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Saturday Nov 21 12:17 AEDT

Britons kidnapped by pirates interviewed

By David Stringer | 41 mins ago

A British couple being held hostage by Somali pirates have said in an interview that they fear they will be killed if a ransom is not paid soon.

Saturday Nov 21 11:55 AEDT

Palin memoir flying off shelves in US

1 hours 3 mins ago

Publisher HarperCollins says Sarah Palin's memoir sold 300,000 copies its first day, among the best openings ever for a nonfiction book.

Saturday Nov 21 11:52 AEDT

Knox weeps as prosecutor sums up case

1 hours 5 mins ago

American exchange student Amanda Knox wept at the trial in which she is accused of murdering her British housemate in Perugia two years ago.

Saturday Nov 21 10:39 AEDT

Cuba offers free penis implants

2 hours 19 mins ago

Cuba's government has offered its first free penis implants, part of a program set to be expanded across the communist island, a newspaper has reported.

Saturday Nov 21 09:37 AEDT

Sears plot mastermind jailed 13 years

3 hours 21 mins ago

A US judge sentenced the leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago to 13 years in prison Friday, far less than the 70 years sought by prosecutors.

Saturday Nov 21 09:31 AEDT

Amazon countries to hold climate talks

3 hours 27 mins ago

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is calling a meeting of eight Amazon countries to forge a common stand on climate talks, officials said.

Saturday Nov 21 08:01 AEDT

Hospital hearing for Fort Hood suspect

4 hours 57 mins ago

A lawyer for the US Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room.

Saturday Nov 21 07:43 AEDT

Mussolini's brain 'up for sale on eBay'

5 hours 15 mins ago

Italian dictator Benito Mussolini's blood and brain went on sale for 15,000 euros ($A24,343) on auction website eBay before the company pulled the ad.

Saturday Nov 21 07:36 AEDT

US man sues after 'ear lands in trash'

5 hours 22 mins ago

A New York man is giving city authorities and a hospital an earful for allegedly tossing his ear in the trash after it was ripped off by a dog, a report says.

Saturday Nov 21 07:32 AEDT

Shroud of Turin 'bears hidden text'

By Ariel David | 5 hours 26 mins ago

A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth.

Saturday Nov 21 07:07 AEDT

Palestinians to set new date for vote

By Dalia Nammari | 5 hours 51 mins ago

Palestinian officials say a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month.

Midday shooting in Paris kills one

By Jean-Pierre Verges | 5 hours 52 mins ago

Police say a man with an automatic rifle opened fire on a car near a Paris train station, killing one man and wounding two others.

Saturday Nov 21 07:02 AEDT

Briton who killed wife in sleep freed

5 hours 56 mins ago

A British man who strangled his wife in his sleep because he dreamt she was an intruder has been freed after prosecutors withdrew the case against him.

Saturday Nov 21 06:29 AEDT

Floods devastate UK Lake District

By Scott Heppell | 6 hours 29 mins ago

Military helicopters winched dozens of people to safety and emergency workers in inflatable boats rescued scores more as floods swamped northern England.

Top model found dead in Paris flat:A top South Korean model has been found dead in her Paris apartment by French police.

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