Mother, four children killed in NY home

Ex-Labor MP sings Bleijie praise

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jarrod Bleijie has done something right, according to one former minister of the Goss Labor government. Find out what it is.

Parents fail on truancy rates

WAGGING students will miss 4.2 million school days this year, new data shows. Find out which Queensland schools have the best and worst attendance rates.

Plan for payouts on fatal program

THE Abbott Government has opened the door to compensating hundreds of families and businesses left broken by the Rudd government's botched insulation program.

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Thousands protest about ETA ruling

Ex-Labor MP sings Bleijie praise

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jarrod Bleijie has done something right, according to one former minister of the Goss Labor government. Find out what it is.

Parents fail on truancy rates

WAGGING students will miss 4.2 million school days this year, new data shows. Find out which Queensland schools have the best and worst attendance rates.

Plan for payouts on fatal program

THE Abbott Government has opened the door to compensating hundreds of families and businesses left broken by the Rudd government's botched insulation program.

Coast clear as 'classic' bikies move on

A POLICE Gangs Squad has been set up on the Sunshine Coast but, with "older, classic bikies" retiring in the area, they may face little action.

Bikies told: Don't cross the border

A CRACK squad of NSW police is reinforcing the border at Tweed Heads to turn back Queensland bikies.

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Boy killed in SA playground accident

A SIX-YEAR-OLD boy has died in a playground accident in South Australia's mid-north.

Ambulance crews were called to Farrell Flat, about 20 kilometres west of Clare, after a metal slippery dip overturned and fell on the child about 5pm (CDT) on Sunday.

The boy, from Clare, was treated at the scene but died from his injuries.

Police said there were no suspicious circumstances and officers were preparing a report for the South Australian state coroner.

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Somali journalist dies after shooting

A SOMALI journalist has died after being shot six times by unidentified gunmen as he drove to work.

Mohamed Mohamud's death brings the number of journalists killed in Somalia this year to seven.

The 26-year-old died in hospital on Saturday night, fellow journalist Ahmed Nor Mohamed said on Sunday.

"We have lost a precious life once again. Doctors were not able to save our colleague," he said.

Mohamud was buried on Sunday.

Mohamud, who also was known as Tima'ade, had undergone surgery after being shot six times in the neck, chest and shoulder, said the Committee to Protect Journalists, or CPJ.

Unidentified gunmen in a car shot at Mohamud as he drove to work early on Tuesday in the Wadajir district of the capital, Mogadishu, the journalists' group said, citing local reports.

Mohamud reported for the private UK-based Universal TV, which covers news for the Somali diaspora, said the CPJ.

Somalia is one of the most dangerous countries for media workers.

At least 18 journalists were killed in Somalia last year.

It's not entirely clear who has been targeting journalists. But militants, criminals, and even state agents all could have reasons to want journalists killed in Somalia, according to the CPJ.

The killings often happen in the government-controlled areas that journalists generally consider safe.

The CPJ says reporters have to watch their backs for attacks from extremists and criminals as well as possible hostility from the government.

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Five killed opposition rally in India

Ex-Labor MP sings Bleijie praise

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jarrod Bleijie has done something right, according to one former minister of the Goss Labor government. Find out what it is.

Parents fail on truancy rates

WAGGING students will miss 4.2 million school days this year, new data shows. Find out which Queensland schools have the best and worst attendance rates.

Plan for payouts on fatal program

THE Abbott Government has opened the door to compensating hundreds of families and businesses left broken by the Rudd government's botched insulation program.

Coast clear as 'classic' bikies move on

A POLICE Gangs Squad has been set up on the Sunshine Coast but, with "older, classic bikies" retiring in the area, they may face little action.

Bikies told: Don't cross the border

A CRACK squad of NSW police is reinforcing the border at Tweed Heads to turn back Queensland bikies.

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Italy rescues 400 migrants off Sicily

Ex-Labor MP sings Bleijie praise

ATTORNEY-GENERAL Jarrod Bleijie has done something right, according to one former minister of the Goss Labor government. Find out what it is.

Parents fail on truancy rates

WAGGING students will miss 4.2 million school days this year, new data shows. Find out which Queensland schools have the best and worst attendance rates.

Plan for payouts on fatal program

THE Abbott Government has opened the door to compensating hundreds of families and businesses left broken by the Rudd government's botched insulation program.

Coast clear as 'classic' bikies move on

A POLICE Gangs Squad has been set up on the Sunshine Coast but, with "older, classic bikies" retiring in the area, they may face little action.

Bikies told: Don't cross the border

A CRACK squad of NSW police is reinforcing the border at Tweed Heads to turn back Queensland bikies.

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Don't boycott UN rights meet, Israel told

GERMANY has warned Israel against boycotting a UN review of its human rights record scheduled for Tuesday if it wants to avert "severe diplomatic damage", an Israeli newspaper reports.

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Vic boy killed attempting to cross tracks

Cricket hit link to road death

THE FAMILY of a man killed in a car crash in central Queensland fear a cricket ball to the head may have contributed to the accident.

'Outlandish' compo claims targeted

THE State Government is promising to quash the ability for employees to make "outlandish" compo claims, as part of proposed changes being put forward to Cabinet.

Nowhere to run for bikie gangs

IN the first-ever national day of action against criminal motorcycle gangs, police around the country raided bikie haunts.

JRudd reveals cabinet 'fantasy'

KEVIN Rudd's daughter Jessica has confessed her dad's arch-nemesis, current Prime Minister Tony Abbott, appears in her 'fantasy cabinet'.

Customer shock as discounts pulled

THE STATE'S power watchdog has slammed sneaky electricity retailers for using a loophole costing consumers hundreds of dollars a year.

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Flying doctors offer chance to buy the sky

THE Royal Flying Doctor Service is giving donors a chance to claim a patch of the Australian sky.

Demand for the flying doctor service has grown by more than a quarter in the past seven years as the mining boom sent more people into remote areas.

The famous flying doctors are now launching their biggest ever fundraiser on Monday in a bid to secure their long-term future.

A $50 donation gives people a chance to put their name on a piece of sky on the Royal Flying Doctor Service flight paths.

They can then choose to get weekly updates of the lifesaving doctors' activity in their patch.

While supported by the commonwealth and state governments, the service - which ensures no patient is more than two hours from medical help - relies heavily on the community.

"Buy the Sky" donations will be used to purchase and equip aircraft, and to finance major capital initiatives.

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Attacks across Iraq kill at least 31

A STRING of bombings in mostly Shi'ite-majority cities across Iraq has killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility but car bombs are frequently used by al-Qaeda's Iraq branch.

The Sunni militant group and other Sunni extremists often target Shi'ite civilians in an effort to undermine the country's Shi'ite-led government.

The deadliest Sunday's attacks, which targeted mainly commercial areas and bus stations, was in the southern city of Hillah, 95 kilometres south of Baghdad.

Back-to-back car bombings hit an outdoor market, killing eight people and wounding 22, a police officer said.

Two parked car bombs ripped through a commercial area of Suwayrah, 40 kilometres south of Baghdad, killing five people and wounding 14.

Two other car bombs that exploded simultaneously in Kut, 160 kilometres southeast of Baghdad, killed four and wounded 16.

In nearby Samawah, four other people were killed and 13 wounded when two car bombs exploded.

Two other car bombs killed three and wounded 13 in Diwaniyah, 130 kilometres south of the capital.

In northern Samarra, two people were killed and 15 were wounded when a bomb targeted a gathering of mourners for some of the 17 people who were killed in a car bombing there on Saturday.

Five other people were killed and 34 were wounded in other attacks in the southern city of Basra and the central towns of Mahmoudiyah and Madain.

More than 5000 people have been killed in Iraq since attacks began accelerating in April following a deadly crackdown against a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawija.

More than 258 people have been so far killed in October.

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