Monday, August 29, 2016

National Dog Day: Hugh Jackman can't get enough of his adorable French bulldog, Dali. Picture: Instagram and other top stories.

  • National Dog Day: Hugh Jackman can't get enough of his adorable French bulldog, Dali. Picture: Instagram

    National Dog Day: Hugh Jackman can't get enough of his adorable French bulldog, Dali. Picture: Instagram
    National Dog Day: Hugh Jackman canĂ¢€™t get enough of his adorable French bulldog, Dali. Picture: InstagramDanielle Le MessurierNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIANS are downsizing their four-legged friends as celebrities and apartment living drives the trend for pint-sized pooches. While labradors, staffies and German Shepherds remain the three most popular pedigree dogs, research from Sydney University suggests high density living is increasing demand for smaller breeds such as French bulldogs..
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  • Czech tourist describes friend's death and her struggle to survive

    Czech tourist describes friend's death and her struggle to survive
    Pavlina Pizova has been rescued after a month hiding in a hut.HEARING her fatally injured friend’s final gasp for air was only the start of Pavlina Pizova’s harrowing ordeal.The Czech tourist and her compatriot Ondrej Petr had been tramping in difficult conditions along the Routeburn Track, a mountainous hiking trail on New Zealand’s South Island, when tragedy struck.After the pair spent a few freezing days and nights on the 32km track, disoriented by thick fog and with heavy snow falling, Mr Pe..
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  • Children among dead in Syria barrel bomb attack

    Children among dead in Syria barrel bomb attack
    At least 15 people died when the barrel bomb hit a rebel-held neighborhood in Aleppo, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The UK-based monitoring group said in addition to 11 children, four women were killed at Bab al-Nayrab neighborhood. The Aleppo Media Center issued a lower number, saying 13 people were killed, including four children, in the Bab al-Nayrab neighborhood. Amnesty International says barrel bombs are a common tactic of the Syrian regime. The strikes come amid Russia's a..
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  • Turkey death toll from blasts rises to 11

    Turkey death toll from blasts rises to 11
    A car bomb at a police headquarters in Turkey's largely Kurdish southeast has killed at least 11 and wounded dozens, ministers said, two days after Turkey launched an incursion against Islamic State and Kurdish militia fighters in Syria.The state-run Anadolu news agency blamed the attack on the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK), a militant group which has waged a three-decade insurgency for Kurdish autonomy and has been involved in almost daily clashes with security forces since a ceasefire collapse..
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  • Earthquake rattles deeper fears in Italy's struggling centre

    Earthquake rattles deeper fears in Italy's struggling centre
    Accumoli, Italy: In this 12th-century town, as many as 70 per cent of the homes were vacant in the off-season. There were fewer people on the streets. Numerous teenagers had left for good.And that was before the earthquake. More News Videos Previous slide Next slide Earthquake devastates central Italy Fatal earthquake flattens central Italy Deadly Belgian sports centre blast Bolivian minister beaten to death Kayla Mueller's plea f..
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  • Hunter Riley Reeser: 14-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Allegedly Kills Grandmother Because She Wanted Him To Go To ...

    Hunter Riley Reeser: 14-Year-Old Pennsylvania Boy Allegedly Kills Grandmother Because She Wanted Him To Go To ...
    Hunter Riley Reeser, a 14-year-old boy belonging to Erie County, told Pennsylvania State Police investigators that he shot his 60-year-old grandmother, Susan Orton, early on Tuesday morning because she wanted him to attend a school meeting he did not want to go to, according to local media sources. Reeser, who lived with his grandmother in Harborcreek Township, has now been charged with homicide, first-degree murder, aggravated assault and possession of an instrument of crime, and is being held..
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  • China, Russia hold third round of talks on exercise

    China, Russia hold third round of talks on exercise
    The Ministry of Defense says Chinese military officials have held their third round of talks with Russian counterparts over the planned 'Joint Sea 2016' maritime exercise. This exercise will be held in the South China Sea in September. "China and Russia held their third round of talks over the 'Joint Sea 2016' maritime exercise in Zhanjiang City from Aug. 16 to 21, sharing views on the plan and arrangements for communication and logistics support," said Wu Qian, spokesperson, China's Ministry o..
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  • Philippine troops 'kill six Abu Sayyaf militants'

    Philippine troops 'kill six Abu Sayyaf militants'
    Philippine troops 'kill six Abu Sayyaf militants' AFP on August 26, 2016, 7:40 pm Philippine troops 'kill six Abu Sayyaf militants' Manila (AFP) - Philippine security officials killed six members of militant group Abu Sayyaf on Friday including one involved in the kidnapping of two Canadians who were beheaded in the troubled south, the military said.A military spokesman said soldiers clashed with 100 members of notorious kidnap-for-ransom gang Abu Sayyaf as troops car..
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  • Chimay: Suspected gas explosion at Belgian sports centre kills one, seriously injures two, officials say

    Chimay: Suspected gas explosion at Belgian sports centre kills one, seriously injures two, officials say
    Chimay: Suspected gas explosion at Belgian sports centre kills one, seriously injures two, officials say Updated August 26, 2016 13:25:44 A suspected gas explosion at a sports centre in southern Belgium has killed one person and seriously injured two others, a security official says.The blast took place a little after midnight (local time) in the small town of Chimay, 110 kilometres south of Brussels.The official said five people were in the building at the time, with t..
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  • Tony Abbott urges colleagues to hold firm against the 'grievance-mongers' and populists

    Tony Abbott urges colleagues to hold firm against the 'grievance-mongers' and populists
    Former prime minister Tony Abbott has called on conservatives within his party to hold their nerve, and to convince ordinary voters that cutting spending was in the national interest.Mr Abbott used a speech to the Master Builders Association in Melbourne on Friday to rally so-called "reformers" within the Coalition, despite the knife-edge election result that saw Malcolm Turnbull's government returned with a majority of just one. "Reformers can't lose heart – even though a government with ..
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