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Record-breaking $12m Brisbane house has just been sold

The top selling home in Brisbane still stands at 46 Aaron Avenue, Hawthorn in August 2014 for $14 million, bought by mining magnate Gina Rinehart, now followed by Balaam. Number 34 Howard Street, Paddington, sold for $10.35 million in June 2009. >> view original

Wheel of Brisbane undergoing first major maintenance works

The Wheel of Brisbane has come to a standstill – but only for a few weeks. The now-familiar landmark at South Bank is undergoing its first major maintenance works since being installed in 2009. Executive Director of the Wheel of Brisbane John Elliott ... >> view original

North Queensland Cowboys defeated the Brisbane Broncos 31-20 to record ...

But it was all Brisbane early as the NRL leader opened up an early 12-point lead with wingers Lachlan Maranta and Jordan Kahu scoring out wide within the first quarter of the game, and Corey Parker nailing a conversion from either sideline. But it was ... >> view original

'Ice' drug affects up to 40 per cent in Brisbane watch house: prisoner surveys

The highly addictive drug 'ice' or crystal methyl-amphetamine – would now affect almost 40 per cent of prisoners arrested and brought through the Brisbane's main police watch house in Roma Street. That is double the proportion five years ago in 2009-2010. >> view original

Brisbane's Dayne Beams says the rapid rise of Port Adelaide should inspire ...

Beams said Port's fast-track to finals could be the blueprint for Brisbane. “They weren't too dissimilar to us a few years back so we can certainly take some lessons from them,'' Beams said. “It just takes confidence. I remember that early stage of ... >> view original

Luxembourg PM first gay EU leader to marry

LUXEMBOURG: Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel married his gay partner on Friday, becoming the first European Union leader to enter into a same-sex union in a symbol of growing social change across the continent. Bettel, 42, a centre-right ... >> view original

Kim Jong-un visits fish farm without defense chief

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a fish farm under the military, the North's media said Friday, without the presence of the North's defense chief, who was allegedly purged late last month. North Korea executed Defense Minister Hyon Yong-chol in late ... >> view original

Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev could be 1st terrorist executed in ...

FILE - In this image from video provided by WBZ TV, a bomb explodes near the finish line of the Boston Marathon in Boston on Monday, April 15, 2013. On Friday, May 15, 2015, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by lethal injection for the terror attack ... >> view original

Burundi crisis is not over yet – analysis

Supporters of the Burundi president, Pierre Nkurunziza, celebrate his return in Bujumbura. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP. Thierry Vircoulon of the International Crisis Group. Saturday 16 May 2015 02.00 EDT. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via ... >> view original

Of smugglers and kingpins: Southeast Asia's big money trade in humans ...

A Rohingya migrant crying as he sits with others in a boat drifting in Thai waters off the southern island of Koh Lipe in the Andaman. Trafficking experts say Thailand is the centre of a multi-million-dollar trade run by competing transnational criminal syndicates. >> view original