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Terror threats shut down Lady Gaga's Jakarta concert

27 May 12 | Religious fundamentalists have forced pop diva Lady Gaga to cancel her Jakarta concert for "security reasons".

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NRL Live: Penrith v Manly

27 May 12 | Welcome to our live blog of the match between Penrith and Manly.

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Taxi seized as police probe hit-run death

27 May 12 | Police have seized a taxi they believe may have struck and fatally injured Sydney man Andrew Heffernan in north-west Sydney yesterday morning.

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Taxman makes tech companies face the music

27 May 12 | JUST days after its sharemarket debut received a lukewarm response, Facebook is facing another challenge - how to deal with a hungry taxman.

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Former Labor powerbroker Obeid in hospital after suspected stroke

27 May 12 | THE former ALP powerbroker Eddie Obeid is in hospital after suffering a suspected stroke.

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Only the best for brain food fest

27 May 12 | Speakers and audience alike focused on 'ideas worth spreading' at TEDxSydney.

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Lawyer can't recall stealing artworks

27 May 12 | It is the case of the high-flying Sydney lawyer and the stolen paintings. And as Penrith District Court heard on Friday, on one version of events it is "bizarre".

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Activists claim Syria's security forces kill 90

27 May 12 | MORE than 90 people have been massacred by Syrian regime forces in the provincial town of Houla, activists say.

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Gender divide in cradle of ambition

27 May 12 | Difficult childhoods prepare female CEOs for life at the top.

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Green no longer says it for clean crusaders

27 May 12 | GREEN is no longer good. The glacial progress of governments and corporations in moving to a lower carbon economy leaves the onus on consumers to change the game, Jeremy Heimans told TEDxSydney yesterday.

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A hard road to the top

27 May 12 | Touring is becoming the only way to survive as piracy kills the musical star.

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Steroid vacation

27 May 12 | THERE'S something about the seedy Thai beachside town of Pattaya that keeps enticing Michael Dorn back - but it's not the sun, sea, sand or sex for which the resort is famous.

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Freeze on Indonesian prisoner pay

27 May 12 | Indonesians jailed for people smuggling are having the wages they earn in prison withheld after a federal government directive, angering human rights lawyers who say it is hurting poor families overseas.

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Milat hunter deceived witness

27 May 12 | Five years before a charter boat skipper gained unique access to serial killer Ivan Milat in jail, he was the subject of an internal police investigation which found he acted inappropriately towards a cold case witness.

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Boundaries redraw threatens Coalition

27 May 12 | AN IMPENDING redistribution of electoral boundaries threatens to unsettle the peace inside the state Coalition, with the likely abolition of a National Party seat and at least two junior ministers potentially left looking for a new seat.

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$2.2m for house - now to fix it

27 May 12 | REAL estate agents were stunned when an unrenovated, one storey, three-bedroom property in Chatswood sold yesterday for $2.2 million - $850,000 above the reserve price.

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Qantas fires fare war salvo

27 May 12 | Boeing's latest model comes bearing good news for travellers.

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Whip rallies Rudd's troops

27 May 12 | JULIA Gillard's prime ministership is again under threat, with Labor sources saying government whip Joel Fitzgibbon is now actively canvassing for votes to return Kevin Rudd to the leadership.

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Parents targeted in teen booze crackdown

27 May 12 | Police will be given new powers to stop parents turning a blind eye to under-age drinking, making it a criminal offence to host house parties where alcohol is consumed by under-18s.

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Farmers squashed as imports of processed fruit and veg rocket

27 May 12 | ONE in four Australian vegetable growers are facing financial ruin as they fight a losing battle against cheap processed imports, mounting labour costs and greater competition for our export markets.

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