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'I won't be consumed by hatred'
THREE women held captive in a Cleveland home for a decade have issued a YouTube video in which they thank the public for encouragement and support.
Osama bin Laden - master of disguise
OSAMA bin Laden wore a cowboy hat to evade capture during his years as the world's most wanted terrorist. But what other disguises might have worked?
Tuesday, 9 July
Author Seth asked to return $US1.7m: paper
4:48PM INDIAN author Vikram Seth has reportedly been asked to return a $US1.7 million advance after failing to produce a sequel to his bestseller A Suitable Boy.
Corruption on the rise, says global study
4:43PM A GLOBAL study says corruption is on the rise with people having the least trust in institutions, including police, the courts and political parties.
Women in Ohio kidnap case thank public
4:12PM THE three women who were kidnapped and held captive for a decade in an Ohio house have put out a YouTube video thanking the public for their support.
April Jones's killer attacked in prison
4:04PM THE man who killed Welsh girl April Jones has been slashed across the face by a fellow inmate in a British prison.
UK retailers cash in on royal baby
2:54PM SELLING royal sick bags soon after the pregnant Duchess of Cambridge was admitted to hospital was just the beginning for enterprising businesses.
Fukushima radioactive groundwater rises
2:23PM SAMPLES of groundwater at the Fukushima nuclear power plant show levels of caesium-134, which may cause cancer, have rocketed.
Tibetans shot marking Dalai Lama birthday
1:54PM CHINESE police fired into a Tibetan crowd, including Buddhist monks and nuns, celebrating the Dalai Lama's birthday, US-based reports say.
Ageing clues in birth 'blood fingerprint'
1:51PM A NEW scientific discovery raises the prospect of a simple test at birth that could help doctors stave off the ravages of disease in old age.
'Misfits' against PNG constitution changes
1:51PM "MISFITS" and "psychopaths" fear planned changes to PNG's constitution, says Prime Minister Peter O'Neill
Pilot trainer new to the job: Asiana
1:41PM ASIANA Airlines says the pilot trainer on its crashed plane was on his first day on the job as the pilot made his first 777 landing in San Francisco.
China general's son charged over gang rape
1:18PM THE son of a Chinese general is among five suspects who allegedly gang-raped a woman in a hotel.
Pakistani officials slammed over bin Laden
12:44PM A REPORT has lambasted all levels of Pakistan's government for failing to detect Osama bin Baden as he lived in the country for nine years.
'Godfather of Heroin' dies
A MAN dubbed the "Godfather of Heroin" for allegedly helping prop up Myanmar's brutal former military junta through illegal business dealings has died.
Pilots quizzed after San Fran crash
INVESTIGATORS probing the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco have begun interviewing cockpit crew amid mounting indications pilot error was to blame.
Manning 'upset' over Iraq, court told
THE US soldier accused of espionage for leaking secret files to WikiLeaks was "upset" about the plight of Iraqi civilians, a court heard.
Flight attendants used axes to free the trapped
A CABIN manager tells of several dramatic moments in the evacuation that saved 305 of the 307 people on the Asiana flight that crashed in San Francisco.
Fifty-one killed in Egypt violence
AT least 51 people were killed and 435 wounded in clashes in Cairo, where supporters of the former president were holding a sit-in.
Air pollution cuts life span by years
A NEW study says half-billion people in northern China will have their life span cut by more than five years because of air pollution.
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7.2-magnitude quake hits off PNG
A 7.2 magnitude earthquake has hit northeast of Papua New Guinea, according to the US Geological Survey.
Teacher caught stealing pupils' lunches
A NEW ZEALAND teacher has been reprimanded after she was caught stealing lunches from her pupils.
Pub puts stag semen on menu
WOULD you try this? A pub is offering syringes loaded with stag semen, kiwifruit liqueur and yoghurt as part of its entry into a wild food challenge.
Man takes suicide pill in court
A US man found guilty of sodomising a 14-year-old girl has killed himself in court by allegedly swallowing cyanide.
Dad convicted in teen's drowning death
A NEW Zealand man has been convicted for failing to look after his daughter in dangerous surf which killed a 15-year-old boy who swam out to save her.
Hopes fade for seven missing off Australian coast
FAMILIES fear for the safety of seven men who went missing aboard a yacht bound for Australia three weeks ago. The six Americans and one Briton haven't been heard from since.
Air pollution cuts life span by years
A NEW study says half-billion people in northern China will have their life span cut by more than five years because of air pollution.
Elderly are city's worst shoplifters
ONE-quarter of shoplifters in Tokyo are bored and lonely over-65s, and more elderly folk have been nabbed for the crime than teenagers.
Bin Laden 'pulled over for speeding'
OSAMA bin Laden was once pulled over for speeding but let go by Pakistan police and wore cowboy hats to fool American drones.
Taxi driver kills man over $2 fare
THAI police have arrested a Bangkok cab driver accused of stabbing an American passenger to death with a machete in an argument over a $2 fare.
Hotel collapses on workers, killing 13
A TWO-STOREY hotel has collapsed in India, killing at least 13 people and injuring 17 others, with rescuers scouring the rubble for survivors.
Crash victim teens 'were best friends'
THE two teenage Chinese girls killed in the Asiana Airlines passenger jet crash in San Francisco were best friends and promising students.
Pilots quizzed after San Fran crash
INVESTIGATORS probing the Asiana Airlines plane crash in San Francisco have begun interviewing cockpit crew amid mounting indications pilot error was to blame.
Manning 'upset' over Iraq, court told
THE US soldier accused of espionage for leaking secret files to WikiLeaks was "upset" about the plight of Iraqi civilians, a court heard.
12 dead as 72 shot in one weekend
TWELVE dead. Sixty others wounded. That's the tally from one weekend of gun madness in one American city.
Toddler with lab-made windpipe dies
A TWO-YEAR-OLD girl who was implanted with a windpipe grown from her own stem cells has died.
Buffett gives $2.9b to charities
BILLIONAIRE Warren Buffett is giving five charities more than $US2.6 billion ($2.9 billion) in stock as part of his overall plan to give away his fortune.
Computer theft at whistleblowers' law firm
A TEXAS lawyer representing a high-profile US State Department whistleblower says break-ins to his Dallas office are "suspicious".
Should you travel to the World Cup?
A FOOTBALL referee was decapitated, stoned and dismembered in Brazil last week. So will it be safe for the World Cup?
Suspect detained in soccer slaying
POLICE in Brazil have detained one man and were seeking two others in the slaying of a soccer referee, dismembered and decapitated by spectators.
'Late pope cured my brain aneurism'
A COSTA Rican woman claims she was cured of a potentially deadly brain aneurism after the intervention of the late Pope John Paul II.
Mothers, not fathers, to collect welfare
A DECREE recently issued by Argentina's female president Cristina Fernandez is being seen as a victory for the Argentine housewives union.
MPs 'accidentally' OK'd civil unions
COSTA Rican MPs may have unwittingly approved language making same-sex unions legal.
Pregnant child in abortion debate
THE case of a pregnant 11-year old girl who was raped in Chile by her mother's partner has set off a national debate about abortion.
Fifty-one killed in Egypt violence
AT least 51 people were killed and 435 wounded in clashes in Cairo, where supporters of the former president were holding a sit-in.
Saddam's brother dies of cancer
SADDAM Hussein's half brother and former director of his feared general security services has died of cancer in a Baghdad hospital.
Deported cleric pleads not guilty to terror
ISLAMIST cleric Abu Qutada has pleaded not guilty to terror charges pressed by Jordanian military prosecutors hours after his deportation from the UK.
ElBaradai's appointment 'not certain'
EGYPT's new president moves to assert his powers but also backtracks after naming Mohamed ElBaradei as prime minister.
Anti-Morsi crowds mass in Tahrir Square
OPPONENTS of Mohamed Morsi have flocked to Tahrir Square as the ousted Egyptian president's supporters massed for rival demonstrations.
Israel ends loophole for orthodox soldiers
ISRAEL'S cabinet has approved a plan to end a controversial system that granted automatic draft exemptions to Jewish ultra-Orthodox seminary students.
Circumcision ritual kills 30 tribesmen
BOTCHED circumcisions killed 30 young men and landed almost 300 more in hospital during traditional initiation rites in a South African province.
King wants Mandela grandson demoted
A SOUTH African traditional king wants to revoke the chieftaincy of Nelson Mandela's grandson after a bitter family feud over gravesites.
Mali lifts state of emergency
MALI lifted a nearly six-month state of emergency on Saturday, on the eve of a presidential campaign for a July 28 election.
Chad dictator watched Seinfeld in exile
FOR over 20 years, ex-Chad dictator Hissene Habre lived a life of luxurious exile in Senegal, taking a second wife and watching Seinfeld shows.
'Pay teachers more instead of free laptop'
A KENYAN government plan to give schoolkids laptops has been opposed by parents who want the money to be used to pay teachers more and feed children.
Macabre Mandela feud: 'Rebury bodies'
A COURT has ruled Nelson Mandela's grandson must return the bodies of the 94-year-old's three deceased children to their original burial site.
'Mythical' corpse-eating fly back from extinction
12:25PM THIS species of fly was declared extinct more than 100 years ago. Here's the problem. It's still buzzing around, feasting merrily on decaying corpses.
Mayor saves money painting own offices
1:38AM FACED with economic hardship, an Italian mayor and his council members re-painted the walls of their offices themselves to spare the town budget.
Royal taunted on Twitter debut
PRINCE Andrew has become the first British Royal to join Twitter under their own name, but has not escaped the jibes of the commoners.
Pope condemns indifference to refugees
POPE Francis has drawn attention to the plight of refugees while visiting one of biggest gateways for undocumented migration into Europe.
Fugitive 'naked' in panic room
ONE of Britain's most wanted fugitives has been caught hiding naked in a panic room at his luxury Spanish villa.
Aussie hurt as bull-run begins
HUGE crowds of thrill-seekers got a scare as they fled sharp-horned fighting bulls charging through Pamplona in Spain's San Fermin festival.
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Rudd focus on travel not boats: Abbott
TONY Abbott says Kevin Rudd is more interested in "travelling the world" than sorting out Australia's border security issues.
Head out of the books key to career success
HIGH school. University. Grad scheme. Job. Yawn. There are plenty of different ways to achieve career success, but is it best to play it straight or go the more unconventional route?
Our splurging days are over
BIG-LIVING, free-spending Aussies are a dying breed as more consumers hold on to their hard-earned cash.
Molly rejects strip club DJ gig
MUSIC guru Molly Meldrum has been forced to distance himself from an advertised DJ set at notorious strip club Bar 20.
Woman found living at airport
POLICE in Mexico are trying to locate the family of a woman who has been living at the Cancun airport since June 30.
Rudd-effect swamps Twitter
TWITTER loves Kevin Rudd's announcement of Labor reform, as a booming response to the news on social media leaves Tony Abbott languishing.
'Mythical' corpse-eating fly back from extinction
THIS species of fly was declared extinct more than 100 years ago. Here's the problem. It's still buzzing around, feasting merrily on decaying corpses.
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