Smugglers try to overwhelm PNG boat plan

PEOPLE smugglers are trying to overwhelm Australia's hardline asylum seeker settlement deal with Papua New Guinea, Immigration Minister Tony Burke says. "In the last few days, some of the smuggling operations have tried to put together a bit...

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Nine charged in UK hacking probe

A SENIOR Sun journalist, a former Daily Mirror journalist, a police officer and a prison officer are among nine people to be charged as part of an ongoing probe into British media wrongdoing. Graham Dudman, former managing editor of The Sun; John...

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Crime novelist Elmore Leonard dies at 87

ELMORE Leonard, a former adman who later in life became one of America's foremost crime writers, has died. He was 87. His researcher, Gregg Sutter, says Elmore passed away on Tuesday morning from complications from a stroke. Leonard's books...

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Six killed in attacks in northern Iraq

SIX people have been killed in attacks in Iraq, as gunmen defy massive government operations to stem the violence. Security forces have mounted some of the biggest operations targeting militants since the 2011 withdrawal of American troops,...

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Trio set to face court over Lane death

THE three boys who allegedly shot dead Australian baseballer Chris Lane are expected to appear in an Oklahoma court. Prosecutors will announce if the boys - aged 15, 16 and 17 - will be charged with first degree murder and be tried as adults....

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Czech Republic to hold snap election

POLITICIANS have voted to dissolve parliament's lower house and hold an early election in the Czech Republic, following a coalition government's collapse over scandals. On Tuesday all but seven of the 147 legislators present approved the early...

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