Europe horsemeat scandal widens

THE world's biggest food company, Swiss-based Nestle, and the world's top beef producer, JBS of Brazil, are the latest in a long list of firms to be caught up in Europe's spiralling horsemeat scandal. Their involvement in the fast-moving drama...

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Blasts near presidential palace in Syria

TWO mortar shells fired by "terrorists" have exploded near Tishreen presidential palace in the Syrian capital, causing some damage but no casualties, state media says. The mortars "landed near the southern wall of Tishreen palace, only causing...

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Missing Sydney boy found

POLICE have found a boy who was reported missing in Sydney's southwest. Tyreese Tutudua was last seen just before 9.30pm (AEDT) on Tuesday after leaving his house on Moore Street at Campsie. A taxi driver later spotted the nine-year-old and...

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NKorea envoy warns South of 'destruction'

SOUTH Korea faces "final destruction" if Seoul and its allies continue to push for tougher UN resolutions against North Korea's nuclear program, Pyongyang has warned. "We have never recognised the propagandist resolutions on sanctions by the...

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Pistorius denies he intended shooting

SOUTH African Olympic hero Oscar Pistorius has tearfully denied the premeditated murder of his model girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, telling a court he repeatedly shot at her through a locked bathroom door believing she was an intruder. "I am absolutely...

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At least three dead in US shooting spree

POLICE in a California city say at least three people are dead and others are wounded after a chaotic 25-minute shooting spree. Tustin police Supervisor Dave Kanoti says there are several crime scenes as authorities work to determine if the...

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2012 another deadly year for elephants

THE number of African elephants killed by poachers in 2012 will most likely be higher than the 25,000 illegally killed the previous year, the head of UN wildlife trade regulator CITES says. "Right across the range of the African elephant, in 2011...

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Military plane crashes in Yemen, kills 10

A YEMENI military plane has crashed into a residential neighbourhood in the country's capital, Sanaa, killing 10 people and injuring 17, the defence ministry and security officials say. The plane crashed on Tuesday during a training exercise,...

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