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Damaging aftershock rocks Christchurch
BUILDINGS damaged, power cut and shoppers evacuated as aftershock hits city this morning.
Schapelle Corby's jail term cut for Xmas
INDONESIA has cut the prison terms of Australians Schapelle Corby and Renae Lawrence.
Earthquake triggers Pacific tsunami
A POWERFUL 7.3-magnitude earthquake struck off the western Pacific nation of Vanuatu early this morning, triggering a small tsunami, exactly six years after giant waves killed 220,000 people around the Indian Ocean.
North America
Sea urchin teeth hold key to sharp knives
SCIENTISTS claim they have found how sea urchins keep their teeth sharp and they hope their discovery could one day lead to knives that never need sharpening.
Europe
Freak weather shuts down Moscow airport
A POWERLINE failure shut down Moscow's largest airport today as unseasonably warm weather produced hail storms that wreaked havoc with the city's traffic.
Central and South Asia
At least 80 dead in Pakistan bombing, raids
MORE than 40 people have been killed in a suicide bombing on a World Food Program project in northwestern Pakistan.
Africa
Christmas Eve attacks kill 38 in Nigeria
A SERIES of Christmas Eve bomb blasts and attacks on churches have left at least 38 people dead in Nigeria.
Middle East
Obama condemns Pakistan suicide attack
US PRESIDENT condemns "outrageous terrorist attack" in Pakistan where a suicide bomber killed people at a World Food Program project.
Central and South America
Festive fireworks injure 100
FIREWORKS from Christmas revellers injured at least 100 people in Argentina this year, fewer than last year.
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