Leonard Nimoy dies age 83
Leonard Nimoy, who played the iconic Mr Spock in Star Trek, has died aged 83 years old. Original cast member »
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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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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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Boyfriend killer pleads for life
The case of convicted murderer Jodi Arias has gone to a jury that will decide if she will be sentenced to death or life in prison for killing her boyfriend. The 2013 trial of Arias was broadcast live and became a sensation with its tawdry revelations that Arias had shot and slit the throat of her on-again-off-again boyfriend Travis Alexander. Arias, now 34, was convicted then of killing Alexander.
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Super fund confident on $NZ200m case
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund believes it has got a strong case against the Bank of Portugal as it seeks to reverse the fate of a $NZ200 million ($A191.24 million) loan it's been forced to write off. The fund is one of a number of investors filing debt recovery proceedings against Portugal's central bank, which excluded their loans from the bailout of the collapsed bank Banco Espirito Santo. The fund's chief executive Adrian Orr told the New Zealand parliament's commerce committee on Thursday that there is a "very strong case" that the Bank of Portugal's actions were unlawful. The fund's chairman Gavin Walker told MPs: "Nobody, in my view, could have foreseen that action by the Bank of Portugal".
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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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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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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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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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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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Vic hospital thief took 'genital selfies'
Staff are under suspicion after "genital selfies" were left on a Melbourne hospital worker's phone during a burglary.
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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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Justice served to restaurant bill dodgers
The couple which walked out of a Bunbury restaurant without paying their bill, sparking a viral social media campaign to find them, have paid for their meal.
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Australian Customs officials board illegal Patagonian toothfish poaching boat
An Illegal fishing boat which had been operating in the Southern Ocean has been located and boarded by Australian Maritime officials. The Kunlun had been illegally taking Patagonian toothfish from Antarctic waters and is wanted by Interpol. The New Zealand Navy first found the vessel during a patrol of the ocean six weeks ago.
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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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Rosberg fastest as Mercedes show their speed
Mercedes showed off their speedy new W06 on Friday as Nico Rosberg blew away the rest of the field on the second day of the final pre-season test in Barcelona. Using the faster soft tyres for the first time this season, Rosberg produced the fastest time through six days of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in 1min 22.792sec. The German's time was more than seven tenths of a second quicker than the previous best time set by Williams' Felipe Massa on Thursday.
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