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Ltd. of Hong Kong has agreed to buy out a 9.2 percent block led by former Trade Minister Roberto V. Ongpin in Philex Mining Corp., building up its stake to 40.7 percent and thus becoming the single most influential stockholder...

Thomas Graham Towle was sentenced to 10 years' jail with a minimum of seven over the crash at Cardross in which six teenagers died and four others were badly injured. He was found guilty of dangerous driving causing death, but...

The population growth rate of just over 2 per cent is the highest in four decades. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says the population reached 21,875,000 at the end of the financial year. Over the last 12 months Western...

One person was killed and five others injured, two of them seriously, in an explosion Thursday at a gunnery range in the city of Pocheon north of Seoul, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said. The explosion occurred at around 11:40 a.m....

Penelope Woodbridge had an estimated blood alcohol level of .307 when she mounted a median strip, crashed through a fence and collided with another car on Pennant Hills Rd, Normanhurst, in July 2007. The other driver, Maher Haddad, was injured...

Chairman Kerry Hoggard said the group’s first half profit would be ‘‘significantly down on the previous year, however in line with our internal projections.’’ Nufarm currently expects full year operating profit to ‘‘show meaningful’’ growth. ‘‘Both cash flow and balance...

The Performance of Services Index by the Australian Industry Group and the Commonwealth Bank fell by 2.3 points to 52.5 in November. That is still above the key 50 point level indicating expansion. However, the index showed employment in the...