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1:16 AM AEDT | TENS of thousands of supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra streamed through military checkpoints outside the capital yesterday as they headed to a rally aimed at toppling the government.
1:14 AM AEDT | THE Queen's gaffe-prone husband has proved that, at 88, he is as undiplomatic as ever by asking a young sea cadet if she worked in a strip club.
1:14 AM AEDT | THE vaccine additive thimerosal is not to blame for autism, a special US court has ruled in a long-running battle by parents convinced there is a connection.
1:14 AM AEDT | AT LEAST 10 people were killed in a suicide attack in Pakistan's Swat valley yesterday, a day after a series of bombings brought chaos and bloodshed to the city of Lahore.
1:14 AM AEDT | THE ambulance crew that rushed to Tiger Woods's home after he crashed his car into a tree would not allow his wife to travel with him to hospital, suspecting domestic violence, new documents show.
1:14 AM AEDT | A MAN fathered six children with his own daughters to create a "pure" bloodline that would survive doomsday, a court has heard.
1:14 AM AEDT | As rumours of the Sarkozys' affairs abound, Cassandra Jardine ponders the French approach to infidelity.
13 Mar 10 | COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will begin court-martial proceedings next week against its former army chief and defeated presidential candidate on seven charges including engaging in politics while in uniform, a military spokesman said.
13 Mar 10 | LUANG PRABANG: More than a 10th of the Buddha statues in Luang Prabang, an ancient city in north-central Laos whose urban district is a World Heritage Site, have gone missing in the past few years.
13 Mar 10 | Traditional fishermen are appealing for government intervention as the number of fish dramatically shrinks, writes Justin Norrie in Tokyo.
13 Mar 10 | JACKSON, Mississippi: Constance McMillen did not believe her Mississippi school district would really call off her senior prom rather than allow her to show up with her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo.
13 Mar 10 | A poor man, lured to Delhi with the promise of a job, is still suffering as the victim of an organ transplant racket, writes Matt Wade.
13 Mar 10 | WASHINGTON: Hambali, the alleged Bali bomb mastermind who is suspected of links to al-Qaeda, has filed a petition seeking his release from Guantanamo Bay, where he has been held for more than three years.
13 Mar 10 | The shell of a landmark that was a refuge during decades of cruelty is at the centre of its own drama, writes Lindsay Murdoch in Dili.
13 Mar 10 | WASHINGTON: A growing number of Taliban militants in the Pakistani border region are refusing to collaborate with al-Qaeda fighters, declining to provide shelter or assist in attacks in Afghanistan even in return for payment, to US military and counterterrorism officials say.
13 Mar 10 | WASHINGTON: Barack Obama has designated 10 charities to receive portions of his 10 million kronor ($1.5 million) Nobel peace prize award, the White House announced.
13 Mar 10 | PARIS: A retired market fruit seller from Burgundy has claimed ownership of the illustrious Le Fouquet's restaurant in Paris, after discovering that her great-uncle was promised it in the will of a 19th-century countess.
13 Mar 10 | LONDON: It is a grainy, video image few will ever forget: a trusting toddler walking hand-in-hand with the 10-year-old who would later torture him and beat him to death with a rock.
13 Mar 10 | LONDON: The Archbishop of Vienna has acknowledged that priestly celibacy could be one of the causes of the sex abuse scandals to hit the Catholic Church.
13 Mar 10 | A luxury resort run by an American surfer may be an unlikely saviour of the idyllic life on Sumba, writes Tom Allard.
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