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The Yangon Stock Exchange officially opens for trading, 20 years after it was first conceived and days before Aung San Suu Kyi's party will form a civilian government.
Topics: government-and-politics, world-politics, burma, asia
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| UpdatedThe NRL grand final rematch between Brisbane and North Queensland delivers another extra-time showdown, this time won 21-20 by the Broncos. Take a look at five key points from this thriller.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedAs former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic is convicted of genocide, nationalists angered by the verdict and Belgrade's courting of the EU take to the streets.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, law-crime-and-justice, world-politics, serbia
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| UpdatedThe Melbourne Victory are tied for fifth on the A-League ladder after a 2-0 victory over Western Sydney at AAMI Park.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, sydney-2000, nsw
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About 100 Chinese-registered boats have been detected encroaching in Malaysia's waters in the disputed South China Sea, Malaysia's state news agency says
Topics: foreign-affairs, unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, malaysia, asia
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| UpdatedThe Matildas' dominant Olympic qualifying campaign launches them four places to number five in the FIFA rankings — the highest ranking in their history.
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| UpdatedAustralia enhances its World T20 progression prospects with an impressive 21-run win over Pakistan in Mohali. Relive the action in Grandstand's live blog.
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| UpdatedA man dies after a group of people dive into surf to help a seven-year-old girl struggling to swim at Fingal Head in northern New South Wales.
Topics: accidents, death, fingal-head-2487
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In this update: Canterbury thumps South Sydney in the NRL, Aussie walker Jared Tallent set to get a golden upgrade for his London 2012 performance, the men take the waves at Bells Beach and Jason Day storms back to full fitness in Texas.
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In this update: Canterbury thumps South Sydney in the NRL, Aussie walker Jared Tallent set to get a golden upgrade for his London 2012 performance, the men take the waves at Bells Beach and Jason Day storms back to full fitness in Texas.
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A man in his 20s drowns at a beach at Semaphore South in Adelaide's West, after being washed from rocks on the shore.
Topics: accidents, death, semaphore-5019
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Lee Bo, who went missing three months ago and surfaced in China, is already on his way back over the border after 24 hours in Hong Kong.
Topics: books-literature, government-and-politics, censorship, information-and-communication, china, asia
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| UpdatedThe Rabbitohs are fighting claims they are a one-man team after they were hammered 42-12 with Sam Burgess sidelined by injury.
Topics: nrl, rugby-league, sport, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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Japan's new stadium for the 2020 Olympic Games was designed without a cauldron for the Olympic flame.
Topics: olympics-summer, sport, japan, asia
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| UpdatedThe Environmental Defender's Office of WA reacts angrily to claims its white paper analysis of the State Government's biodiversity bill is "littered with inaccuracies".
Topics: environmental-policy, environmental-impact, environmental-management, state-parliament, states-and-territories, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australia Police shares one of the "interesting" images captured by its speed cameras showing a motorcyclist in shorts and a T-shirt coming off his bike at 112 kilometres per hour.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, road, social-media, wa
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A national round-up of today's weather outlook.
Topics: weather
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A national round-up of today's weather outlook.
Topics: weather
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| UpdatedHundreds of thousands of Cubans are expected at the Rolling Stones' first gig on the communist island, with fans once banned from listening to rock'n'roll heralding a dream come true.
Topics: rock, music, arts-and-entertainment, foreign-affairs, world-politics, cuba
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In this update: Police in Brussels have arrested six people as a major investigation continues into Tuesday’s deadly bombings. The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War. Messages of hope, family and diversity have been shared on the first day of the Easter weekend. Jared Tallent says he’s elated at being awarded an Olympic gold after a Russian drug cheat was stripped of his medal.
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In this update: Police in Brussels have arrested six people as a major investigation continues into Tuesday’s deadly bombings. The former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been sentenced to 40 years in jail for genocide and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian War. Messages of hope, family and diversity have been shared on the first day of the Easter weekend. Jared Tallent says he’s elated at being awarded an Olympic gold after a Russian drug cheat was stripped of his medal.
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| UpdatedAs Tasmania's religious leaders gave their Good Friday sermons of hope, love and redemption, one little girl was saved — literally.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, hobart-7000, tas, kettering-7155, launceston-7250
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| UpdatedA minibus collides with a truck in central France, killing 12 passengers including a seven-year-old girl, officials say.
Topics: road, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, france
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Off Darwin's picturesque coastline a high-level maritime security training exercise is taking place, with Indonesian and Australian warships working together.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, immigration, illegal-fishing, law-crime-and-justice, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedSydney residents flock to the city's fish market on Good Friday to stock up on seafood for the Easter long weekend. Read the story.
Topics: industry, food-and-beverage, sydney-2000