Battlelines drawn as fiscal cliff avoided

US President Barack Obama departs the White House after delivering a statement on the fiscal cliff deal, before departing to Hawaii to resume his family holiday. Source: AFP AMERICA'S not going over the fiscal cliff, as the House of Representatives...

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Lesbian pair's donor fights child support bid

A Kansas man who donated sperm to help a lesbian couple conceive may be on the hook for child support now that the woman have split up. Picture: Thinkstock Source: Supplied A SPERM donor in Kansas is fighting a state effort to force him to...

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Melbourne man falls to death in Phuket

A 21-year-old Australian tourist has fallen to his death from a hotel balcony in Phuket. The Melbourne man, identified as Sebastian Eric Faulkner, fell in the early hours of New Year's Day, Phuket police sources told AAP on Wednesday. The Phuket...

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Politician pens Bollywood love song

Bollywood films are usually about love and India's communication's minister has penned a slushy love song for a new movie. Here actors Hrithik Roshan and Aishwarya Rai appear in the romantic classic Jodhaa Akbar. Source: AFP INDIA'S communications...

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Women 'must ride bikes side-saddle'

A woman rides on the back side of a motorcycle in Banda Aceh on January 2. A city in Aceh will ban women from straddling male drivers on motorbikes, dubbing the position "improper". Source: AFP A CITY in Indonesia's Islamic law stronghold...

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Stampede 'over holy water' kills 16

A stampede in Angola caused by a scramble for sachets of holy water at a evangelical vigil, has led to the death of 16 people, including four children, from asphyxia, shoving and trampling. Source: News Limited THE official death toll from...

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Woman trapped in supermarket for New Year's

An elderly French woman spent New Year's Eve locked inside a supermarket after emerging from the toilet to find the shop closed and the doors locked. Source: The Courier-Mail WHILE others were celebrating the start of 2013, an elderly French...

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Ailing Chavez in 'delicate' condition: VP

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in April last year. Source: AFP VENEZUELA'S vice president is returning home from a visit with Hugo Chavez in Cuba and says the ailing president's condition remains "delicate" three weeks after his cancer surgery....

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Kidnapped peacekeepers freed in Darfur

A member of the rebel Sudan Liberation Army stands guard as people gather for the arrival of a UNAMID delegation in north Darfur, last May. Two UNAMID peacekeepers have just been freed after more than four months in captivity. Source: AFP TWO...

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