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South Korea considers going nuclear
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South Korea will arm itself with nuclear weapons if its rogue neighbour, North Korea, continues to develop the bomb.
19-year-old man to stand trial over Russell Square stabbing attack
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London: The 19-year old man charged with murdering an American tourist and the attempted murder of five others, including two Australians will stand trial in February.
Photos reveal China building aircraft hangars on disputed Spratlys
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President Xi Jinping had promised 'no militarisation' but experts say structures they've spotted on disputed islets in the South China Sea have room for 'any fighter-jet in the People's Liberation Army Air Force'.
Italian police solve couple's distress with some home-cooked pasta
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Neighbours were worried after they heard crying. Police found a husband and wife who weren't in danger, just old, sad and lonely. Their solution? Some good food and a sympathetic ear.
Alleged Timor war crimes forgotten as ministers fly in for Bali talks
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Canberra has closed the book on war crimes in East Timor allegedly committed by a former general who's now Indonesia's chief security minister.
'Neck injury' - or worse - kills boy on 'insane' 100km/h US water slide
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Police say a neck injury left a 10-year-old boy dead at the foot of the world's highest water slide. There are hints on social media that the tragedy may have been even more gruesome.
Sick of Donald Trump headlines? Overload may be part of the strategy
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Feeling overwhelmed by the barrage of Donald Trump news may in fact be part of the strategy for the candidate's campaign.
Apollo 11 bag accidentally sold by the US government
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The US government accidentally sold a bag carried to the moon aboard the Apollo 11 spacecraft and used for the first sample of lunar material and is now in a legal fight to recover it.
Suicide bomber strikes Pakistan hospital emergency department, killing at least 70
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A suicide bomber in Pakistan killed at least 63 people and wounded dozens more in an attack on mourners gathered at a hospital in Quetta,
MH370 dived at 20,000 feet per minute before its impact, says new research
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Automated signals received from Flight MH370 show the Malaysia Airlines plane plunged into the Indian Ocean at a speed of up to 20,000 feet a minute in its final moments before crashing.
Trump would be 'dangerous' president: Republicans
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The statement on Monday was the latest repudiation of Trump's candidacy by veteran Republican national security specialists, and was remarkable for the harshness of its language.
Donald Trump claims the future while offering economic nostalgia
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Donald Trump reiterates his criticism of NAFTA and TPP trade deals and even says "we'll put our coal miners and our steel workers back to work".
Chinese tourist mistaken for refugee
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A Chinese tourist who tried to report a stolen wallet during a visit to Germany unwittingly signed an asylum application that left him stranded as a refugee for two weeks.
Trump targets tax, regulations and Paris agreement in economic plan
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Some of Mr Trump's economic ideas stray from conservative orthodoxy, but despite his populist proposals, he also seems ready to take cues from Wall Street.
Priest in iconic Bloody Sunday image dies
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A photo of Father Edward Daly waving a blood-stained white handkerchief become one of the iconic images of Bloody Sunday.
Australia to regulate bitcoin under counter-terrorism finance laws
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The anonymity of payments using digital currencies make them attractive for terrorism financing.
Indonesian activist cancels Australia trip to fight police lawsuit
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Activist has alleged the military and police were involved in a drug smuggling syndicate.
Uneasy lies the head: Emperor Akihito seeks way off Japanese throne
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Japan's emperor would like to retire. But the question is whether the Japanese people and their leaders will let him.
Yes, Donald Trump has abnormally small hands
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Five months after Donald Trump used his time on the national debate stage to tell America that his hands - and therefore a certain other body part - were properly sized, the controversy has finally been resolved.
Six years on, an Iranian's spy saga ends at the gallows
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He was a young Iranian scientist with two very different stories to tell. But his love for his son could have been his undoing.
US Nazi leader says Trump a 'real opportunity' for white supremacists
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Donald Trump's candidacy had electrified America's far right, which is hoping his outspokenness will give them better access to the political mainstream
Military success in Syria gives Putin upper hand in US proxy war
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In the last year, for the first time since Afghanistan in the 1980s, the CIA and the Russians have been at war. But the outcome has been very different.
Thailand approves military-backed constitution
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Thailand voted to accept a military-backed constitution on Sunday that will perpetuate the power of the country's generals and open the way for elections next year.
Pistorius' wrists bandaged but self-harm reports 'completely untrue'
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As world's best athletes gathered in Rio, the disgraced Paralympian was rushed to hospital under heavy guard after injuring his wrists in his prison cell.
Friends of Joshua Beath seek funds to bring his body home
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The friends of a Melbourne man found dead at the bottom of a Bangkok high-rise while on holiday have set up a fundraising page to bring his body home.