Crowds set to farewell Sydney monorail

LARGE crowds are expected to head to Sydney's monorail on Sunday to witness the steel giant's last spin around town. The Sydney character will take its final ride at 9.30pm on Sunday, after a quarter of a century trundling above people's heads....

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Review of Qld power tariff reforms begins

ERGON Energy has begun a review of electricity pricing in Queensland, with tariff reforms due to be phased in from 2014. Earlier this year the government proposed scrapping uniform tariffs to entice greater competition and merge government-owned...

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Two dead within 24 hours on NSW roads

A MAN has died after his car hit a tree, marking the second death on NSW's roads in less than 24 hours. Police said the man died after his car veered off the road and struck a tree at about 3.30pm on Saturday, near Blayney west of Sydney. The...

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Obama will not visit Mandela: US official

US President Barack Obama is set to meet privately with members of ailing Nelson Mandela's family. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama are set to meet privately with members of ailing Nelson Mandela's family....

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Nine jailed for Bangladesh reporter murder

A BANGLADESHI court has sentenced nine junior opposition politicians to life in prison for murdering a newspaper journalist who had published a series of reports on corruption, a prosecutor says. Gautam Das, 33, Faridpur bureau chief of Bengali...

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Christmas Island casino urged by report

CHRISTMAS Island should get its casino back, according to a report on the future of the Australian territory submitted to the federal government. The island, best known for housing hundreds of asylum seekers and hosting a phosphate mine, was...

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Poor English 'saved Japan bankers' in GFC

JAPAN'S banks emerged from the 2008 global credit crisis largely unscathed because senior employees did not speak English well enough to have got them into trouble, the country's finance minister says. Taro Aso, who also serves as deputy prime...

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NSW public servant wages to pay for super

PUBLIC servants will have to pay for superannuation increases out of their own wage packets after the NSW government tinkered with a loophole in its wages policy. The move circumvents a ruling by the industrial umpire, which earlier this week...

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Snowden extradition could take years

The US government's battle to extradite Edward Snowden from Hong Kong could take years, experts say. Source: AAP ATTEMPTS to extradite ex-intelligence technician Edward Snowden, charged with espionage by US authorities, will result in a protracted...

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Snowden charge 'intimidation': Assange

Julian Assange's planned address from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy has been postponed. Source: AAP THE United States has charged leaker Edward Snowden with espionage in an attempt to bully other countries into abandoning him, WikiLeaks...

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UK fugitive killer arrested in Queensland

A BRITISH killer who escaped prison after being jailed for a frenzied knife attack on his aunt has been captured on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Simon Hennessey, 49, has been on the run since he walked out of an English prison in December 1998....

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Dutch boys, 5 and 7, joyride in nan's car

DUTCH police have briefly detained two brothers aged five and seven who crashed a car after a short joyride. "A police patrol this morning saw a car with the doors open and two young boys stood next to it," in Bloemendael, west of Amsterdam,...

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Snowden extradition could take years

The US government's battle to extradite Edward Snowden from Hong Kong could take years, experts say. Source: AAP ATTEMPTS to extradite ex-intelligence technician Edward Snowden, charged with espionage by US authorities, will result in a protracted...

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Snowden charge 'intimidation': Assange

Julian Assange's planned address from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy has been postponed. Source: AAP THE United States has charged leaker Edward Snowden with espionage in an attempt to bully other countries into abandoning him, WikiLeaks...

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UK fugitive killer arrested in Queensland

A BRITISH killer who escaped prison after being jailed for a frenzied knife attack on his aunt has been captured on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Simon Hennessey, 49, has been on the run since he walked out of an English prison in December 1998....

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Dutch boys, 5 and 7, joyride in nan's car

DUTCH police have briefly detained two brothers aged five and seven who crashed a car after a short joyride. "A police patrol this morning saw a car with the doors open and two young boys stood next to it," in Bloemendael, west of Amsterdam,...

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Snowden extradition could take years

The US government's battle to extradite Edward Snowden from Hong Kong could take years, experts say. Source: AAP ATTEMPTS to extradite ex-intelligence technician Edward Snowden, charged with espionage by US authorities, will result in a protracted...

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Snowden charge 'intimidation': Assange

Julian Assange's planned address from the balcony of the Ecuadorean embassy has been postponed. Source: AAP THE United States has charged leaker Edward Snowden with espionage in an attempt to bully other countries into abandoning him, WikiLeaks...

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UK fugitive killer arrested in Queensland

A BRITISH killer who escaped prison after being jailed for a frenzied knife attack on his aunt has been captured on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. Simon Hennessey, 49, has been on the run since he walked out of an English prison in December 1998....

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