BlackBerry selling Canadian real estate

BLACKBERRY is selling most of its real estate holdings in Canada as the struggling smartphone company continues to look for ways to improve its business. BlackBerry Ltd did not disclose the buyer or purchase price, but said Friday that it will...

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Norwegian museum returns stolen Matisse

A NORWEGIAN art museum has returned a precious Matisse painting looted by the Nazis in the Second World War to the American heirs of the French art dealer Paul Rosenberg. The 1937 painting by Henri Matisse - Woman in Blue in Front of a Fireplace...

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NASA could predict sinkholes

RADAR images taken from planes or satellites could some day be used to predict where sinkholes might form - a potential boon for Florida, the sinkhole capital of the US. The possibility of an early-warning system stems from new NASA research...

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Toilet etiquette in year's oddest title

A GUIDE to coping with an awkward romantic moment has been awarded a prize for the year's oddest book title. Humorous self-help book How to Poo on a Date: The Lovers' Guide to Toilet Etiquette triumphed Friday in the quirky Diagram Prize. Organisers...

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Polish jail takes Bosnian war criminal

A FORMER Bosnian Serb general who was the first person convicted of genocide by the UN Yugoslav war crimes tribunal has been transferred to Poland to serve out his sentence, prison officials say. The International Criminal Tribunal for the former...

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NGA director Ron Radford retires

Director of the National Gallery of Australia, Ron Radford, has announced his retirement. Source: AAP THE National Gallery of Australia's director has announced his retirement. Ron Radford will have served close to a decade in the gallery's...

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Teen sneaks to top of World Trade Center

A 16-YEAR-OLD boy has bypassed security and climbed to the top of 1 World Trade Center, the US's tallest building, to take pictures in the middle of the night, police say. The teen was arrested early on Sunday and charged with misdemeanour criminal...

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Border protection team fronts Senate again

THE Operation Sovereign Borders band is getting back together to front another tough audience in a Labor- and Greens-dominated parliamentary committee. Immigration department secretary Martin Bowles, customs chief Michael Pezzullo and operation...

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Teens plead not guilty in US Lane case

TWO US teenagers who have been charged in the shooting death of an Australian baseball player in Oklahoma have pleaded not guilty and waived their right to a speedy trial. On Thursday, 18-year-old Michael Dewayne Jones and 16-year-old Chancey...

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US court tosses $US1.2b Risperdal case

THE Arkansas Supreme Court has overturned a $US1.2 billion ($A1.33 billion) judgment against Johnson & Johnson in a lawsuit challenging the pharmaceutical company's marketing of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. The court ruled on Thursday...

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Man arrested over Victoria child abduction

VICTORIAN police will seek the extradition of a man from NSW over the abduction and sexual assault of a young boy in Melbourne. Victorian police contacted their NSW counterparts on Tuesday about a man they were searching for following a nine-year-old...

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US man's 'gun' turns out to be a tattoo

US police armed with assault rifles descended on a man's home after members of a tree removal crew he'd told to leave his property in Maine reported that he had a gun. But it turns out the "gun" the tree crew had seen on Michael Smith was just...

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FedEx profit up, but misses expectations

FEDEX Corp says its latest quarterly profit has risen five per cent from a year ago despite storms that raised the company's costs, but the results were below analysts' expectations. The company's ground-shipping segment is doing better, but...

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Virtual presence at Irish funerals

A NEW online service has been launched to allow Irish emigrants to "attend" family funerals over the internet. Members of the diaspora who are unable to travel to pay their respects will be able to log in to a special private weblink and stream...

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New cancer drug could extend life

A CANCER drug which could prolong the lives of terminally ill patients has been trialled for the first time, a hospital trust has announced. Clinicians hope the drug, taken as an oral pill, will benefit patients with terminal forms of leukaemia...

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Australia attends Jakarta maritime talks

INDONESIAN immigration officers in the area where asylum seekers set off for Australia - and where the first orange lifeboat came back - say they are undermanned and overwhelmed, but still stopped almost 1000 people risking their lives last year....

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Market blast kills 17 in Afghanistan

AT least 17 civilians have been killed and 46 others injured after a suicide bomber blew himself up in a crowded market in northern Afghanistan. "A pregnant woman and two children are also among the dead," said Abdul Sattar Barez, deputy governor...

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Govt to try to push through bills

THE Abbott government has had enough of stalling in the Senate and will move a motion on Wednesday calling for a vote on bills abolishing the mining and carbon taxes. The carbon tax repeal legislation has been bogged down in the upper house...

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Aust gets back-up in aircraft search

AIRCRAFT from New Zealand and the United States will bolster Australian search efforts in the southern Indian Ocean on Wednesday as the operation to find Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 continues. Four RAAF aircraft have already started sweeping...

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PM to start red tape cull

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott plans to light the nation's "biggest bonfire of regulations" on Wednesday with a promised $1 billion cull of red tape. The government intends getting rid of 10,000 redundant acts of parliament and regulations, putting...

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Woman found dead in Qld river named

A WOMAN found dead in a river at the Queensland-NSW border has been identified, with police treating her death as suspicious. The body of Goondiwindi woman Alexis Jeffery, 24, was found in the Macintyre River, in her home town, late on Sunday...

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Sri Lankan police arrest rights activists

SRI Lankan anti-terrorist police have arrested two prominent human rights activists in the country's former war zone in the latest crackdown on rights defenders. Both Ruki Fernando, an adviser for the Human Rights Documentation Center, and Catholic...

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Earthquake rattles Los Angeles

A PRE-DAWN earthquake has rolled across the Los Angeles basin, rattling houses from the San Fernando Valley to Long Beach. The 4.4-magnitude quake was centred 10km northwest of Beverly Hills and struck at 6.25am on Monday (0025 AEDT Tuesday),...

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Science back on political agenda

AUSTRALIA'S science community is pushing for specialist advisers across all federal government departments. Following the Abbott government's scrapping of a science ministry, Science and Technology Australia boss Catriona Jackson said industry...

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Defence Minister attends Jakarta meeting

THE government is taking another step towards improving strained ties with Indonesia with Defence Minister David Johnston attending a top level conference in Jakarta on building maritime collaboration. Senator Johnston will be accompanied by...

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Dubai refinancing deal on $22bn debt

DUBAI has reached an agreement with Abu Dhabi and the United Arab Emirates' central bank to extend payment of $US20 billion ($A22.23 billion) of debt due this year. Dubai built up tens of billions of dollars in debt during a building boom but...

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