French President Francois Hollande has appealed for a grand coalition including the United States and Russia to eradicate Islamic State in Syria after bloody militant attacks on Paris.
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PARIS - Government minister Josh Frydenberg has laid a wreath near the concert hall massacre site in Paris and vowed that Australia will stand beside France in defeating terrorism. (FRANCE ATTACKS WREATH).
ANTALYA, Turkey - World leaders have committed to join forces to bring peace to Syria and destroy the Islamic State jihadist network, hoping to curb the extremist menace after the Paris attacks.(G20 SYRIA)
MANILA - Terrorism and the search for a Syria solution are expected to dominate formal talks between Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and US President Barack Obama. (APEC AUST)
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YOGYAKARTA - Australia's largest ever business delegation has touched down in Indonesia, ready to explore the untapped trade potential. (INDON AUST)
BELEK, Turkey - The leaders of the world's largest economies have stuck to a goal of lifting their collective output by an extra two per cent by 2018, even though growth remains uneven and weaker than expected globally. (G20 ECONOMY)
LONDON - Chris Cairns's lawyers have attacked the credibility of Crown witnesses and accused the prosecution of being "unsportsmanlike" at the former New Zealand cricket star's London trial. (LEGAL: UK CAIRNS)
HANOI - The wait is almost over for a number of Kiwis who want to head home rather than remain in Australia's notorious Christmas Island detention facility while they appeal their visa cancellations. (NZ DEPORTEES)
NEW YORK - Charlie Sheen is expected to announce that he is HIV positive in an exclusive TV interview.
