Battery trial for ex-tennis champ Capriati

Former world No.1 tennis player Jennifer Capriati will face trial in a stalking and battery case. Source: AAP A DECEMBER 17 trial date has been set in Florida for former tennis star Jennifer Capriati in a stalking and battery case involving...

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Military rejects animal death concerns

THE killing of animals to make Australian Defence Force medicos battle-ready is a breach of national health guidelines, says a welfare group. In a letter to Defence Minister Stephen Smith, PETA (People For The Ethical Treatment Of Animals) says...

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NSW keepers plead for return of reptiles

REPTILE keepers on the NSW Central Coast have urged thieves to surrender a haul of exotic creatures, as they nurse a pair of recovered lizards back to health. The two Solomon Island skinks were among 23 reptiles taken from the Australian Reptile...

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Katter and Palmer unite in preference deal

CLIVE Palmer and Bob Katter have negotiated a preference agreement between their two fledgling parties. Katter's Australian Party and Palmer United Party will both exchange preferences above the major parties in the lower house at the federal...

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Man charged in NSW sex assault cold case

A COLD case involving the 1987 sexual assault of a Sydney woman has leapt forward with the arrest and extradition of a Victorian man. The woman was 21 when a man sexually assaulted her on Mona Vale beach, in Sydney's north, in January 1987....

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Stinking hot Qld town now most insulated

THONGS melt into the bitumen, the toilet can feel like a sauna and boiling water bubbles to the earth's surface. Welcome to the outback Queensland town of Birdsville, on the edge of the Simpson Desert, where temperatures soar to nearly 50C in...

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S Korea president proposes family reunion

SOUTH Korea has called for the first family reunion event with North Korea in three years, a day after the two nations agreed to reopen a shuttered joint industrial zone. President Park Geun-Hye, in a speech on Thursday marking the anniversary...

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Wilkie slams 'grubby' preference deals

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie is claiming he is the victim of 'grubby' preference deals. Source: AAP INDEPENDENT MP Andrew Wilkie is demanding parties stop doing "grubby" preference deals as they try to unseat him in Denison. Mr Wilkie...

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Attack ads about policy, Rudd explains

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd is defending new Labor attack ads aimed at Opposition Leader Tony Abbott, saying it hasn't breached a promise to run a positive campaign. The two television advertisements began being broadcast on Wednesday night, with...

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Israel, Palestinians resume peace talks

ISRAEL and the Palestinians will hold their first direct talks in almost three years on Wednesday, overshadowed by a deepening rift over settlements and following the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners. The resumption of the fragile peace negotiations...

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Whirlpool buys Hefei Sanyo stake for $552m

WHIRLPOOL is buying a majority stake in Chinese appliance maker Hefei Rongshida Sanyo Electric for about $US552 million ($A609.44 million). Whirlpool Corp, whose brands include KitchenAid, Maytag and its namesake, says the transaction will help...

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Torbay rumoured to stand for New England

OUTGOING independent MP Tony Windsor says former NSW politician Richard Torbay may emerge as a contender for his seat of New England. Mr Torbay, who held the state seat of Northern Tablelands as an independent for 14 years, resigned in March...

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WA government backflips on solar decision

THE West Australian government has made a massive backflip to abandon its decision to halve a solar tariff rate for residents, only four days after announcing it. The plan to cut the rate from 40c per kilowatt hour to 20c for homes that funnel...

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Thai PM urged to stop ivory trade

ON World Elephant Day wildlife protection groups have urged the Thai prime minister to deliver on her promise to shut down the country's ivory trade. In March, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra pledged at the Convention on International Trade...

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Abbott tries comedy after 'boring' debate

FIRST-TIME voter Sanaya Sabavala is collecting senior Liberals and now she's added Tony Abbott to her stash. The 20-year-old Melbourne resident was among a contingent of younger supporters at Monday's campaign launch for Michael Sukkar, Liberal...

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New case of bird flu confirmed in China

A CHINESE poultry worker has been confirmed as having contracted the deadly H7N9 bird flu virus, the first case in the southern Guangdong province. The 51-year-old woman is in a critical condition after she was admitted to hospital on August...

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Sandberg sells $100m of Facebook stock

THE number two executive at social networking giant Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, has sold $US91 million ($A100.51 million) worth of the company's stock, according to US securities filings. Facebook shares sold at their initial public offering...

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Candidates bite the dust in week one

A WEEK into the election campaign and the first candidates have bitten the dust, one for offensive conduct more than a decade ago. That was Geoff Lake, Labor candidate for the safe Victorian seat of Hotham, who it emerged had abused a Liberal...

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