The dress dividing the nation
It's the seemingly simple dress that's causing a huge stir in offices around the country. Dress set to break the internet? »
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Indonesia's Widodo 'considering position' on death row Australians
Sydney (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott Thursday offered a glimmer of hope for two men facing imminent execution in Indonesia after phoning President Joko Widodo, who he said was "carefully considering his position".
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Spread of Russian craters prompts safety concern from scientist
The number of giants craters appearing in the northern Russia is growing as a respected scientist raised the safety implications of the strange phenomenon. Russian Academy of Sciences member Professor Vasily Bogoyavlensky said his organisation knew of seven craters in the remote part of Russia. "Five are directly on the Yamal peninsula, one in Yamal Autonomous district, and one is on the north of the Krasnoyarsk region, near the Taimyr peninsula," he said.
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Sukumaran awarded degree on death row
Myuran Sukumaran has been awarded his associate degree in fine arts, a cause for joy in his darkest days on death row. "I am one immensely proud friend," Quilty tweeted. The celebrated war artist has been mentoring Sukumaran since 2012, and has become his confidant over the regular visits to Kerobokan jail.
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Shocking video of Jamil Hopoate assault released
Shocking video has been released showing the violent attack that led to rising NRL player Jamil Hopoate being jailed. Watch the full video in the player above. The other men involved in the unprovoked assault on Alexander Christie faced sentencing today.
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Madonna Has Whiplash After Falling at the Brit Awards
Madonna has addressed her massive fall at the Brit Awards. Photo: The 56-year-old star was yanked down a small flight of stairs when her dance troupe attempted to remove her huge cape during her performance of Living For Love at the ceremony in London, and she admits the dramatic fall has left her with a slight neck injury.
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The #Brelfie Takes Over Social Media
In the face of criticism from people who say they should put it away, breastfeeding mums have started a new viral trend on social media: the #brelfie.
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Girl's body found at accused Australian paedophile's former home in Philippines
Philippines police have found the remains of a 12-year-old girl at the former home of an Australian man who is already facing charges of rape and cybercrime. The body was discovered in a house once rented by Peter Gerald Scully, 51, in Surigao City in the country's north. The Philippines National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director, Angelito Magno, told the ABC forensic experts were working to determine the cause of the death and the DNA makeup of the deceased.
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Bobbi Kristina Brown's Condition Worsens After Suffering Horrible Setback
Bobbi Kristina will be placed back into a coma after suffering seizures earlier today. Bobbi Kristina Brown was taken out of a medically induced coma, but she did not have the response her family had been praying for. The daughter of Bobby Brown and Whitney Houston has been kept in a medically induced coma since Jan. 31 after being found unresponsive in her bathtub.
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Paris Hilton sent car by fan
Paris Hilton has been sent a classic car by an obsessive fan.A man named Johnny delivered the Cadillac to the 34-year-old socialite's Beverly Hills gated community on Sunday (22.02.15) but when the security guard at the gate called the blonde beauty and
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BASF meets targets but sees 'uncertain' year in 2015
German chemicals giant BASF said Friday it met its 2014 earnings targets but the outlook for 2015 was uncertain in view of volatile oil prices and currency developments. "We achieved our goal for 2014: we increased earnings, despite the disappointing economic development in Europe," chief executive Kurt Bock told the group's annual earnings news conference. BASF said its net profit grew by 7.6 percent to 5.155 billion euros ($5.8 billion) in 2014.
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Melbourne man killed in Thailand
A Melbourne man has been killed in a motorbike accident on the Thai holiday island of Phuket. It's understood the 34-old-year man is from Langwarrin in Melbourne's south-east. DFAT has confirmed to 7News that it is providing consular assistance to the family of an Australian man who died in Thailand.
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Berries contamination might be worse than we think: experts
The race is on to pin point the cause of a Hepatitis A outbreak which has seen 19 people struck down from eating imported frozen berries.
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Russia's Khodorkovsky: Putin is a 'naked king' facing economic ruin
Former Russian tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky said on Thursday Vladimir Putin was a "naked king" presiding over an economy that will weaken further, eventually provoking a battle between rival clans in Moscow. "Putin with bare chest isn't a mighty leader: He is a naked king," Khodorkovsky, once Russia's richest man who was arrested in 2003 after falling foul of Putin only to be released in 2013, told an audience in London. Khodorkovsky, who once controlled Russia's biggest oil company, YUKOS, said the Russian economy would weaken further and that eventually its weakness would provoke a battle between the powerful clans which dominate Russia.
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China media pooh-pooh Japan's luxury lavatories
The built-in bottom washers and pre-warmed seats of Japan's luxury toilets faced a storm in a U-bend on Thursday as Chinese state-run media launched a thunderous tirade against them.
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Lions cut NFL star ahead of Hayne decision
As Jarryd Hayne mulls his NFL options, his most vocal supporter at the Detroit Lions has lost his job.
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Escort claims at swanky city building being investigated
Furious residents of a $2 billion classy complex in Sydney’s inner west have slammed sex workers for allegedly using the building as a brothel.
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Zelda Williams: 'No Point' Asking Why Robin Williams Took His Own Life
Six months after Robin Williams took his own life, his daughter Zelda is opening up about what hers is like now that he's gone.
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Hate preacher's passport cancelled
A Perth court has been told that Islamic hate preacher Junaid Thorne has had his passport cancelled by Federal authorities. The 25-year-old Islamic State sympathiser faced court alongside two other men this morning charged with aviation offences, relating to travel on domestic flights under false names. When applying for bail, Thorne's lawyer Peter Ash told the court that his client was not able to surrender his passport because Australian Federal Police had already cancelled it.
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Water found in astronaut's helmet after spacewalk
A US astronaut found water pooling in his helmet right after completing a six-plus hour spacewalk on Wednesday, raising new concerns about flaws with NASA's spacesuits.
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Custom dress worn by Lupita Nyong'o at Oscars stolen
Los Angeles sheriff's detectives are investigating the theft of a $150,000 pearl-adorned dress worn by actress Lupita Nyong'o at Sunday's Academy Awards. Sheriff's Sgt. Richard Bowman says the dress was ...
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