Cyclist was first Alps shooting victim

A FRENCH cyclist killed along with three members of a British family on holiday in the Alps region was the first to be shot, according to a French media report of the ballistics tests. Sylvain Mollier was thought to have been shot simply because...

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Malaysia thwarts tugboat hijack attempt

MALAYSIAN authorities have arrested four Indonesian pirates who tried to hijack a tugboat and barge off Borneo island in the first such attack there this year. The machete-wielding men boarded the Malaysian vessel off Sarawak state on Thursday...

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Mount Gibson Iron to shed 270 jobs

VOLATILE iron ore prices have forced Mount Gibson Iron to slash 270 jobs, sending the company's share price almost 20 per cent lower. Most of the cuts, which include 140 contractors, will be made at the company's Koolan Island operation off Western...

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Wickenby accounts for veteran accountant

A FORMER president of the National Institute of Accountants has been sentenced to nearly five years in jail for tax fraud. Lynette Kathleen Liles, 66, showed no emotion as she was sentenced in the NSW Supreme Court on Thursday on four fraud counts,...

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CSL launches another share buyback

BLOOD products and vaccines supplier CSL Ltd will undertake another $900 million share buyback and still expects its profit to grow by about 12 per cent in fiscal 2103. The buyback is a continuation of the company's efforts to improve its capital...

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Pitbull entitled to cancel Oz tour: judge

US rapper Pitbull was entitled to cancel an Australian tour nearly four years ago after he was not paid on time, a NSW Supreme Court judge has ruled. Australian music promoters Jaime Fernandez, known as DJ Suave, and Juan Uribe, known as DJ Don...

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Qld govt axed program before seeing report

A DECISION to cut a program to help disadvantaged workers enter the workforce was made a week before the Queensland government received a report evaluating the scheme. The former Labor government contracted Deloitte Access Economics, at a cost...

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Tendulkar to receive Australian honour

INDIAN cricket great Sachin Tendulkar is to receive an Australian honour. Prime Minister Julia Gillard told reporters in New Delhi on Tuesday during her first visit to India as Australia's leader that Tendulkar was to be made an honorary member...

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Italy holds hearings into Costa Concordia

AN Italian court will hold a series of hearings to work out the details of the tragic night of the Costa Concordia disaster, with captain Francesco Schettino expected to attend. The giant luxury cruise ship - more than twice as big as the Titanic...

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SA offers $8500 grant for new homes

SA Premier Jay Weatherill has offered an $8500 grant to anyone building a new home in the state. Source: AAP SOUTH Australia will offer an $8500 grant to anyone building a new home in a bid to stimulate the state's flagging construction sector....

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