New Zealand Prime Minister John Key defined as 'unidentified' at Nelson Mandela memorial service

Mandela sign language interpreter 'fake'2:23 Play video South Africa's deaf community alleges the sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial was a fraud Autoplay ON OFF SPARE a thought for New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, or as he is known in the rest of the world, the "unidentified guest". Domestically, polls show he's been a popular leader. But during each of his big...

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Biak Massacre Citizen's Tribunal at Sydney University finds security forces intentionally killed, raped children

Indonesian anti-riot police arresting a West Papuan pro-separatist. Source: AFP INDONESIAN security forces intentionally killed and raped children along with a large number of civilians at a massacre on the West Papuan island of Biak, a tribunal has found. The secret massacre which has been denied for years by Indonesia was officially detailed by a citizen's tribunal which brought down its findings in Sydney today. It found...

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Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young decries the conditions in Nauru detention centre

Speaking up about the detention centre on Nauru ... Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young. Source: News Limited The living conditions for children at the Nauru detention camp are "heart wrenching'', Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says. The senator has just returned from a four-day trip to the Pacific nation, where she toured the Australian offshore detention facilities housing asylum seekers. She is expected to give more detail...

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Mohammed Badshah Ansari who raped Spanish tourist gets life in India

Rapist gets life ... Mohammad Badshah alias Mohammad Ismail Ansari has been given a life sentence for raping a 28-year-old Spanish tourist in Mumbai twice while threatening her with a knife. Source: Supplied A RAPIST who attacked a young Spanish woman at knifepoint after breaking into her apartment in Mumbai was jailed for life in India. Mohammed Badshah Ansari was handed the sentence after a trial heard how the 28-year-old...

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Python kills security guard Ambar Arianto Mulyo outside Bali Hyatt hotel

On the loose... Police are searching for a 4.5-metre long python that strangled a security guard to death outside a popular Bali hotel. Source: Supplied A PYTHON strangled a security guard near a luxury hotel in Bali then escaped into nearby bushes following the deadly attack, police and a hotel employee who witnessed the incident said. The incident happened around 3am as the 4.5-meter-long python was slithering across a road near the Bali Hyatt hotel, said Agung Bawa, an assistant security manager at the hotel, which is closed...

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Darrin Spivey and son Dillon Sanchez die during Christmas dive in Florida

Divers dead ... Darrin Spivey, 35, and his 15-year-old son Dillon Sanchez. Source: Supplied A FATHER and his 15-year-old son died while they were testing new diving equipment they received as Christmas presents. The bodies of Darrin Spivey, 35, and his son Dillon Sanchez were found on Christmas night in an underwater cave they were exploring in Weeki Wachi, Florida, according to the Tampa Tribune. The newspaper said the...

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Mikhail Kalashnikov to get heroes' funeral in Russia

'National hero'... Mikhail Kalashnikov shows a model of his world-famous AK-47 assault rifle at home in the Ural Mountains city of Izhevsk, east of Moscow, in 2007. Source: AP RUSSIA will bury Mikhail Kalashnikov, the designer of the iconic AK-47 assault rifle that was the favoured weapon of guerrillas worldwide, at a newly-opened cemetery for national heroes. Kalashnikov, who died on Monday at the age of 94, was to receive...

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Pussy Riot punk rockers want Putin out of power and replaced with freed tycoon Mikhail Khordorkovsky

Speaking out...Russian punk band Pussy Riot members Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, right, and Maria Alekhina at a Moscow press conference, their first since being released from prison. Picture: AP Source: AP A FREED member of the Pussy Riot punk band said the rockers still want Russian President Vladimir Putin out of power, adding she would like freed ex-tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky to stand in elections and replace him. "As far as...

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Ohio woman Contisha Hayews 'stabs twin Tamara Delaney over apple fritter' in Christmas fight

Ohio woman Tamara Delaney is in hospital after allegedly being stabbed in the chest by her twin sister during a Christmas day fight over an apple fritter. Picture: Facebook Source: Facebook Contisha Hayes allegedly stabbed her twin sister Tamara Delaney in a fight over an apple fritter on Christmas evening. Picture: Summit County Sheriff's Office Source:Supplied A US woman is in jail after allegedly stabbing her...

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Spanish mother gives birth in secret, throws baby boy out the window

Newborn...A new mother who kept her pregnancy a secret from her family gave birth to a baby boy, cut the chord and then threw her son out the window. Picture: Thinkstock Source: ThinkStock A SPANISH woman gave birth in secret on Christmas Eve, cut the umbilical chord herself and threw the newborn out of the kitchen window, police said on Friday. The baby boy is now in hospital in a "serious condition'', a police spokesman said. The...

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