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A masked supporter of Julian Assange outside Ecuador's embassy in Knightsbridge, London. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA The lawyer of two Swedish women who made allegations of sexual assault against Assange has denounced Ecuador's move as "absurd".
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< Prev of 2 Next > DRUG baron Tony Mokbel was able to build a business empire by borrowing millions of dollars from a major bank for his property investments.
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Asylum-seekers rescued by the MV Parsifal are dropped off at Christmas Island. Source: The Australian ASYLUM seekers arriving by boat will again be locked up in detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, after deadlock-breaking ...
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ADAM Ashley-Cooper is closing in on David Campese's Wallabies try-scoring record against the All Blacks, but do not expect him to score a hat-trick in a defence-orientated opening Bledisloe Cup Test in Sydney tomorrow night.
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A FUNNY thing happened on the way to the Coles supermarket. The very fashionable idea that single purpose, focused companies are always better than conglomerates that operate across many areas was finally consigned to the dustbin of history.
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PUBERTY Blues series remake only draws 925000 viewers but the nostalgia was a triumph. Molls, Chiko rolls, crocheted bikinis, sunburn, Parker furniture, pashing and 50 shades of beige trousers were enough to pull last night's Puberty Blues premiere ...
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KARACHI, Pakistan - An attack early Thursday on a major Pakistani air force base where some of the country's nuclear weapons are thought to be stored, set off a heavy gun battle in which eight attackers and one security official were killed.
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SWEDISH furniture giant Ikea plans a one-billion-euro move into the hotel sector, opening at least 100 hotels in Europe, according to a company executive cited by a Swedish daily.
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THE curious murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, appears to have achieved the rare feat of uniting Maoists and liberals.
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By Anna Smolchenko (AFP) - 4 hours ago MOSCOW - Russia on Thursday put the Pussy Riot trial judge under protection ahead of the delivery of her verdict as ex-Beatle Paul McCartney joined the chorus of support for the jailed punk rockers.
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ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Queen Elizabeth II's 91-year-old husband Prince Philip, who is in hospital with a bladder infection, is responding well to treatment, Buckingham Palace said on Thursday.
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THE next time a stranger knocks on your door searching for a lost dog, beware: he could be trying to sell you a pup. The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission has exposed some of the secret sales tactics of the door-to-door marketer in a report ...
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Gambling firm Tatts Group is suing the Victorian government for more than $490 million in compensation following the expiry of its licence to operate poker machines.
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A SLUMPING coal price and a higher Australian dollar will hit earnings at Wesfarmers' resources division, says chief executive Richard Goyder.
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UNIONS and business leaders are warning that 85600 jobs could be lost from manufacturing within five years unless the nation's productivity and competitiveness is improved and are calling for a new innovation and skills agenda to take advantage of ...
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Stockholm production company Day4 fooled portions of the tech world last week into believing that Apple was working on an odd-shaped screw - an effort to show how quickly people are to believe anything they find online.
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The State Government says it is close to reaching an agreement with Optus and Vodafone to extend the reach of a new emergency text message warning system.
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MICHAEL J. Fox is planning a return to series TV, more than a decade after he left to fight Parkinson's disease. The actor, who first gained fame in the 1980s sitcom Family Ties and later headlined Spin City, will star in a comedy that's in development ...
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Jennifer Hawkins opened Myer's spring/summer collection to the beat of funky tribal music wearing a red and black African print strapless dress, but the theme for the next season is a more feminine, flowing look.
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SHATTERED NSW Origins Legend chairman and chief executive Chris Anderson was searching for answers last night after the fledgling organisation was told it had lost the support of the NSW Rugby League.
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RACING Victoria boss Rob Hines expects charges to be laid by Victoria Police in relation to race-fixing, but the state's peak racing body may not wait, standing alleged offenders down if legal advice supports such action.
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ST KILDA coach Scott Watters has declared the club fears nobody as it takes steps towards quickly becoming a "juggernaut" of the competition.
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THEY may have the rest of the NRL running scared but Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens put on a brave and determined face yesterday as he spoke about the dual challenge of conquering a Canterbury side riding an 11-game winning streak and silencing a ...
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SEVEN months ago, Cameron White's international Twenty20 career appeared to be in tatters after a form slump resulted in him being stripped of the captaincy and dropped from the squad.
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By Paul Rincon Science editor, BBC News website The wreck of the ship that carried Captain Robert Scott on his doomed expedition to the Antarctic a century ago has been discovered off Greenland.
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By Brid-Aine Parnell • Get more from this author Astroboffins have spotted a galaxy cluster that's breaking all the cosmic rules, including coming back to life to spawn stars at an enormous rate.
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By Daily Mail Reporter Pregnant women who develop cancer can have chemotherapy without endangering their unborn child, say researchers.
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* EU could change packaging rules in new law * Also considering larger health images on cigarette packs * Smoking could kill 8 million people a year by 2030-WHO By Claire Davenport BRUSSELS, Aug 16 (Reuters) - The European Union is considering banning ...
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Groundbreaking work with lab mice has boosted hopes for a male contraceptive pill, researchers in the United States report. A compound initially sketched as a candidate for blocking cancer has been found to stop sperm generation in mice, they say.
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