American abducted in Pakistan urges help

A 72-YEAR-OLD American development worker who was kidnapped in Pakistan by al-Qaeda more than two years ago has appealed to President Barack Obama in a video to negotiate his release, saying he feels "totally abandoned and forgotten". The video...

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Donors needed to get over blood hurdle

PEOPLE are being urged to roll up their sleeves to help Australians get over one of the last hurdles of 2013. In the lead-up to the New Year's Day holiday, the Australian Red Cross Blood Service needs to ensure it has a constant supply of platelets,...

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Weekly US jobless claims drop 42,000

THE number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits dropped by 42,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 338,000, the biggest drop since November 2012. But economists say the figures from late November and December are warped by seasonal...

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Philippine rebels vow to intensify attacks

PHILIPPINE communist rebels have vowed to intensify attacks against government troops and build a 25,000-strong guerrilla force, but the military has mocked the target as unrealistic. New People's Army guerrillas marked the 45th founding anniversary...

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Canoeist missing at NSW dam

A MAN remains missing after falling out of a capsizing canoe and failing to surface at a dam in the NSW Southern Tablelands. Police said the 21-year-old was one of three young men thrown into the water when the canoe tipped over on the Pejar...

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Ambush in Central African Republic

SIX Chadian peacekeepers have been killed and 15 wounded after being ambushed in the Central African Republic's chaotic capital, the spokesman for an African Union peacekeeping force says. You have reached your weekly Guest Accesslimit of 5* FREE...

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Target says 40 million accounts breached

TARGET says that about 40 million credit and debit card accounts may have been affected by a data breach that occurred just as the holiday shopping season shifted into high gear. The chain said that customers who made purchases using their cards...

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Serco to repay $A127m for overcharging UK

THE British government says security firm Serco has agreed to repay STG68.5 million ($A127.56 million) after it was accused of overcharging on contracts to monitor offenders using electronic tags. The Ministry of Justice says Serco will reimburse...

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Honda tops US insurance sector safety list

HONDA has topped the US insurance industry's annual list of the safest new vehicles. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety on Thursday gave 39 vehicles top safety ratings for 2014. That is dramatically fewer than the 130 on the list last...

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Samsung, LG to unveil 105-inch curved TVs

SAMSUNG Electronics and LG Electronics say their curved TVs will get bigger and sport sharpness four times that of regular HD television sets. The world's two largest TV makers will display ultra-HD TVs with curved screens that measure 105 inches...

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US existing-home sales drop for 3rd month

THE number of people who bought existing US homes in November declined for the third straight month. Higher mortgage rates have made home-buying more expensive, while the lingering impact of the October government shutdown may have deterred...

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Report questions UK rendition role

BRITAIN "may have become inappropriately" involved in some cases of rendition of suspected terrorists, a report by the aborted inquiry into British complicity in torture has found. Sir Peter Gibson's investigation has found 27 areas that need...

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UK man wins ruling in royal will case

A MAN who believes he may be the illegitimate son of the late Princess Margaret has won an important High Court ruling which could aid his quest to see the contents of the will of the Queen's sister and that of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother. ...

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US unemployment aid applications surge

THE number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000, the largest increase in more than a year. The surge in first-time applications could be a troubling sign if it lasts. But it likely reflects...

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Nigella judge in Cameron rebuke

JURORS in the trial of two former personal assistants accused of defrauding Nigella Lawson and Charles Saatchi have been warned to ignore comments made by British Prime Minister David Cameron about the celebrity cook. Judge Robin Johnson told...

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Fewer US homes entering foreclosure path

THE number of US homes entering the path to foreclosure or winding up repossessed by lenders has fallen to levels not seen in more than six years. While foreclosures remain a concern in select states, the trend is the latest sign foreclosures...

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US retail sales rise 0.7 per cent

US consumers ramped up spending in November on cars, appliances and furniture and made more purchases online, signalling growing confidence in the economy during the holiday shopping season. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.7...

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US retail sales rise 0.7 per cent

US consumers ramped up spending in November on cars, appliances and furniture and made more purchases online, signalling growing confidence in the economy during the holiday shopping season. The Commerce Department says retail sales rose 0.7...

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US unemployment aid applications surge

THE number of people seeking US unemployment benefits rose 68,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 368,000, the largest increase in more than a year. The surge in first-time applications could be a troubling sign if it lasts. But it likely reflects...

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Cate Blanchett nominated for Golden Globe

CATE Blanchett had better find a gown to wear to the Oscars, although Hugh Jackman, Geoffrey Rush and Chris Hemsworth likely won't have to worry about tuxedos. You have reached your weekly Guest Accesslimit of 5* FREE ARTICLES. REGISTER FOR FREE...

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Shark blamed for NSW surfer's injuries

A SURFER who showed up at a NSW mid-north coast hospital with cuts to his hand and leg has received a surprising diagnosis: shark attack. Police say the 26-year-old was in the water at Port Macquarie about 6.15pm (AEDT) on Thursday, when he...

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Manufacturing decline is limited: report

AUSTRALIA'S manufacturing sector has faced difficult economic conditions over the past decade but new research has pin-pointed a sharp downturn in overall productivity to just three key areas. A staff working paper by the Productivity Commission...

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Trade not aid key to Asian support: Abbott

TRADE, not aid, should be Australia's policy when it comes to assisting Asian neighbours, Prime Minister Tony Abbott said, as the opposition called for an inquiry into his government's $4.5 billion aid program cuts. Speaking in Melbourne on Thursday...

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Boy dies in Queensland road accident

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy has died in hospital in north Queensland after his bike and a car collided. He was riding at the intersection of Hans Christian Street and Brownsey Court at Sarina on Thursday afternoon when the accident happened. He was...

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Blue Mountains families want repair action

SOME 70 Blue Mountains families who lost everything in the October bushfires are on track to have their blocks cleared, ready for rebuilding, just in time for Christmas. NSW Services Minister Andrew Constance on Thursday night fronted residents...

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Deposit outflows from Cypriot banks slow

CYPRUS' central bank says deposit outflows from the bailed-out country's banks have slowed to their lowest level in 10 months. Figures released on Thursday show overall deposits at the end of October to be at 47.3 billion euros ($A71.2 billion),...

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Britain scales back loan program

THE Bank of England has scaled back a loan program meant to spur economic recovery, amid fears that cheap mortgages could inflate a housing bubble. The Fund for Lending program was launched in June last year by the bank together with the Treasury...

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Syrian troops retake rebel-held town

THE Syrian army has retaken a mainly Christian town near the capital Damascus, a week after Islamist rebels seized it. The army regained full control of Deir Attiyeh in the Damascus countryside "after eliminating the last dens of terrorists...

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Sri Lanka starts counting civil war dead

SRI Lanka's government has started counting the dead, wounded and missing in its quarter-century civil war amid international pressure to conduct a credible investigation into war crimes allegations. It comes two years after a local war commission...

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Ryanair opens new destinations for 2014

LOW-FARE airline Ryanair has announced new routes for next northern summer. The budget carrier will be operating from Stansted airport to 12 new destinations, including Basle, Bordeaux and Bucharest. The no-frills airline, which has launched...

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Aussie tour a long shot for Python show

MONTY Python haven't ruled out eventually touring their reunion show to Australia although John Cleese has joked it would be easier to travel to another planet. News+ Oops! Please register or log in to continue. (It's quick, easy and free.) Continue...

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Greece predicts return to growth in 2014

GREECE'S deputy finance minister says the economy is expected to emerge from its recession and grow slightly next year. Christos Staikouras said on Thursday that the 2014 budget projects economic growth of 0.6 per cent next year. He spoke as...

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UK PM 'following' escort agency on Twitter

British Prime Minister David Cameron has been following a high-class escort agency on Twitter. Source: AAP BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has been following the exploits of a high-class escort agency on Twitter. One of the prime...

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Cyclone warning issued for southern India

A TROPICAL cyclone over the Bay of Bengal is likely to hit coastal areas of India's southern state of Andhra Pradesh over the next 24 hours, with evacuations set to begin soon, officials said on Thursday. Cyclone Helen is predicted to bring...

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UK police free women held as slaves

Dream end on MCG comes to ashes A MULTIPLE sclerosis sufferer has hit out at the rejection of her dying wish that her ashes be scattered on the hallowed turf of the MCG. Train lines shut on New Year's Eve NEW Year's Eve revellers from...

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Pedestrian dies in crash near Townsville

A PEDESTRIAN has died after being hit by a car at Nome, near Townsville. The woman died at the scene when she was hit on the Bruce Highway at about 9pm (AEST) on Thursday, police said. The woman driving the car was taken to Townsville Hospital...

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On-the-run terror suspect suing Britain

A TERRORISM suspect who escaped British surveillance by disguising himself in a burka is suing the government over alleged torture, it's been revealed. Mohammed Ahmed Mohamed evaded police surveillance last week by changing his Western-style...

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Huntsman spider found at UK warehouse

A FEARSOME-LOOKING giant spider common in Australia has given workers at a British warehouse a fright after travelling over from Asia. The 17-centimetre-long huntsman spider came over to East Sussex after stowing away in a shipping container...

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Controversial health website launched

PRIVATE health fund nib has launched a controversial website that allows patients to rate the cost and service levels of health practitioners. The searchable Whitecoat website is open to all Australians and lists 30,000 "extras" providers such...

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Australian bulls mistreated in Mauritius

MORE video of apparent cruelty to Australian animals has emerged, this time of bulls being mistreated in Mauritius. After releasing footage of sheep being treated cruelly in Jordan in October, Animals Australia is claiming breaches of live export...

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US unemployment benefit applications fall

THE number of people seeking US unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 336,000 last week, bringing applications to pre-recession levels. The Labor Department said on Thursday that the less volatile four-week average dropped...

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Bank of England keeps rates unchanged

THE Bank of England has decided to keep its key interest rate at a record low of 0.5 per cent as it monitors the economy's strengthening recovery. The Monetary Policy Committee also voted on Thursday to refrain from pumping more money into the...

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Sven lover 'sold story for STG300,000'

FORMER England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson's mistress received STG300,000 ($A509,000) to sell her story to two Sunday newspapers, a UK jury has been told. Faria Alam, 47, began an affair with Eriksson while working as a secretary at the FA and...

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US man denies mailing guns to Australia

A US man has denied he posted an assault rifle and a 9mm pistol to buyers in Australia. Adam Joseph Bunger, 33, was arraigned in the District Court in Bowling Green, Kentucky, on Wednesday accused of using encrypted German-based website Black...

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MPs don headscarves in Turkish parliament

FOUR female MPs with the Islamic conservative AK party have broken a long-standing taboo by wearing headscarves in the Turkish parliament. The last time an MP wore a headscarf in parliament was in 1999, when parliamentarian Merve Kavakci caused...

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Safe assumption phone was tapped: Carr

BOB Carr says while he was foreign minister it was a "safe assumption" to operate as though his phone calls were being monitored. Mr Carr's comments come after media leaks from former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden revealed that German...

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UK Trial told Brooks, Coulson had affair

FORMER News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks and ex-News of the World editor Andy Coulson had an affair for at least six years, a jury has heard. Prosecutor Andrew Edis has told jurors at the Old Bailey that in February 2004, when...

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Permira snaps up UK's Dr Martens

BRITISH boot brand Dr Martens has been snapped up by private equity firm Permira in a STG300 million ($A507.14 million) deal, ending more than 50 years of family ownership. It means the boots - footwear of choice for generations of skinheads,...

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Roma family removals probe in Ireland

IRELAND'S police watchdog will review the cases of two Roma families having children removed from their homes amid claims they could not prove their identity. Two reports have been ordered on the controversial action by gardai and health officials...

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Spain's unemployment rate falls

THE number of unemployed people in Spain dropped by 72,800 to 5.9 million in the third quarter, pushing the unemployment rate down to 25.98 per cent. The drop in the number of jobless people in the third quarter, compared to the same period...

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Bad bushfire conditions set to linger

BUSHFIRE-WEARY NSW residents shouldn't expect any respite just yet, with dangerous fire weather expected to linger for at least another three days. Scores of fires continued to burn around the state late on Thursday as the bushfire crisis entered...

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Appeal for UK Savile cop to come forward

A FORMER UK police officer who anonymously told journalists that he caught Jimmy Savile trying to seduce an underage girl in 1965 has been urged to come forward and speak to investigators. The ex-Leeds Pc spoke to the Daily Mirror and the BBC...

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Drug offers hope for pancreas cancer

A BREAST cancer drug can double two-year survival rates of patients with pancreatic cancer, trial results have shown. Nab-paclitaxel, marketed as Abraxane, also increased the proportion of patients still alive after one year by 59 per cent....

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Conditions easing for NSW firefighters

LARGE fires continue to burn across NSW, but Friday should bring a welcome change of conditions for firefighters and residents in fire zones. While the extent of the devastation was unclear on Thursday night, one of the worst-hit areas was Springwood,...

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Time for human Hendra trial: scientist

THE scientist who developed the Hendra vaccine wants to see it trialled on humans. Almost a year after the Equivac vaccine became commercially available for horse inoculation, Professor Christopher Broder is hoping to secure funding to start human...

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Warships to leave Sydney Harbour

THEY sailed, they berthed and they entertained. Now the warships in town for the International Fleet Review will depart Sydney Harbour, marking the close of the nine-day navy event. Those from afar off as Nigeria, India and the United Kingdom...

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Vic police vow to continue bikie crackdown

POLICE have vowed to continue their crackdown on bikies involved in criminal activities after the largest raid on a single club in Victoria's history. Guns, ammunition, drugs and cash were seized and 13 people arrested when more than 700 police,...

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Church attempted to conceal crimes, FoI

THE Catholic Church believed it had an understanding with the NSW police in 2003 that allowed them to conceal evidence against pedophile priests, a freedom of information (FoI) document reveals. The file, accessed through FoI laws by NSW Greens...

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Man stabbed after Sydney mugging

TWO men have been robbed and one stabbed on a busy west Sydney street. A man turned up with stab wounds to a medical centre on Haldon Street, the main shopping strip in Lakemba, on Thursday night. He was taken to St George Hospital but his...

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Rudd to unveil outer suburbs plan

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is to unveil his plan to make living in the outer suburbs more affordable. Mr Rudd, who is campaigning in Perth on Friday, will commit to appointing Australia's first Minister for Cities and will also pledge to set...

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Young women have more IVF success: study

ONE in two women aged under 35 will be rewarded with a baby if they persevere with assisted fertilisation attempts, according to a groundbreaking study. But the chances of success drop dramatically after five tries. The University of NSW (UNSW)...

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Hockney aide killed by acid drink

AN assistant to British artist David Hockney died after drinking acid at the painter's home, an inquest has heard. Dominic Elliott, 23, had taken cocaine, ecstasy and temazepam before he drank the liquid and was rushed to hospital, where he...

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UK government wins Snowden case

A BRITISH court has ruled the UK government may look through items seized from the partner of a journalist who has written stories about documents leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. Lawyers for David Miranda,...

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Fund for slain Aussie nears $US100,000

AN online fund set up by a mate of murdered Australian Chris Lane to help pay for funeral expenses has been deluged with almost $US100,000 ($A112,000) in donations from people around the world. When Marshall Veal, who played baseball with Mr Lane...

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WikiLeaks 'not a front for the Greens'

Julian Assange has taken responsibility for the apparent disintegration of his WikiLeaks Party. Source: AAP THE WikiLeaks Party has accused the Australian Greens of trying to divert voters away from it. Julian Assange's party faced criticism...

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