Al Jazhera
South Africa and Australia to share telescope
Dual site agreed for Square Kilometre Array with antennae to be located in New Zealand and across nine African nations.
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Slashdot
Australian IT Price Hike Inquiry Kicks Off: Submissions Wanted
New submitter wirelessduck writes "After some recent complaints from a Labor MP about price markups on software and technology devices in Australia, Federal Government agencies decided to look in to the matter and an official parliamentary inquiry into the issue was started. 'The Federal Parliament's inquiry into local price markups on technology goods and services has gotten under way, with th...
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ElPais
Las exportaciones de armamento se multiplicaron por seis con Zapatero
España vendió armas por valor de 2.431,21 millones en 2011
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Irish Times
Australian deal opens way for foreign workers
AUSTRALIA WILL open its booming natural resources sector to short-term foreign workers for the first time under a new scheme aimed at easing a chronic labour shortage that has sent wages and companies’ costs soaring.
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NEWS.au.com
Junior air force officer flying high
AS Prime Minister Julia Gillard hobnobbed with US President Barack Obama and other world leaders at the Chicago Summit, a junior air force officer represented Australia at a nearby gathering of up and coming young global leaders.
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Daily Telegraph
And the winner is. No one. It's a tie?
AFTER a year of campaigning judges decide Australia and South Africa will share the world's largest radio telescope.
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The Nation
Super telescope to be built in SA
JOHANNESBURG - The main base of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), the world's most powerful radio telescope to be built by Australia and South Africa, will be located in the latter's Northern Cape province. The base will be situated near the towns of Carnarvon and Williston, sitting at an altitude of 1,000 metres (3,280 feet) on the arid plateau of Karoo. Authorities say that part of the ...
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Huffington Post
Malik Siraj Akbar: Threatened Pakistani Journalist Seeks Asylum in Australia
As a reporter for Pakistan's first English-language independent news outlet, Hussain began to explore critical issues with more freedom. This coverage, however, cost him a heavy price, as he began receiving threatening phone calls.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Australia to allow migrant workers in an effort to ease mining labour shortage
Unions condemn migrant worker decision as sheer lunacy
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WSJ
Giant Telescope Project Goes to South Africa, Australia
A consortium of countries chose South Africa and Australia to share a $1.87 billion radio telescope known as the Square Kilometer Array, or SKA, that will be the biggest and most sensitive instrument of its kind.
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Telegraph
Scotland prop Geoff Cross is convinced his side can beat Australia
Scottish prop is convinced his side can defeat Australia on their trip to New South Wales and the Pacific Islands.
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USA Today
Made in the USA? Not entirely for NASCAR in 2013
Chevrolet recently announced that its 2013 SS will be made in Australia, which conflicts with NASCAR's American-made requirement.
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Daily Mail
No place for ET to hide: Plans unveiled for most powerful telescope in human history - 3,000 radio dishes spread across South Africa, Australia and New Zealand
Scanning the sky 10,000 times faster and with 50 times the sensitivity of any other telescope, it will be able to detect weak signals that could indicate the presence of extraterrestrial life.
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National Post
SpaceX Dragon ship successfully snared by International Space Station’s Canadarm2
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station captured Space Exploration Technologies’ Dragon cargo ship on Friday, the first privately owned vehicle to reach the orbital outpost.
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physorg
SKA super telescope to be built in Australia, South Africa
Australia and South Africa will share the location for the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array's scientific consortium announced on Friday.
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Telegraph
Australia and South Africa to share SKA super telescope
Australia and South Africa will share the location for the SKA, the world's most powerful radio telescope, strong enough to detect extraterrestrial life.
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AP
New telescope to be in South Africa, Australia
AMSTERDAM (AP) -- An organization planning to build the world's largest and most sensitive radio telescope says it will be constructed in both Australia and South Africa....
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Times LIVE
Square Kilometre Array to be built in South Africa and Australia
South Africa and Australia will share the location for the world's most powerful radio telescope, the Square Kilometre Array's scientific consortium announced.
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Times of India
Australia to roll out red carpet for millionaire migrants
Australia plans to lay a red carpet to lure millionaire migrants offering them a fast-rack residency provided they invest around USD 5 million.
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BBC
Restraint urged amid PNG tensions
Australia and the Commonwealth call for restraint in Papua New Guinea amid escalating tensions over the leadership battle, as police block parliament.
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DnJournal
Domain Industry Donors Support Newly Bald Brethren By Giving Over $50,000 to The Water School
After the antics of one mad barber from Australia, two domain conferences and four scalps collected - the results are now in. Over $50,000 has been collected for one of the domain industry's favorite charities - the Water School. Today we acknowledge those who generously gave to this live saving organization.
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Goal.com
Euro 2012, i 23 della Danimarca: Olsen completa la lista definitiva, Okore e Pedersen le ultime aggiunte
Due le amichevoli di preparazione agli Europei: la Danimarca affronterà Brasile e Australia, rispettivamente il 26 maggio e il 2 giugno.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Too many had access to tender document
CABINET information was so widely shared within the government that it became hard to trace the Australia Network tender leak.
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Daily Telegraph
Front door is a brick wall
A REFUGEE trying to bring his relatives to Australia under a special humanitarian visa program says he's being rejected at "the front door".
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Qantas, Jetstar add 900,000 seats
QANTAS and Jetstar will blitz rival Virgin Australia by adding almost 900,000 seats a year on key east coast routes from July.
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Daily Telegraph
Europe debt crisis a beat-up, says Twiggy
MINING magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest says Australia is "lucky to be next to Asia and not Europe", but says the debt crisis is a beat-up.
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Mashable
How to Play ‘Take On Me’ on the Moog Google Doodle
Creative musicians throughout the world, both professional and amateur, have been jamming on the interactive Google Doodle that simulates a Moog…
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circleID
Eugene Kaspersky: World Needs International Agreements On Cyber-Weapons
Eugene Kaspersky has warned global leaders that the world needs international agreements about cyber-weapons in the same way as it needs agreements about nuclear or biological weaponry. The chairman and chief executive officer of Kaspersky Lab, warned delegates at CeBIT Australia that cyber-warfare and terrorism was the number one internet threat facing the world today. He said the Stuxnet indu...
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Huffington Post
Ina May Gaskin And The Battle For At-Home Births
One Monday morning last spring, Ina May Gaskin got into her golf cart and drove it down the dirt road away from her home on the Farm, a community of 175 residents on a former commune in rural Tennessee that her husband started in the 1970s. She pulled up to the community center, where she would be teaching a class on delivering breech babies. The class was part of a weeklong seminar Gaskin and ...
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Daily Mail
London 2012 Olympics: Ric Charlesworth complains about 'unfair' fixtures for Australian hockey team
Australia men's hockey coach Ric Charlesworth has bemoaned the Olympic match schedule after claiming it disadvantages his side and benefits their rivals.
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Daily Telegraph
Gaga afraid of loneliness in Sydney
LADY Gaga is planning to fly 20 of her closest friends to Australia all expenses paid as she's lonely.
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Telegraph
Graphic: UK children more likely to be 'illiterate' than Australian or Canadian children, despite higher spending
Children in the United Kingdom are more likely to be "functionally illiterate" than children in Canada and Australia, despite higher spending on children and similar levels of inequality, new research has found.
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AP
Australia: No deal was made in Indonesia drug case
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia denied Wednesday that it had agreed to treat young Indonesian people smugglers more leniently in return for Indonesia reducing the prison sentence of a high-profile Australian drug trafficker....
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Daily Telegraph
Rinehart now world's richest woman
FORGET Australia, WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart is now the richest woman in the world - making a staggering $50 million a day.
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BBC
Australia denies Corby jail deal
Australia says no deal was done to cut convicted drug trafficker Schapelle Corby's jail term in exchange for releasing Indonesian minors.
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BBC
VIDEO: More worker unrest at BHP mine
Mine workers at BHP Billiton in Queensland, Australia vote to strike.
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news.com.au
Trip to Australia made me realise I had a problem
JERSEY Shore star decided he needed professional help when he couldn't get out of bed to put his clothes on for appearance.
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BoingBoing
Playable Moog Google Doodle
Australia is in the future, where it is already Robert Moog's birthday and you can play this fantastic Moog Google Doodle, complete with a record feature. Google Australia
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Hoy
Y con él llegó la violencia
A la competición de Cannes llegó Brad Pitt como productor y protagonista de 'Killing Them Softly' y revolucionó el festival, más por su popularidad que por la película, que es, de nuevo, una historia ultraviolenta de lucha entre bandas de gánsteres. Dirigida por el neozelandés criado en Australia Andrew Dominik, el recordado director de 'El asesinato de Jesse James por el cobarde Robert Ford', ...
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politico
Remainders: Spell check
(AP Photo)
Obama mugs labeled "Barrack" buried under wet concrete in Australia (AP || Rod McGuirk).
The new, nasty Obama campaign (The Atlantic || Molly Ball).
Colin Powell pauses on endorsing Obama (POLITICO || Tim Mak).
Obama staffer confident in Iowa victory (Journal-Express || Steve Woodhouse).
Jimmy Fallon: Obama initiated the slow jam (POLITICO Click || Caitlin McDevitt).
Commentary: Oba...
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Daily Mail
Daughter of Duke and Duchess of Cambridge WILL become Queen if she is first born, Clegg confirms
The Deputy Prime Minister revealed that the new rules were effectively already in place, and had been since a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Perth, Australia, last October.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
West lags in arts philanthropy
A LEADING philanthropist says Western Australia runs the risk of squandering its chance to secure the long-term future of the arts.
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Hoy
El retorno de Lobezno, en solitario
El actor australiano lo ha confirmado en su cuenta de Twitter: el rodaje comienza en agosto. Y esta vez tendrá lugar en Japón y Australia. 'The Wolverine' es ya la segunda entrega que narra la historia del x-men en solitario y, si todo sale según lo previsto, las garras del mutante brillarán en los cines en julio de 2013.
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AllThingsDigital
Spotify Launches in Australia
Spotify opened for business in Australia and New Zealand today. The move broadens the streaming music service's reach as it raises a new round of funding that should value the company at $4 billion by the time it closes. Last month rival service MOG announced an Australian expansion but hasn't launched yet.
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Nikkei
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Daily Mail
Aborigine rage after golliwog doll goes on sale in tourist shops in Australia
The black-faced dolls, imported from China by an Australian firm, have begun appearing in tourist and novelty shops in resorts north of Brisbane - and Aboriginal elders are furious.
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Los Angeles Times
Robin Gibb dead: Bee Gees singer, 62, had battled cancer
Robin Gibb -- one-third of the Bee Gees, the pop group that stood at the forefront of the disco era with its "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack -- died Sunday after a long battler with cancer, according to a family spokesman. The singer-songwriter was 62.
Although past reports said Gibb was battling liver cancer, Gibb did not acknowledge that publicly. Until recently, he seemed to be making wha...
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Hindustan Times
Clarke's stint in IPL was big bucks but little play
Michael Clarke's rise in international cricket over the last eight years has coincided with the growth of T20 cricket. Still, the Australia captain had resisted the lure of the shortest format. Amol Karhadkar reports. A Bad deal? | IPL-V: the hits and misses
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Daily Telegraph
South Australia 'needs a new name'
SOUTH Australia needs a new name and the public should choose it, the state's peak business group says.
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Daily Telegraph
Sydney Nicole's 'home away from home'
Nicole Richie, daughter of pop legend Lionel Richie, is making Australia her second home as she begins work here this week.
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The Sun
Fancy cosying up to Nicki Minaj?
AMERICAN pop star shows off her spout pout — wearing a hat like a tea cosy at an airport in Sydney, Australia
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ElPais
Políticos de más
La reina Victoria tenía siete ministros para regir su enorme imperio (Gran Bretaña, Canadá, India, Australia, media África). Los consultores organizamos empresas dejando de siete a nueve personas dependiendo del director general: son las que pueden manejar eficazmente el poder. ¿Por qué los Gobiernos y los Ayuntamientos los triplican? ¿Para cobijar correligionarios? Luego, inevitablemente, hay ...
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Les Echos
Le marché du crédit en Europe s'est gelé, selon ANZ
[[400001]] Le marché du crédit en Europe s'est gelé en raison du l'aversion croissante pour le risque, ce qui pourrait augmenter le coût de financement des banques, a déclaré le directeur général de la banque Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ). Les prêteurs européens cherchent à préserver leur...
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Les Echos
Le marché du crédit en Europe s'est gelé, selon le DG d'ANZ
Le marché du crédit en Europe s'est gelé en raison du l'aversion croissante pour le risque, ce qui pourrait augmenter le coût de financement des banques, a déclaré le directeur général de la banque Australia and New Zealand Banking (ANZ). Les prêteurs européens cherchent à préserver leur capital...Articles en rapportFrancfort baisse à nouveau, aversion du risque et attentisme, Dax -0,84%Le Lond...
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news.com.au
Alleged 'boiler room' mastermind charged
THE alleged American mastermind of a network of "boiler rooms" that raised $US35 million ($35.51 million) by preying on investors in Australia and other parts of the world has been charged in the US with operating a fraudulent stock sale scheme.
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Irish Times
Facing up to our drink problems
RECOGNISING THE damage alcohol abuse is causing to young people is one thing; doing something positive about it is another. As reports come in from police services in the United States and Australia of young Irish immigrants out of control through excessive drinking, older people here will have to confront their own demons. Leinster House could be wallpapered with all the official reports which...
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perez hilton
The Dictator Is Getting Lots Of Love Overseas…But Not In The States!
Surprising, given the amount of shenanigans he's gotten himself into while promoting this flick!
While Sacha Baron Cohen's latest, The Dictator, has had a pretty impressive overseas debut, even opening in Australia at #1 on Wednesday and beating out The Avengers, the film hasn't fared nearly as well stateside, premiering yesterday to just $4.5 million in [...]
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The Sun
Workers drill through Banksy
GRAFFITI The Parachuting Rat has been destroyed after workers in Melbourne, Australia, out pipes through it
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science blogs
Kommentar von Kosti Lano bei "Die kalte Sonne von Vahrenholt/Lüning: Le Trend, c'est moi!" (Primaklima) am 17.05.2012
@ennecke
Auf dem Cover des State of the Climate 2012 (für Australia) ist eine Badenixe gezeigt.
Was sagt dir das?
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FT
Insurance Australia considers UK assets sale
Sydney-based insurer to conduct a strategic review of its Uk businesses just six years after spending more than half a billion pounds entering the market
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Times LIVE
Record annual drug seizures in Australia
Better intelligence helped Australia seize a record amount of illicit drugs in the past year, a study showed Thursday.
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Pravda
Koalas in Australia may disappear
The population of koalas decreased 42% in the last two decades and has suffered from habitat loss and new diseases...the Australian Government cataloged koalas as a "vulnerable species" in the list of threatened animals
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MarketWatch
Michael Casey's FX Horizons: Aussie dollar can’t fall far enough for locals
Commodities booms can become double-edged swords for resource-rich countries, a lesson that Australia is now learning as a strong Australian dollar becomes an unbearable burden for much of its economy.
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TechCrunch
Social Media Gurus Push Conversations Over Kudos, And Fail
This is a guest post by Roger Warner of Content and Motion.
Here's classic example of how badly some companies are screwing up on social media. Back in February this year Coca-Cola Australia invited its fans to some 'banter' or chat. Fans obliged. Much fun ensued. Coca-Cola looked stupid.
What’s happening here? Coca Cola has invested tirelessly in its brand for the past 50 years. ...
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Times of India
China slams American military bases in Australia as hangover of 'Cold War mentality'
China has cricitised the United States for setting up a new military base in Australia, and accused both countries of having a "Cold War mentality".
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Irish Times
Scotland name Visser in summer squad
Rugby:Dutch-born Edinburgh wing Tim Visser is one of five uncapped players included in Scotland’s summer tour squad to Australia. Fiji and Samoa.
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China Daily
ANZ to subsidize up to 2b yuan in China
The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group announced a new investment plan totaling 2 billion yuan ($317 million) in China.
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China Daily
Li calls for closer ties with Australia
China and Australia should deepen cooperation and provide a fair and friendly investment environment for each other's enterprises, Vice-Premier Li Keqiang said.
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White House
Readout of the President’s Call with Prime Minister Gillard of Australia
The President spoke on the phone with Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard late last evening, to continue their regular consultations on Afghanistan ahead of the May 21 ISAF Summit in Chicago. The President updated Prime Minister Gillard on recent key developments in the U.S. relationship with Afghanistan, including his recent trip to Afghanistan and the signing of the U.S.-Afghanistan St...
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Daily Mail
Mike Phillips and James Hook free to join Wales squad
Wales have received formal confirmation that Mike Phillips and James Hook will be released by their French clubs for the start of preparations to face the Barbarians and Australia.
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Telegraph
Rebekah Brooks arrest: the media response
The news that Rebekah Brooks was to be charged with perverting the course of justice over the phone hacking scandal spread across the globe within minutes, with newspapers in India, America and Australia reporting the news.
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Reuters
Ivanhoe Australia says up to 8 bidders eying mine stakes
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY, May 15 (Reuters) - Gold and copper miner
Ivanhoe Australia Ltd has received interest from up to
eight bidders for stakes in its projects and may in the process
end up with a new...
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WSJ
Asian Markets Fall on Europe Worries
Asian markets fell Tuesday on renewed fears that Greece could leave the euro zone, while a drop in the price of commodities pulled down miners in Australia.
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Gizmodo
Would You Live in a Church? [Architecture]
Just outside of Adelade, Australia, there's a pedestrian-looking, bluestone church deserving of a second glance. Inside, the 1877 house of worship has been completely renovated and transformed into a thoroughly modern dwelling. It's such a unique residence that it's no surprise that it was snapped up almost immediately after it went on the market. More »...
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Daily Mail
Kate Garraway in Awesome Australia: From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Great Ocean Road
The more Kate Garraway visits Australia, the more she falls in love with it. From Sydney to Perth, calling by South Australia too, the TV presenter soon clocks up the miles, and the adventures.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Australia could learn much from Israel
WHAT do Australians really know about Israel?
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science blogs
Math by Mail: Going Strong at 30 [The Weizmann Wave]
Sometime around junior high, this Weizmann science writer stumbled upon Mathematical Games, the late Martin Gardner's monthly math puzzle at the back of my mom's Scientific American, and I became a devotee. The best ones, of course, were those that required a little sideways thinking, and these yielded the pleasure of that "Aha" moment when the answer became clear. (For more o...
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BBC
Wales recall for in-form Biggar
Ospreys fly-half Dan Biggar earns a Wales squad recall ahead of the June tour to Australia and clash against the Barbarians.
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Daily Mail
A big reception for world's smallest man: Planet's tiniest man gets superstar welcome from hoards of fans after flying to Australia
The 72-year-old from Nepal, who measures just 21.5inches (54.6cm) tall, has attracted an army of fans since claiming the Guinness World Record as the world's shortest man in February.
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News.co.au
Diabetes head calls for more funding
THE head of Diabetes Australia has accused the federal government of putting a budget surplus above the health of 1.7 million Australians with diabetes.
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New York Times
The Rail: Australia's Superstar Mare Does It Again
In the early hours of Saturday morning in the United States, Black Caviar, a superstar mare in Australia, did what she has always done; she won another race, her 21st consecutive.
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Times of India
Australia may have a 'millionaires' tax' soon
The rich in Australia may soon be forced to pay "millionaires' tax" with the country's powerful trade union calling the government to slap such a tax, similar to US President Barack Obama's so-called "Buffett rule."
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Domainnamewire
Pepper.com.au transferred in bizarre case
Who actually owns this domain? A World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) panel has ordered the domain name Pepper.com.au be transferred to Pepper Australia Pty Ltd, a home loan company. The case was filed under .au Dispute Resolution Policy, which is different from the standard UDRP. Compared to UDRP, the .au policy is more lax on [...]
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CNN
Campaigners push for marriage equality worldwide
Cushla wore a white dress for her big day, Tania, braces, a hat and bow-tie. The couple, now wife and wife, tied the knot during a small ceremony led by an unregistered celebrant on a farm west of Sydney, Australia. It had all the hallmarks of a "real" wedding. Except this one wasn't valid, at least under Australian law.
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Wired
Aussie Hypermilers Break Another Record, This Time With Diesel
When we last heard from Helen and John Taylor, they'd just finished a drive through all 48 contiguous states in a Chevy Cruze Eco, achieving 64.42 mpg in the process. Now, the couple from Melbourne, Australia has set a new record: 1,626 miles on a single tank of fuel.
This time that fuel was diesel, and ...
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Times of India
Indian cuts wife's throat eight times in Australia
A 24-year-old Indian, who cut his wife's throat eight times with a box cutter and left her bleeding to death, has been found guilty of manslaughter by the court which acquitted him of murder charge.
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Le Point
NAB: bénéfice semestriel en baisse de 15,5% à cause de la Grande-Bretagne
National Australia Bank (NAB), une des quatre grandes banques...
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Reuters
BlackRock's GMI stock up as it eyes Australia delisting
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shares in Global Mining Investments , an Australian fund managed by U.S. money manager BlackRock Inc , climbed 12 percent on Thursday after saying it intends to delist and restructure as a trust.
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Irish Times
Edwards to join London Irish after Wales tour
SPORTS DIGEST:Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards is to join the London Irish coaching staff after the Grand Slam winners’ summer tour to Australia.
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Daily Mail
Niall Horan's mother beams with pride as her famous son has rare day off at home
The 18-year-old's proud mother looked elated to have her son back after months of gallivanting in the US and Australia with bandmates Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson.
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WSJ
For Miners, Australia Is High-Maintenance
Miners have been engaging in a national sport in Australia: complaining about how much things cost. And they have good reason.
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Irish Times
Police in Perth to seek help from GAA clubs
POLICE IN Perth, Western Australia, are seeking the assistance of GAA clubs to combat antisocial behaviour by young Irish emigrants.
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Washington Post
London 2012 Olympics: U.S. men’s water polo team grouped with defending champion Hungary
Hungary edged the United States in the men’s water polo gold medal match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but a rematch this summer will come far sooner than the medal rounds.
The Americans join the nine-time champions in a loaded group that also includes perennial power Serbia, Romania and Britain. Greece, Italy, Kazakhstan, Spain, Australia and Croatia make up the other group for the 12-team com...
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FT
Australia targets return to surplus
Australia aims to be first major advanced economy to return its budget to surplus following announcement of biggest cut in government spending in almost a quarter of a century
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Irish Times
Australia announces surplus budget
Australia's government delivered a promised surplus budget today, scrapping planned tax breaks but offering more cash to its traditional supporters to deflect attention from scandals that threaten prime minister Julia Gillard's grip on power.
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WSJ
Para General Electric, Australia es la nueva China
El país con 22 millones de personas se encamina a generar este año más ingresos para el conglomerado industrial que el gigante asiático, que tiene 1.300 millones de habitantes.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Fashion photos of the week: May 8
Fashion images from the runways of the world. This week, a look at designs from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia in Sydney
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Daily Mail
Fresh hope of vaccine for killer meningitis B that could prevent illness in 80% of children
A team of scientists at the University of Western Australia believe they have come up with a jab to protect against deadly meningitis B, which could be widely available within five years.
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AP
Study ties fertility treatment, birth defect risk
Test-tube babies have higher rates of birth defects, and doctors have long wondered: Is it because of certain fertility treatments or infertility itself? A large new study from Australia suggests both may play a role....
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The Lancet
[World Report] Australia makes up for lost time on rare diseases
Rare diseases collectively affect up to 10% of Australians, and advocates are lobbying national and state governments to accelerate efforts to develop a national plan. Tony Kirby reports.
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American Scientist
Blonde Hair Evolved More Than Once
Does evolution have a soft spot for blondes? About 5-10% of people from Melanesia, a group of islands northeast of Australia, have naturally blonde hair -- the highest prevalence outside Europe. Yet people from the region have the darkest skin pigmentation outside Africa...from Nature News
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DailyTech
Australia to Delay F-35 Fighter Order by Two Years
Aussies will delay decision by two years
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USA Today
Tourists on a bender fined for stealing a penguin
Welsh tourists on a bender in Australia are fined for stealing a Sea World penguin.
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siliconindia
Singapore the World's Fourth Most Desirable Place to Work: Survey
Singapore has moved up two spots to become the world's fourth most desirable place to live and work, while the US, Britain and Australia remained the top three relocation destinations, a survey revealed
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Budget pressure forces Australia to delay F-35 fighter orders
Two-year delay puts country on same timetable as the United States
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AP
Australia delays delivery of 12 F-35 fighters
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Australia announced on Thursday that to cut costs it is pushing back delivery of most of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighters it plans to buy from the United States....
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omg
Arclight Films acquires Australian thriller "Crawlspace"
LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Arclight Films has picked up worldwide rights, excluding North America, for the Australian sci-fi action flick "Crawlspace," the company announced on Wednesday. The thriller will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival and figures among the slate of edgy offerings in the company's Darclight division, Arclight also announced. "Crawlspace" centers on an eli...
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Times of India
India takes pole position for skilled immigrants to Australia
India has climbed to the top of the charts as the top source country for skilled permanent migrants to Australia.
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Barrons
RIMM Owns Up To Australian Anti-Apple Flashmob
Research In Motion (RIMM) today admitted that it was the force behind the “Wake Up” flashmob in Australia. Last week a crowd gathered outside an Apple (AAPL) store in the continent’s largest city, Sydney, chanting and holding signs with the phrase “Wake Up,” which was also spotted in other cities around the country. Although some [...]
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el universal
Comida vegetariana para mascotas causa polémica
En Australia se ha popularizado una comida vegetariana para mascotas con productos que no se derivan de los lácteos o las carnes
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
RIM owns up to anti-Apple 'protest' stunt in Australia
BlackBerry-makers experiential activities initially blamed on larger rival Samsung
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AP
WADA boss slams Britain over Olympic doping bans
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) -- World Anti-Doping Agency President John Fahey criticized the British Olympic Association on Wednesday, saying it has been "grandstanding" since it lost its bid to keep lifetime Olympics bans for doping offenders....
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Irish Times
Retired Irish priest in Australia charged with child sex abuse
A RETIRED Irish priest has been charged with the rape and indecent assault of children in Sydney and the New South Wales Central Coast between 1972 and 1987.
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Handelsblatt
Australien: Mitsubishi und Mitsui steigen in Gasprojekt ein
Das Gemeinschaftsprojekt „Browse“ in Australien findet auch Anklang in Japan. Über Japan Australia LNG beteiligen sich Mitsui und Mitsubishi an dem Flüssiggasprojekt. Dabei sind auch andere große Unternehmen.
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Telegraph
Australia slashes interest rates by 0.5pc to boost economy
Australia slashed interest rates by a half a percent on Tuesday, as the central bank moved aggressively to address a weakening economy and easing inflation.
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Human Rights Watch
Sri Lanka: Australia Should Raise Torture Concerns
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Reuters
Australia billionaire to launch "unsinkable" Titanic
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian billionaire announced plans on Monday to build an "unsinkable" version of the Titanic, 100 years after the original sank after hitting an iceberg.
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Reuters
Australia PM suspends embattled lawmaker from party
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Sunday moved to distance herself from growing anger at a series of government scandals, suspending a lawmaker accused of misusing funds, a week after the parliament Speaker stood down over a sexual harassment lawsuit.
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The Jerusalem Post
Pro-Israel interfaith fundraiser expanding
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews branches out to South Korea, Australia, Bolivia.
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el universal
Koalas, especie amenazada en Australia
El Ministerio de Medio Ambiente desea proteger la caída de la población de este marsupial a causa de la sequía, el cambio climático y las enfermedades
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Mail & Guardian
Aussies take control against West Indies
Half-centuries from Ed Cowan and Ricky Ponting left Australia in control at the end of the third day of the final Test against the West Indies.
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Entertainment Online
Why Is The Avengers Opening in Other Countries Before the U.S.?
The tweets from Down Under began rubbing it in early and often.
"Woke up to realize I'm watching the avengers today," went one. "So glad to b in Australia!" went...
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Entertainment Online
The Avengers Opens Today?! Yes, If You Live in the Right Part of the World (i.e., Not Here)
The tweets from Down Under began rubbing it in early and often.
"Woke up to realize I'm watching the avengers today," went one. "So glad to b in Australia!" went...
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Nature
Ecology: Savannah trees resist fires
A fire-sensitive tree species has managed to survive in one of Earth's most fire-prone locales because the trees form closed canopies that support a fire-resistant plant community.The conifer Callitris intratropica can be found in patches of woodland across the savannah of northern Australia.
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Daily Telegraph
Wade, Lyon put Aussies on top
A MAIDEN Test century by Matthew Wade and an inspired spell of spin bowling by Nathan Lyon has given Australia total control of the Third Test.
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Rolling Stone
Gotye Unhappy About 'Glee' Cover
Speaking to the Courier-Mail in his native Australia singer-songwriter Gotye expressed some frustration over Glee's recent rendition of his breakout hit "Somebody That I Used to Know" "They did such a faithful arrangement of the instrumentals but the vocals were that pop Glee style ultra dry sounded pretty tuned and the...
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FOCUS
Schweinsteigers Freundin im ZDF - Sarah Brandner gibt TV-Debüt in "Bella Australia"
Bastian Schweinsteigers Freundin Sarah Brandner möchte Schauspielunterricht nehmen. Ihre erste TV-Rolle hat die Spielerfrau schon ergattert: Am Donnerstag ist sie im ZDF-Film "Bella Australia" zu sehen.
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Times LIVE
KFC guilty in Australia salmonella brain damage case
An Australian girl who suffered severe brain damage and was left paralysed by food poisoning won a court case against fast food giant Kentucky Fried Chicken, in a judgment published Saturday.
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Daily Mail
Target's male model gets an extra limb! Photoshop fail leaves man with three arms
In a recent ad for Target Australia, which features a happy-looking family wearing on-sale fleece tops and tracks pants, lies a Photoshop fail of epic proportions.
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Reuters
Big tobacco groups fear spread of plain packaging
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top tobacco groups fear if new rules on plain packaging take hold in Australia and Britain they may spread to higher growth and potentially more lucrative emerging markets and put a curb on their future profits growth.
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Science Daily
Limited genetic diversity found in the extinct Tasmanian tiger
Scientists have now demonstrated that the Tasmanian tiger, also known as Tasmanian wolf or thylacine, possessed limited genetic variability prior to its extinction. This might have been caused by geographical isolation when Tasmania was isolated from mainland Australia 10-13 thousand years ago.
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New York Times
IHT Rendezvous: 'Unpleasant Whiff of Politics' Seen in Afghan Pullout
A general who once commanded Australian forces in Afghanistan said the decision by Australia and leading NATO powers to speed up the pullout of their troops from the Afghan theater carries "an unpleasant whiff of politics and self-interest."
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The Nation
Australia to end Afghan mission early
SYDNEY - Australia said Tuesday it will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains over the past 18 months. Canberra has repeatedly said it intends to remain in the war-wracked nation until 2014 but Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Afghans would now be ready to take responsibility ...
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The Nation
Australia to end Afghan mission early
SYDNEY - Australia said Tuesday it will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains over the past 18 months. Canberra has repeatedly said it intends to remain in the war-wracked nation until 2014 but Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Afghans would now be ready to take responsibility ...
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The Nation
Australia to end Afghan mission early
SYDNEY - Australia said Tuesday it will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains over the past 18 months. Canberra has repeatedly said it intends to remain in the war-wracked nation until 2014 but Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Afghans would now be ready to take responsibility ...
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USA Today
iSmell? Fragrance mimics scent of new MacBook
Company creates fragrance for art exhibit in Australia that mimics smell of a newly-opened Apple MacBook.
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APA-OTS
Marc Cain Store Opening in Sydney
Bodelshausen (ots) - Marc Cain goes Australia! Das internationale
Modeunternehmen feiert am Freitag, den 20. April 2012, die Eröffnung
des ersten Marc Cain Stores Australiens. "Nach Osteuropa und China
setzen wir unsere internationale Erfolgsgeschichte auf einem neuen
Kontinent fort. Der …
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China Daily
How do you make a life after badminton?
Everybody has to make a living somehow. So Dong Jiong, China's world champion badminton player, said he fully understands former teammate Huang Sui's decision to represent Australia.
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Irish Times
Australia to begin Afghan exit
Australia will start withdrawing troops from Afghanistan this year and expects all international forces there to be playing a supporting role for Afghan forces by mid-2013, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today.
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The Guardian
Australian troops to exit Afghanistan a year early
Julia Gillard says Australian troops will exit Afghanistan almost a year earlier than planned, with most home by the end of 2013Australia expects to pull out most of its troops from Afghanistan nearly a year earlier than planned, the prime minister has announced, saying Australian soldiers have nearly completed their mission to transfer security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the decade-l...
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USA Today
Australian troops to exit early from Afghanistan
Australia expects to pull most of its troops out of Afghanistan nearly a year earlier than planned.
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TMZ
Flo Rida -- Ordered to Pay $80k for Blowing Off Australia Concert
Flo Rida has been ordered to cough up $80,000 to a concert promoter in Australia for mysteriously bailing on a 2011 show at the last minute. Flo came under some serious fire when he failed to appear at the Fat as Butter music festival in Newscastle…
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The Sun
Liz and Shane to wed twice
ACTRESS and cricketer will wed twice tying the knot in Britain and then in Australia
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The Jerusalem Post
Aussie cardinal in hot water for Holocaust comments
Head of Catholic church in Australia apologizes for saying Germans suffered more any other people during WWII
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dlisted
Zac Efron Is A Master At Unleashing Your Chichis
While promoting The Lucky One in Australia, Zac Efron was asked by radio hosts Mel & Matty (Side whisper: The boy one looks like an SNL cast member playing Zac Efron in a skit) to demonstrate his impressive one-handed bra removal trick. That's cute, but Zac doesn't ever have to strain his precious fingers by taking off a bra. Zac just has to raise his perfectly-manicu...
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Scientific American
Meliodosis
Meliodosis is currently poking its head above the surface in Australia and is causing a few problems. This nasty little disease is caused by the bacterial species with my favorite name, Burkholderia pseudomallei . Burkholderia pseudomallei on a plate. Credit - Wikimedia [More]
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People
Curtis Stone Introduces Son to Australia
The chef and girlfriend Lindsay Price step out in Sydney with their 5-month-old son Hudson
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el universal
Cinema Planeta prepara 40 cintas en su cuarta edición
El Festival Internacional de Cine y Medio Ambiente de México iniciará con la cinta "Cuates de Australia", de Everardo González
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USA Today
Germany's Petkovic returns for Fed Cup
Andrea Petkovic will play for Germany when it faces Australia in the Fed Cup playoffs, replacing injured Sabine Lisicki.
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BBC
VIDEO: Oz fans go 1D crazy and more news
One Direction fans are out in force as the British boyband hit Australia and Britney wants her fiance to be her joint guardian plus the rest of the day's entertainment headlines.
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Mail & Guardian
In Australia, the Easter ... Bilby?
The Easter Bunny's days as a furry seasonal icon may be numbered in Australia, as conservationists move to replace it with the Easter Bilby.
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Washington Post
For Japan, shutting down nuclear plants brings surge in oil, gas imports
TOKYO — To make up for its dwindling nuclear supply, Japan is on a frenzied but costly hunt for fossil fuels.
As part of that hunt, tankers from as many as 12 countries are pulling up weekly to Japanese port cities, hauling liquefied natural gas super-cooled to 260 degrees below Fahrenheit. Officials from Tokyo are making trips to the Middle East, requesting increased shipments of oil. In the T...
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Hindustan Times
Indian firms in ore, coal race
Indian companies are likely to focus on acquiring coal and iron ore assets in the mining space this year, especially in Indonesia, Australia and Africa, says a report.
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DieZeit
Western Australia: Auf den Pfaden der Ureinwohner
Heilige Wasserlöcher, geheimnisvolle Wandmalereien, Bush Tucker und Mud Crabbing: Im Outback des australischen Nordwestens, gewähren Ureinwohner authentische Einblicke.
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New York Times
As Part of New Pact, U.S. Marines Arrive in Australia
A group of about 180 Marines arrived on Tuesday night under a deal that will boost the American military’s presence in China’s strategic backyard.
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Reuters
S.Africa, Australia in celestial spat for new telescope
JOHANNESBURG/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Deadly rivals on the rugby field, cricket pitch and in the underground mining sector, South Africa and Australia are now squaring off in a new contest: to win the right to host the world's most powerful telescope.
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BBC
Australia woos skilled US workers
Australia plans to make it easier for US construction workers to move to Australia by changing assessment rules.
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Reuters
Australia settles patent suit in U.S. wi-fi case
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's scientific research agency has reached a multi-million dollar out-of-court settlement in the United States over the use of its wireless internet technology which underpins wi-fi platforms worldwide.
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Reuters
Coast Guard heads to aid 4 injured yacht crew members
(Reuters) - The Coast Guard on Sunday was conducting a rescue operation to aid four crew members from the Geraldton Western Australia who were injured when a big wave struck the yacht hundreds of miles west of San Francisco during an around-the-world race.
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Reuters
Huawei Australia chief eyes bidding on other broadband contracts
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese telecom equipment firm Huawei Technologies Co Ltd Australia Chairman John Lord said on Sunday that there are still parts of Australia's $38 billion national broadband...
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FT
Banks in Australia
Australia’s stable banking market has always attracted foreign interest, but the latest entrants are no more likely to conquer than their predecessors
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The Jerusalem Post
Lessons from Australia for the lower Jordan River
Making desert bloom was motto in Australia as well. In both places, environmental consequences were ignored.
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New York Times
Murdoch’s News Ltd. Rejects TV Piracy Claim in Australia
An Australian newspaper’s report that Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation had sabotaged competitors in the 1990s was dismissed by the company’s Australian media wing as “laughable.”
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BBC
iPad refunds offered in Australia
US technology firm Apple offers to refund Australian customers who felt misled about the 4G capabilities of the new iPad.
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BBC
Dolphin society is run by 'gangs'
Bottlenose dolphins in Australia organise their complex society into gang-like groups of males, according to scientists.
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New York Times
Australia Bars Huawei From Broadband Project
National security concerns were cited as the Australian government said Huawei Technologies of China could not bid on contracts for a $38 billion nationwide broadband network.
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China Daily
Huawei and Autralia
Huawei and Australia
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Hoy
2014, año cero para Afganistán
«Me voy a Australia y regresaré dentro de diez años para trabajar por mi país, ahora no se dan las circunstancias adecuadas». Mohamed Iddris vuela rumbo a Sidney para completar sus estudios y reunirse con su esposa. Tiene 26 años y, como la mayoría de los afganos con posibilidades, prefiere quitarse del medio y viajar a un lugar seguro. Y es que desde que la OTAN hizo pública la fecha de 2014 p...
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Mail & Guardian
Playing the waiting game on SKA debate
The consortium planning to build the world's most powerful radiotelescope is still debating whether SA or Australia should host the $2bn project.
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BBC
Australia breaks child porn ring
Australian police say they have broken up a child pornography network, with the arrest of at least 13 men across the country.
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WHO
Chan to world: stand with Australia
22 March 2012 -- WHO Director-General Margaret Chan today urged the world to “stand shoulder to shoulder” against the tobacco industry’s attempts to overturn Australia’s new path breaking tobacco control law.
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BnAmericas
Minería - Chile - Evaluación de EIA de proyecto de manganeso de US$100mn Los Pumas en suspenso hasta fines de año
El estudio de impacto ambiental (EIA) que presentó Southern Hemisphere Mining (TSX-V: SH, ASX: SUH), con sede en Australia, por el proyecto de manganeso de US$100mn Los Pumas, el cual se efectuará en ...
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USA Today
Ex-model recaptured for alleged Hollywood-based meth ring
A former Penthouse Pet and swimsuit model accused of running a global crystal meth ring from Hollywood says she jumped bail in Australia and ...
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The Sun
Some disappointment - but a lot of hope
CATERHAM F1 team reflect on a disappointing season opener in Australia
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Australia imposes mining tax after two-year battle
Tax on profits will affect about 30 companies; Association of smaller miners says tax will discourage investment
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Mail & Guardian
Australia floods report reveals engineers' laxity
A report into last year's devastating floods has found that dam engineers breached their operating manual by delaying the increase of water releases.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
iPad mania sweeps the globe
Apples new must-have device went on sale in Australia early on Friday, greeted by a throng of fans hoping to get hold of a 4G-ready tablet computer
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-NAB exits Nine as Australia private equity faces squeeze
* NAB sells A$86 mln in debt at 86-87 pct of par - sources
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Scientific American
South Africa Wins Panel's Backing to Host Square Kilometer Array Scope
A scientific panel has narrowly recommended South Africa over Australia as the best site for the proposed Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an enormous radio telescope (see " Astronomy in South Africa: The long shot "). But the project's member states have yet to make a final decision on where the telescope will go. [More]
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Hindustan Times
Indian ads raise a stink in Australia
High commission says translation was only issue. Nagendar Sharma reports.
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APA-OTS
ORF SPORT + mit dem Weltcup-Finale im Naturbahnrodeln und dem "Race Across Australia"
Utl.: Am 12. März im neuen Sport-Spartenkanal des ORF
Wien (OTS) - Die Höhepunkte vom Weltcup-Finale im Naturbahnrodeln
in Umhausen, eine Dokumentation über das "Race Across Australia" und
Funsport sind die Programmhighlights von ORF SPORT + am Montag, dem
12. März 2012.
Naturbahnrodeln: ...
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Times of India
Dravid stepped out of the bubble before it burst
As the glowing words slowly stop ringing in his ears and eventually turn into a muffled echo, Rahul Dravid will surely look back at this season and wonder: Was England just a sweet dream? Or, more painfully, did Australia need to follow? As a top-level sportsperson, of course, he was always aware that he was living in a bubble: it could explode any moment and leave him exposed and vulnerable ...
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Irish Times
Exploring the world one country at a time
GENERATION EMIGRATION: I’ve taught scuba diving in the Maldives, worked in Australia and built schools in India, and now, as I set up a new business linking Ireland and India, I’ve no intention of settling down, writes ÁINE EDWARDS
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National Geographic
Spiderwebs Blanket Countryside After Australian Floods (Pictures)
"Ballooning" spiders trying to ride winds out of flood-ravaged Wagga Wagga, Australia, are coating the town in thick webs.
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Goal.com
Frank Rijkaard coy on Saudi Arabia future after loss to Australia
The Green Falcons were the biggest casualty on a busy night of World Cup qualifiers in Asia, leaving their famous Dutch boss' future in serious doubt.
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Goal.com
Diez selecciones siguen soñando con el Mundial 2014 en Asia
Jordania, Irak, Corea del Sur, Líbano, Uzbekistán, Japón, Australia, Omán, Irán y Qatar se han clasificado para la siguiente fase.
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APA-OTS
EANS-News: Identive Group Inc. / idOnDemand and Fuji Xerox Australia Partnership Enables Single Credential for Building Entry and Secured Printing
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Corporate news transmitted by euro adhoc. The issuer/originator is solely
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DerSpiegel
Tyler Brûlés Pleitegeier: Fliegende Botschafter
Malev, Spanair, Air Australia: Mehrere Fluggesellschaften mussten jüngst Insolvenz anmelden. Das kann so nicht mehr weitergehen. Kolumnist Tyler Brûlé fordert mehr Nationalstolz, wenn es um die eigene Airline geht - und hält Ryanair für keine Alternative.
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Krone
Australier-Duo besprüht Wiener U-Bahn: Verhaftet
"Australia meets Austria" ausgerechnet zwei Männer aus "Down under" sind in der Nacht auf Freitag als Graffiti-Sprayer in Wien-Heiligenstadt festgenommen worden. Das Duo im Alter von 23 und 31 Jahren hatte sich beim Bahnhof Heiligenstadt an zwei U-Bahn-Waggons zu schaffen gemacht und diese zur Gänze "verschönert". Jetzt befinden sich die Australier wegen schwerer Sachbeschädigung in Haft.
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Irish Times
Dingo baby death inquest opens
An inquest began hearing new evidence today into the 1980 death of baby Azaria Chamberlain, a case that has haunted Australia for decades and drew international attention after her parents said she had been killed by a dingo, or wild dog.
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Irish Times
Irish tourist missing in Australia
Police in Melbourne, Australia have recovered a body from a river in the search for a missing Irish tourist.
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National Post
Witness heard 'blood curdling' scream as Ottawa father and son fell from Brisbane bridge
An Ottawa man and his two-year-old son are dead after plummeting from a bridge in Brisbane, Australia, early Monday morning in an apparent murder-suicide
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Reuters
Australia to assess development pressure on Barrier Reef
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will carry out a comprehensive assessment of development pressure on the Great Barrier Reef to help preserve the world's largest coral reef system, ministers said Saturday.
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FOCUS
Skifahren in den Faschingsferien - In den Bergen droht große Lawinengefahr
Ein Mitglied der niederländischen Königsfamilie ist am Freitag von einem Schneebrett am Arlberg verschüttet worden. Skiurlauber sollten die Pisten derzeit nicht verlassen - denn es herrscht Gefahrenstufe 4. Von FOCUS-Online-Autorin Michaela StrassmairMehr zum ThemaTourismus - Was passiert, wenn Reiseveranstalter pleitegehen?Billigflieger - Air Australia ist pleite – 4000 Passagiere gestrandetPi...
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euronews
Air Australia abandonne 4 000 passagers à l'étranger
Des avions Air Australia cloués au sol et 4 000 passagers bloqués à l'étranger. C'est le résultat de l'assèchement de trésorerie de la compagnie…
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The Jerusalem Post
Australian groups accused of aiding PFLP-linked group
Israel Law Center accuses World Vision Australia and AusAID of funding terrorism.
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Wired
Odd Black Hole Is Last Survivor of Its Galaxy
The Hubble space telescope has spotted a supermassive black hole floating on the outskirts of a large galaxy.
The location is odd since black holes of this size generally form in the centers of galaxies, not their edges. This suggests that the black hole is the lone survivor of a now-disintegrated dwarf galaxy.
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Mail & Guardian
South Africa eyes SKA telescope with bated breath
The international board members of the SKA radio telescope will meet on April 4 to decide whether the site will be built in SA or in Australia.
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Times LIVE
Madonna to start new world tour in May
Madonna will go on tour from May for the first time in three years, starting in Israel before moving on to Europe, with legs in South America and Australia, where she has not performed for 20 years, tour promotion company Live Nation said.
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Les Echos
Un pilote porte plainte contre Virgin Australia pour avoir porté un sac trop lourd
[[358952]] SYDNEY (AFP) : Un pilote australien a déposé plainte contre son employeur Virgin Australia après s'être blessé au dos en transportant un sac rempli de documentations qui auraient pu selon lui être laissées dans l'avion ou transférées sur une tablette électronique, a rapporté lundi la...
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Art Review
Blog post by simon mack
Blog post by simon mackProject video trailers + TheSmack77 youtube linksonline video art works + promotion : started august 2011 into 2012:VIDEO TRAILER s3 minute trailer for this travelling video art Project. images by lorna crane (australia), ghayyan al amine (lebanon), hargreaves + mack (uk). further works by other artists to be added in due course for next exhibition cities refer to artist ...
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Daily Mail
Game ponders overseas sale as profits slump throughout Britain
Now, Game Group says it is reviewing the future of its 660 overseas outlets in France, Spain, Scandinavia, Australia and the Czech Republic.
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National Post
Djokovic triumphs in Australia after longest Grand Slam final in history
Novak Djokovic wore down Rafael Nadal on Sunday, winning 5-7, 6-4, 6-2, 6-7 (5), 7-5 after a marathon 5 hours, 53 minutes to claim his third Australian Open title
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SI
Jon Wertheim: Djokovic prevails over Murray in test of nerves, fitness
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Funny thing about tennis. Players often compete for hours, matches encompassing five sets, dozens of games, hundreds of points, thousands of shots. Yet so many encounters come down to a couple of crucial junctures, a few of what the cliché-prone tell us are "big points."
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Los Angeles Times
Rafael Nadal beats Roger Federer to reach Australian Open final
Nadal's four-set victory gives him an 8-2 edge over Federer in Grand Slam matches. Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka will meet for the women's title Saturday.MELBOURNE, Australia — Only the trophy and the tears were missing from this latest Grand Slam installment of Rafa vs. Roger.
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Eurosport
Tennis - Open d'Australie - "On ne joue pas un tournoi de plage"
Australia day ou pas, Henri Leconte ne comprend pas qu'un feu d'artifice puisse interrompre une demi-finale de l'Open d'Australie entre Rafael Nadal et Roger Federer.
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SI
Sharapova, Azarenka to battle for No. 1
MELBOURNE, Australia -- Some thoughts on Thursday's women's semifinals at the Australian Open, where Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka advanced with three-set victories to set up a final in which the winner will become the WTA's new No. 1 ...
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Zeit
Tennis: Asarenka steht im Finale der Australian Open
Melbourne (SID) - Wiktoria Asarenka hat als erste Spielerin das Endspiel der Australian Open in Melbourne erreicht und ist nur noch einen Sieg vom Sprung auf den Tennis-Thron entfernt. Am "Australia ...
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Irish Times
Owner of nursing home shut by Hiqa operating in Australia
THE OWNER of a Kilkenny nursing home who is accused of reckless abandonment of residents and theft of money from clients has been managing a nursing home in Melbourne, Australia.
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TheDomains
Hate SOPA Check Out The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA); The US Has Already Signed It
Forbes.com just covered the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ) (ACTA) which is an Agreement or treaty if you will, which contains some provisions “which are similar to – and more expansive than – anything we saw in SOPA.”
The ACTA is being treated as by the US as an Executive Agreement rather than a treaty. A treaty would have to be approved by the Senate, while an Executive Agreement can ...
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Reuters
Nokia fined for spam texts in Australia
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Australian regulators have fined Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker by volume, A$55,000 ($58,000) for spamming customers and said the Finnish company should change its text message (SMS) marketing.
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Scientific American
In Bowerbird Romance, Master Illusionists Get the Girls [VIDEO]
Male bowerbirds are virtuoso architects. To woo females they construct an intricate structure (a bower) from twigs that they meticulously decorate with a variety of found objects. The result is the ultimate avian bachelor pad. Biologists have long marveled at the male bowerbirds’ elaborate courtship scheme. Now new findings add to a growing body of [...]
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Reuters
Djokovic, Murray come out swinging at Australia Open
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray answer the bell for round two at the Australian Open on Thursday with neither expected to struggle on day four, while Maria Sharapova kicks off the action against qualifier Jamie Hampton on Rod Laver Arena.
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The Jerusalem Post
Pe’er handed tricky draw in Australia
Tennis star Shahar Pe’er faces difficult path to Australian Open glory, drawing a potential 2nd round match up with world No. 15 Sabine Lisicki.
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AP
Crocodile invites self into Australian home
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Wildlife rangers have helped an Australian family deal with an uninvited guest: a 5-foot-6-inch (1.7-meter) crocodile that wandered into their living room....
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AP
Australia: No higher risk from French implants
SYDNEY (AP) -- Australian health officials said they have found no evidence that potentially faulty French-made breast implants are at an increased risk of rupture in Australian women....
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New York Times
Matthew VanBesien Named Philharmonic’s Executive Director
Matthew VanBesien, a former orchestral musician, will return from Australia, where he is director of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
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APA-OTS
Feiernde in Sydney erklären, warum nichts einem Silvester in Australien gleicht =
Sydney (ots/PRNewswire) -
Feiernde aus der ganzen Welt können sich dank der neuesten
Digital- und Sozialmedienkampagne von ?Tourism Australia' davon
überzeugen, warum nichts einem Silvester in Sydney gleichkommt.
Die Multimediabestände dieser Presseveröffentlichung finden Sie ...
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USA Today
Cases of Tamiflu-resistant flu concern experts
WHO researchers are reporting a spike in Australia in the number of seasonal influenza cases resistant to Tamiflu, the antiviral drug.
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Reuters
New Year's Day to come early as Samoa leaps ahead
CANBERRA (Reuters) - New Year's Day will come early in Samoa after the tiny South Pacific nation cut Friday, December 30, from its 2011 calendar so it can catch up with Asia, New Zealand and Australia, ending 120 years of its time alliance with the United States.
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BBC
VIDEO: S Africa's bid to host huge telescope
South Africa and Australia are the last two remaining countries in the shortlist to host the Square Kilometre Array telescope.
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Technology Review
Solar Car Racing in Australia
In October 2009, MIT’s Solar Electric Vehicle Team competed in the World Solar Challenge in Australia, the world’s longest solar-powered car race. Technology Review sat down with team captain, Alex Arambula, and team member, Chris Pentacoff, to discuss preparing for and racing in Australia.
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USA Today
DVD Extra: Australian crime saga 'Underbelly'
The critically acclaimed 'Underbelly' series from Australia is now available on DVD in the USA.
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Fortune
Report: iPhone share hit 36% in U.S., fell to 20% in France
Mixed results from a 12-week Kantar Group snapshot of the walk-up to Christmas
Samsung Galaxy S II
The launch of the iPhone 4S lifted Apple's (AAPL) share of the smartphone market rather dramatically the U.S., the U.K. and Australia between early September and the end of November.
But Apple lost ground just as dramatically against less-expensive Google (GOOG) Android phones on the economically ...
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USA Today
U.S. approves military plane sales to Australia
The U.S. says sales will help improve Australia's air mobility, humanitarian operations and disaster relief efforts in Southeast Asia.
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The Nation
Australia to establish guest worker scheme for farmers
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will introduce a permanent guest worker scheme for citizens of poor neighbouring countries to address staff shortages in agriculture, government ministers said on Sunday.
It will start on July 1 next year and follows a successful pilot scheme, the ministers said. A separate three-year trial will…
Visit: http://www.nation.com.pk for full story
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Reuters
Boat with illegal migrants sinks off Indonesia, 300 missing
JAKARTA (Reuters) - A boat carrying illegal immigrants heading for Australia sank off the coast of east Java in Indonesia and over 300 people were missing with many feared dead, a senior emergency official said.
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The Nation
Australia to speed up Afghan withdrawal
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will dramatically cut the number of soldiers it has serving in Afghanistan over the next year, bringing forward to 2013 the bulk of its pullout from the war-torn nation, a report said Monday.The Sydney Morning Herald said sources had revealed that the defence department was working on a plan to drastically lower the number of troops mentoring Afghan soldiers in restive ...
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The Nation
Total lunar eclipse seen
KARACHI (Online) - This years second as well as last total lunar eclipse was witnessed in Pakistan on Saturday.The lunar eclipse started at 4:34 pm (PST) and ended at 10:30pm, whereas Earth would overshadowed the Moon completely at around 7:32 pm.People in the Far East and Southeast Asia as well as Australia were able to observe this fabulous planetary phenomenon.
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National Post
One mom’s manifesto: OK, other parents, your kid is better!
'Lucy can say hi to her grandparents in Australia on Skype.' My mom was telling me this via computer from Saskatchewan last week while she and my son had a digital dinner date
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WSJ
U.S. Defense Official Seeks to Reassure China
The most senior U.S. defense official to visit China since the latest controversial U.S. arms sales to Taiwan said she sought to reassure Beijing that it wasn't the target of a U.S. strategic shift toward Asia, including the deployment of 2,500 Marines to Australia.
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Reuters
U.S. seeks to reassure China on Australia military ties
BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States has sought to reassure China that expanding military U.S. ties with Australia are not aimed at containing China, a U.S. defense official said on Thursday, a day after talks with the Chinese army.
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FOCUS
Triathlon – Ironman - Quali für Hawaii: Bracht siegt in Australien
Mit einem Sieg beim "Ironman Western Australia" hat sich Timo Bracht (Eberbach) vorzeitig für den legendären Ironman 2012 auf Hawaii qualifiziert.
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FOXnews
Elton John's Husband, David Furnish, Returns to LA From Australia for Emergency Treatment
Elton John's husband David Furnish has had to leave Australia for emergency medical treatment in Los Angeles while the singer is mid-tour Down Under.
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UN
UN human trafficking expert calls on Australia to step up efforts to help victims
Australian authorities must do more to assist the victims of human trafficking, particularly when the victims are children, an independent United Nations human rights expert has warned at the end of an official visit to the country.
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Fortune
Chobani: The unlikely king of yogurt
Chobani's 40-year-old founder, Hamdi Ulukaya, has grown his company in just a few short years into a $257 million business. It is now No. 3 among all yogurt brands (see chart at bottom), just after Yoplait and Dannon, and tops the booming Greek-style yogurt niche, which grew 200% last year. In November, Chobani (pronounced cho-BAN-ee, meaning "shepherd") broke ground on a new $100 million plant...
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AP
IPhone expels smoke, glows on Australia flight
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Apple's iPhone is the world's hottest smartphone - and one iPhone in Australia appears to be the hottest of the bunch as it spontaneously began smoking last week....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Australia to free some asylum seekers from detention
Minister says at least 100 bridging visas will be issued each month
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New York Times
Room for Debate: Does the U.S. Need Troops in Australia?
Obama says the move will shore up alliances in Asia. China sees darker motives.
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Foreign Policy
Too Big to Pivot
Walter Russell Mead has not been the biggest fan of the current president, so it's worth quoting at length what he said in a recent blog post about Obama's Pacific Rim trip:
The cascade of statements, deployments, agreements and announcements from the United States and its regional associates in the last week has to be one of the most unpleasant shocks for China’s leadership — ever. Th...
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CNN
Fast, sleek, and solar powered
FORTUNE -- It's hard enough to design a car that's both safe and high performance, but throw energy efficient into the mix and you've got a big task on your hands. That's what 30 undergraduate Stanford University students attempted to accomplish with Xenith, an entirely solar powered car. The vehicle made its debut at the World Solar Challenge in Australia in late October.
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USA Today
Presidents Cup live: USA tries to keep up momentum
The USA enters Day 2 of the Presidents Cup with a 4-2 lead on the Internationals in Australia. USA TODAY will blog it live.
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Foreign Policy
Build Up Down Under - By Rory Medcalf
The American president
insisted his historic visit to Australia was not about China. But, of course,
that's exactly what it was about.
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New York Times
Obama Says U.S. to Base 2,500 Marines in Australia
President Obama said the move to base 2,500 Marines in Australia is not intended to isolate China, but it is an unmistakable sign that the United States has grown more wary of its intentions.
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FOX
Bieber Fever Follows Obama to Australia |
Washington Post
Obama, in Indonesia, touts private company trade deals in Asia
DARWIN, Australia — As President Obama arrived in Bali, Indonesia, on Thursday for the final leg of his Asia Pacific tour, the White House announced several private trade deals in the region that could total $25 billion and support 127,000 jobs in the United States.
A deal by Boeing to sell 240 airplanes to Lion Air in Indonesia for $21.7 billion constitutes the lion’s share of the announcement...
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Washington Post
Obama: U.S. to send 250 Marines to Australia in 2012
CANBERRA, Australia — The United States announced plans Wednesday to establish a permanent military presence in Australia, part of a high-profile foreign policy shift toward Asia that is intended as a counterbalance to China’s growing power.
Starting next summer, the U.S. will send 250 Marines to bases here for six-month tours, eventually rotating 2,500 troops through the country. President Oba...
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Hoy
Detienen a 4 españoles por narcotráfico
Cuatro españoles fueron ayer acusados de narcotráfico tras ser detenidos en Australia con unos 300 kilos de cocaína y en poder de una abultada cantidad de dinero, en una de las más importantes operaciones realizadas en ese país. Los implicados fueron arrestados el pasado viernes cuando supuestamente comenzaron a trasladar la droga oculta en un yate. De ser declarados culpables pueden ser conden...
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USA Today
Woods tops leaderboard in Australia
Tiger Woods walked off golf course to see his name atop the leaderboard Friday in the Australian Open.
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Reuters
Australia's green power drive could worry wind investors
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Australia is set to unlock more than A$13 billion in government funds for clean energy that could boost investments for large solar power stations, but wind farm developers are...
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el universal
Alertan de peligro en 65% del país
En el último año, 65% del territorio mexicano figura en las
listas de zonas inseguras elaboradas por los gobiernos de Australia, Estados Unidos, Francia, Italia, Reino Unido, España y Alemania debido a la violencia asociada al narco y el crimen organizado
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Rolling Stone
Climate Change and the End of Australia
It's near midnight and I'm holed up in a rickety hotel in Proserpine a whistle-stop town on the northeast coast of Australia Yasi a Category 5 hurricane with 200-mile-per-hour winds that's already been dubbed "The Mother of All Catastrophes" by excitable Aussie tabloids is just a few hundred miles offshore...
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China Daily
Across Australia by rail
For some of Down Under's most spectacular scenery, Belinda Sunshine takes an iconic train from Sydney to Perth.Traveling on the Indian Pacific is an exhilarating adventure and a great eye-opener as it rolls across the diversity of the Australian landscape.
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Foreign Policy
Libya's diplomatic core implodes
As Libya's
leader Muammar al-Qaddafi vowed today to escalate his campaign to
crush the popular uprising that threatens his rule, the country's cadre of once
loyal foreign envoys began offering up resignations and challenging the
strongman's decision to crack down violently on civilians. In the past 24
hours, Libyan diplomats posted in the United States, the United Nations, the
Arab Lea...
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Foreign Policy
Can simultaneous prayer take God offline?
I don't care if it's "slacktivism" but this Facebook campaign is incredibly funny: launching DDOS attacks on God by simultaneous prayer As you may already be aware, recently the Atheist Founation of Australia and the Global Atheist Convention websites were the target of a significant DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack, which began on Monday 19 October.This is a call to all non-believe...
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| 3 | Germany | 16.476 |
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| 16 | Philipines | 3.830 |
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| 20 | Switzerland | 2.540 |
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| 6 | Asahi Shimbun | 3.200 |
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| 13 | Navbharat Times | 2.600 |
| 14 | IBN live | 2.500 |
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| 16 | Thai Rath | 2.200 |
| 17 | Aaj TV | 2.200 |
| 18 | Punjab Kesari | 2.100 |
| 19 | Daily News | 2.000 |
| 20 | NDTV | 2.000 |
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| 1 | English | 129.858 |
| 2 | German | 20.536 |
| 3 | Hindi | 17.200 |
| 4 | Spanish | 12.815 |
| 5 | Indonesian | 9.345 |
| 6 | Chinese | 9.100 |
| 7 | French | 6.665 |
| 8 | Russian | 6.515 |
| 9 | Portuguese | 6.160 |
| 10 | Tamil | 5.000 |
| 11 | Italian | 4.510 |
| 12 | Turkish | 4.400 |
| 13 | Thai | 4.360 |
| 14 | Japanese | 3.995 |
| 15 | Polish | 2.315 |
| 16 | Dutch | 2.085 |
| 17 | Swedish | 1.920 |
| 18 | Romanian | 1.735 |
| 19 | Czech | 1.430 |
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