US stocks edge up in opening trade

US stocks have edged higher as investors digest a batch of mostly positive economic data on jobs, retail sales and inflation. In the first five minutes of Thursday trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 11.21 points (0.08 per cent) to...

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Syrian regime 'approaching collapse': NATO

SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad's regime is approaching collapse and he should take steps to begin talks on a political transition, NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen says. "I think the regime in Damascus is approaching the regime of collapse ......

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Suicide bomb targets Afghan NATO airbase

A SUICIDE car bomber has attacked a NATO airbase in southern Afghanistan just hours after the US Defence Secretary left, killing two civilians, wounding 15 and injuring four foreign soldiers. There was no indication that the attack was connected...

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Residents urged to photograph king tides

KING tides will begin their twice-a-year run up the NSW coast early on Friday morning - and residents are being asked to get out their cameras. The tides will begin in Eden about 8.30am (AEDT), reach Sydney at 9.33am and hit Newcastle by 9.39am....

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US producer prices fall in November

US producer prices have fallen for the second straight month in November, the Commerce Department reports, losing 0.8 per cent in a sign inflation pressures remain muted in the economy. The main pull downward was a 4.6 per cent drop in energy...

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At least 24 killed in blasts near Damascus

AT least 24 civilians, including a large number of children, have been killed in two separate car bombings southwest of Damascus, state media reports. Eight people, mostly women and children, were killed by a car bomb in the poor Sunni town of...

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AirAsia orders 100 more A320s from Airbus

AIRBUS says AirAsia, southeast Asia's top budget carrier, is ordering 100 additional A320 single-aisle jets in a deal greatly increasing the Malaysian-based carrier's orders for the European aircraft. In a statement on Thursday Airbus said the...

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