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Thai police hunt 'foreign' man, two others for Bangkok blast
Thai police say that a suspect captured by CCTV cameras minutes before a bomb exploded at Bangkok's Erawan shrine is a foreigner and that two other men seen in the grainy footage are accomplices.
 
Cabinet 'talking points' leaked after criticism of 'gutless' MPs
A leaked document reveals what Government MPs have been told to say in response to questions about Cabinet's agenda, after warnings from the Prime Minister about "consequences" for ministers who speak out.
 
Heydon can make impartial ruling on his future, QC says
Former top prosecutor Nicholas Cowdery QC says trade union royal commissioner Dyson Heydon will be able to make an unbiased ruling when he presides over a submission calling for his own resignation.
 
Auburn deputy mayor fined $220 for shutting street for lavish wedding
Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer is fined $220 for shutting down a street of Lidcombe in Sydney's west for his lavish weekend wedding as concerns mount over his position as a developer.
 
Islamic State beheads Palmyra's long-time antiquities chief
Islamic State militants behead Palmyra's long-time chief of antiquities and hang his body on a column in a main square of the historic Syrian city.
 
Pistorius prison release delayed, case referred to parole board
Paralympian Oscar Pistorius will not be released on parole this week and the matter will be reviewed by the parole board, South Africa's justice minister says.
 
Batgirl actress Yvonne Craig dies after battle with cancer
Yvonne Craig, the actress best known for playing Batgirl in the 1960s Batman TV series, dies aged 78 following a battle with breast cancer.
 
Jared Fogle, 'The Subway Guy', to plead guilty to child sex charges
Jared Fogle, who starred in a series of advertisements for the Subway fast food chain, agrees to plead guilty to engaging in sex acts with minors and receiving child pornography.
 
Two detained after shooting outside Istanbul palace
Turkish police detain two suspects with automatic weapons after a shooting near the entrance to Istanbul's Dolmabahce Palace, a site popular with tourists and home to the prime minister's offices.
 
Kathy Jackson ordered to pay $1.4m in compensation to HSU
Former Health Services Union boss Kathy Jackson is ordered by the Federal Court to pay $1.4 million in compensation to the union for misappropriating funds.
 
Researchers grow first fully formed brain in laboratory
An almost fully formed brain is grown in a laboratory for the first time, US scientists say, and could speed up neuroscience research into conditions like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
 
Luke, Taufua, Guerra cleared of shoulder charges by NRL judiciary
Issac Luke, Jorge Taufua and Aidan Guerra have all been found not guilty of shoulder charges at the NRL judiciary.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
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By Andrew Carr
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