| | | | Freed Canadian hostage Joshua Boyle says the Haqqani terrorist group in Afghanistan killed his infant daughter in captivity and raped his wife during the years they were held hostage. |
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| | Queensland woman Kerri Pike is killed during a skydive understood to have been a birthday gift from her family, along with Peter Dawson, 35, and Toby Turner, 34, while Skydive Mission Beach says it received "zero non-compliances" during a recent audit. |
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| | The Deputy Prime Minister says he respects the High Court process, but his political enemies are using it to throw mud at him, describing Canberra as a "crazy boarding school". |
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| | After 12 years, Africa correspondent Sally Sara returns to Uganda to be reunited with "one of the most important people" she has ever met, only to discover she has also left a lasting impression. |
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| | Redzel, ridden by Kerrin McEvoy, claims the richest prize in Australian racing, winning $5.8 million in prize money for taking out The Everest at Randwick. |
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| | Potentially harmful chemicals from firefighting foam entering the environment hits the beef industry, with cattle farmers near the Oakey and Williamtown Defence bases worried they might be selling contaminated beef. |
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| | Civilians kiss the ground and collapse with exhaustion as they escape from destroyed districts in Raqqa after fighters from Islamic State hand themselves over to US-backed fighters. |
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| | As Steven Paddock's brain is sent away for evaluation, Las Vegas police offer a new timeline of events and describe how the gunman opened fire on nearby airport jet fuel tanks and police officers arriving at the scene of the deadliest shooting in modern US history. |
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| | Donald Trump's new Iran strategy is a risky gamble that introduces confusion over US policy on nuclear proliferation in the Middle East, writes Matt Brown. |
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| | A woman suffers a suspected punctured lung after being stabbed by a man who breaks into her home on the New South Wales Central Coast. |
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| | A married couple accused of blowing up their investment property to claim insurance money fled interstate because they feared they were being followed by those responsible for the arson attack, a District Court trial hears. |
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| | A postcode can seem like a little thing, but in some parts of southern Queensland it is forcing farmers to turn desperately needed backpacker workers away. |
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| | A decade since it was pioneered, the genre cheekily referred to as "RuRo" shows no sign of slowing down. Tales of love and fortunes lost and found in rural regions and the outback continue to strike a chord amongst Aussie readers. |
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| | While other countries' election campaigns dominate television and social media, in Japan electioneering methods are a little old fashioned, with strict laws and a reluctance to embrace social media meaning candidates are often seen hitting the streets. |
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| | Dubai police reveal they will soon have officers buzzing around the skies on Star Wars-style electric hoverbikes capable of speeds of up to 70 kilometres per hour, metres above congested traffic. |
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| | Helsinki airport says Flight 666 left Copenhagen and arrived safely in HEL, the airport code for the Finnish capital Helsinki, for the last time. |
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| | Autonomous vehicles, car-sharing apps — they're words that have been bandied about by politicians and industry stakeholders for some time, but Holden says it is taking the "mobility revolution" very seriously — even as it prepares for life after Australian manufacturing. |
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| | Pilots only need to be distracted for a moment to suffer spatial disorientation — when they can't tell up from down — but a new device is hoped to help overcome the deadly aviation phenomenon. |
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| | Firefighters make further headway against devastating blazes in northern California's wine country but say the death toll of 34, already a record for the state, is likely to climb with more than 250 people missing. |
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By Middle East correspondent Matt Brown |
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By state political reporter Sarah Gerathy |
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By Washington bureau chief Zoe Daniel |
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By Europe correspondent Steve Cannane |
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