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World News Update, what you need to know

World News Update, what you need to know

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An Australian woman found in Dublin will continue to be cared for by Irish health workers after a court heard she had a history of psychiatric issues.

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RAMALLAH - Swiss scientists have concluded Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is likely to have died from polonium poisoning, according to a text of their findings published by Al-Jazeera television.

LONDON - When Australia's Victoria Cross recipient Corporal Daniel Keighran met the Queen in her private apartment at Buckingham Palace, the first thing they discussed was, typically, the dreadful British weather.

DUNCAN: Prosecutors in the US state of Oklahoma have charged 17-year-old Michael Jones with first degree murder for the drive-by shooting of Australian baseballer Chris Lane. He had earlier been charged with lesser offences.

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HAMBURG - An international maritime court will rule this month whether to order Russia to release 30 crew members, including an Australian, of a Greenpeace ship held since mid-September, in a high-profile case brought by The Netherlands.

PARIS - Scientists say they may have found the earliest signs yet of autism in infants - babies as young as two months starting to evade other people's eyes.

PARIS - In a landmark ruling, a French court has ordered Google to prevent its search engine from providing links to images of a sadomasochistic orgy involving former Formula One boss Max Mosley. (LEGAL: FRANCE MOSLEY)


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