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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Floods claim more victims
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FRESH floods triggered by rains swept away a teenager in northern Vietnam and several boats were destroyed, the Government said today, as it struggled to deliver aid to thousands of people hit by the worst floods in four decades.
[in Reuters]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Aussie not fighting extradition in child sex case
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AN Australian man says he won't fight an extradition process in Bali to return him to Australia to face child sex charges.
[in AAP]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Hunt begins for next virgin 'living goddess'
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RELIGIOUS authorities in Nepal have begun the search for a girl who could be as young as three or four to serve as the new Kumari, or the virgin "living goddess", in a centuries-old tradition.
[in AFP]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Boy, 14, killed at friend's birthday party
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A 14-year-old boy has been killed at a friend's birthday party, just metres away from where his parents were also celebrating.
[in NEWS.com.au]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Aussie tourist kidnapped and raped in Paris
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AN Australian tourist in Paris was held captive for 15 hours and repeatedly raped at a squat in the city.
[in The Daily Telegraph]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Drag race deaths driver avoids jail time
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AN Australian drag racer involved in a US crash that killed six spectators has seen the threat of a lifetime jail term lifted with a plea deal today.
[in AAP]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Georgia, Russia agree to French peace plan
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GEORGIA and Russia have agreed to a peace plan brokered by France after Moscow ordered a halt to its military onslaught, French President Nicolas Sarkozy says.
[in AFP]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Georgia agrees to modified Russian peace plan
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FRENCH President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili say they have agreed to a modified version of a peace plan with Russia over the breakaway region of South Ossetia.
[in Reuters]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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Cult 'starved toddler to death'
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A TODDLER was starved to death by members of a religious cult, including his mother, because he would not say "amen" after meals.
[in The Daily Telegraph]
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02/04/2012 03:12 AM
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World in Pictures
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A BIZARRE sand treatment, good-looking Elvis impersonators and the damage from five days of Russian military might are just some of these great photos from around the world.
[in NEWS.com.au]
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