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Bali prison riots trigger mass move: sources

1:25 PM | Bali's infamous Kerobokan prison will be forcibly emptied of its inmates in a police and military operation planned for this afternoon local time, Fairfax has been told.

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The soap the world doesn't want a bar of

1:10 PM | Headlines like "Aussie politics is much ado about nothing" reflect the general lack of world interest in the extraordinary political saga unfolding in Australia.

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Guards flee again as Kerobokan jail violence flares

6:28 AM | Police and prison officials at Bali's troubled Kerobokan prison have once again abandoned their post in the face of a fresh outburst of rioting.

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Rocket attack kills two journalists

5:53 AM | ''WATCHED a baby die today. Shrapnel, doctors could do nothing. His little tummy just heaved and heaved until he stopped. Feeling helpless,'' The Sunday Times reporter Marie Colvin wrote yesterday in a closed Facebook page for journalists.

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Western journalists killed in Syria attack

3:00 AM | Distinguished foreign correspondent and French photographer die during rocket attack in Homs.

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Hunger striker to be freed

3:00 AM | Lawyers for Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan and Israel's Justice Ministry announce a deal has been struck.

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Tehran may strike first: Iran general

3:00 AM | Iranian military official threatens pre-emptive action against any country that threatens Iran's 'national interests'.

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Rubber bullets used to quell prison riot

3:00 AM | Inmates at Bali's infamous Kerobokan prison spent last night with no running water or electricity and limited food after police earlier stormed in and fired rubber bullets to quell a riot and blaze.

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Iranian suspects cavorted with sex workers before Bangkok bombings

3:00 AM | Within hours of their arrival, three Iranian men who had meticulously planned a terrorist attack in Bangkok were cavorting with sex workers and drinking alcohol in the seedy resort city of Pattaya.

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Riot at Bali's Kerobokan prison

22 Feb 12 | Police have reclaimed control of Bali’s infamous Kerobokan prison, which last night erupted into rioting as prisoners set fire to parts of the desperately overcrowded facility and hurled stones at staff. | GALLERY: Riot at Kerobokan Prison

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Khader Adnan brokers deal to end 66-day hunger strike

22 Feb 12 | On the verge of death and with a last minute High Court hearing looming, Palestinian hunger striker Khader Adnan has struck a deal with Israel's Justice Ministry, his lawyers announced overnight.

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Emotional reunion of group thrown together by the horror of Christchurch's darkest day

22 Feb 12 | A year ago today, these people dug Margaret Neale from a mountain of rubble in Christchurch's City Mall. | GALLERY: Christchurch earthquake

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Koran apology fails to appease protesters

22 Feb 12 | KABUL: US military personnel have fired rubber bullets at an angry protest that erupted outside a sprawling US-run military installation after base personnel were alleged to have improperly disposed of religious materials including the Koran.

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Europe's $160bn bailout for Greece

22 Feb 12 | EUROPEAN leaders have agreed on a €130 billion ($A160 billion) bailout for the Greek economy, averting the immediate threat of bankruptcy and of Greece being forced out of the euro zone.

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News of the World hacking suspect conspired to profit from secrets

22 Feb 12 | A MAN at the centre of allegations that computers were hacked for News of the World has been convicted of conspiring to illegally access private information for profit.

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Bali bombmaker blameless, court told

21 Feb 12 | JAKARTA: He mixed the deadly cocktail of chemicals in the 700-kilogram Bali bomb, but Umar Patek's lawyers yesterday denied he was responsible for the deaths caused by its explosion.

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US court setback for Japanese whalers

21 Feb 12 | Japanese whalers are checking their options after court rejects their plea for a preliminary injunction against Sea Shepherd activists in the Antarctic.

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Riots feared as hunger striker's health worsens

20 Feb 12 | ''My dignity is more precious than food,'' said Palestinian prisoner Khader Adnan as he started the 53rd day of his hunger strike.

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China's promise of easier living herds Tibetan nomads into jobless penury

20 Feb 12 | Resettlement schemes have failed to deliver, writes Philip Wen, in Qinghai Province, China.

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Parting clouds at The Sun

19 Feb 12 | IN A gesture aimed at restoring morale in his battered newspaper empire in Britain, Rupert Murdoch has walked the floor of his flagship British tabloid, The Sun, with his son Lachlan, ended suspensions of reporters and editors who have been arrested in a Scotland Yard corruption scandal and announced a new Sunday edition.

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