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10:52AM (AEST): Shell fighting oil leak in North Sea

ROYAL Dutch Shell PLC said it is trying to stop oil leaking from a flow line at one of its drilling platforms in the North Sea off the coast of Scotland. Read more
10:48AM (AEST): Ex-NY police chief to advise UK on unrest

PRIME Minister David Cameron has asked former New York police commissioner Bill Bratton to act as a consultant to British police on how to curb street violence, Downing Street said. Read more
10:33AM (AEST): One killed in Poland train derailment

A TRAIN packed with passengers derailed in central Poland overnight as it was travelling from Warsaw to Katowice, killing one passenger and injuring about 40 others. Read more
10:04AM (AEST): Russian man kills wife with homemade missile

RUSSIAN authorities were today probing the freak death of a woman killed by a homemade missile launched by her husband. Read more
10:01AM (AEST): Angry Birds likely to soar to $1.3bn valuation

IT cost just over €100,000 ($157,000) to develop but the infectiously popular mobile phone game Angry Birds looks set to earn its Finnish developer a billion-dollar stock market valuation 18 months after it sailed close to bankruptcy, reports suggested today. Read more
9:31AM (AEST): Queensland MP rules out One Nation deal

QUEENSLAND Labor MP Kate Jones has ruled out taking One Nation party preferences even if it cost her at the upcoming state election. Read more
9:28AM (AEST): Girl, 8, hit by tip truck

An EIGHT-YEAR-OLD girl is in hospital with serious injuries after a tip truck struck her. Read more
9:10AM (AEST): Four teens hurt in balcony collapse

FOUR teenagers have been injured after falling three metres when a balcony collapsed in Melbourne's southeast. Read more
8:14AM (AEST): Man charged over death of pedestrian

A MAN has been charged after a 84-year-old pedestrian died when he was hit by two cars in Sydney's west. Read more
7:41AM (AEST): Dow closes up over 100 points

THE Dow Jones Industrial Average held Thursday's gains to finish up over 100 points overnight. Read more
7:36AM (AEST): Court deals blow to Obama health care law

A US appeals court has dealt a new blow to the health care reform law which forms President Barack Obama's proudest domestic achievement, declaring its centrepiece provision unconstitutional. Read more
7:21AM (AEST): 'Supergene' is key to copycat butterflies

SINCE Charles Darwin, biologists have pondered the mystery of "mimicry butterflies", which survive by copying the wing patterns of other butterflies that taste horrible to their predators, birds. Read more
7:17AM (AEST): Mass protests across Syria, 13 killed

SYRIAN security forces opened fire overnight killing at least 13 people as thousands of anti-regime protesters rallied in flashpoint cities after the Ramadan weekly prayers, rights activists said. Read more
7:10AM (AEST): UK police in lockdown to prevent new riots

POLICE in London have flooded the streets in a move to prevent a repeat of England's worst riots in decades, which left city neighbourhoods smouldering and five people dead. Read more
7:00AM (AEST): British PM backs eviction for London rioters

BRITISH Prime Minister David Cameron has backed a call to withdraw welfare benefits from rioters as a London council became the first to begin evicting a tenant whose son faces unrest charges. Read more
6:52AM (AEST): USAID halts Gaza assistance

THE US Agency for International Development is halting humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip over alleged meddling by the enclave's rulers, Hamas, a US official says. Read more
6:43AM (AEST): Monsoon deluge kills 21 in Pakistan

DEVASTATING rains in Pakistan have killed at least 21 people, destroying crops and houses in the flood-prone south of the country, a government official says. Read more
6:38AM (AEST): US serial killer gets death penalty

A SERIAL killer who kept the decomposing bodies of 11 women in his Ohio home and yard for more than two years has been sentenced to death. Read more
6:33AM (AEST): Team drops skier over in-flight urination

AN 18-year-old was dismissed from the US Ski Team's development squad after he was accused of getting drunk and then urinating on a 12-year-old girl aboard a flight. Read more
6:29AM (AEST): Brazilian judge shot dead

A 47-YEAR-OLD female Brazilian judge known for her efforts to combat organised crime in the Rio de Janeiro area has been shot dead near her home. Read more
1:27AM (AEST): Shots fired on Melbourne pub

POLICE have arrested a man in his 20s after a shot was fired through the front window of a pub in Melbourne's north-west. Read more
12:52AM (AEST): Taste bud training is new weight loss tool

SCIENTISTS have come up with a novel way of helping overweight people drop some kilos - retraining their taste buds. Read more
12:11AM (AEST): Applications open for new police chief

ANYONE hoping to replace the former Victoria Police chief must be able to manage relationships with the government. Read more
11:59PM (AEST): US stocks open higher, climb 100 points

US stocks opened higher today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing over 100 points at the beginning of trading on Wall Street. Read more
11:03PM (AEST): Thousands protests in Syria, four killed

SYRIAN security forces have opened fire killing four people as thousands of anti-regime protesters poured onto streets. Read more
10:38PM (AEST): Elderly pedestrian in Sydney killed

A PEDESTRIAN in his 70s has been struck and killed by a car while crossing a road in western Sydney. Read more
10:32PM (AEST): Pakistan soldier to hang for murder

A PAKISTANI court today found a paramilitary soldier guilty of murder and sentenced him to death for killing an unarmed man. Read more
10:27PM (AEST): Cobra curse prevents temple exploration

DEVOTEES of an Indian temple where billions of dollars of treasure were recently discovered warned against further exploration. Read more
10:06PM (AEST): Norway sets up July 22 commission

NORWEGIAN PM presents a new commission appointed to determine what lessons should be drawn from the July 22 twin attacks. Read more
9:33PM (AEST): NSW driver killed as coal truck rolls

THE driver of a coal truck has died after rolling his vehicle over a two-metre embankment in Newcastle. Read more
9:27PM (AEST): Incest man's dungeon filled with concrete

THE basement dungeon of Austrian incest monster Josef Fritzl will be filled with concrete to prevent it from becoming a tourist attraction. Read more
9:23PM (AEST): LNP hopeful stands aside over JFK email

AN LNP candidate has stepped aside as his party investigates an email saying he hopes Prime Minister Julia Gillard "follows the history" of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. Read more
9:17PM (AEST): Faces of rioters broadcast on big screen

RIOTERS who think they've got away with looting are in for a surprise as police broadcast CCTV pictures of their faces on a big screen. Read more
9:15PM (AEST): Town a break for drought-fleeing Somalis

EXHAUSTED, sick and starving Somalis fleeing extreme drought pause in a desolate village before making a final long trek. Read more
9:06PM (AEST): Indonesia jails soldiers over killing

THREE Indonesian soldiers tried over the killing of a Papuan priest have been sentenced to up to 15 months in jail for insubordination. Read more
8:07PM (AEST): Baker stable after food mixer accident

A WOMAN has been dragged into an industrial mixer when her arm got caught in the machinery at her own bakery in Melbourne's southeast. Read more
7:52PM (AEST): Nepal latest to investigate Securency

THE Nepalese parliament is set to investigate the awarding of a contract to print Australian banknotes, part of a bribery scandal. Read more
7:46PM (AEST): Two accused of trying to pressure witness

TWO men have been accused of trying to pressure a witness in a case against an alleged Melbourne crime family. Read more
6:48PM (AEST): Thousands fooled with 'miracle' cream

MORE than 14,000 sun worshippers tried to order a "miracle" tanning cream, unaware that it was a spoof product by a British skin cancer charity. Read more
6:32PM (AEST): One Nation re-registered in Qld

ONE Nation has been re-registered in Queensland and will run candidates across the state in the next poll, including in the hotly-contested seat of Ashgrove. Read more
6:29PM (AEST): Great Barrier Reef report card released

ABOUT 28,000 kilograms of pesticides enter the Great Barrier Reef annually, a new report shows. Read more
6:26PM (AEST): Doctor and nurse referred to watchdog

A DOCTOR and a nurse who treated a man who died after dental surgery with an inappropriate drug have been referred by a coroner to NSW's peak health watchdog. Read more
6:14PM (AEST): Dollar softer after a volatile week

A SENSE of normality returned to the foreign exchange market on Friday after one of the most tumultuous weeks in its recent history, when the Australian dollar shed almost two US cents. Read more
6:06PM (AEST): Questions about three-day Orica delay

THE NSW government is under fire for taking three days to tell Newcastle residents of a chemical leak, with the opposition demanding an inquiry into the accident that contaminated homes and closed a nearby childcare centre. Read more
5:43PM (AEST): Hairhouse Warehouse worker jailed

A BOOK keeper who stole almost $1 million from hair and beauty retailer Hairhouse Warehouse has been jailed for four-and-a-half years. Read more
5:40PM (AEST): Stock market closes higher

THE Australian market closed higher today but whittled back earlier strong gains on profit-taking. Read more
5:33PM (AEST): Syrian forces kill 2 ahead of mass protest

SYRIA'S security forces have shot dead a man and a woman as they pursued a brutal crackdown ahead of expected mass demonstrations after Ramadan Friday prayers, a rights activist says. Read more
5:31PM (AEST): Three boys missing from Sunshine Coast

QUEENSLAND police are worried about three boys who have been missing on the Sunshine Coast for three days. Read more
5:29PM (AEST): Employee stole $570,000 from university

A FORMER business manager at Curtin University in Perth has pleaded guilty to 54 charges of stealing more than $570,000 from her employer. Read more
5:12PM (AEST): LNP hopeful denies Gillard JFK reference

A LIBERAL National Party candidate has denied writing that he hopes Prime Minister Julia Gillard "follows the history" of assassinated US President John F Kennedy. Read more
5:02PM (AEST): Company fined $285,000 over van death

SECURITY contractor G4S has been fined $285,000 for its part in the death of a man in the back of a prison van in Western Australia's goldfields region. Read more
4:51PM (AEST): Brisbane house crash driver charged

POLICE have charged a man who crashed a car into a house in Brisbane early this morning. Read more
4:48PM (AEST): Driver had 'callous disregard' for safety

A PERTH truck driver who crashed into a school bus injuring more than a dozen children has been sentenced to four years jail. Read more
4:46PM (AEST): Teacher jailed over sex with student

AN elite Hobart school teacher who had sex with a 16-year-old student up to 30 times has been jailed for two years and 10 months. Read more
4:37PM (AEST): Death in custody - prison system failed

MARK Holcroft died of a heart attack in the back of a NSW Prison van while inmates screamed and cried for help that never came. Read more
3:44PM (AEST): Teen boy diagnosed with meningococcal

A 13-year-old Brisbane boy has been diagnosed as having the potentially fatal meningococcal disease. Read more
3:39PM (AEST): Breivik horrified by actions - psychologist

NORWEGIAN killer Anders Behring Breivik felt horrified by his actions when he began to methodically shoot young people dead. Read more
3:25PM (AEST): Boxer's accused murderer may get bail

THE man charged with the stabbing murder of boxing champion John Marceta will be granted bail if he finds somewhere to live other than the crime scene. Read more
3:21PM (AEST): Burns victim Jandamarra forgives attacker

JANDAMARRA O'Shane wants to meet the man who set fire to him in a Cairns schoolyard 15 years ago. Read more
3:06PM (AEST): Worker caught in food mixer critical

A WORKER is in a critical condition after her arm was caught in an industrial mixing machine in Melbourne's southeast. Read more

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