Syrian family of seven must rely on breadwinner, 13
RUTH POLLARD Mohamed says: “If I don’t work who is going to provide for the family?”
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Upgraded warning for travellers to Bangkok
LINDSAY MURDOCH 3:27pm The Australian government has upgraded its travel advisory for Bangkok after a surge of shootings and grenade attacks in the capital that left two children dead and dozens injured, many seriously.
Objections to plans for three-parent babies
Nick Collins 2:04pm Allowing the creation of babies with DNA from three biological parents in Britain is "incompatible with human dignity" and tantamount to eugenics, members of the Council of Europe have claimed.
British inquiry into IRA immunity letters
Belinda Goldsmith British PM David Cameron has announced an independent inquiry into letters of immunity sent to IRA suspects after an angry response to the freeing of an Irish bomb suspect.
Obama's new program to help minority boys
Nick O’Malley In a personal speech in which he discussed his absent father and drug use, Barack Obama has launched an initiative to help keep young black men out of poverty, in school and out of prison.
Daredevil to jump off Everest after climbing it
Nick Allen For most adventurers, reaching the summit of Mount Everest is the ultimate. For Joby Ogwyn, it will be only the starting point. He intends to jump off it wearing a nylon wing-suit.
Guzman capture could help tackle corruption
Experts say the celebrations over crime boss's capture will be short-lived unless the corrupt links between the capo and government authorities are exposed.
Georgia's struggle a cautionary tale for Ukraine
Turkish PM Tayyip Erdogan dares US-based cleric: 'Do your politics in Turkey'
'I sanctioned payments to officials': Brooks
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Islamists suspected of killing 32 in Nigeria
Costa Concordia captain returns to ship
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Toxic mix of drugs killed Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman
12:47pm Philip Seymour Hoffman was killed by a poisonous mix of drugs that included not only heroin but also cocaine, amphetamines and sedatives, the New York medical examiner announced on Friday.
Gareth Evans slams Abbott government's dealings with Cambodia
LINDSAY MURDOCH 11:53am The Australian architect of the Cambodia peace plan says Julie Bishop's dealings with the country ignore its brutality and corruption.
Mary-Kate Olsen engaged to Olivier Sarkozy
MICHAEL IDATO 10:40am Former child star Mary-Kate Olsen is to marry the half-brother of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy.
Syrian refugees eke out existence in Lebanon
RUTH POLLARD 9:44am In Tripoli, Lebanon, Syrian refugees, some of the 2.5 million who have fled the war in their country that local rights groups say has claimed upwards of 125,000 lives and left more 6.5 million internally displaced, are trying to eke out an existence.
Whole-life term for woman who found killing 'moreish'
Claire Duffin 11:22am Serial killer Joanna Dennehy joined the ranks of Rose West and Moors murderer Myra Hindley on Friday when she became only the third British woman to be given a "whole-life" jail term.
Keep your gays and your aid, defiant Uganda tells West
Mike Pflanz in Kampala 10:13am We won't die poor and we will save homosexuals from damnation, says defiant Ethics Minister.
Ukraine accuses Russia of 'naked aggression' in Crimea
Roland Oliphant in Simferopol and David Blair in Kiev 12:22pm Ukraine's interim President says Vladimir Putin must stop "military provocation" in Crimea, and the US warned of "a grave mistake".
Activists reach Pakistan capital after 3000-kilometre march for missing loved ones
6:45am Islamabad: A group of Baluch activists are finishing a nearly 3000-kilometre protest march across Pakistan, demonstrating in the capital on Friday to demand justice for missing loved ones they say security forces abducted while battling insurgents.
Funeral director shocked as 'dead' Mississippi man kicks his way out of body bag
Jon Herskovitz 5:46am A funeral director in Mississippi got a bit of a shock this week when a man, brought to him in a body bag, kicked to get out just before he was to be embalmed, a local TV station reported.
China busts major web-based baby-trafficking rings, rescues 382 infants
4:27am Beijing: Chinese police have rescued 382 abducted babies and arrested 1094 suspects in a national operation that busted four major internet-based baby trafficking rings, the Public Security Ministry said Friday.
"Kubrick who?"
When Anna Broinowski wanted to make an anti-mining protest film, she turned for help to the masters of propaganda - the North Koreans.
Cry, my father's country
Young Sydney woman Reme Sakr risked her life to travel to war-torn Syria in an attempt to convince her father to return to Australia. Chris Ray charts her journey.
Bangkok shut down will be scaled back, says protest leader
LINDSAY MURDOCH 10:32am The shut down of key parts of the Thai capital will end on Monday, in a retreat by protesters after increasing violent attacks by unknown assailants.
Losing their religion: Desperate plight of China's ethnic Uighurs
Philip Wen, Sanghee Liu China's Uighurs are fighting back against religious persecution.
Manus despair: 'He was guilty of nothing'
PAUL MCGEOUGH The brutal death of asylum seeker Reza Barati has angered relatives.
'I believe that Russia will act': Deposed Ukrainian president Yanukovych speaks after fleeing country
Germain Moyon and Kathy Lally 4:44am Rostov-on-don, Russia: Deposed Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych insisted Friday in his first public appearance since fleeing to Russia that he had not been overthrown and would continue to fight for the future of Ukraine.
Ukraine accuses Russia of 'armed invasion'
3:11am At least 20 men wearing the uniform of Russia's Black Sea fleet and carrying automatic rifles surrounded a Ukrainian border guard post on Friday, in a tense standoff near the port city of Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea region.
Obese children removed from UK families
7:12pm More than 20 children in Britain have reportedly been put into care in the past five years because they are morbidly obese.
Schapelle Corby program won't include an interview, family says
MICHAEL BACHELARD 4:26pm The Seven Network's Sunday Night program on Schapelle Corby avoids an interview with the paroled drug smuggler but includes one with her sister Mercedes, the family has promised Indonesian authorities.
Ousted Ukraine leader to speak as US warns Kremlin against intervention
Lilia Budzhorova 8:03pm Ousted president Viktor Yanukovych has made a dramatic plea to Moscow to "secure my personal safety" as Washington warned the Kremlin against any kind of military intervention in Ukraine.
Oscar Pistorius: prosecutors meet Apple over locked iPhone
2:27pm South African prosecutors pressing a murder charge against Oscar Pistorius have secured a meeting with Apple officials in the US over accessing potentially crucial evidence on the double-amputee athlete's locked iPhone, they said.
The moment Thailand's king defused a timebomb
LINDSAY MURDOCH It was a moment that stopped bloodshed on Bangkok’s streets and captivated the world. Thailand's revered king brought two feuding parties toegther.
Living under a cloud in Beijing
PHILIP WEN Taxi drivers in Beijing are generally of the irritable, on-edge variety, borne from hours upon hours of passive-aggressive weaving and dodging on the city's congested roads.
Paradise lost in Thailand's political turmoil
LINDSAY MURDOCH They called it the closest place on earth to paradise, but its leaders are now speaking openly of their fears that Thailand could collapse amid widespread violence
