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Sea Shepherd leader fears for his life

9:54 AM | Conservation group leader Paul Watson says he was surprised by his detention in Germany, and has pointed to "powerful enemies" of Sea Shepherd's campaigns.

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Police break up eastern suburbs drug ring

6:59 AM | A drug ring allegedly supplying cocaine and ecstasy in Sydney's eastern suburbs has been smashed after police raids in North Bondi and Randwick.

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Sydney drug raid turns up exotic reptiles

6:56 AM | Three rare chameleons believed to be from Madagascar, four turtles and an African ball python have been found in a Sydney house during a drug raid, police say.

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Paralysed woman uses mind to move robotic arm

5:47 AM | A QUADRIPLEGIC woman has used her mind to control a robotic arm, taking a sip from a drink bottle unassisted for the first time in 15 years.

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Singing from same song book

3:00 AM | The chief executive of BHP Billiton, Marius Kloppers, and its chairman, Jac Nasser, delivered speeches on different sides of the planet yesterday that sent the same message to quite different audiences.

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School 'failed to get me into law'

3:00 AM | A former student who is seeking damages from Geelong Grammar School says she is suing because her final score was insufficient to study law at the University of Sydney.

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Woolies executive fixed $40m computer contracts, court told

3:00 AM | A SENIOR executive at the supermarket giant Woolworths sent a stream of inside information to particular companies to ensure they won nearly $40 million worth of computer contracts in return for $3.7 million in kickbacks, a court has heard.

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Sanitised truth behind clean hands

3:00 AM | Hand sanitisers have spread from hospital wards to the street and manufacturers are making a killing. But do we need them? Laura Barton gets the dirt.

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Children in hiding thanks to foreign help

3:00 AM | THE mother embroiled in a bitter international custody dispute over her four daughters says a mysterious overseas benefactor is helping her children hide from authorities seeking to return them to Italy.

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Panel to help unions avoid HSU scandal

3:00 AM | A NEW panel set up by the ACTU and led by a retired Federal Court judge will help unions avoid serious governance scandals such as those engulfing the Health Services Union.

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Is this a prison I see before me?

3:00 AM | HE WAS one of the nation's most wanted men, but love-rat and convicted conman Danny Robert Shakespeare has been found on the NSW far south coast, spinning the kinds of stories that got him in trouble before.

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$75b wiped off as investors grapple with crisis in Greece

3:00 AM | MORE than $75 billion has been wiped off the value of Australian shares this month, as investors fret over how a breakup in the eurozone would harm the world economy.

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BHP boss threatens to invest offshore

3:00 AM | AUSTRALIA'S most influential businessman, Jac Nasser, has slammed the Gillard government's record on tax and industrial relations, saying that unpredictability is undermining investment and could push BHP Billiton offshore.

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Pyne sent aide email after drinks

3:00 AM | THE opposition powerbroker Christopher Pyne made direct email contact with the Peter Slipper aide James Ashby within minutes of leaving late-night drinks in the Speaker's office earlier this year.

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No question, mother's milk lowers SIDS risk

3:00 AM | MOTHER of four Jacqui Soliman has spent more than four of the past six years breastfeeding. She has just stopped breastfeeding her 22-month-old daughter, Emily, and will continue to breastfeed 6.5-month-old Nathanael until he self-weens.

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Patients forced into repeat surgery over faulty hip implants

3:00 AM | MORE than 1000 patients have had to undergo repeat hip implant surgery as new figures show a dramatic rise in the failure rate of once-popular implants.

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No need to get hysterical but networkers show side effects

3:00 AM | Doctors have called for research into the links between social media and public health.

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Lessons on repeat

3:00 AM | Digital TV reruns enable humanity to learn and bond. Over and over.

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Marilyn's plastered about town but Nicole's up in lights

3:00 AM | Famous faces past and present are rolled out at Cannes.

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Gossip mags caught behind as Clarke says 'I do' in secret

3:00 AM | ANNOUNCED on Twitter - to groans of despair from magazine editors - Australian cricket captain Michael Clarke and his girlfriend Kyly Boldy wed in secret in the Blue Mountains on Tuesday. | GALLERY: Clarke and Kyly get hitched

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