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Defence personnel under investigation over offensive emails Date June 13, 2013 - 12:25PM Judith Ireland Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison. Chief of Army, Lieutenant General David Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference in Canberra. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen...

Yellen overwhelming favorite to replace Bernanke at Fed: Reuters poll Federal Reserve Vice Chair Janet Yellen addresses the 29th National Association for Business Economics Policy Conference in Washington March 4, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Gary Cameron By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa WASHINGTON | Wed...

Libyan army chief urges rebels to join the army A rebel from Misrata flashes a sign to another as they stand guard at Bir Doufan checkpoint, about 70 km (43 miles) from Bani Walid July 12, 2012. Credit: Reuters/Youssef Boudlal BENGHAZI | Tue Jun 11, 2013 2:15pm EDT (Reuters) - The new head...

From left, Wang Yaping, Zhang Xiaoguang and Nie Haisheng prepare for blast-off [AP]

Chinese spacecraft blasts off with 3 astronauts By ANDY WONG, Associated Press Updated 7:32 am, Tuesday, June 11, 2013 In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, the Long March-2F rocket carrying China's manned Shenzhou-10 spacecraft blasts off from the launch pad at the Jiuquan...

Sex, drugs... and not much rock 'n' roll: How music fans who go to festivals prefer getting drunk and sleeping with strangers to listening to the bands Only 45% attend festivals such as Glastonbury or Reading for the music A quarter have slept with a stranger, 21% took drugs, and 13% got in...

Adelaide-raised Sabirhan Hasanoff facing 20 years for stock exchange plot PETER MITCHELL, AAP AAP NEWS LIMITED NETWORK JUNE 10, 2013 10:32AM A courtroom sketch showing (C), his legal counsel Anthony Ricco (R) and US Magistrate Judge James Francis (L) during Hasanoff's arraignment at the US...

Iran ups cyber attacks on Israeli computers: Netanyahu Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem June 9, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Abir Sultan/Pool TEL AVIV | Sun Jun 9, 2013 10:49am EDT (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

9 June 2013 Last updated at 10:32 Euro crisis is over, says France's Francois Hollande The French president said the crisis had "strengthened" the 17-nation bloc French President Francois Hollande has declared an end to the eurozone debt crisis, which has gripped the region for the past...

9 June 2013 Last updated at 16:08 GMT Rafael Nadal beats David Ferrer to win eighth French Open title By Piers Newbery BBC Sport at Roland Garros Rafael Nadal coped with an on-court intruder and the Paris rain to beat fellow Spaniard David Ferrer and win a record eighth French Open title...

Denver: Hot Air Balloons Crash To Ground At least five people are hurt in the accidents in Denver, Colorado, amid reports of high wind speeds. 3:12am Sunday 09 June 2013 One of the balloons crashed near highways 72 and 93. Pic: Arvada Fire Dept At least five people have been injured after...

Angry Pakistan summons envoy after U.S. drone strike kills nine Pakistan's newly elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (C) arrives to inspect the guard of honor during a ceremony at the prime minister's residence after being sworn-in, in Islamabad June 5, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Mian Khursheed...

Smoke rises after a shell exploded in a Syrian village during fighting between forces loyal to the Syrian regime and rebels opposed to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, as seen from the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, near the Quneitra border crossing, close to the ceasefire line between Israel...

UN launches record appeal for victims of Syrian war A United Nations (U.N.) vehicle drives into a U.N. base near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights June 7, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar Awad By Crispian Balmer and Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Fri...

US defends vast phone record collection White House says National Security Agency gathering of data on millions of Americans key anti-terrorism tool. Last Modified: 06 Jun 2013 18:45 Under the terms of the order, the phone numbers of both parties on a call are handed over [Al Jazeera] The...

Obama takes aim at 'patent trolls' White House outlines measures against 'non-practising entities' – but defenders say they will be hard to eradicate Charles Arthur and agencies The Guardian, Wednesday 5 June 2013 15.45 BST Barack Obama: taking on patent 'trolls'. Photograph: Kristoffer...

Yahoo! says new rules to pave way for accreditation AFP June 5, 2013, 10:04 pm SINGAPORE (AFP) - Yahoo! Singapore said Wednesday that new rules requiring the licensing of online news sites will help pave the way for it to get full media accreditation. Singapore's official media watchdog...

74-year-old Briton sentenced to death in Egypt for drug smuggling A British pensioner has been sentenced to death in Egypt after being found guilty of drug smuggling. Ferndale was arrested with the other men in 2011 trying to bring three tons of cannabis into Egypt By David Blair, agencies...

Sunday June 2, 2013 Westport forklift operator crushed to death by container By SHAUN HO [email protected] Heavy metal: The scene of the accident in Westport where a forklift driver was crushed to death when a container-bearing handler toppled forward."> Heavy metal: The scene of the...