Sink hole swallows soldier's grave in UK

WORK is to begin next week on filling a sink hole that has appeared in a British military cemetery, swallowing the grave of a soldier called Private Ryan. The grave in the Pembroke Dock war cemetery, Wales' only military graveyard, collapsed...

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Boys, 12 and 14, charged over crime spree

TWO boys, aged 12 and 14, have been charged with intimidation, assault and other offences after a two-day crime spree in a northwestern NSW town which started with a Molotov cocktail being thrown in front of a house. Police were called to the...

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Man drags boy from Melbourne playground

POLICE are searching for a man who dragged a six-year-old boy from a playground in Melbourne's southeast before letting him go. The boy was in the playground on Dempster Way in Narre Warren when he was approached by an unknown man about 5pm...

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Berkshire Hathaway's 4Q profit up 10%

WARREN Buffett's company says fourth-quarter earnings rose 10 per cent to nearly $US5 billion ($A5.60 billion) as its insurance, rail and energy businesses generated major profit gains. Berkshire Hathaway's insurance companies, which include...

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Dozens arrested in Spain, UK over fraud

MORE than 100 people have been in Spain, Britain, Serbia and the United States over a massive scam that tricked people into buying millions of pounds of worthless shares, British police say. Spanish and British officers launched a joint operation...

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Train trips offered for smoky Vic town

VICTORIANS suffering through days of smoke haze drifting into their community from a burning coal mine are being offered free train trips out of town. The Hazelwood mine in the Latrobe Valley has been burning for nearly three weeks, blanketing...

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Man wakes up in body bag at funeral home

WORKERS at a US funeral home say they found a man alive and kicking when they opened a body bag. Coroner Dexter Howard calls it a miracle that 78-year-old Walter Williams is alive. The coroner was called to Williams' home in Mississippi, where...

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UK serial killer given whole life term

PSYCHOPATHIC British serial killer Joanna Dennehy has been ordered to serve the rest of her life in prison for murdering three men before randomly selecting and attempting to kill two others. A judge told Dennehy she was "a cruel, calculating,...

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Qantas jobs losses to be revealed

QANTAS workers are set to find out how many of them will lose their jobs when Qantas announces a half year loss, even as the federal government is drafting changes to the Qantas Sale Act that would allow it to be majority foreign-owned. The...

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Putin orders military tests amid tensions

PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has ordered massive exercises involving most of its military units in western Russia amid tensions in Ukraine. Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a televised statement made at a meeting of top military brass in Moscow...

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Indonesia wants to be great power: report

AUSTRALIA should prepare for Indonesia trying to assert itself as a great regional power in coming years, but the posturing won't be aimed at its southern neighbour. A research paper from the Lowy Institute says the country will pursue a more...

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EU approves stricter tobacco rules

TOBACCO products in the EU will soon feature less attractive packaging and menthol cigarettes will be on their way out, in a move that mirrors Australia's crackdown on big tobacco. The bloc's parliament approved new rules on Wednesday aimed at...

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Parts of Pistorius trial can be broadcast

PARTS of Oscar Pistorius' murder trial can be broadcast live by three remote-controlled cameras set up in court, a judge has ruled, but the testimony given by the double-amputee Olympian himself can't be shown. Pistorius' defence lawyers failed...

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George Lucas donates $US25m to US school

FILMMAKER George Lucas and his wife Mellody Hobson are donating $US25 million ($A27.7 million) to a prestigious private school on Chicago's South Side. The University of Chicago said on Tuesday that the grant from The George Lucas Family Foundation...

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Macy's fourth quarter profit up 11%

MACY'S is reporting an 11 per cent increase in fourth-quarter profit, but its results missed Wall Street expectations as a string of winter storms chilled sales in January. The department store chain, which operates Macy's and Bloomingdale's,...

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Kiwis rally for rights in Australia

NEW Zealanders will rally together in cities around Australia to protest what they call unjust and discriminative immigration laws. The rallies on Wednesday, organised by the Iwi n Aus Foundation, will take place in Queensland, South Australia,...

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