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Thursday Mar 18 21:25 AEDT

Greece warns it could resort to IMF

14 mins ago

Greek PM George Papandreou has warned Greece may be forced to resort to IMF aid and rejected a German call to expel eurozone nations in breach of fiscal rules.

Thursday Mar 18 21:04 AEDT

NZ banker spent millions on prostitutes

35 mins ago

A NZ banker who spent millions of stolen dollars on prostitutes was caught after one of his clients watched a documentary on Bernie Madoff, a court was told.

Thursday Mar 18 20:34 AEDT

No crisis in US-Israeli relations: Obama

By Stephen Collinson | 1 hours 5 mins ago

President Barack Obama denied a crisis was rocking US-Israeli relations as his top diplomatic aide arrived in Moscow for a meeting of the Middle East quartet.

Thursday Mar 18 20:27 AEDT

UK boy reunited with dad after kidnap

1 hours 11 mins ago

A British boy was reunited with his father in Pakistan, a British high commission official said following a kidnapping ordeal that saw a ransom paid in Paris.

N Korea executes top financial official

By Lim Chang-Won | 1 hours 12 mins ago

North Korea executed a top financial official in a desperate attempt to quell public anger at its bungled currency revaluation, South Korean news reports say.

Thursday Mar 18 15:45 AEDT

Thai protesters vow 'class war'

By Jocelyn Gecker | 5 hours 53 mins ago

Thousands of demonstrators remained encamped in the historic heart of the Thai capital, vowing to engage in "class warfare" until the government is ousted.

Thursday Mar 18 14:23 AEDT

Man sold his wife for sex on Craigslist

7 hours 16 mins ago

A woman feared she'd never see her young child again unless she complied with her husband's scheme to sell her sexual services on Craigslist, authorities said.

Thursday Mar 18 14:00 AEDT

Israel lifts West Bank restrictions

By Amy Teibel | 7 hours 39 mins ago

Israel has lifted its tight restrictions on Palestinian access to Jerusalem's holiest shrine and called off an extended West Bank closure.

Three dead in Uganda riots

By Godfrey Olukya | 7 hours 39 mins ago

Ugandan security forces fatally shot three people in the capital during clashes with rioters angry after the tombs of five kings were destroyed by fire.

WWII artillery shells found in Moscow

7 hours 40 mins ago

Workers expanding a road in the west of the Russian capital stumbled upon nearly 600 field artillery shells, officials at the scene said.

Thursday Mar 18 13:30 AEDT

Man strikes policewoman with penis

By ninemsn staff | 8 hours 9 mins ago

A man in Scotland has been fined for trying to assault a female police officer with his genitals.

Thursday Mar 18 13:13 AEDT

Key al-Qaeda figure believed killed

8 hours 25 mins ago

A key al-Qaeda figure involved in a recent attack on the CIA in Afghanistan apparently has been killed in Pakistan, a US counter-terrorism official says.

Thursday Mar 18 13:04 AEDT

Kids in Haiti 'kidnapping' have parents

8 hours 35 mins ago

All 33 children US missionaries tried to take out of Haiti illegally after the January earthquake have parents, aid workers say.

Thursday Mar 18 12:35 AEDT

Tomas not as destructive as expected

By Nicky Park, South Pacific Correspondent | 9 hours 4 mins ago

Cyclone Tomas didn't cause as much damage as first thought, officials say.

Obama's health plan picks up support:US Democratic leaders are hoping to vote on the health care overhaul bill this weekend, but it is not clear if they have enough votes to pass it.

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