Aussies make changes for NZ clash
Pat Cummins edges Josh Hazlewood to claim the final spot up for grabs in Australia's XI against the Kiwis. Bailey misses out »
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Putin opposition Boris Nemtsov shot dead
Russian opposition politician and former deputy Prime Minister Boris Nemtsov has been shot dead, officials have confirmed. "In central Moscow, a man with documents in the name of Boris Yefimovich Nemtsov was killed," an interior ministry spokesman told AFP, declining to give further details. According to a source in the law enforcement bodies who spoke to Russia's Interfax news agency, Mr Nemtsov was shot four times in the back with a pistol from a white car which fled the scene in central Moscow.
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N. Korea vows 'merciless' war against US
North Korea vowed to wage a "merciless, sacred war" against the United States on Thursday, days before the launch of annual joint South Korea-US military exercises that have incensed Pyongyang. "Nuclear weapons are not a monopoly of the US," the ruling party's official newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, warned in an editorial carried by the state KCNA news agency. North Korea "will wage a merciless sacred war against the US now that the latter has chosen confrontation", the Rodong Sinmun said.
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MH370: Aviation's most bizarre loss
Without doubt, the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 with 239 passengers and crew aboard on March 8 last year is the most bizarre in the history of aviation. Within a week it was formally revealed that the plane had flown on for seven hours, based on satellite tracking and had turned south into the southern Indian Ocean. On March 16 the search was moved to the southern Indian Ocean with the first aerial searches conducted from Perth on March 18 - 10 days after MH370 disappeared.
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Eel exports: Tasmanian family cashes in on global demand for short-finned eel
Five years ago, the Finlaysons were exporting five tonnes. "The demand has risen, it's changed a lot," Shaun Finlayson said. The Finlaysons have been in this slippery business for 50 years and three generations.
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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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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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Bobbi Kristina Brown's Condition Worsens After Suffering Horrible Setback
Bobbi Kristina Brown suffers 'violent seizures' after being taken out of coma
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Cabin crew refuse to fly in snowstorm
Four cabin crew members have been suspended while an investigation is under way into their refusal to work on a flight they felt was unsafe.
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Islamic State under pressure as Kurds seize Syrian town
Kurdish forces dealt a blow to Islamic State by capturing an important town on Friday in the latest stage of a powerful offensive in northeast Syria, a Kurdish militia spokesman said. Islamic State has been forced into retreat across parts of the strategic region, a land bridge between territory it controls in Syria and Iraq, even as its fighters have mounted new raids this week on Assyrian Christian villages, abducting more than 200 people. The capture of Tel Hamis was announced by the Kurdish YPG militia and confirmed by the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, which monitors the country's civil war.
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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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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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Cook says Apple Watch will replace car keys - Telegraph
The watch is designed to replace car keys and the clumsy, large fobs that are now used in many vehicles, Cook told the newspaper. Its battery will last the whole day, and will not take as long to charge as an iPhone, the report quoted Cook as saying. Apple Watch will also work as a credit card through Apple Pay, Cook told the paper, but did not mention how user verification will work with the watch.
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3D printing: Australian researchers create jet engine, breakthrough captures attention of Airbus and Boeing
Australian researchers have created the world's first 3D-printed jet engine in a manufacturing breakthrough that engineers expect will lead to cheaper, lighter and more fuel-efficient jets.
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Tall trees and cut grass on the high seas
More than 2,500 people are currently circumnavigating Australia with a football field size patch of grass and a 20-foot tall tree. Kate Ferguson reports. The view as you step off the ship in Fremantle. Photographer: Kate FergusonLuxury cruise ship the
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Stricken Crowe promises to cheer on NZ
Terminally ill New Zealand cricket legend Martin Crowe says he can't wait to go to Eden Park for the weekend World Cup clash against Australia.
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Young Spaniards moving to Germany get trapped in dismal jobs
Edur Ansa couldn't find work for a year after he got his nursing degree from Barcelona University. Like many other Spaniards, he started looking for work in Germany and ended up with a job at a private ...
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The tree that... charges your phone?
A "solar tree" has been designed to provide shade, charge phones and offer free Wi-Fi.
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