US stocks open higher on mixed earnings

US stocks opened higher on Tuesday after the long holiday weekend following mixed earnings reports from leading companies. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 1.03 points (0.01 per cent) at 13,650.73. The broad-based...

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French stench reaches England

FRANCE insists a major gas leak - whose stench hit millions, reached the shores of England and caused a major soccer match to be cancelled - is entirely harmless. Headaches and nausea were among the complaints in calls made to emergency lines...

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Remains of last king returned to Serbia

THE remains of Yugoslavia's last king - Peter II Karadjordjevic, who died in the US in 1970 - have been flown back to Serbia in a solemn ceremony despite protests by Serb royalists in America. The former king fled the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia...

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Assange protesters to push on

THE organiser of a peaceful protest against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will push ahead with rally plans despite widespread criticism and alleged authoritarian links. British university student Simone Webb is the driving force behind a gathering...

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Indonesia sentences UK drug gran to death

A 56-YEAR-OLD British grandmother was sentenced to death for smuggling cocaine into the Indonesian island of Bali, in a shock verdict after prosecutors recommended 15 years imprisonment. Lindsay Sandiford sobbed on Tuesday as the court in Bali's...

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US begins transporting French troops

THE US military has started airlifting French troops and equipment into Mali to assist their operation against Al-Qaeda-linked rebels, the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) says. "At the request of the French government, we have begun flying equipment...

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Buy 'funny fruit' to help feed the world

MAKE a shopping list and buy "funny fruit" to cut food waste and help the world "shape a sustainable future," two UN agencies have urged. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and partners on Tuesday...

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