Syria using cluster bombs: rights group

AN international human rights group says it has obtained new evidence that Syrian troops are using cluster bombs - widely banned munitions that pose a grave risk to civilians because they burst into bomblets over large areas and often linger on the...

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Two killed in strike on Gaza: medics

TWO men have been killed and another two critically wounded in an Israeli strike on central Gaza, Palestinian medics said in what was the third deadly raid in 24 hours. The incident occurred just east of Deir al-Balah, with the Israeli military...

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Extreme athlete begins ascent for 'space jump'

Kids harmed as abuse cases soar Aleks Devic RECORD numbers of Victorian children are being exposed to violence as the number of cases requiring court-sanctioned intervention skyrockets. Power cuts may kill, doctors warn Lucie van den Berg...

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Students prepare to take HSC

THE time has come to put pen to paper as thousands of Year 12 students start their Higher School Certificate exams. The first HSC exams, in English, begin across NSW on Monday morning. Students taking the standard and advanced papers will be...

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Skydiver prepares to break sound barrier

AUSTRIAN extreme athlete Felix Baumgartner has started his ascent to 37 kilometres above Earth, hoping to make a death-defying free fall that could make him the first skydiver to break the sound barrier. Baumgartner has taken off in the New...

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UK probes ex-brass over political access

BRITAIN'S defence ministry has announced it is investigating whether retired senior officers broke any rules after they were recorded by undercover journalists as appearing to offer to lobby the government on behalf of defence companies. The...

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Dozens of bodies found near Damascus

DOZENS of corpses have been found in a hospital morgue in the Syrian province of Damascus, a monitoring group says, adding the circumstances of the deaths are not immediately clear. "We know they were shot dead, most likely during clashes with...

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