McDonald's sales weaken in US and Asia

MCDONALD'S says a key global sales figure fell 2.2 per cent in November as US sales continue to soften and it contends with ongoing difficulties from a food-safety scandal in China. THE world's largest hamburger chain said on Monday that the...

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Pope decries 'unimaginable' Middle East

APPEALING for the protection of Christians in the Middle East, Pope Francis said it was "unimaginable" that they could be driven out of the region after 2000 years. "WE cannot be resigned to imagining a Middle East without Christians," Francis...

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Parents of ill UK boy to remain in Spanish

A SPANISH judge has ordered the detention for 72 hours of a British couple who took their critically ill five-year-old son abroad against doctors' advice. A SPOKESMAN at the National Court in Madrid said the judge ruled on Monday the couple...

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Christmas hopes boost business confidence

RETAILERS' hopes of a good Christmas have driven the number of companies expecting profit growth in the coming months to a 10-year high. OF the 800 businesses surveyed by researcher Dun & Bradstreet, 40 per cent expect their profit in the...

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UK Speaker hits pause in Aussie clerk row

AUSTRALIAN public servant Carol Mills won't be taking up the role of British parliament's senior official as planned after Speaker John Bercow announced a "modest pause" in the recruitment process. THE Speaker on Monday tried to defuse a growing...

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Children 'treated as baby convicts'

CHILDREN in institutions in Northern Ireland were exported to Australia like "baby convicts", a witness has told a public inquiry into historical abuse. THE Sisters of Nazareth order of Catholic nuns was responsible for the removal of 111 child...

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Mine fire lessons must be learnt: Teague

THE residents of a Victorian town choked in ash during a six-week coalmine fire hope lessons will not only be learnt from the blaze, but acted upon. THEY say the 400-page report on the Hazelwood mine fire, due to be tabled in state parliament...

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Tiger taken from Indonesia death zoo dies

Chaddy set to get even bigger CHADSTONE shopping centre will undergo a $580 million expansion, which will include 40 new retailers, a 10-storey office building and even a hotel - and create at least 2700 jobs. Australia slaps Russia with...

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Britain reopens way for fracking

The UK government has reopened the way for energy firms to fracking for shale gas . Source: AAP THE British government has opened the way for energy firms to explore for shale gas, three years after seismic tremors led to the suspension of...

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Toll mounts as Ukraine clashes intensify

The US has released satellite images it says add to its claims Russia has fired across the border. Source: AAP AT least eight civilians have been killed by fighting and shelling in two Ukrainian cities held by separatist militants, officials...

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Search called off for man overboard in WA

THE search for a 41-year-old man who fell overboard from a Liberian crude oil tanker off Western Australia's northern coast has been called off. INDIAN national Mukesh Lala Fulbaria was reported missing early on Sunday after he fell from the...

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Thai rail line to reopen after derailment

THAI railway authorities are preparing to reopen a route where a luxury train derailed and injured two tourists. THE six carriages were being moved away from the track to clear the way for regular rail services to resume later in the day, said...

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Legal battle looms over 157 asylum seekers

!--Legal battle looms over 157 asylum seekers | Herald Sun -->!-- Last Updated: July 29, 2014 LAWYERS for 157 asylum seekers brought to the Australian mainland insist their clients are not economic migrants...

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Five dead as violence rattles Thai south

!--Five dead as violence rattles Thai south | Herald Sun -->!-- Last Updated: July 29, 2014 A 10-YEAR-OLD girl died after a grenade blast while four others, including a soldier, were killed in a shootout only...

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Ukrainians take part control of MH17 site

Dutch and Australian forensic investigators on their way to the MH17 crash site have turned back. Source: AAP THE Ukrainian army has seized control of part of the vast crash site of Malaysia Airlines flight 17 in the east of the country,...

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Swiss urge hikers to look for artefacts

SWISS scientists are urging mountain climbers and hikers to keep an eye out for lost items in melting ice patches lost hundreds or even thousands of years ago. A PROJECT run by a Swiss cultural institute in the canton of Graubuenden aims to...

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Sales of US existing homes up 4.9 percent

SALES of previously owned US homes in May posted the best monthly gain in nearly three years, providing hope that housing is beginning to regain momentum lost over the past year. THE National Association of Realtors said on Monday sales of existing...

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US factory output rebounded in May

US manufacturing output rose in May after shrinking in April, led by greater production of vehicles, computers and furniture. THE Federal Reserve on Monday said factory output rose 0.6 per cent in May after dipping 0.1 per cent the previous...

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D-day trip veteran marks 90th birthday

A WAR veteran who turned up in Normandy after he was reported missing from his care home in England says he is overwhelmed by the number of cards and gifts he has received for his 90th birthday. BERNARD Jordan, whose birthday is on Monday, made...

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Baden-Clay murder trial starts today

Gerard Baden-Clay in court. Illustration: Jonathan Bentley. Source: Supplied BRISBANE real estate agent Gerard Baden-Clay will stand trial today for the murder of his wife. More than 70 witnesses are due to be called to give evidence...

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Pension funds run eye over state assets

CANADA'S cashed-up pension funds are running the calculator over road and port projects in Australia. Executives from the funds - which hold around $1.1 trillion in assets - are involved in talks with Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Trade Minister...

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Abbott gets official welcome in Canada

PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has received a formal welcome with military honours in Ottawa. Mr Abbott is the first Australian leader since John Howard in 2006 to visit Canada. He began Monday with a bicycle ride, accompanied by Mounties, through...

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Trucker in Morgan crash lacked sleep

A WAL-MART truck driver accused of causing a New Jersey crash that critically injured Tracy Morgan and killed another comedian allegedly hadn't slept for more than 24 hours. A court official on Monday said 35-year-old Kevin Roper was scheduled...

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Ex-Montana gov, others seek money for mine

A GROUP of investors that includes former Montana governor Brian Schweitzer is seeking $10 million from a mining company in exchange for access to a huge copper and silver reserve - a move the company's chief executive says was "extortion" and included...

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NATO, Russia views on Ukraine 'far apart'

NATO'S and Russia's views on the crisis in Ukraine "remain far apart," a spokeswoman for the military alliance says after its ambassadors met with Moscow's envoy to NATO, Alexander Grushko, for the first time since March. "It is clear that there...

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Businesses worried about budget cuts

MORE than half of Australia's businesses are worried about the fallout from the federal government's tough budget will have on them. Nearly 60 per cent of businesses surveyed by Dun & Bradstreet expressed concern about the budget. Retailers...

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Moose disrupts handicraft class in Sweden

SCHOOLCHILDREN in western Sweden received a surprise visit during their handicraft class when a moose jumped through the window. The teacher and a dozen teenagers fled the classroom on Monday to another part of the school and locked themselves...

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George Harrison's guitar brings $657K

GEORGE Harrison's 1962 Rickenbacker guitar has sold for $US657,000 ($A710,850) at auction. Harrison purchased the guitar in 1963 at Fenton's Music store in Mount Vernon, Illinois, while visiting his sister. The Julien's Auctions sale of rock...

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Colombia arrests bus driver after crash

!--Colombia arrests bus driver after crash | Herald Sun -->!-- Last Updated: May 20, 2014 COLOMBIAN authorities have arrested the driver of a bus that crashed and killed 31 children. Rock royalty...

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Guard distressed after shooting bandit

A SECURITY guard who shot dead an armed bandit outside a Gold Coast tavern appears to have acted instinctively, police say. Police have interviewed the 47-year-old guard but haven't laid charges against him after the fatal incident on Monday...

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