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Skateboarder sexually assaults Vic woman AAP December 13, 2013, 7:22 am A Melbourne woman has been sexually assaulted then robbed by a young skateboarder in a South Melbourne car yard. The 24-year-old woman was approached by the man as she walked along Kings Way between 2.30am and 3am on...

Woman catches fleeing flasher on camera phone December 13, 2013, 1:10 pm The photo taken by the victim of the fleeing suspect. Police are hunting a man who exposed himself to a woman in Adelaide’s north eastern suburbs yesterday. The woman, aged in her 30s, was waiting for a bus on North...

Health questions dropped from Chevron form AAP December 13, 2013, 6:26 pm Private questions dropped from job form Invasive questions on a Chevron job application form have been dropped from the document following complaints. The form included questions about miscarriages, abortions and...

China market inferno kills 16 AFP December 12, 2013, 12:37 am Beijing (AFP) - A blaze which engulfed a Chinese food market killed 16 people in the early hours of Wednesday, firefighters and state media said. The inferno raged through the Rongjian Agricultural Wholesale Market in Shenzhen...

Microsoft says Xbox One global sales top 2 million units Reuters December 12, 2013, 1:02 am XBox One is seen on display at the Wal-Mart Supercenter in the Porter Ranch section of Los Angeles November 26, 2013. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian By Malathi Nayak SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft...

'Fiji officer jailed over coup plot' AFP December 12, 2013, 4:30 am Suva (Fiji) (AFP) - A former army chief convicted of plotting a coup against Fiji's military regime was jailed for five years Wednesday, with a judge labelling his actions "treasonous and mutinous", reports said. Former...

World drugs body calls Uruguay marijuana move 'illegal' AFP December 12, 2013, 4:39 am Vienna (AFP) - Uruguay's move to legalise the production and sale of marijuana breaks international law, the world drugs body said Wednesday, warning it would encourage addiction. "Uruguay is breaking the...

Chinese hackers leak hotel guest data on WeChat PUBLISHED : Monday, 09 December, 2013, 2:33pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 10 December, 2013, 5:16pm Patrick Boehler [email protected] A website offering searches in the database. Screenshot Hackers in China have leaked a database of an...

A 'China City of America' under consideration for New York The controversial project has been called both a "Chinese Disneyland" and a "stalking horse" for the Beijing government PUBLISHED : Monday, 09 December, 2013, 6:10pm UPDATED : Monday, 09 December, 2013, 6:14pm Jeremy Blum...

Investigation launched after viral video shows soldiers beating new firefighter recruits PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 10 December, 2013, 1:12pm UPDATED : Tuesday, 10 December, 2013, 4:39pm Amy Li [email protected] A screenshot from the viral video shows the moment when a senior soldier kicks a...

Teen stole part from Walker crash car AP December 6, 2013, 8:57 pm A teenager has been arrested for stealing part of the car US actor Paul Walker died in. AP Officers have arrested a teenager accused of stealing some wreckage of the Porsche that Fast & Furious star Paul Walker rode in when...

Bob Dylan guitar sells for nearly $1mln in New York AFP December 7, 2013, 7:45 am New York (AFP) - An electric guitar on which Bob Dylan performed a legendary set at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 sold for a record $965,000 at an auction in New York on Friday, Christie's announced. The...

6 December 2013 Last updated at 11:42 GMT Data haul by Android Flashlight app 'deceives' millions The "brightest flashlight" app was downloaded to millions of Android devices Tens of millions of Android users have been "deceived" by a developer who covertly gathered personal data, the US...

6 December 2013 Last updated at 06:46 GMT Microsoft disrupts ZeroAccess web fraud botnet Infected computers dupe online advertisers by generating fraudulent ad clicks ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets - a network of computers infected with malware to trigger online fraud - has...

Mandela film breaks box office records AP December 6, 2013, 10:32 am A movie depicting the life of Nelson Mandela has become South Africa s highest grossing film. AP A movie depicting the life of Nelson Mandela was South Africa's highest grossing picture in the week before the death of the...

The world reacts to the death of Nelson Mandela Former South African President Nelson Mandela has died at age 95 of complications from a recurring lung infection. The anti-apartheid leader and Nobel laureate was a beloved figure around the world, a symbol of reconciliation from a country with...

Stones set longevity bar for Bon Jovi AAP Melissa Jenkins December 6, 2013, 5:31 pm Members of Bon Jovi say they will see how old the Rolling Stones are when they retire before deciding when to call it quits. Bon Jovi are in Melbourne ahead of the final leg of the Because We Can tour, which...

Japanese diplomat arrested over suspicious fire at embassy in DRC PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 December, 2013, 2:33pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 December, 2013, 4:24am Julian Ryall in Tokyo Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said the Foreign Ministry was 'closely cooperating with the police...

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's uncle purged, two aides executed Man seen as North Korea's unofficial No 2 is purged, and two of his aides are executed, in the biggest change since young leader succeeded father PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 03 December, 2013, 4:28pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 04 December...

Armed with surveillance drones, UN to 'go after' Congo rebels AFP December 4, 2013, 9:26 am Goma (DR Congo) (AFP) - The United Nations said Tuesday its peacekeeping troops would "go after" remaining rebel groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo, armed with the UN's first-ever surveillance...