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Saturday Feb 11 11:00 AEDT

Puppy saved from US drain in huge ordeal

By ninemsn staff | 1 hours 57 mins ago

A curious puppy that crawled into a drainpipe and became stuck for more than 12 hours has been saved by rescue crews, who used excavators, shovels and bare hands to dig a 5m-deep hole to pull him out.

Saturday Feb 11 10:56 AEDT

Anonymous knocks CIA website offline

2 hours 1 mins ago

The website of the Central Intelligence Agency was inaccessible on Friday after the hacker group Anonymous claimed to have knocked it offline.

Saturday Feb 11 09:23 AEDT

Egyptians rally against military rulers

Samer al-Atrush | 3 hours 34 mins ago

Thousands of people rallied outside Egypt's defence ministry calling for the military rulers' ouster a day before marking Hosni Mubarak's overthrow a year ago.

Saturday Feb 11 09:03 AEDT

Syria says bombers kill 28 in Aleppo

Albert Aji & Lee Keath | 3 hours 54 mins ago

At least 28 people have been killed by bombs targeting security forces compounds in Syria's second city of Aleppo

Saturday Feb 11 08:44 AEDT

Woman found dead in cave as freeze grips Italy

AFP | 4 hours 12 mins ago

A woman was found frozen to death in a cave near Rome and a man was reported attacked by scavenging stray dogs near Rimini as a cold snap gripped Italy on Friday, leaving thousands without electricity.

Saturday Feb 11 08:40 AEDT

Purple US squirrel sparks nutty theories

AFP | 4 hours 16 mins ago

A purple squirrel captured by an American couple had the Internet buzzing Friday over how the critter came by his unusual color -- a question that is driving many people nuts.

Saturday Feb 11 08:30 AEDT

Madonna stalker caught after hospital escape

AFP | 4 hours 27 mins ago

A man convicted of stalking Madonna and who has "very violent tendencies" was recaptured Friday, a week after escaping from a psychiatric hospital, police said.

US driver saves kids seconds before explosion

By ninemsn staff | 4 hours 27 mins ago

A US bus driver has saved the lives of six young school children, hauling them off a bus seconds before it exploded into flames.

Friday Feb 10 20:43 AEDT

Tanks storm district in Syria's Homs

10 Feb 2012

Tanks have entered the Syrian neighbourhood of Inshaat, next to the protest hub of Baba Amr in Homs.

Friday Feb 10 18:21 AEDT

Maldives president says he was forced out

By Krishan Francis | 10 Feb 2012

A UN envoy is in Maldives in an bid to end the political crisis, with the former president saying he was forced to quit and his successor denying it.

Friday Feb 10 18:00 AEDT

Fines issued after fatal US stage collapse

By ninemsn staff | 10 Feb 2012

The company responsible for building a stage which collapsed during an Indiana music festival and killed seven people has been fined $59,000.

Friday Feb 10 17:58 AEDT

Historic Mubarak trial battles to rise above farce

AFP | 10 Feb 2012

It was meant to be the historic trial of a dictator brought to justice by his long-suffering people, but the case against Egypt's ex-president Hosni Mubarak has verged on the farcical as prosecutors and lawyers struggle to rise to the occasion.

Friday Feb 10 17:57 AEDT

Detained China artist unaware of New York success

AFP | 10 Feb 2012

Dark, bare photos of modern Chinese society by Liu Xia, detained wife of China's best known dissident, went on show in New York without her knowledge after they were spirited out of her country.

Friday Feb 10 15:21 AEDT

Ventilation, contraband problems at Pike

10 Feb 2012

With poor ventilation and other problems, an Australian expert says he would have closed the Pike River Mine so things could be fixed.

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