Object thrown from stolen car strikes man

A MAN is in hospital with serious head injuries after being hit by an object thrown from a suspected stolen car in the Northern Tablelands of NSW. Police had been trying to stop the suspect vehicle but called off their pursuit on the New England...

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It's crunch time for Abbott, warns Wilkie

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott is facing crunch time and has to prove he could be prime minister, an independent MP has claimed. If he fails to come up with detailed policies, Mr Abbott could be in trouble, according to Andrew Wilkie. Speaking...

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US stocks gain in early trade

US stocks have registered solid gains as the markets rebounded from a two-day shutdown and a hesitant reopening a day earlier. Earnings reports ahead of the opening were mixed: ExxonMobil (-0.68 per cent) reported a smaller-than-expected seven...

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Court hands Iraq VP 2nd death sentence

AN Iraqi court has convicted the country's Sunni vice-president on charges of instigating bodyguards to assassinate a senior government official and sentenced him to death. Thursday's verdict was the second death sentence for Tariq al-Hashemi...

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Israel fesses up: We killed Arafat deputy

LIFTING a nearly 25-year veil of secrecy, Israel is admitting that it killed the deputy of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in a 1988 raid in Tunis. Israel has long been suspected of assassinating Khalil al-Wazir, who was better known by his...

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Sandy toll rises to 34 in NYC

THE number of deaths in New York City from superstorm Sandy has risen again, from 24 to 34, city police say. The increase raises the national toll to 82 across 15 US states hit by the storm, according to US media reports. The overall toll from...

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Mum stabbed son, 7, more than 100 times

Elzbieta Plackowska, 40, who was charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of her 7-year-old son and a 5-year-old girl. Source: AP PROSECUTORS say a suburban Chicago woman stabbed her 7-year-old son more than 100 times and a 5-year-old...

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