a French study. |
| Best sprinters have long toes, short feet
November 16, 2009 at 6:11 pm
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| | LONGER toes and shorter lower legs allow sprinters to run faster than others, a new study suggests. |
| 'Perfect crime' bank robber surrenders
November 16, 2009 at 5:34 pm
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| | THE driver of a security van who vanished earlier this month with more than €11 million ($17.5 million) in cash has surrendered to police in Monaco, French authorities said. |
| Facebook's 'unfriend' is word of year
November 16, 2009 at 5:13 pm
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| | THE New Oxford American Dictionary has named "unfriend" - as in deleting someone as a friend on a social network such as Facebook - its word of the year. |
| Santa jailed for Thai child-sex trips
November 16, 2009 at 4:44 pm
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| | A US court has handed 19-and-a-half years in prison to a fledgling actor convicted of abusing children as young as six on trips to Thailand and posting the images on the internet. |
| Doctor jailed for abortion attempt
November 16, 2009 at 4:09 pm
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| | A DOCTOR has been jailed for six years for trying to poison his pregnant lover to bring on an abortion. |
| Mystery as 38 birds drop dead at show
November 16, 2009 at 3:54 pm
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| | ANIMAL experts are baffled as to why 38 budgerigars suddenly dropped dead at a show in northern Wales at the weekend. |
| Short-circuit caused Brazil blackout
November 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm
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| | A MASSIVE blackout across half of Brazil last week was caused by a short-circuit during bad weather, the energy ministry insisted despite persistent doubts over its explanation. |
| Agency wrongly announces royal death
November 16, 2009 at 3:18 pm
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| | BELGIUM'S national press agency Belga erroneously announced the death of the country's queen mother, after a mischievous posting on its new twitter-style service. |
| Space shuttle Atlantis launches
November 16, 2009 at 2:55 pm
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| | THE space shuttle Atlantis has blasted off on a mission to carry spare parts to the International Space Station (ISS), NASA said. |
| Actor Edward Woodward dead at 79
November 16, 2009 at 2:51 pm
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| | BRITISH actor Edward Woodward, famous for film and television roles including The Wicker Man, Australian feature Breaker Morant and US series The Equalizer, has died in hospital, aged 79. |
| Obama bow a low blow, say critics
November 16, 2009 at 1:27 pm
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| | PHOTOS of Barack Obama bowing to Japan's emperor have incensed critics in the US, who said the President should stand tall when representing America overseas. |
| Luxury cruise ship trapped in ice
November 16, 2009 at 10:46 am
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| | MORE than 100 penguin-loving tourists including dozens from Britain are trapped by ice off Antarctica aboard a Russian ice-breaker cruise ship, officials and the tour operator said today. |
| UN hunger summit vows urgent action
November 16, 2009 at 9:00 am
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| | A UN summit on food security vowed in a final declaration on Monday to take "urgent action" to eliminate hunger affecting more than one billion people around the world. |
| The Queen goes 3D
November 16, 2009 at 6:30 am
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| | UNSEEN colour 3D newsreel from the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II lost in an archive for more than half a century will be broadcast for the first time this week. |
| Berlusconi fraud trial adjourned
November 16, 2009 at 5:30 am
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| | THE trial of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of tax fraud involving his media empire Mediaset has been postponed to January 18, media reports said. |
| Tigers killed after mauling zookeeper
November 16, 2009 at 4:15 am
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| | POLICE in northeast China shot dead two starving Siberian tigers after the animals severely mauled a zoo worker, state media said today. |
| Chaos as Qantas computers fail
November 16, 2009 at 3:40 am
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| | ALL Qantas check-ins have been thrown into chaos, after the computer check-in system failed across the country and the world. |
| Eight Afghan police killed in attack
November 16, 2009 at 2:44 am
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| | SUSPECTED Taliban militants stormed a police post and killed up to eight policemen in southern Afghanistan, a senior officer said, in the latest attack on the poorly-armed force. |
| Special censorship team for Balibo film
November 16, 2009 at 12:17 am
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| | INDONESIAN'S censors have formed a special team to decide whether to allow the politically sensitive Australian movie about the Balibo Five to be shown in the country. | | | 
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