'Unimaginable terror' of NSW murder victim

Sean Lee King was on parole for drug and firearm offences when he murdered Jazmin-Jean Ajbschitz. Source: AAP THE last moments of her life must have been filled with unimaginable terror. Eighteen-year-old Jazmin-Jean Ajbschitz would have...

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US prison term of disgraced Enron CEO cut

A US judge has cut ten years off the prison sentence of disgraced former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling. Source: AAP A US judge has cut 10 years off the prison sentence of disgraced former Enron chief executive Jeff Skilling after he spent years fighting...

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Singapore haze hits critical 400 level

SINGAPORE'S smog index has hit the critical 400 level, making it potentially life-threatening to the ill and elderly people, according to a government monitoring site. The level was reached at 11am (1300 AEST) on Friday, after a rapid rise in...

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A million Brazilians protest in cities

About 300,000 have rallied in Rio de Janeiro, bemoaning massive spending to stage the World Cup. Source: AAP BRAZILIAN President Dilma Rousseff has called an emergency cabinet meeting after at least a million people rallied for better public...

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PM dividing Australia like Hanson: Abbott

OPPOSITION Leader Tony Abbott has likened Julia Gillard to Pauline Hanson, the anti-immigrant founder of One Nation. Mr Abbott on Thursday told parliament the prime minister of Australia should be a leader for all Australians. But he said Ms...

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Qld hospital concealed fatal death: union

THE Queensland Nurses Union is calling for an independent investigation into the Wesley Hospital manager who did not disclose a previous legionnaires' disease death at the facility. The Brisbane hospital is dealing with a deadly outbreak of legionnaires',...

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WorleyParsons shares rise on Nigeria deal

SHARES in mining engineer WorleyParsons are up three per cent after a South Korean shipbuilding giant awarded it a $US100 million ($A105.97 million) offshore oil and gas contract in Nigeria. The news comes a month after a profit downgrade saw...

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Freed Ohio mum, daughter 'doing well'

A MENTALLY disabled woman and her daughter are doing well after they were freed in October following two years in captivity and after police investigated an abuse allegation one of the suspects made against her, authorities say. "The victim in...

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China warned on cyber-hacking: Obama

US President Barack Obama says China has understood his "blunt" warnings against cyber-hacking as he credited new leader Xi Jinping with accepting more global responsibility for Beijing. "We've had very blunt conversations about this. They understand,...

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Chinese supercomputer world's fastest

A CHINESE university has built the world's fastest supercomputer, almost doubling the speed of the US machine that previously claimed the top spot and underlining China's rise as a science and technology powerhouse. The semiannual TOP500 listing...

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