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10:19 AM AEST | The state of emergency in earthquake-stricken Christchurch has been extended for a further seven days after a violent aftershock this morning.
3:00 AM AEST | SHANGHAI: China is to sign a $US2 billion ($2.2 billion) deal to build a railway line in Iran in the first step of a wider plan to tie the Middle East and Central Asia to Beijing.
3:00 AM AEST | CHRISTCHURCH: Geologists warn that another earthquake could hit the region in coming days as a sharp series of about 20 aftershocks rattled New Zealand's second-largest city overnight. A quake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale hit the North Island yesterday morning.
3:00 AM AEST | COPIAPO: Family members living at the makeshift camp near the Chilean mine where 33 men are trapped have been admonished for having too much fun.
3:00 AM AEST | BEIRUT: Iran has produced more than enough nuclear fuel to power two atomic warheads if it were to further enrich its supply and disregard its treaty obligations, a report issued by the world's atomic energy watchdog says.
3:00 AM AEST | ROME: Hundreds of Italian shepherds rallied with their flocks in Rome to protest against low dairy prices and the alleged production in Romania of pecorino cheese with a ''Made in Italy'' label.
3:00 AM AEST | JERUSALEM: Israel will in effect extend a freeze on new Jewish settlement construction in the West Bank in an attempt to keep alive the fledgling peace talks with the Palestinians, while avoiding a clash with ultra-nationalists in the coalition cabinet.
3:00 AM AEST | MADRID: The Northern Ireland politician Gerry Adams said his party had been heavily involved in pushing the Basque separatist group ETA towards calling a ceasefire at the weekend.
3:00 AM AEST | SEOUL: North Korean ruling party officials are arriving in Pyongyang, signalling an imminent meeting that outsiders describe as a critical step in a hereditary transfer of power by the leader, Kim Jong-il.
3:00 AM AEST | BENEDICT JOR, the 20-year-old castaway, survived on coconuts, bananas and the fish he caught for three weeks before his tiny fishing craft was spotted drifting in the Saint Andrew Strait off the PNG coast.
3:00 AM AEST | THE sniff of a new revolution was in the air yesterday as thousands of French workers downed tools and took to the streets in protest against government demands that they work harder - and longer - to age 62.
07 Sep 10 | The world is facing a mass extinction event that could be greater than that of the dinosaurs, new research shows.
07 Sep 10 | Smelly feet may be the price we have to pay for saving the planet.
07 Sep 10 | The adult son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery says he fears she will be executed shortly after this week's end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
07 Sep 10 | US President Barack Obama unveiled plans on Monday to spend at least $US50 billion ($55 billion) to expand and renew US roads, railways and airports, in a fresh bid to fire up sluggish economic growth.
07 Sep 10 | London's Metropolitan Police will examine new evidence of phone-hacking by journalists at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World newspaper detailed in a report in the New York Times.
07 Sep 10 | The adult son of an Iranian woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery says he fears she will be executed shortly after this week's end to the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
07 Sep 10 | The court battle over stolen whale meat in Japan that overtook Greenpeace's anti-whaling campaign has ended with suspended sentences for its two activists.
07 Sep 10 | COPIAPO: The Chilean miners trapped in a collapsed mine shaft are starting to rebel against restrictions imposed by their government as they enter their second month below ground.
07 Sep 10 | Thousands of French workers will take to the streets and shut down railways, schools and public services across the nation today, in a last-ditch effort to stop a plan by the President, Nicolas Sarkozy, to raise the retirement age to 62.
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