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6.7 aftershock hits Chile coast

Residents look at a collapsed building in Concepcion, Chile’s second largest city, which was 115km from the epicentre of the original quake.

A 6.7-magnitude aftershock has struck off Chile's coast some 72 kilometres from Concepcion, among the cities hardest hit by last month's 8.8-magnitude quake.
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Aussies warned on Thailand

Thailand is sinking deeper into crisis. Anti-government protesters have shut down the capital's two airports, threatening to turn the political stalemate into an economic crisis.

AUSTRALIANS presently in Thailand have been told to avoid large political gatherings as anti-government protests continue in the capital Bangkok.

Taliban assault kills 35

THIRTY-FIVE people have been killed in an assault on Kandahar described by the Taliban as a pre-emptive response to Western plans to eradicate them .

Greece 'does not want money from EU'

GREECE is to present the first results of its austerity measures at a meeting of European Union finance ministers in Brussels on Monday and Tuesday.

Japan arrests anti-whaling activist

Peter Bethune, of the militant Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS)

A NEW Zealand anti-whaling activist has been arrested in Japan after a harpoon ship he boarded in Antarctic waters last month docked in Tokyo, greeted by...

Sailor missing after Chile quake

The aftermath of a massive earthquake recorded off the coast of Chile.

AN Australian sailor missing off the coast of earthquake-ravaged Chile was on board a yacht whose captain has previously sailed without a radio.
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Aussie threat shuts down US schools

A VAGUE threat apparently posted by an Australian on two internet sites led to the lockdown of all schools in the busy midwestern US city of Minneapolis.

Naked Obama aide 'berated Congressman'

Key political adviser to US President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel.

IT'S a terrifying image transfixing Washington: President Obama's bruising enforcer Rahm Emanuel, naked, in a communal shower, berating a congressman.

Hundreds feared dead in Africa floods

Around 300 people were feared dead in eastern Uganda where days of rainfall this week caused a huge landslide that buried entire villages.

HUNDREDS of people are feared dead after torrential rains across east Africa sparked flash floods which swept away homes and bridges.

Violence in Nigeria flares again

RIOTERS armed with machetes have slaughtered more than 200 people as religious violence flared anew between Christians and Muslims in central Nigeria.

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