Nigerian man charged for attack on US plane
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The US Government has laid charges against a 23-year-old Nigerian man over the attempted terrorist attack on a Northwest Airlines flight on Christmas Day.
20 still missing after ferry sinks in the Philippines.
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The Philippines navy and coastguard are looking for more than 20 people missing from a ferry boat that capsized in the northern part of the country.
Body of Japanese woman found in Bali
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The body of a Japanese woman has been found naked and bound on the Indonesian island of Bali.
Record debt predicted for low income Australians
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Record levels of debt are predicted to hit low income families across Australia next year as borrowings exceed the Gross Domestic Product.
Vietnam, Cambodia sign billion-dollar deals
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Vietnamese and Cambodian businesses have signed investment agreements and contracts worth $US6 billion.
Afghanistan museum commemorates war deaths
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Afghan human rights activists have opened the country's first war crimes museum on the site of a mass grave.
Last Pacific Kon-Tiki survivor dies
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The death has been announced in Norway of Knut Haugland, the last surviving member of the 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition, in which six crewmen crossed the Pacific on a balsa wood raft.
Socceroos' Culina out of Asian cup qualifier
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In soccer, Australia's Socceroos midfielder Jason Culina has been ruled out of the Asian Cup qualifier against Kuwait with a knee injury.
Record debts hit low income families in Australia.
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Record levels of debt are predicted to hit low income families across Australia next year as borrowings exceed the Gross -Domestic-Product.
China launches world's fastest rail link
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China has inaugurated what it says is the world's fastest rail link, connecting the southern city of Guangzhou and Wuhan in central China.
US suspects incident on board plane an act of terrorism
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Security at airports across America has been ramped up after an attempted bombing of a passenger jet as it landed in Detroit.
6.0 magnitude quake strikes Indonesia
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A 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck in Indonesia.
Warnings region not prepared for another tsunami
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Meanwhile, five years on from the Indian Ocean tsunami, experts say it is highly likely that a similar disaster will strike again, and that many countries in the region are not adequately prepared.
Rights group says Thailand to repatriate Hmong to Laos
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A rights group saays Thailand will begin repatriating more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong refugees to Laos on Monday.
Warnings Philippines volcano could erupt any day
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A volcanologist says the Philippines' Mayon volcano is showing signs of becoming clogged with lava and could erupt explosively.











