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Sunday Nov 22 11:00 AEDT

Swiss man attacked by bear in park

4 mins ago

A bear has attacked a man who entered its enclosure at a new park in Switzerland, and a policeman opened fire on the animal to defend the intruder.

Sunday Nov 22 10:17 AEDT

Thousands throng rival Nicaragua rallies

47 mins ago

Thousands of pro- and anti-government protesters have taken to the streets of Nicaragua's capital over President Daniel Ortega's bid to remain in power.

Sunday Nov 22 08:02 AEDT

China mine blast kills 42 and traps 66

3 hours 2 mins ago

An explosion at a coal mine in northeast China has killed at least 42 workers, state news agency Xinhua says, citing emergency services.

Sunday Nov 22 07:55 AEDT

UK PM visits scene of massive floods

3 hours 9 mins ago

British PM Gordon Brown has visited the scene of massive floods that killed one person and stranded hundreds in the heaviest rainfall on record in England.

Sunday Nov 22 07:27 AEDT

Iran to hold war games

By Ali Akbar Dareini | 3 hours 37 mins ago

Iran will begin large-scale air defence war games on Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack.

Leaked emails stoke climate debate

By David Stringer | 3 hours 37 mins ago

Computer hackers have broken into a server at a climate change research centre in Britain and posted hundreds of private emails and documents online.

Colombian volcano erupts

3 hours 38 mins ago

A thousand people were evacuated and traffic was stopped after the Galeras volcano erupted in southern Colombia without causing casualties.

Sunday Nov 22 07:03 AEDT

Ireland battles severe flooding

4 hours 1 mins ago

Ireland is battling floods described as a "once in 800 years event", with the government rushing to provide shelter and drinking water.

Sunday Nov 22 05:51 AEDT

Iraqi MPs to meet on election wrangle

5 hours 13 mins ago

Iraqi MPs will meet again to try to break the deadlock on a stalled electoral law which has left the country's planned January general election in doubt.

Pope and Anglican leader meet for talks

By Victor L Simpson | 5 hours 13 mins ago

The Archbishop of Canterbury has held his first talks with Pope Benedict XVI since the Roman Catholic Church's invitation to disaffected Anglicans.

Four injured in rocket attack in Kabul

5 hours 14 mins ago

A rocket attack near the luxury Serena Hotel in Kabul has wounded four people, including at least one member of the Afghan security forces.

Saturday Nov 21 22:01 AEDT

Two linked to Mumbai attacks arrested

By Ariel David | 21 Nov 2009

Italian police have arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.

Saturday Nov 21 21:59 AEDT

China mine explosion kills 42

21 Nov 2009

The death toll in an explosion at a coal mine in northeast China early on Saturday rose to 42 workers with 66 still missing, state news agency Xinhua said.

Saturday Nov 21 21:32 AEDT

Al-Qaeda seizes Japan hostage in Yemen

By Hammoud Mounassar | 21 Nov 2009

Al-Qaeda gunmen have seized a Japanese engineer from his kidnappers in Yemen, a tribal source who has been seeking to negotiate his release said on Saturday.

Top model found dead in Paris flat:A top South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment by French police.

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