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Sydney police fine 495 pedestrians
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Brazil activists resist crackdown
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Iran sets deadline for nuclear deal
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Shaw apologises at comedy club
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'Australia is responsible for Manus'
Lawyers and human rights advocates say Australia has a 'non-delegable duty' to asylum seekers on Manus
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Ex-Marist principal admits 'failure'
Terence Heinrich tells commission he believed Brother Kostka when he said sex abuse allegation was just a misunderstanding
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Palmer pays full carbon tax bill
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Thailand's junta lifts curfew
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House burns and falls off cliff
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Jamie levy row: Joyce backs farmers
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Rock legend Jim Keays dies
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Colombia goes to the polls
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Al-Qaida targets Kashmir Muslims
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Kasabian 'are like Spinal Tap'
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Indigenous films wow east Africa
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