Aussies living longer 'disability free'

AUSTRALIANS are living longer and the extra years are coming "disability free", new figures from the federal government show. In the decade to 2009, life expectancy at birth jumped 3.4 years to 79.3 for men. Life expectancy for women rose 2.4...

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Dolphin dies during disputed flight

A dolphin being flown from the Philippines to Singapore has died in transit. Source: Supplied ONE of 25 dolphins being transferred to a Singapore oceanarium despite protests from activists has died during its flight to the city-state. ...

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Kuwait bails tweeters after emir 'insults'

A KUWAITI court has freed three Twitter users on bail after detaining them for nine days for allegedly insulting the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state, a rights activist says. A fourth tweeter however remained in detention as his case will be...

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Girl, 17, dies after Schoolies balcony fall

The scene outside the Chevron Renaissance in Surfers Paradise after a person fell from one of the high rise towers. Picture: Glenn Hampson Source: The Courier-Mail POLICE investigating the death of a 17-year-old girl who fell from a balcony...

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Malala's wounded friends back in school

FOR one month the dreams kept coming. The voice, the shots, the blood. Her friend Malala slumped over. Shazia Ramazan, 13, who was wounded by the same Taliban gunman who shot her friend Malala Yousufzai, returned home last week after a month in...

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Israeli soldier dies of rocket wounds

AN Israeli reserves officer has died of wounds sustained in a rocket attack that occurred hours before a truce to end eight days of violence in and around Gaza was agreed between Israel and Hamas. A statement from the Israeli army named the...

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Girl dies in schoolies balcony fall

A TEENAGE girl has died after falling from the balcony of a high-rise hotel on the Gold Coast during schoolies celebrations. The girl, believed to be a schoolie, fell from the Chevron Renaissance tower in Surfers Paradise. Police will only say...

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