Rebel govt aims to hold sway across Syria

SYRIAN rebel prime minister Ghassan Hitto has begun talks to form an interim government to administer the whole of Syria. "The interim government is the executive authority that will extend its authority over all national Syrian territory, and...

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Mandela discharged from hospital

FORMER South African president Nelson Mandela has been discharged from hospital after treatment for pneumonia. The 94-year-old was discharged "following a sustained and gradual improvement in his general condition", government spokesman Mac...

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Italy to pay 40bn euros owed to business

THE Italian government has given its go-ahead for a bill to repay 40 billion euros ($A50.06 billion) owed to the private sector in a bid to stimulate growth. "The cabinet meeting today approved an urgent decree to pay back the debts of the public...

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72 dead in Mumbai building collapse

AUTHORITIES have abandoned a search for more survivors from the collapse of a seven-storey building on Mumbai's outskirts that killed 72 people. They say there is no hope of finding anybody else alive. The cave-in of the partly finished building...

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World powers, Iran extend nuke talks

IRAN and world powers are battling to break the deadlock in the crisis over Tehran's nuclear drive. Talks in Kazakhstan have been extended into the evening after a day of exhausting diplomacy on Saturday. Officials from both sides are tight-lipped...

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British woman stabbed to death in Kashmir

A YOUNG British woman holidaying in Indian Kashmir has been found dead in a pool of blood on a houseboat. Police have arrested a Dutch man on suspicion of her murder. The 43-year-old was taken into custody as he tried to flee the scenic Kashmir...

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Afghan bomb kills 3 soldiers, 2 civilians

THREE NATO soldiers and two coalition civilians have been killed in a bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. The US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Saturday the five were killed following an improvised explosive device...

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