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Wednesday Feb 10 13:47 AEDT

Quake-hit Haiti supermarket collapses

12 mins ago

A quake-damaged Haitian supermarket has collapsed with several people inside and rescue crews are working to pull them out.

Wednesday Feb 10 13:38 AEDT

Victims ask Pope to replace bishops

22 mins ago

Irish victims of Catholic sexual abuse have written to Pope Benedict XVI asking him to take responsibility for the church's concealment of child molestation.

Wednesday Feb 10 13:26 AEDT

Eastern US braces for fresh snow blitz

34 mins ago

The rarely-shuttered US government closed down for a second day, as the northeast braced for another massive snow blitz.

Wednesday Feb 10 13:00 AEDT

Daughter 'misses' mum she killed

By ninemsn staff | 1 hours 0 mins ago

A British woman who brutally murdered her mother two years ago now wishes she was still alive.

Wednesday Feb 10 12:48 AEDT

Aussie's detention illegal: lawyers

By Adam Gartrell | 1 hours 12 mins ago

The ongoing detention of an Australian who has spent 18 months in a squalid Jakarta jail is illegal because an Indonesian court botched his extradition hearing.

Wednesday Feb 10 11:30 AEDT

NZ SPCA stops live lobster arcade game

By Nicky Park | 2 hours 30 mins ago

An arcade game that allows punters to pluck a live lobster from a tank using a metal claw has been shut down by Auckland's animal protection authorities.

Wednesday Feb 10 10:51 AEDT

UK plans referendum on electoral system

3 hours 9 mins ago

British MPs have approved plans to hold a referendum by the end of 2011 on changing the country's electoral system to the preferential system used in Australia.

Wednesday Feb 10 10:47 AEDT

NY terror plot suspect's dad faces court

3 hours 13 mins ago

The father of a man accused of trying to cook up homemade bombs for an attack on NYC has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to get rid of chemicals.

Wednesday Feb 10 10:00 AEDT

Snowboarders caught in massive avalanche

By ninemsn staff | 4 hours 0 mins ago

The horrifying moment three snowboarders were engulfed in a massive avalanche in Italy has been captured on amateur camera.

Wednesday Feb 10 09:43 AEDT

Iran starts enriching uranium to 20%

4 hours 17 mins ago

Barack Obama has said the international community was moving to impose new sanctions on Iran after Tehran started enriching uranium to a higher level.

Wednesday Feb 10 09:12 AEDT

Afghan avalanches kill 24

By Waheedullah Massoud | 4 hours 48 mins ago

Avalanches triggered by heavy snow have killed at least 24 people on a treacherous mountain pass in northern Afghanistan.

Ethiopian jet 'exploded' after take-off

4 hours 49 mins ago

An Ethiopian jet which crashed off Lebanon's coast last month exploded after take-off, Lebanon's health minister says.

Anglican head warns of 'chaos' over gays

4 hours 49 mins ago

Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams appealed on Tuesday for the Anglican church to resolve its divisions over the ordination of female and gay bishops.

Wednesday Feb 10 08:51 AEDT

UN envoy in N Korea to spur nuke talks

5 hours 9 mins ago

A senior UN envoy has arrived in North Korea, the world body's highest-level visit to the reclusive state in nearly six years.

NY governor in womanising, drugs claims:New York Governor David Paterson is fighting unconfirmed rumours and news reports of womanising and drug use.

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