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Raiders blow up ATM
RAIDERS have blown up an ATM in Sydney's southwest, the third attack in less than a week.
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Detailed map shows dry Moon
A NEW detailed map of the Moon released today shows the Earth's satellite holds very little water and reveals never-before seen craters at the poles, an international research team said.
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Man charged over cannabis crop
A 51-YEAR-OLD man has been charged with farming and supplying cannabis after police found more than 1,500 plants on the NSW north coast.
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Web poetry note halts suicide bid
A FRENCHWOMAN who posted on a poetry website her plan to kill herself was saved after a fellow poetry fan spotted the warning and alerted police who went to her home and found her unconscious.
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Elderly bomber kills policeman
AN elderly man, who appeared to have difficulty walking, blew himself up and killed a policeman who was helping him in Afghanistan overnight, a local official said.
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Passive smoking linked to dementia
EXPOSURE to second-hand smoke boosts the risk of dementia and other cognitive problems, even among people who have never smoked, the largest study of its kind said.
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Blast kills six near shrine
SIX people were killed and 35 wounded in an explosion near a Shiite shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Karbala overnight, medical sources said.
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Nine 'pirates' arrested
THE US Navy said it has arrested nine suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden today, after the Indian-flagged Motor Vessel Premedivya sent a distress call.
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Tsvangirai to swear in cabinet
ZIMBABWE'S new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai set to work today to bring his top aides into cabinet posts where they will have to strike a delicate balance with their erstwhile adversaries.
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Italy's right-to-die woman buried
ELUANA Englaro, the woman at the centre of a euthanasia row in Italy who died after 17 years in a coma, was buried today in a religious ceremony boycotted by her parents.
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