Six dead as heavy snow hits Balkans

FREEZING temperatures and heavy snowfall have killed at least six people and caused travel chaos across the Balkans. Officials said four people have died in Croatia and two in Serbia as a result of blizzards in the region of southwestern Europe...

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13 die after Taiwan bus falls into ravine

A TOUR bus has plunged 300 metres down a ravine deep inside Taiwan's mountains in Hsinchu County, killing 13 passengers. Ten others were injured in the crash which occurred on Sunday, according to the Hsinchu fire bureau. Authorities said the...

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Report into CTV building collapse due

THE results of the Canterbury Earthquakes Royal Commission investigation into the collapse of the CTV building in Christchurch will be released on Monday afternoon. The third and final part of the commission's report examines the collapse of...

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10 dead after army opens fire in S Sudan

AT least 10 people have been killed after South Sudanese troops opened fire on demonstrators angry at officials moving the seat of local authority outside a state capital. "The SPLA (army) opened fire" on protesters "demonstrating the excessive...

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Syria-linked clashes kill six in Lebanon

SECTARIAN clashes linked to the 21-month conflict in Syria have killed six people and wounded 40 in neighbouring Lebanon. Sunday's fighting in the northern city of Tripoli between Sunni Muslims and Alawite co-religionists of Syrian President Bashar...

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US drone kills senior al-Qaeda leader

A US drone strike has killed a senior al-Qaeda leader in Pakistan's tribal region near the Afghan border, Pakistani intelligence officials say. Sheik Khalid bin Abdel Rehman al-Hussainan, who was also known as Abu Zaid al-Kuwaiti, was killed when...

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New voting law jeopardises coalition seats

THE coalition could lose a swag of marginal seats at next year's federal election as new electoral laws automatically enrol up to 1.5 million voters. An analysis of Newspoll surveys indicate the coalition's primary vote would slip by 1.5 percentage...

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