Nicaragua chopper crash kills top brass

SENIOR members of Nicaragua's air force have been killed when a helicopter they were flying in crashed near Lake Managua. Ten people died in Thursday's crash, including air force chief of staff Colonel Manuel Lopez, the head of air force counterintelligence,...

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Woman sought over Sydney bus racist abuse

NSW police are seeking a woman caught on video launching a racist tirade and hurling obscenities against a schoolboy on a Sydney bus. The woman is captured verbally abusing an Asian student in a viral YouTube video after he refused her demand...

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Tibetan nun dies after self-immolation

A TIBETAN nun who last week set fire to herself in protest at Chinese rule has died, a US-based broadcaster and rights group say. The woman set herself ablaze on June 11 near Nyitso monastery, the scene of similar protests, in Daofu country of...

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ANZ should keep jobs in Australia: union

Victoria's opposition says ANZ owes it to its workers to reveal the future of call-centre jobs. Source: AAP THE ANZ bank can afford to keep every job in Australia and should provide certainty for the 600 Melbourne call centre workers whose...

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Pakistan funeral bomb's death toll rises

THE death toll from a suicide attack at a funeral in Pakistan has risen to 34 after seven victims died overnight in hospital, police say. "The death toll has risen to 34, seven more critically injured have died in hospital," police official...

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Troy Buswell top of the Dry July charts

WA Treasurer Troy Buswell is currently Australia's top fundraiser for the Dry July cause. Source: AAP BOOZE has not always been the best influence in the life of West Australian Treasurer Troy Buswell. But after vowing to give up the...

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'Tweet' to feature in Aussie dictionary

IN a further sign technology is changing the way we speak, the social networking term "tweet" has entered the Oxford English Dictionary for the first time. Tweet will also debut in Australia's printed Macquarie Dictionary later this year. Oxford...

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Elephant tramples girl to death in Nepal

AN elephant has trampled a 12-year-old girl to death after dragging her away from her home in a remote region of southeastern Nepal, police say. Three members of the girl's family managed to flee when the elephant stormed into their rural home...

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