Australia condemns bomb attacks on Lebanon

Australia has condemned bomb attacks on mosques in Lebanon that killed more than 40 people. Source: AAP AUSTRALIA has condemned overnight bomb attacks on mosques in northern Lebanon that killed more than 40 people and injured 400. Foreign...

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Bob Jane says son reunion not on

Tyre king Bob Jane says he won't reconcile with his son after a bitter legal fight over his fortune. Source: AAP TYRE tycoon Bob Jane says there is no chance of reconciling with his son Rodney following a bitter legal battle over his empire....

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Tourists, residents flee huge US wildfire

A out-of-control wildfire forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes inside Yosemite National Park. Source: AAP A WILDFIRE in northern California has grown to more than three times the size of San Francisco as it spreads inside the border...

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Facebook aims to get more people online

Facebook has announced a partnership aimed at connecting four billion people still not online. Source: AAP FACEBOOK wants to get more of the world's 7 billion people online through a partnership with Samsung, Nokia and other large mobile...

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ACCI tells Rudd, Abbott to lift their game

AS the election campaign passes the halfway mark, a leading business group has told both major political leaders to lift their game on the economy. The Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) says both Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and...

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NSW MPs block govt super regulation

CROSSBENCH MPs in the NSW upper house have sided with Labor to pass a motion aimed at putting more money in public sector workers' pockets. The opposition's disallowance motion blocks a June regulation that allowed the government to count superannuation...

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Kiwi slips with limits to go on bank loans

THE New Zealand dollar fell to a week-low after Reserve Bank governor Graeme Wheeler imposed restrictions on home lending from October in an effort to cool a bubbling property market without hiking interest rates. The kiwi fell as low as 79.73...

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Milne labels parental scheme too generous

GREENS leader Christine Milne has joined the growing chorus of people labelling the coalition's "fully costed" paid parental leave scheme too generous. Ms Milne made the comment at her party's WA campaign launch in Perth on Tuesday, calling...

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Bolivian may be world's oldest person

COULD this be the world's oldest person? Carmelo Flores Laura lives high in the Bolivian mountains, chews coca leaves, cooks on open fires and says he's 123 years old. He was born on July 16, 1890, according to his government identification card....

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