Scrap metal yard on fire in Sydney's west

A LARGE fire has broken out at a scrap metal yard in sydney's west. A fire and rescue spokesman said six firefighting crews were sent to the scrap yard in Greenacre just after 6.30pm (AEDT) on Friday. The fire will burn for a long time time,...

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Russia develops new long-range missile

RUSSIA is developing a new intercontinental ballistic missile, the military has announced, in an apparent attempt to remind the United States of Moscow's rocket capacities. Revealing the existence of the project for the first time, rocket forces...

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Hong Kong stocks end 0.71% higher

HONG Kong shares have risen 0.71 per cent to a 16-month high following another improvement in Chinese manufacturing activity and on hopes for fresh policies to boost the mainland economy. The benchmark Hang Seng Index on Friday added 160.40 points...

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Inquest witness recants lurid statement

A PERTH coroner has lifted a suppression order on the identity of a key witness to a murder 12 years ago after she recanted her story. Natasha Tracy-Ann Kendrick, whose name had been previously suppressed for legal reasons, said in a November...

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Japan scrambles jets in disputed airspace

JAPAN scrambled eight fighter jets after a Chinese state-owned plane breached its airspace for the first time, over islands at the centre of a dispute between Tokyo and Beijing. It was the first incursion by a Chinese state aircraft into Japanese...

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Ex-Thai PM Abhisit charged with murder

Ex-Thai premier Abhisit Vejjajiva is set to be charged over the deaths of 90 protesters in 2010. Source: AAP FORMER Thai prime minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has been charged with murder, his party says, over a civilian's death during a crackdown...

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New party? Ask my wife, Palmer says

MINING magnate Clive Palmer says only his wife knows whether he'll found his own political party. Mr Palmer suggested more than two weeks ago he was considering establishing a United Australia Party but hasn't made any further announcements...

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