US tax deal seals oldest Swiss bank's fate

Wegelin & Co has pleaded guilty in a case involving US residents who hid funds in secret accounts. Source: AAP THE oldest Swiss bank, Wegelin & Co, is wrapping up an existence that has spanned more than 270 years after pleading guilty...

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Google maps New Year's resolutions

GOOGLE is letting people peg their New Year's resolutions to an online map and see what promises others around the world have set out to keep in 2013. By Friday, a resolutions section at the California Internet giant's 2012 Zeitgeist website...

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Wikipedia losing editors, study says

Wikipedia, one of the world's biggest websites, is losing many of its English-language editors. Source: AAP WIKIPEDIA, one of the world's biggest websites, is losing many of its English-language editors, crippling its ability to keep pace with...

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Man charged with murder of Mildura woman

A MAN has been charged with the murder of a 58-year-old woman in Victoria's northwest. Paramedics were called to a house in Mildura just before 8.30pm (AEDT) on Thursday where they found a woman with stab wounds to her upper body. She died...

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Star Wars creator George Lucas engaged

Star Wars creator George Lucas (R) is engaged to investment firm president Mellody Hobson. Source: AAP STAR Wars creator George Lucas is engaged. A spokeswoman for Lucasfilm Ltd says the 68-year-old director is engaged to 43-year-old...

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Aussies buy record number of cars

Australians bought a record 1.1 million new cars last year, a 10.3 per cent increase from 2011. Source: AAP AUSTRALIANS bought a record number of new cars last year, with big jumps in purchases of sports-utilities and commercial vehicles. ...

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US gun-crime suspects arrested in Sydney

TWO men wanted for firearms and drugs offences in the United States have been arrested in Sydney. The men, aged 31 and 44, were arrested by NSW police following requests from US authorities for their provisional arrest pending extradition. ...

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Tasmania bushfire threatens township

A LARGE bushfire is out of control in Tasmania and will impact the township of Richmond, fire authorities say. An emergency warning has been issued for Middle Tea Tree Road in Richmond, northeast of Hobart. "Fire under these conditions will...

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Vic police target arsonists in heatwave

VICTORIAN police will target known and potential arsonists as the state braces for an extreme bushfire threat amid searing temperatures. Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana says there was a meeting of regional assistant commissioners and operational...

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Single mums slam Macklin comments

SINGLE mothers have reacted angrily at "appalling" and "degrading" comments by Families Minister Jenny Macklin, who said she could survive on the $35 a day Newstart allowance. Ms Macklin made the comment on Tuesday about the federal government's...

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Ivory Coast mourns for stampede victims

60 people have died in the Ivory Coast after crowds stampeded during New Year's Eve fireworks. Source: AAP THE Ivory Coast has begun three days of national mourning after a stampede among crowds gathered for celebratory New Year's Eve fireworks...

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Two-year-old boy attacked by dog in Sydney

A Rottweiler will be destroyed after a two-year-old boy was attacked at a family home in Sydney. Source: AAP A TWO-YEAR-OLD boy remains in hospital after he was attacked by a Rottweiler while visiting family in Sydney's west. The boy...

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SA govt to sell off buildings

THE South Australian government is pushing ahead with plans to sell off a string of properties in a move the opposition says is a bandaid response to the cash-strapped budget. The state government has released a tender for the sale of six properties...

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Australia wishes Hillary Clinton well

AUSTRALIA will wish the ailing US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton well as she approaches her final weeks in the top job. Clinton was admitted to the New York-Presbyterian Hospital on Sunday following the discovery of a clot in a vein situated...

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Missing autistic boy found alive in WA

A 14-YEAR-OLD boy with autism and cerebral palsy who was reported missing at the weekend has been found alive in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region. Dennis Dear was riding his quad bike with his father in Flint, about 80km southeast of Perth,...

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Aust stocks close 0.5% down

AUSTRALIAN shares closed almost half a per cent lower on the final trading day of 2013, as investors locked in profits following a negative lead from Wall Street. The benchmark S&P/ASX200 index closed a shortened session down 22.4 points,...

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Train kills five elephants in east India

A passenger train has hit a herd of elephants at a railway crossing in eastern India, killing five. Source: AAP A PASSENGER train killed five elephants when it ploughed into a herd crossing railway tracks in eastern India. R.N. Mohapatra,...

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GPS to track WA's worst sex predators

THE new year will bring new powers to allow West Australian authorities to electronically monitor the state's most dangerous sex offenders. Among several pieces of controversial new legislation to come into force in the state on January 1 or...

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Firefighter dies on job in Gisborne

VICTORIANS have expressed condolences to family and colleagues of a CFA firefighter who died while battling a house fire northwest of Melbourne. The 45-year-old married father of two was attending a house fire in Gisborne just before midnight...

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NDIS, education before election: Gillard

PRIME Minister Julia Gillard says her government has two major items to implement in 2013 before going to an election - introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme and undertaking further major education reforms. Ms Gillard took time...

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