Australia bushfires live: fears Blue Mountains fires will join together

RFS chief warns three major fires could join together, endangering entire Blue Mountains, as NSW premier calls a state of emergency to deal with more than 50 fires burning across the state An aerial image shows a fire-fighting helicopter over a smoke cloud, after a devastating bushfire passed through at Yellow Rock in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, Australia. An aerial image shows a fire-fighting helicopter over a smoke cloud,...

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Photo of blonde girl found in Greece triggers thousands of inquiries

Parents of missing children round the world call charity after seeing photo of blonde, blue-eyed girl found in Roma camp Blonde girl photo  The charity said it had been contacted by people in the USA, Canada, Australia, Scandinavia, South Africa and the UK. Photograph: www.hamogelo.gr/Rex A Greek charity said yesterday that it was pursuing at least 10 "promising leads" – many from parents whose children had gone missing...

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Francois Hollande's intervention in Roma deportation case sparks a

French president's offer to allow deported teenage immigrant back into France to study without her family backfires The teenager at the centre of the row, herself condemned the French president as 'having no heart' for suggesting she return without her family. Photograph: Rex FeaturesThe French president, François Hollande, was widely criticised on Sunday for offering to allow a deported teenage immigrant back into France without...

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In Afghan, U.S. soldier murder trial declines to withdraw guilty plea

 U.S. army soldier who in June admitted the slaughter of 17 Afghan civilians declined to withdraw his guilty plea in a military court on Monday.U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales made his decision in advance of legal arguments set to begin Tuesday that will determine whether his life sentence will come with the possibility of parole.The judge, Army Colonel Jeffery Nance, asked Bales whether he wanted to withdraw the guilty plea...

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For house arrest, Mubarak of Egypt's to leave jail

Egypt's Hosni Mubarak is expected to leave jail on Thursday after a court ordered him released pending trial, but he will immediately be placed under house arrest.The court order for Hosni Mubarak's conditional release came on Wednesday, but was quickly followed by a government announcement that he would be placed under house arrest if released.  It was unclear when Hosni Mubarak might leave Cairo's Tora prison, or where he...

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from Saudi Arabia, 25,000 Nepalis return

Almost 25,000 Nepali, working illegally in Saudi Arabia, have returned home under the amnesty programme introduced by the Saudi Arabia government, according to the Nepali Embassy in Riyadh.The government introduced a three-month amnesty programme in May. The duration was later extended by four months until November 3 The embassy has said nearly 32,000 others have secured travel documents and are looking forward to leaving the country. The undocumented migrants still have nearly two months to either leave the country, or...

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