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Taliban Attacks Presidential Palace In Kabul
A group of Taliban suicide attackers has launched a dramatic attack near the presidential palace and CIA offices at the heart of Kabul's fortified diplomatic zone.The attack kicked off just as...
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Snowden Admits He Got Job At Booz Allen So He Could Steal National Security...
Edward Snowden has admitted he deliberately went to work for the US intelligence contractor Booz Allen Hamilton in order to harvest highly classified evidence of the National Security Agency (NSA)...
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George Zimmerman Described Black Males As 'Suspicious' In Phone Calls
Prosecutors in the second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman argued Tuesday that the judge should allow the jury to hear about five phone calls Mr. Zimmerman made to police dispatchers in the six...
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An Aggressive, Bloodthirsty Mosquito Is Invading The U.S
There's a new pest invading many American towns, and it's about as menacing as it sounds: the Asian tiger mosquito.Named for the black-and-white stripes on its body, the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes...
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The 8 Best Dance Clubs In New York City
As dance music makes a powerful resurgence in the United States, so does the dance club.Whether you're looking for a hole-in-the-wall club where you can let loose or an LED-lit stage where you can see...
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Ambassador Susan Rice Slams UN Failure To Intervene In Syria As 'Moral And...
US ambassador Susan Rice left the United Nations on Tuesday slamming the Security Council's failure to act over the worsening Syria conflict as a "moral and strategic disgrace."But while Rice...
View ArticleTwo Key Independent Australian MPs Said They Are Going To Quit Politics At...
Picture: Getty/Stefan Posteles Rob Oakeshott Tony Windsor, two key Australian independent MPs, both announced today they will not contest their seats at the September 14 election. With both Oakeshott’s...
View ArticlePAUL KELLY: Have We Become A Brainless Country?
Getty / Scott Barbour The Australian’s customarily incisive but usually level-headed editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, has the column of the day this morning.He gives the ALP a thoroughly-deserved bucketing...
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US Regulator Warns Google And Others To Better Distinguish Advertising From...
SAN FRANCISCO, June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. regulators warned leading Internet firms including Google Inc. to better identify paid ads in search results, particularly as new technology such as mobile...
View ArticleThe Smart Money Dumps "Everything That’s Not Nailed Down"
April 30, 2013, was the day when Private Equity firms – the smart money, and among the greatest beneficiaries of the Fed’s money-printing and bond-buying binge – announced their intentions to the rest...
View ArticleCHART: Westpac Says The AUD Has Hit Equilibrium For The First Time Since 2011
At the current exchange rate of $US0.93, demand for the Australian dollar is in line with supply for the first time since 2011, Westpac told investors today.The AUD has declined significantly past...
View ArticleLABOR LEADERSHIP VOTE AT 7PM: Rudd Will Stand Against Gillard, The Loser Will...
Getty / Scott Barbour THIS POST IS BEING UPDATED LIVE. REFRESH FOR UPDATES.5.41pm: Wayne Swan has chimed in on Twitter: .@JuliaGillard is the toughest person I know – she’s a remarkable PM who I know...
View ArticleLIVE: Shorten Switches Camps At Last Minute As Rudd And Gillard Face Final...
Getty / Scott Barbour THIS POST IS BEING UPDATED LIVE. REFRESH FOR UPDATES.6.58pm: MPs walking into the caucus room. Now we wait — it should be a pretty quick process. The Rudd camp has been shopping...
View ArticleEveryone Wants This Labor Leadership Spill To Be Over So They Can Watch The...
After weeks of intense speculation and acres of newspaper space, the Labor Government will tonight vote on whether or not to replace Prime Minister Julia Gillard.Labor will meet at 7pm, ahead of the...
View ArticleLots Of People Want The Labor Leadership Spill To Be Over In Time To Watch...
After weeks of intense speculation and acres of newspaper space, the Labor Government will tonight vote on whether to replace Prime Minister Julia Gillard.Labor will meet at 7pm, ahead of the State of...
View ArticleThis Live Political Calculator Just Upped The Chance Of A Labor Election Win...
Betmetrix.com combines data from a range of betting markets to determine the probability of certain political outcome. Here’s it’s chart of the chance of a Labor victory in the September election with...
View ArticleThere Was Another Amazing Fight In Taiwan’s Parliament Yesterday
Sick of Australia’s Labor leadership drama? Have a look at what happens in Taiwan, where politicians fight over legislation tooth and nail – literally. At least one lawmaker was bitten in yesterday’s...
View ArticleLIVE: Kevin Rudd Is Prime Minister Of Australia Again — More Chaos In The...
Getty / Scott Barbour THIS POST IS BEING UPDATED LIVE. REFRESH FOR UPDATES.8.24pm: So there’s more chaos to come in the days and weeks ahead. Rudd is now Prime-Minister elect, and needs to get his...
View ArticleLots Of People Think Outgoing Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s Ousting Was A...
Getty / Ian Hitchcock Julia Gillard’s historic speech about misogyny last October is still echoing through Twitter, with Australians now describing her dramatic exit from politics today as a gender...
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Brazil Unrest Signals That Sports Mega-Events Have Become Too Costly
BERNE (Reuters) - Brazilian anger against the cost of staging the World Cup could undermine the argument that host countries benefit from sporting mega-events as they become too big for most countries...
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