Australia Bushfires Rage Across Tasmania

Australia's prime minister has promised help to dozens of people who have been made homeless by a series of bushfires sweeping the south of the country. Hundreds of residents have been forced to leave their homes in the island state of Tasmania, with...

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Six Tourists Killed In Snowmobile Crash

By Nick Pisa, Sky Reporter A mother and her daughter were among six Russians killed after their snowmobile crashed through a safety barrier and fell 300ft in the Italian Alps. Two others were seriously injured in the late night tragedy, which police...

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India Gang Rape Victim's Friend Speaks Of Attack

The male friend of the Indian gang rape victim has spoken for the first time of how he tried to save her and begged her attackers to stop the "cruelty that should never be seen". He broke his silence as New Delhi district magistrate Namrita Aggarwal...

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Fashion Designer Missing As Plane Vanishes

Italian designer Vittorio Missoni, head of one of Italy's oldest fashion houses, was aboard a small plane that disappeared off the coast of Venezuela, a company spokeswoman has confirmed. The Los Roques where the plane took off The aircraft reportedly...

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France Plane Crash: Five Die Near Alps

Five people have died after their plane crashed shortly after taking off from an airport in the French Alps, police have confirmed. The aircraft crashed in a forest in an uninhabited area outside Grenoble, a city that is the gateway to the mountain...

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Australia Heatwave Leads To Bushfire Alert

Australians are sweltering through one of the worst heatwaves for years, with temperatures well above 40C in some places. Much of the country will be on alert for bushfires this weekend as temperatures reach record levels. Adelaide in southern Australia...

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China Shuts Down Pro-Reform Magazine Website

Chinese journalists have openly confronted state censors after authorities shut the website of a leading pro-reform magazine over an article calling for political change. Yanhuang Chunqi, which means China Through The Ages, revealed on its official...

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Syria: How Activist Vanished Into 'Black Hole'

Zed always knew the Syrian secret police would come for him, he just did not know the date. It was December 15, 2012. Zed, committed to peaceful change in Syria, has been one of the bravest and most outspoken activists in the opposition movement, and...

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Burma Spitfires: Team To Start Dig For Lost Planes

By Tom Parmenter, Sky News Correspondent A British team is preparing to fly out to Burma in an attempt to recover a hoard of "lost" WW2 Spitfire planes. Aviation archaeologists believe up to 20 of the famous aircraft were buried in 1945 and have...

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Falkland Islanders Hit Back At Argentina

Angry Falkland Islanders have written an open letter to Argentina's president over the South American country's continued claims to the islands. A group of the islanders, called Falklands United, have responded to a letter by Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner...

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Mullah Nazir Killed In Pakistan By US Drone

A senior Pakistani militant leader has been killed by a US drone strike in Pakistan, local officials have said. Mullah Nazir, who had sent insurgents to fight in Afghanistan, died alongside nine other militants in Pakistan's tribal belt. He was the...

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Gunman Shoots Three Dead In Switzerland

A gunman has killed three people and injured two others after opening fire in a village in southern Switzerland. The 33-year-old started shooting in Daillon near the city of Sion on Wednesday night, using a historic Swiss military rifle and a hunting...

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India Murder-Rape Suspects Could Face Death

By Alex Rossi, India Correspondent Five men have been formally charged with the murder, kidnap and gang rape of a medical student in Delhi in India. The 23-year-old - who has not been named - died at the weekend in a hospital in Singapore where...

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Sandy Hook Survivors Head Back To School

The children who escaped last month's shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut returned to classes on Thursday in a neighbouring town in a refurbished school now named after their old one. Newtown Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson...

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Falklands Row Reopened By President's Letter

David Cameron has dismissed a call by the president of Argentina for Britain to hand back the Falkland Islands. Cristina Kirchner demanded in an open letter that the Prime Minister abide by UN resolutions to "negotiate a solution" to the row. But Mr...

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Indian Gang Rapists 'Tried To Run Over Victim'

A gang of rapists who assaulted and murdered a woman on a bus in New Delhi tried to run her over afterwards, according to reports. The woman's boyfriend, who was beaten up and thrown off the bus after she had been repeatedly raped, managed to pull her...

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Angola Stampede: 16 Killed At New Year Vigil

At least 16 people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede during a religious gathering at a stadium in the Angolan capital. Angop, the Angolan news agency, cited officials as saying that 120 people were hurt in the crush in the southern...

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Prince Harry: Afghan Warlord's Claims 'Absurd'

The Ministry of Defence has rejected claims by a warlord that Prince Harry "kills innocent Afghans while he is drunk" as "simply absurd". Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister who leads the militant group Hizb-i-Islami, also claimed...

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US Fiscal Cliff: Markets Rally After Late Deal

Global markets have rallied in response to a deal in the United States to avert its so-called fiscal cliff. The market boost came after US Democrats and Republicans finally agreed a deal that will stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax...

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Syria: Petrol Station Strike 'Kills Dozens'

Dozens of people have been killed after an air strike on a petrol station in the capital Damascus, according to opposition activists. Mohammed Saeed, an activist who visited the site, said "tens of people were killed or wounded" in the strike, while...

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Indian Gang Rapists 'Tried To Run Over Victim'

A gang of rapists who assaulted and murdered a woman on a bus in New Delhi tried to run her over afterwards, according to reports. The woman's boyfriend, who was beaten up and thrown off the bus after she had been repeatedly raped, managed to pull her...

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Angola Stampede: 16 Killed At New Year Vigil

At least 16 people, including four children, have been killed in a stampede during a religious gathering at a stadium in the Angolan capital. Angop, the Angolan news agency, cited officials as saying that 120 people were hurt in the crush in the southern...

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Prince Harry: Afghan Warlord's Claims 'Absurd'

The Ministry of Defence has rejected claims by a warlord that Prince Harry "kills innocent Afghans while he is drunk" as "simply absurd". Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a former Afghan prime minister who leads the militant group Hizb-i-Islami, also claimed...

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US Fiscal Cliff: Markets Rally After Late Deal

Global markets have rallied in response to a deal in the United States to avert its so-called fiscal cliff. The market boost came after US Democrats and Republicans finally agreed a deal that will stop hundreds of billions of dollars in automatic tax...

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Syria: Petrol Station Strike 'Kills Dozens'

Dozens of people have been killed after an air strike on a petrol station in the capital Damascus, according to opposition activists. Mohammed Saeed, an activist who visited the site, said "tens of people were killed or wounded" in the strike, while...

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Last-Minute Deal Reached On US Fiscal Cliff

The US Senate has approved legislation aimed at averting the so-called fiscal cliff by stopping most tax hikes and across-the-board spending cuts that had been due to begin with the New Year. The legislation was approved with an overwhelming 89-8 vote,...

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Seven Die In Gun Ambush In Northern Pakistan

Gunmen have ambushed and shot dead six female aid workers and a male doctor who were travelling in a van in northern Pakistan. The group's vehicle was raked with gunfire as they returned home from a children's community centre run by the Pakistani charity...

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Ivory Coast Stadium Stampede Kills 61

Sixty-one people have died and dozens of others have been injured in a New Year's Eve stampede at a stadium in Abidjan in Ivory Coast. It happened at around 2am local time after crowds gathered to watch a fireworks display. Officials said 61 people...

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Delhi Gang Rape Suspect To Undergo Bone Tests

One of six suspects held over the gang rape and murder of a student in India is to undergo bone tests to determine whether he is old enough to answer for the crime. Murder convictions carry the death penalty in India. However, only those aged 18 or...

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Pakistan Bomb Blast: Explosion In Karachi

At least two people have died after a bomb exploded in a crowded area of Karachi, according to Sky sources. More than 30 people have been injured in the explosion, which damaged six buses and four motorbikes. Senior police official Imran Shouakat said...

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Chavez Suffers New Setback After Cancer Op

Hugo Chavez has suffered "new complications" following his cancer surgery in Cuba and his condition is "delicate", Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro has said. In a televised address from Havana, Mr Maduro said: "We have been informed of new...

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Fiscal Cliff: Markets Fall As Deadline Looms

Investors are reacting nervously as the clock ticks down to the New Year deadline for a deal to prevent the US falling over the so-called 'fiscal cliff'. A series of costly tax rises and spending cuts worth more than $500bn will come into force as 2013...

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Newtown Gunman's Body Claimed For Burial

The body of the man who killed 26 people at a Connecticut school has been claimed for burial. A spokesman for Adam Lanza's family said on Monday that his father Peter Lanza claimed the remains, but did not specify when. The 20-year-old gunman shot...

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