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Saturday Mar 20 14:42 AEDT

Army and drug gangs battle in Mexico

By Mark Walsh | 19 mins ago

A shootout in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey has killed two suspected drug cartel gunmen and wounded a soldier.

Saturday Mar 20 14:10 AEDT

Skydiver dies after parachute problems

51 mins ago

A man died while skydiving in Florida after authorities said he had problems with his parachute.

Saturday Mar 20 13:07 AEDT

US polygamy sect head gets 75 years jail

1 hours 54 mins ago

A member of a polygamist group whose sprawling West Texas ranch was raided in 2008 has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for sexual assault of a child.

Saturday Mar 20 12:21 AEDT

Thai protesters plan 'blood-painting'

By Thanyarat Doksone | 2 hours 40 mins ago

Protesters in Thailand have announced a full weekend of anti-government activities starting with a procession through Bangkok followed by "blood painting".

Saturday Mar 20 12:09 AEDT

British Airways staff go on strike

2 hours 51 mins ago

Thousands of British Airways cabin crew have begun a three-day strike after last-ditch talks on a dispute over pay and conditions collapsed.

Saturday Mar 20 10:52 AEDT

Bin Laden daughter leaves Iran: report

4 hours 9 mins ago

A daughter of Osama bin Laden has been allowed to fly out of Iran, where she had taken refuge in Saudi Arabia's embassy, a Saudi-financed newspaper said.

Saturday Mar 20 10:36 AEDT

Activist freed in Burma, returns to US

4 hours 24 mins ago

A US activist freed by Burma has returned home to be reunited with his fiancee and called for the military regime to release thousands more prisoners.

Saturday Mar 20 10:10 AEDT

Chilean man returns cash in open safe

4 hours 51 mins ago

A Chilean sailor returned $A8,257 in cash he found inside an open safe amid the rubble of a house destroyed by last month's quake, local media reported.

Saturday Mar 20 10:04 AEDT

Srebrenica claim irresponsible: Dutch PM

By Mike Corder | 4 hours 57 mins ago

The Dutch PM has denounced as "irresponsible" a claim by a retired US general that gay Dutch soldiers were partly to blame for allowing the Srebrenica massacre.

Saturday Mar 20 09:55 AEDT

Prince Harry eyes Pole trek with troops

5 hours 5 mins ago

Prince Harry says he hopes to join a group of disabled soldiers in a charity expedition to the North Pole to raise money for wounded troops.

Saturday Mar 20 09:09 AEDT

Dutch navy releases Somali pirates

5 hours 51 mins ago

Twenty suspected Somali pirates nabbed by the Dutch navy off the Horn of Africa nation and the Seychelles coast have been freed, the defence ministry said.

Saturday Mar 20 08:30 AEDT

US states name and shame tax cheats

AFP | 6 hours 30 mins ago

Americans who don't pay their taxes face hefty fines, can have their property seized or their wages witheld. Or worse still, they could find themselves named and shamed on the Internet.

Saturday Mar 20 08:29 AEDT

Next stop, marriage: Man proposes on bus

6 hours 32 mins ago

A student has proposed to his girlfriend on a bus in New York because he knew it was the last place his girlfriend would expect it - she said yes.

Saturday Mar 20 08:27 AEDT

Most expensive sex toy on sale in Paris

AFP | 6 hours 33 mins ago

A Paris jeweller is selling a $65,000 18-carat diamond ring mounted in a sex toy that it claims is the world's most expensive erotic novelty.

Ground Zero deal needs changes: judge:A US judge says a proposed $US657 million ($A713.82 million) health settlement for some 10,000 people who worked at Ground Zero after 9/11 must be renegotiated.

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