5 Jan 2009 at 9:39pm A vice-mayor has been shot dead in the southern Philippines, police said on Tuesday, in what is believed to be the country's first political killing this year. Froilan Rufino, 50, was walking to his home in the town of President Quirino on the ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 5:47am A POLICE sting at Adelaide airport today led to the arrest of two suspects who allegedly tried to extort $100,000 from two victims by threatening to kill them or their families. A 28-year-old member of the Finks motorcycle gang was arrested when he ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 3:52am Paris Hilton is reportedly dating George Clooney. The socialite fueled speculation of a romance after recently enjoying an ?intimate? evening with the ?Burn After Reading? star at the Whiskey Bar at the Sunset Marquis hotel in Hollywood ...
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5 Jan 2009 at 2:27am Few sports make mountain climbing and around-the-world sailing seem almost tame, but the Dakar Rally rates among the world's great challenges. This year's rally kicked up the dust on Saturday, more than 6000 kilometres from Dakar, after it was moved ...
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4 Jan 2009 at 11:42pm TANGERANG: The police shot a raged bull Friday after it rampaged near the Ligamas housing complex in Karawaci, Tangerang, for about four hours, kompas.com reported Saturday. The bull was one of two bulls that escaped when a truck carrying 13 ...
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4 Jan 2009 at 3:57pm A young man has died following a road accident in Queensland on Sunday. It is believed that the 21-year-old lost control of his motorcycle, colliding with a light pole in Merindan Plains at around 5.30pm (local time). The man died at the scene and ...
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4 Jan 2009 at 2:35am Australia has told the United States for a second time that it will not resettle detainees freed from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba, the acting prime minister said Saturday. Julia Gillard said President George W. Bush's administration ...
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3 Jan 2009 at 7:22am CRIME networks are behind a surge in the trade of wildlife and other live animals on the black market, according to an Australian Federal Police report. The report commissioned by the AFP has exposed the link between national criminal groups and an ...
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3 Jan 2009 at 3:26am Old mosquitoes usually spread disease, so Australian researchers figured out a way to make the pests die younger _ naturally, not poisoned. Scientists have been racing to genetically engineer mosquitoes to become resistant to diseases like malaria ...
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2 Jan 2009 at 10:54pm A teenager is in a critical condition after a motorcycle accident in Tabulam on New South Wales' far north-coast. The state's ambulance service says the 18-year-old was thrown about 10 metres from his bike and suffered head, chest and leg injuries ...
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