World News Update, what you need to know

World News Update, what you need to know

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.

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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