Seoul to aid companies shut out of Kaesong

SOUTH Korea's government will provide more than $US270 million ($A263.88 million) in emergency loans to help companies affected by the shutdown of a jointly run factory park in North Korea. The finance ministry said on Thursday the 300 billion...

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China reports 27th death from bird flu

The death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus in China has risen to 25, state media reports. Source: AAP THE death toll from the H7N9 bird flu virus has risen to 27, state media says, after a man died in central China's Hunan Province. The...

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I'll ditch the NDIS levy: Palmer

Clive Palmer says there is no justification for raising the Medicare Levy to help pay for the NDIS. Source: AAP CLIVE Palmer says his United Australia Party would abolish the increase in the Medicare Levy designed to help pay for the national...

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UN sounds alarm on record Arctic ice melt

THE Arctic's sea ice melted at a record pace in 2012, the ninth-hottest year on record, compounding concerns about climate change underscored by extreme weather such as Hurricane Sandy, the UN weather agency says. In a report on the situation...

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Major Australian exhibition in London

THE British are being encouraged to overcome their "shameful ignorance" of Australian art by attending the most extensive exhibition of Australian works ever shown in the United Kingdom. It was revealed on Thursday that the Prince of Wales will...

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Nationals WA president stands down

COLIN Holt has stood down as The Nationals' West Australian president because of his increasingly heavy parliamentary workload. Mr Holt, who held the position for four years, was last month appointed parliamentary secretary to the minister for...

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US boy, 5, accidentally shoots sister dead

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy playing with a rifle given to him as a gift accidentally shot dead his younger sister, officials say, thrusting the issue of US gun violence back into the spotlight. The boy's two-year-old sister was pronounced dead after being...

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