Nastassja Kinski shocked by sister's abuse

NASTASSJA Kinski has praised her half-sister for going public with allegations that she was sexually abused as a child by their father, the late German actor Klaus Kinski. In an article penned for Friday's edition of German newspaper Bild, the...

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One Child policy creates risk-aversion

China's "One Child" policy has created a generation that is less trusting and are more risk-averse. Source: AAP CHINA'S controversial "One Child" policy produces grown-ups who lack entrepreneurial drive and the willingness to take risks, an...

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Hong Kong stocks close 0.39% lower

HONG Kong shares fell 0.39 per cent on profit-taking on Friday after the previous session's gains, with dealers unmoved by data showing Chinese inflation coming in below target in 2012. The benchmark Hang Seng Index eased 90.24 points to 23,264.07...

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China landslide kills 22, dozens buried

A LANDSLIDE in southwestern China has killed at least 22 people, including seven from one family, with some two dozen others trapped, local authorities say. The landslide on Friday buried 16 homes in the village of Gaopo in the southern province...

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India accuses Pakistan of killing soldiers

The Pakistan Army denies that its soldiers killed two Indian troops after crossing Kashmir's border. Source: AAP INDIA has lodged a protest with Pakistan against the alleged intrusion of Pakistani troopers into India-administered Kashmir, the...

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Hong Kong stocks close 0.46% higher

HONG Kong shares ended 0.46 per cent higher Wednesday, snapping a three-day losing streak as the US earnings season got off to an upbeat start. The benchmark Hang Seng Index rose 107.28 points to 23,218.47 on turnover of HK$75.47 billion ($A9.32...

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NSW bikie associate charged with assault

A Nomads bike associate has been charged with assault after an alleged attack at a Sydney nightclub. Source: AAP AN associate of the Nomads outlaw motorcycle club has been charged with assault over an incident at a Potts Point nightclub....

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Wallan grassfire deliberately lit: Vic CFA

The CFA says a grassfire at Wallan, about 60km north of Melbourne, was probably deliberately lit. Source: AAP A GRASSFIRE in the Victorian town of Wallan was probably deliberately lit, the Country Fire Authority (CFA) says. The five-hectare...

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Hagel draws fire as Obama's Pentagon pick

President Obama has named Chuck Hagel (L) to head the Pentagon and John Brennan (R) to lead the CIA. Source: AAP US President Barack Obama has named Chuck Hagel to lead the Pentagon, setting up an ugly confirmation battle as Republican opponents...

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Man charged after Qld cop hit by car

Police are hunting the driver of a stolen car who ran down a police officer west of Brisbane. Source: AAP A MAN has been charged with 16 offences after he allegedly ran down a police officer with a stolen car he was driving southwest of Brisbane....

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Depardieu fails to appear in Paris court

GERARD Depardieu, embroiled in a high-profile tax row that saw the French actor take Russian nationality and angrily vow to quit France, has failed to turn up in a Paris court to face drunk driving charges. The 64-year-old Cyrano de Bergerac,...

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NY bomb plot accomplice pleads not guilty

A PAKISTANI al-Qaeda suspect, extradited a week ago from Britain, has pleaded not guilty to plotting to send a suicide bomber into the New York City subway system. Abid Naseer, 26, is also accused of participating in other plans for attacks in...

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Fewer gun-buyers in mass shooting states

BACKGROUND checks for gun sales and permits to carry guns surged in the US at the end of 2012. But an Associated Press analysis found that people in Connecticut and Colorado, scenes of the deadliest US mass shootings in 2012, were less enthusiastic...

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Businesses expect to cut prices

THE first few months of 2013 will be a bargain-hunter's paradise, with more businesses cutting prices than at any point in the last 24 years. A survey of 1,200 business owners and senior managers in the retail, wholesale and manufacturing sectors,...

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Vic bushfire spreads to farming community

A MASSIVE bushfire could potentially double in size and hit small farming communities in Victoria's southwest, as the north of the state faces severe conditions. There is a threat to lives and property with the southwest Victorian settlement of...

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Delhi gang-rape suspects appear in court

The father of the gang-rape victim has revealed his daughter's identity to a British newspaper. Source: AAP THE magistrate hearing the case of five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old medical student in New Delhi has ordered...

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Firefighters battle for control

A woman has been charged with deliberately starting a bushfire in Melbourne's southeast. Source: AAP A MAJOR blaze burning in Victoria's southwest remains out of control with firefighters battling to bring it under control before more hot weather...

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Depardieu gets Russian passport

French actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport and met with President Vladimir Putin. Source: AAP FRENCH actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport and met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Putin's spokesman...

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Kuwait jails opposition tweeter

A KUWAITI court has sentenced an opposition youth to two years in jail for writing tweets deemed offensive to the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state, a rights activist says. Rashed al-Enezi, who was in the courtroom to hear the sentence, was immediately...

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Suicide attack hits Afghan tribal meeting

TWO suicide bombers have struck inside a meeting of community leaders in the southern Afghan town of Spin Boldak, causing an unknown number of casualties, local officials say. "There has been a twin suicide bombing in the Spin Boldak council...

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