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Slave 'sent love letters to neighbour'
THIS 30-year-old woman allegedly kept as a 'slave' in a South London apartment sent scented love letters to her neighbour, it has been claimed.
Protesters want closer ties with EU
THOUSANDS protest in the Ukrainian capital Kiev, calling for closer ties with the European Union and a loosening of ties with Moscow.
Voters say no to executive pay cap
TWO-THIRDS of Swiss voters have rejected a referendum to cap executive pay at 12 times the wage of a firm's lowest earner.
Another lotto win couple split
A SECOND lottery millionaire couple have split up, as the strain of how to spend their fortune reportedly took its toll on their marriage.
Vatican unveils 'St Peter's bones'
THE Vatican has publicly unveiled a handful of bone fragments purportedly belonging to St Peter, which were found in a shoe box.
Greenpeace crew free to leave Russia
MOSCOW will allow the foreign crew members of Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise to leave Russia as soon as they obtain legal status to do so.
Supermarket cave-in 'murder': President
LATVIAN President Andris Berzins said Saturday a supermarket cave-in that claimed at least 52 lives should be viewed as a murder case.
Slave suspects from India, Tanzania
UK POLICE say the two suspects in a major slavery case are from India and Tanzania and came to Britain in the 1960s.
Harry readies for gruelling polar trek
PRINCE Harry has arrived in Antarctica ahead of a gruelling trek to the South Pole with injured troops.
Pope's warning for Olympic leaders
POPE Francis has warned a large delegation of Olympic leaders not to "reduce athletes to mere trading material from whom profits are extracted."
Miss Italia beauty 'held in drugs sting'
A FORMER Miss Italia finalist has been busted by Italian police for her part in an alleged international cocaine trafficking ring.
UK slave women 'beaten, brainwashed'
THREE women held in a London house for 30 years were beaten and brainwashed. Now Britain is struggling to comprehend the 'invisible chains' that held them.
Russia frees 13 Greenpeace activists
RUSSIA on Friday released on bail 13 more Greenpeace crewmembers on bail, leaving only Australian Colin Russell in detention.
Spanish king 'satisfactory' after hip op
SPAIN'S King Juan Carlos is recovering a day after a hip replacement, in the latest of a series of health woes that have raised questions over his reign.
'Meth Minister' arrested over video
THE former British bank chairman is arrested in connection with a drugs supply investigation after being secretly filmed allegedly buying crack.
Couple bailed after 'slaves' freed
A COUPLE arrested after three women were rescued from a London house after being held as slaves for as long as 30 years, have been bailed.
Stuck burglar asks victim for help
IT'S not April's Fools Day. A bungling burglar got stuck fast in a bathroom window and when the homeowner came home asked him to call police.
Court: Silvio was sexually stimulated
THE Milan court that convicted Silvio Berlusconi of paying an underage prostitute for sex said proof of intercourse wasn't needed to find him guilty.
Bus driver told to deliver bomb
A BUS driver has been commanded by suspected IRA militants to deliver a bomb to a police station, but instead she parked and called police.
Cheap Aussie grog fab, not chunder
OUR biggest wine brands are relaunching in the UK in an effort to get British drinkers to recognise cheap grog does not mean poor quality.
Drug cops raid home of bank boss
IT'S a growing scandal involving crack cocaine, crystal meth and rent boys. Now UK police have raided a bank chief's home.
Paris 'lone gunman' named
FRENCH police have named a man suspected of carrying out several recent attacks in Paris. And it seems he's already a notorious criminal.
Carbon trade up in smoke
CARBON trading, once seen as a burgeoning industry, is evaporating in Europe with at least 10 banks in London alone scaling back or closing their trading desks.
Greenpeace activists granted bail
AFTER decreeing that Australian Greenpeace activist Colin Russell must stay in prison until February, Russian authorities have granted bail to 20 of his fellow detainees.
Which city is best for students?
SYDNEY and Melbourne have narrowly missed out on being ranked the best city in the world for students. Find out which city came in first.
Macca's sorry for playing rape song
FAST food giant McDonald's has apologised to a grandfather and his toddler grandson who were blasted by rap music peppered with explicit sex lyrics as they ate.
Call for amnesty for Troubles violence
NORTHERN Ireland's chief legal adviser has called for an end to prosecutions stemming from decades of sectarian violence, sparking outrage.
$100,000 - for walking the dog?
IT's something we've all dreamt about: Taking the dog for a walk, and stumbling over tens of thousands of dollars in cash. It's just happened, for real.
Widow slept with corpse for year
A WIDOW slept next to her mummified husband's corpse for a year, her landlord said after making the macabre discovery during an eviction.
Prosecutor denies favouring royals
SPAIN'S chief prosecutor has denied preferential treatment is being given to King Juan Carlos's daughter Cristina.
Probe finds pilots 'overcompensated'
THE Russian plane that crashed killing all 50 aboard, lost speed in a steep climb then overcompensated, sending the plane into a near-vertical dive.
Mum abandoned kids in two countries
A MUM of two who abandoned babies found on either side of the German-Netherlands border has been identified through DNA testing.
Husbands 'must admit they watch porn'
HUSBANDS who secretly watch internet porn will have to confess to their wives when new family filters come in, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.
'Apocalyptic' storm hits Sardinia, 17 dead
THE Mediterranean island of Sardinia is a flood-ravaged mudbath after a freak rainstorm killed at least 17 people, downed bridges and swept away cars.
Man proves he's not 'too fat to fly'
A YOUNG Frenchman who was stranded in the US because he was deemed too fat to fly finally flew to Britain on Monday, one step closer to going home.
Tomic spared his day in court
BERNARD Tomic will be spared another appearance in court with his father now unlikely to contest his suspended jail sentence for assaulting Thomas Drouet.
'Pope felt my face': Disfigured man
"I FELT as though my heart was leaving my body.": The severely disfigured man embraced, kissed and blessed by the Pope talks about the experience.
Is Assange living a lie?
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange does not have secret sealed charges filed against him, a top US law official insists.
Paris on edge amid gunman chaos
A FRANTIC manhunt is underway for a gunman in Paris as a 27-year-old fights for his life after being shot at the offices of newspaper Liberation.
Syria peace conference set for January 22
Mon Nov 25 23:20:21 EST 2013 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon says Syria's warring sides will finally meet for the long-elusive Geneva II peace negotiations.
Tiananmen leader denied in bid to return
Mon Nov 25 23:13:18 EST 2013 THE exiled second most wanted student leader from the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy protests has been stopped from returning home.
Bomb attacks in Iraq kill 5 troops
Mon Nov 25 22:30:53 EST 2013 A SUICIDE car bomb and another bombing near Baghdad have killed five members of Iraq's security forces.
Almost 90% of Indons want harsher action
Mon Nov 25 20:18:13 EST 2013 ALMOST one in 10 Indonesians support military action against Australia in response to recent spying revelations.
More gases erupt from Indonesian volcano
Mon Nov 25 20:09:42 EST 2013 SIX new eruptions have sent lava and searing gas tumbling up to 1.5 kilometres down the slopes of Mount Sinabung in North Sumatra.
Thai protesters occupy finance ministry
Mon Nov 25 19:48:54 EST 2013 DEMONSTRATORS intent on ousting Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Sinawatra have stormed the finance ministry and threatened to seize other buildings.
Pro-West Ukrainians to blockade govt seat
Mon Nov 25 19:00:21 EST 2013 PRO-WESTERN Ukrainians are planning to blockade the seat of government in Kiev, hoping to force an historic pact with the EU.
Taylor Swift wins AMA artist of the year
Mon Nov 25 18:48:40 EST 2013 TAYLOR Swift has been voted American Music Awards artist of the year for a third time as fans celebrated the women of pop music.
25 missing, 1 dead in China ship sinkings
Mon Nov 25 18:05:14 EST 2013 STORMY seas have caused two ships to sink off China's east coast. Twenty five crew are missing in total and one has been found dead.
Scientists make breakthrough lamprey find
Mon Nov 25 17:25:15 EST 2013 A NEW Zealand scientist has for the first time discovered a lamprey spawning site in the southern hemisphere.
US man's hunt for daughter leads to Qld
Mon Nov 25 15:37:13 EST 2013 AMERICAN Benjamin Todd has lived a parent's worst nightmare for 20 years; he is now reaching out to the daughter who was spirited away to Australia.
Katy Perry to open American Music Awards
Mon Nov 25 13:41:14 EST 2013 KATY Perry will open the American Music Awards and Miley Cyrus will close it, but Taylor Swift is expected to win the artist of the year gong.
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Amsterdam pays alcoholics in beer
FOR a day's hard work, alcoholics are getting $14, some tobacco and five beers - two to start the day, two at lunch and one for after work.