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FBI: Bodies identified as missing mother, daughter

3, , | Staff | May 8, 2012

A Tennesse medical examiner identified two bodies Monday as those of Jo Ann Bain and her eldest daughter, Adrienne, 14, who are believed to have been abducted from t...

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I will leave for U.S. soon, says China’s blind dissident: Chen Guangc...

1 | Staff | May 8, 2012

The blind dissident Chen Guangcheng expects to travel to the United States before "too long", he said Monday as China warned America that it should prevent such a di...

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Al-Qaeda airline bomb plot disrupted, U.S. says

2, | Staff | May 8, 2012

The CIA and overseas intelligence partners disrupted an al-Qaeda plot to blow up civilian aircraft using an advanced explosive device designed by the terrorist netwo...

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Video of bloody Calif arrest unveiled in court

1 | Staff | May 8, 2012

A shirtless Kelly Thomas pulled on his long, scraggly hair while police searched his backpack during an investigation at an Orange County transit hub.

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Qantas slashes spending to $1.9bn but plans domestic capacity boost

2, | Staff | May 4, 2012

QANTAS cut capital expenditure at its international business by a further $400 million in the coming financial year by deferring the delivery of two A380 superjumbos...

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RBA downgrades Australian growth forecasts, more rate cuts likely

2, | Staff | May 4, 2012

THE Reserve Bank of Australia dramatically downgraded its growth forecasts for the Australian economy, sparking the prospect that more interest rate cuts could be or...

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Westpac cuts standard variable rate by 37 basis points

2, | Staff | May 4, 2012

WESTPAC will pass on 37 basis points of the Reserve Bank of Australia's official rate cut this week, but some business customers will receive the full benefit.

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Czech thieves steal 10-tonne metal bridge

1 | Staff | May 4, 2012

Thieves in the Czech Republic have made away with a 10-tonne steel pedestrian bridge in the latest case of scrap metal heists plaguing the country, police said.

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Lawyer for U.S. soldier accused of Afghan massacre objects to background ch...

3, , | Editor | May 4, 2012

The lawyer representing Robert Bales, the U.S. Army staff sergeant accused of killing 17 Afghan villagers, is objecting to a routine background check required by the...

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Blasts in Russia’s Dagestan kill seven, wound dozens

1 | Editor | May 4, 2012

Two powerful blasts outside the capital of Russia's Dagestan region killed at least seven people and wounded up to 30 near a police post, Russian media reported on T...