US stocks retreat slightly

US stocks Thursday edged lower after recent record-setting gains, despite a favourable report on jobless claims. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.99 (0.01 per cent) to 15,103.13. The broad-based S&P 500...

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Portuguese unemployment hits record 17.7%

PORTUGAL'S unemployment rate rose sharply in the first quarter of 2013 to a record high 17.7 per cent from 16.9 per cent in the fourth quarter of last year, data from the national statistics institute INE shows. For the whole of 2013 the government...

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Kenya asks UN to drop ICC charges

KENYA has written to the UN Security Council seeking to scrap the international crimes against humanity trials for President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Vice President William Ruto, according to a letter seen on Thursday. Kenyatta, 51, voted into power...

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Technology changes how we chat to mum

TECHNOLOGY is changing the way Australians communicate with their mums, with more using social media and video calls to stay in touch, new research suggests. But no matter what method is used, it seems one thing will never change - we still call...

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Remote students less likely to reach uni

HIGH school students from remote and disadvantaged Queensland schools are less likely to be accepted into university. Year 12 completion rates are almost universal across the state, with close to 100 per cent of students at most state and Christian...

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US kidnap suspect called himself predator

FOUND inside the house where Ariel Castro allegedly held three women captive for a decade was a note from 2004 in which he called himself "a sexual predator" in need of help, local media reported. Castro, 52, was arraigned on Thursday for the...

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Slain Boston bomber suspect finally buried

SLAIN Boston Marathon bomber suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev has finally been buried, ending a growing row over what to do with his body, police in the Massachusetts town of Worcester say. "As a result of our public appeal for help, a courageous and...

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