European shares gain on report of progress

EUROPEAN stock markets have chalked up strong gains and the euro has hit $1.30 on fresh hopes that Spain will ask for some sort of aid and improved sentiment regarding Greece, traders say. A senior Spanish official said late on Monday that Madrid...

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AMWU boss to tour Hunter factory

THE Australian Manufacturing Workers Union (AMWU) will visit a factory in the NSW Hunter Valley on Wednesday as part of a national tour aimed at boosting jobs in the embattled sector. AMWU National Secretary Paul Bastian said with 125,000 jobs...

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Jeweller offers rifles with rings

HAVE you spent your life hunting for the perfect wife? Maybe you have met the one but are feeling gun shy? An Iowa jeweler is offering free rifles for husbands-to-be who spend at least $US1999 ($1953) on an engagement ring at his store near...

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Apple sets date for 'iPad mini launch'

APPLE is sending out invitations to reporters for an event next Tuesday, where it's expected to announce the release of a smaller iPad. The invitation to the venue in San Jose, California, doesn't hint at what's will be revealed, but media and...

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Half of all wetlands destroyed since 1900

AN alarming 50 per cent of the world's wetlands have been destroyed in the last 100 years, threatening human welfare at a time of increasing water scarcity, a new report says. Wetlands serve as a source of drinking water and provide protection...

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Govt to let Cubans travel freely

THE Cuban government announced that it will no longer require islanders to apply for an exit visa, eliminating a much-loathed bureaucratic procedure that has been a major impediment for many seeking to travel overseas for more than a half-century....

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Gunmen kill polio vaccinator in Pakistan

UNKNOWN gunmen have killed a polio vaccinator in Pakistan's restive southwestern province of Baluchistan, highlighting resistance to the country's immunisation campaign, officials say. The shooting happened in the Killi Jeo area of provincial...

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