Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Headless body of Canadian Robert Hall discovered in the Philippines and other top stories.

  • Headless body of Canadian Robert Hall discovered in the Philippines

    Headless body of Canadian Robert Hall discovered in the Philippines
    Philippine security forces have recovered the headless body of kidnapped Canadian Robert Hall (left). Photo: AP MANILA: Philippine security forces have recovered the headless body of Canadian citizen Robert Hall, who was held captive by jihadist group Abu Sayyaf and beheaded in June after the ransom deadline passed.The Inquirer newspaper reported on Sunday that a group of villagers found upon the body around midday on Saturday in an area of the Talipao munici..
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  • Lavrov, Kerry have fresh exchange on Syrian conflict - Al

    Lavrov, Kerry have fresh exchange on Syrian conflict - Al
    Russia and the United States held fresh talks on Saturday on ways of cooperating to end the five-year conflict in Syria as intensive Syrian government air strikes killed at least 40 civilians in a town northeast of Damascus. Moscow and Washington are seeking ways of brokering an end to a conflict that has killed more than 400,000 people, according to the United Nations, and has sent a wave of refugees streaming toward Europe. In the latest diplomatic contact between the two powers, Russian Fore..
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  • 'You are actually a grub': Alan Jones in on-air barney

    'You are actually a grub': Alan Jones in on-air barney
    Video will begin in 5 seconds. Alan Jones blasts LNP senator An extraordinary face-off happens on-air between Sydney shock jock Alan Jones and Queensland LNP Senator James McGrath. PT0M42S 620 349 As the underwhelming performance of the Coalition became clearer and clearer on Saturday night, the fingers of blame were being pointed with gusto in the Channel 7 studio – at Malcolm Turnbull. You're the king of the bed-wetters actually. You are actually a grub  An extraordinary..
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  • Laurie Oakes ties up bookies with multicoloured offering

    Laurie Oakes ties up bookies with multicoloured offering
    Federal Election 2016: Laurie Oakes ties up bookies with multicoloured offering Laurie Oakes takes on the bookies and wins by changing his tie six times during election program. Photo: Channel Nine The result of the general election might be stuck in limbo but Nine News political editor Laurie Oakes made sure there were some winners last night; 57 in all, a collective $3000 better off.The Canberra veteran raised eyebrows during the course of Nine's election..
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  • 'We came here to kill the non-Muslims,' gunmen told Bangladesh hostages

    'We came here to kill the non-Muslims,' gunmen told Bangladesh hostages
    Dhaka: The well-dressed young men entered the trendy restaurant armed with guns, crude bombs and blades. When the 10-hour siege was over, 28 people were dead and Bangladesh's attempts to underplay the threat posed by Islamist radicals lay in tatters. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Gunmen take hostages in Bangladesh Eric Abetz blames changes to superannuation Serbian man kills five in cafe shooting Londoners march against Brexit ..
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  • New Zealand police seize $13 million worth of cocaine inside horse head

    New Zealand police seize $13 million worth of cocaine inside horse head
    New Zealand police seize $13 million worth of cocaine inside horse head Updated July 03, 2016 17:27:52 New Zealand police say they have seized a record $NZ14 million ($13 million) worth of cocaine hidden inside a large diamante-encrusted horse head from Mexico.The largest-ever haul of the drug in New Zealand has been linked to the rebuild of the city of Christchurch, severely damaged in a 2011 earthquake, and the Australian market.Detective Superintendent Virginia Le Ba..
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  • IS claims deadly Baghdad shopping street bombing

    IS claims deadly Baghdad shopping street bombing AFP on July 3, 2016, 9:53 am Baghdad (AFP) - Islamic State jihadists claimed a bomb attack in central Baghdad that officials said killed at least six people as it ripped through a busy shopping district early on Sunday, setting stores ablaze.The blast in the Karrada area, where many people go to shop ahead of the holiday marking the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, also wounded at least 20 people, the officials ..
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  • Federal election 2016: ABC wins election night coverage despite Leigh Sales' 'delirium'

    Federal election 2016: ABC wins election night coverage despite Leigh Sales' 'delirium'
    Annabel Crabb was among ABC's 'A-team' of election commentators during their 7.5-hour coverage. The ABC's new-format election coverage has paid off, with an unprecedented number of people choosing Aunty over the free-to-air channels on Saturday night, but it also gained some withering criticisms along the way. Achieving the highest ever number of viewers for an election on ABC News 24 and coming close on ABC 1, the ABC boasted the most watched coverage in the nation, reaching a total of 5.3..
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  • UAE men told 'avoid national dress abroad'

    UAE men told 'avoid national dress abroad'
    The United Arab Emirates has urged men to avoid wearing the white robes, headscarf and headband of the national dress when travelling abroad. It comes after a businessman visiting the United States was wrestled to the ground and held as an Islamic State suspect. UAE media reported that the Emirati man was detained in Avon, Ohio, last week after a female clerk at a local hotel called 911 to report what she had described as a man affiliated to Islamic State, according to the Arabic-language al-Ba..
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  • 3 days heavy rain in China leaves 50 dead

    3 days heavy rain in China leaves 50 dead
    Three days of heavy rain in southern China have left 50 people dead and another 12 missing and destroyed thousands of homes, authorities say, as areas along the Yangtze River braced for more floods.Torrential rains caused the deaths of 27 people and left a further 12 missing since Thursday in central Hubei, the provincial civil affairs department said.Nearly 400,000 people have been evacuated or are in need of aid in the province. Almost 15,000 houses have collapsed or are seriously damaged and ..
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