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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