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'Scores' dead as troops attack Homs

The United Nations estimates that about 5,400 people have died in Syria since last March.

SCORES, possibly hundreds, of people are thought to have been killed in Syria when President Assad's forces shelled homes in the opposition stronghold of Homs.

300 missing as PNG ferry sinks

SEARCHING: Pilot and aircrewman on board the RACQ - CQ Rescue helicopter.

RESCUE crews in Papua New Guinea have rescued 28 people from the water after a ferry sank with as many as 350 on board along the nation's east coast.

73 dead in Egyptian football riots

RIOTS after a football match in Egypt have left 73 people dead and at least 1000 injured, in what is being called the biggest disaster in the nation's history.

Cyclist 'unable to stop'

A CYCLIST was unable to stop before she crashed into an open car door and was crushed to death under a tip truck, a court has been told.

God locked out of NZ jail

GOD has been remanded without a chance of appeal at one of New Zealand's toughest prisons.

NZ soldier slips into a coma

Alexander Teira Cowan, 25, collapsed after suffering heat stroke during an SAS selection test in the Hunua Ranges.

A NEW ZEALAND soldier trying out for the elite SAS is in a coma after suffering extreme heat stroke while taking part in a gruelling selection course.

Cop v cop in NZ cold case murder

Mona Blades disappeared in 1975 while hitchhiking from Hamilton to Hastings in New Zealand.

A FORMER policeman has fingered another ex-officer over an infamous cold-case murder in New Zealand prompting the suspect's daughter to look at legal action.

Stranded whales refloated in NZ

Volunteers try to save stranded whales at Farewell Spit.

ALL surviving whales stranded at Golden Bay in New Zealand have been refloated this morning.

Captain had 'character problem'

THE legal disaster engulfing the owners of the Costa Concordia liner appeared to be deepening last night.

Getting tough on Kiwi convicts

SELF-SERVE passport checking kiosks are coming to Gold Coast airport.

HUNDREDS of Australian-based Kiwi criminals could soon be walking free in NZ thanks to a hardline deportation drive by Australian immigration authorities .

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Motorists pay dearly

IPSWICH motorists paid more for unleaded petrol last year than their regional counterparts in Toowoomba, according to RACQ's Annual Fuel Price Report.

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