Fireworks light up foreshore at Gold Coast

CARTOON superheroes shone on a high-rise wall as fireworks lit up the beachfront for the New Year's Eve curtain-raiser at Surfers Paradise. Thousands of revellers took in the 9pm (AEST) show, a precursor to the main event at midnight, which is...

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Putin urges unity after year of protests

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has used a traditional New Year address to call for unity following a year of protests against his return to the Kremlin for a third term. The country's "development and fate depend on our enthusiasm and labour,...

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Asset sales tipped at Tribune Co

US media conglomerate Tribune Co has exited bankruptcy after four years of court supervision, with the future of its assets including The Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times uncertain. The Chicago-based company said it emerged from bankruptcy...

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22 killed in wave of Iraq attacks

A WAVE of bombings and shootings across Iraq has killed 22 people as the country grapples with anti-government rallies and simmering political crises ahead of major Shi'ite commemoration rituals. No group immediately claimed responsibility for...

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Venezuela axes New Year's with Chavez sick

VENEZUELA has called off public New Year's Eve festivities and social media sizzled with worry after the government revealed cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez had taken a turn for the worse. The streets of Caracas were quiet as front-page...

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Nine shot dead during party

NINE people have been shot and killed in a rural village in northwest Colombia, apparently during a party, a police official has said. None of the four women and five men who were slain have been identified, no suspects have been arrested and...

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Police searching for missing Sydney man

AN appeal has been issued for information on a 48-year-old man who has gone missing from his Sydney home. Barry Kodesh was last seen between 9am and 10.45am (AEDT) on Sunday at his home in Everton Street, Pymble. Police and family members are...

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Greeks want probe of tax scandal minister

GREEK MPs have called for a probe into former finance minister George Papaconstantinou's alleged role in scrubbing names from a list of accused tax dodgers, days after he was ejected from his party over the scandal. Seventy-one MPs from Prime...

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