Heavy Shelling Heard In Rebel-Held Donetsk

Heavy shelling has pounded the centre of Ukraine's separatist-held city of Donetsk, according to witnesses. People poured out of their offices onto the stairwell of the city's main administration building after loud explosions nearby triggered an evacuation...

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Iraq: US-UK Pull Back On Yazidi Rescue Mission

A US and UK humanitarian mission to rescue thousands of people trapped in Iraq is "far less likely" to take place after it has been revealed fewer are stranded than previously feared. US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel made the comments on Wednesday,...

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N Korea Fires Missiles As Pope Visits South

Pope Francis has called for peace in the war-divided Korean peninsular during a visit to the South - as the North fired five miissiles to coincide with his arrival. Three rockets were fired as the Pope's plane approached Seoul - and there were reports...

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Oz: Packer Goddaughter On Murder Charge

The goddaughter of the late Kerry Packer, one of Australia's most successful businessmen, has been charged with murder. Harriet Wran, 26, who is the daughter of Neville Wran, a former premier of New South Wales, is being held over the fatal stabbing...

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Economy: Eurozone GDP Growth 'Breaks Down'

The 18 nations which use the euro recorded zero GDP growth as a bloc in the second quarter of 2014, with Germany's economy - Europe's biggest - contracting. Official GDP figures showed that weakness in France and Germany - which together make up 66%...

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Apple Bans Two Chemicals From Production Line

Apple is banning two potentially hazardous chemicals from its final assembly process for iPhone and iPad. It is removing benzene and n-hexande from its production lines following a five-month campaign from labour activists in China. Benzene is a carcinogen...

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Student Quizzed Over Pro-Israel Facebook Post

A Malaysian teenager is being investigated by police for "liking" a pro-Israel Facebook posting. The 17-year-old student "liked" a post that declared "I love Israel" and featured a picture of the Jewish state's flag, police said. Abdul Rahim Hanafi,...

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Mark Zuckerberg Braves Ice Bucket Challenge

It's the latest craze circulating on social media. You fill a bucket with ice-cold water, pour it over yourself, then nominate three other people to do the same thing. Now Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the fun, after New Jersey governor...

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Amish Girls 'Abducted' In Upstate New York

Police in upstate New York are searching for two young Amish girls who they say were abducted from their family's roadside stand. The two girls, aged 12 and six, were last seen around 7.30pm on Wednesday assisting a customer near their home in Oswegatchie,...

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Suitcase Death Suspect Given Psychiatric Tests

Indonesian police have run psychiatric tests on the daughter of an American woman found dead inside a suitcase on the resort island of Bali. Police arrested the daughter, Heather Mack, 19, and her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, 21, and accused them of killing...

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