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2:09 pm May 22, 2012
Mourinho pens new Real deal
The Portuguese tactician has long been linked with a return to English football, with former club Chelsea one of those strongly linked.
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11:05 pm May 22, 2012
Schapelle Corby gets 5-year sentence cut
Schapelle Corby has been granted a five year cut to her prison term, paving the way for her early release.
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7:25 am May 22, 2012
Quake rattles Bulgarian capital
A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has struck Bulgaria's capital Sofia, shaking apartment buildings, rattling windows and causing residents to rush into the streets.
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5:30 am May 22, 2012
Greece is almost finished: economist
Over the weekend, the European Commission president Jos Manuel Barroso made what only a few months ago would have been regarded as an extraordinary statement to fellow world leaders.
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8:43 am May 22, 2012
'Anchorman 2' Trailer: Ron Burgundy Is On Top (VIDEO)
"Anchorman 2" has its first official teaser.
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8:48 am May 22, 2012
The tide of public opinion is turning against immigration
MORE than half of Australians want our borders closed and immigration ended.
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12:14 am May 22, 2012
Sydney Writers' Festival
Jeffrey Eugenides is a Pulitzer Prize winning author.
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4:10 pm May 21, 2012
Suu Kyi to give Nobel lecture during Norway visit
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi will finally get a chance to deliver her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, nearly 21 years after winning the prestigious award.
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2:58 pm May 21, 2012
Interview: Masha Gessen
Recently sworn in again as Russia's president, Vladimir Putin is one of the world's most powerful men.
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8:59 am May 21, 2012
What happens next if Greece leaves the eurozone?
There is more and more speculation that Greece is about to leave the euro.
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4:40 pm May 21, 2012
Live indie web video coverage of NATO protest in Chicago: many streams, one post
Tim Pool: @timcast on Twitter, Ustream video feed, 4pm PT: Reports from Chicago of police attacking protesters and journalists, chemical weapons being readied for use, and possibile imminent "weaponized" use of LRAD.
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3:47 pm May 20, 2012
Nato summit to discuss withdrawal from Afghanistan
The G8 group of leading industrial nations promised to promote growth alongside fiscal responsibility and insisted on the need for Greece to stay in the eurozone.
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4:59 am May 20, 2012
Blind dissident Chen arrives in US
High profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States after being flown out of Beijing with his immediate family.
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2:54 am May 20, 2012
World leaders back Greece, vow to fight turmoil
It was unusual for the often bland G8 communique to single out a relatively small nation.
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3:53 pm May 19, 2012
China's Chen Guangcheng 'set to fly to US'
who was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis with the US - says he is at Beijing's airport, where he expects to leave to go to the US.
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10:09 am May 18, 2012
NZ's runaway millionaire found guilty
A New Zealand jury has found one of the so called accidental millionaires guilty of 30 charges of fraud and money laundering.
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5:28 am May 18, 2012
Gay marriage is a distraction: remember Manning
Find More StoriesIn the week Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009, he ordered bombing attacks on Yemen, killing a reported 63 people, 28 of them children.
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4:55 am May 18, 2012
Rejected refugees get back on boats for another go
ASYLUM seekers rejected after arriving by boat a decade ago are boarding vessels and coming back to Australia in the latest surge of arrivals.
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8:52 am May 17, 2012
Judge blocks indefinite military detention provision
A judge on Wednesday blocked enforcement of a recently enacted law's provision that authorizes indefinite military detention for those deemed to have "substantially supported" al Qaeda, the Taliban or "associated forces."District Judge Katherine Forrest in…
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6:15 am May 17, 2012
Late rally gives determined Thunder Game 2 win vs. Lakers
Kevin Durant scored 22 points and rattled in the go ahead basket on a baseline runner with 18 seconds left, and the Oklahoma City Thunder scored the final nine points to rally for a 77-75 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers in Game 2 of the best-of-seven…
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12:20 pm May 17, 2012
Unknowns Loom If Greece Exits Euro
Leaving the EU would also mean an end to billions of euros in farm and development subsidies, as well as easy access to a large internal markets a threat that Austrian Finance Minister Maria Fekter voiced Monday.
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4:59 am May 17, 2012
Slash tour in August
Slash is set to return to Australia in August making his second visit Down Under this year following his surprise cameo on stage with Myles Kennedy and Alter Bridge at Soundwave in Sydney.
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2:58 pm May 16, 2012
Rundle: Greece is now the cutting edge of the world
Everything’s fine out the window … oh no, look, I can see society collapsing, ” said Paul, a French Greek journalist working in Athens.
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11:02 am May 16, 2012
Big Bang confirms Indonesia and Taiwan as stops for ‘Alive Tour 2012′
Big Bang has confirmed two more locations for their concert ‘Alive Tour 2012‘, which will have stops in a total of 25 cities and 16 countries in Asia, North America, South America, and Europe.
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1:16 pm May 15, 2012
The wrong Carlos: how Texas sent an innocent man to his death
A few years ago, Antonin Scalia, one of the nine justices on the US supreme court, made a bold statement.
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10:56 am May 15, 2012
Hollande sworn in as French president
Hollande has unsettled investors with his criticism of the austerity policies central to European bailout deals for troubled economies like Greece and Ireland.
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10:27 am May 15, 2012
Jurisprudence and Julian Assange
According to Geoffrey Robertson QC, human rights lawyer and adviser to Julian Assange, the British Supreme Court is likely to rule on his appeal against extradition this month.
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3:23 pm May 15, 2012
Ex-Murdoch editor charged over phone-hacking scandal
Rebekah Brooks, a close confidante of Rupert Murdoch, was charged on Tuesday with interfering with a police investigation into a phone hacking scandal that has rocked the tycoon's media empire and sent shockwaves through the British political…
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9:45 am May 15, 2012
Doctors for the Family see some Australians as more equal than others
George Orwell’s mordant satire of politics and bureaucratic doublespeak famously featured the slogan that “all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others”.
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1:50 pm May 14, 2012
Americans would pay more for green energy
If you think politicians are out of touch, you're right.
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12:26 pm May 14, 2012
Mistaken Identity, Abuse and Rendition: The Khaled El-Masri Case at the European Court
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1:01 am May 14, 2012
Uganda captures top Kony army member
The LRA's top three commanders are Okot Odhiambo, Dominic Ongwen and Kony.
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6:09 pm May 13, 2012
FT: Celtic 5 Hearts 0
90+1 Hearts have a free kick but there is no time to take it as Muir calls an end to the game.
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2:16 pm May 14, 2012
Greece crisis: Party chiefs in last-ditch talks
Greek President Karolos Papoulias is holding talks with party leaders in a last attempt to form a coalition and avert another election.
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11:52 am May 13, 2012
Doctors’ views on same-sex marriage are ill-informed
The American Psychological Association has come out in support of same sex marriage because it has read the empirical research that demonstrates the clear health benefits that flow from allowing same sex couples to marry, includingHerdt, G.
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8:27 am May 13, 2012
Afghan peace negotiator Arsala Rahmani shot dead
Arsala Rahmani was a former Taliban minister and a key member of Afghanistan's High Peace Council, which leads efforts to negotiate a peace deal with the Taliban.
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3:41 am May 13, 2012
'This week, in Athens, I saw my first Sieg Heil'
My father in-law remembers the Nazis.
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2:24 am May 12, 2012
More From The New Yorker
What is the defining image in the Washington Post’ story on Mitt Romney, as a student at the Cranbrook School, bullying a gay teen age boy?
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11:57 am May 11, 2012
Just another WordPress.com site
There’s always a mixture of frustration and glee when mainstream media miss the blindingly obvious, leaving a lowly blogger like me to point it out.
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8:41 am May 11, 2012
North Carolina begs the question too
NORTH CAROLINA passed its constitutional amendment to bar gay marriage by a thumping 61 39 majority yesterday.
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4:58 am May 11, 2012
Kim Jong-un's grandfather 'was Japanese collaborator'
New documents unearthed in Tokyo reveal that North Korean leader Kim Jong un's maternal grandfather worked for the Japanese military, sparking claims that the reclusive state's leader is the descendant of a traitor.
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6:32 am May 11, 2012
Kiwi PM "not opposed" to marriage equality
While Julia Gillard continues to oppose same sex marriage, New Zealand’s Prime Minister John Key quickly followed up on Barack Obama’s new support for it yesterday with his own assurance that marriage equality’s OK with him.
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4:17 am May 11, 2012
Ultimate Fighter: Australia vs. UK Announced
ANNOUNCES THE ‘THE SMASHES’™ TV SERIES AUSTRALIA TO TAKE ON THE UNITED KINGDOM IN THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL EDITION OF THE UFC’s REALITY TV PROGRAM REGISTRATION NOW OPEN TO PROSPECTIVE FIGHTERS London, UK - The Ultimate…
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5:30 am May 11, 2012
Mitt Romney’s prep school classmates recall pranks, but also troubling incidents
A few days later, Friedemann entered Stevens Hall off the school’s collegiate quad to find Romney marching out of his own room ahead of a prep school posse shouting about their plan to cut Lauber’s hair.
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3:11 pm May 10, 2012
Syrian Arab news agency - SANA - Syria : Syria news ::
(SANA) Two terrorist explosionshit Damascus Thursday morning near al-Qazaz crowded intersection at the southern ring-road .
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12:39 pm May 10, 2012
Demand your liberties before they are taken
Find More StoriesLast week was a busy one for Attorney General Nicola Roxon and a dangerous one for the citizens of this nation.
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3:20 pm May 10, 2012
Olympic flame lit for London Games
The flame that will burn during the London Games has been lit at the birthplace of the ancient Olympics, heralding the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening ceremony on July 27.
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3:42 am May 10, 2012
FYI, You Can Still Marry Your Cousin In North Carolina
Since I am in favor of marriage equality I feel it is necessary to point out that if you are also in favor of marriage equality then you support the right of anyone to marry whomever or whatever they wish.
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5:02 am May 10, 2012
Obama backs same-sex marriage
I consider marriage a sacred bond endorsed by God, and to put same sex perversion in the same classification as that is, and will always be wrong.
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4:15 pm May 10, 2012
Netanyahu surprise gives Israel grand coalition
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formed a unity government on Tuesday in a surprise move that could give him a freer hand to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and seek peace with the Palestinians.
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12:31 pm May 10, 2012
Celebrity hairdresser Sassoon dies
Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, whose 1960s wash and-wear cuts freed women from endless teasing and hairspray, has died.
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8:29 am May 11, 2012
Obama says same-sex couples should be able to marry
President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes same sex couples should be allowed to marry, taking a stand on a divisive issue that is likely to please his political base and upset conservative voters.
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1:59 pm May 9, 2012
The Queen and her Prime Ministers
Queen Elizabeth II reign has seen twelve Prime Minisers
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9:53 am May 9, 2012
Is Our Carbon Tax Really The Biggest?
One of Tony Abbott's favourite stock phrases is that we've got the world's biggest carbon tax.
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12:27 pm May 9, 2012
Half of Americans support legalizing gay marriage-Gallup
Half of Americans believe same sex couples should have the same right to wed as heterosexuals do, slightly down from a year ago but marking the second year that a majority of Americans have supported same-sex marriage, according to a Gallup Poll survey…
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12:07 am May 9, 2012
‘Understood properly, the Death Star is not worth it.’
I wish to address the most important policy question of the millennium: Should we build a Death Star?
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7:55 am May 8, 2012
China expels Al-Jazeera correspondent
A reporter for Al Jazeera's English-language channel with a reputation for hard-hitting journalism has been expelled from China.
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5:11 am May 8, 2012
Copyright cartel: want to cut filesharing by 40%? Here’s how
The copyright industry could dramatically reduce piracy if it gave consumers what they wanted, research from Essential shows news The Greens have demanded that Australia’s Government cancel its participation in the controversial Anti Counterfeiting Trade…
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1:07 am May 8, 2012
U.S. prosecutors say ready for long haul in 9/11 case
prosecutors and defense attorneys for five defendants in the Sept.
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12:00 am May 8, 2012
Foiled plot shows militants seek detection-proof bombs
The FBI has said the plot never posed a threat to public safety, and security will remain rightA plot by al Qaeda in Yemen to detonate an upgraded version of the failed 2009 "underwear bomb" has been disrupted, US officials say.
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2:30 pm May 7, 2012
Worried about online porn? Don't regulate the net – regulate your kids
The sight of David Cameron weighing into the "internet porn filters" debate in a move nicely timed to distract the Conservative press from the uncomfortable news of Tory councillors losing seats by the score – isn't exactly one to fill the more web-savvy…
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4:03 pm May 7, 2012
Cycling-Goss wins stage three of Giro d'Italia
Australian Matt Goss won the third stage of the Giro d'Italia on Monday after a bunch sprint.
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2:23 pm May 7, 2012
Ricki-Lee Gets Seal's Team Ready For Battle
We have seen some epic battles so far.
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10:01 am May 7, 2012
Burgess to return for Rabbitohs
South Sydney prop Sam Burgess is a confirmed starter for tonight's NRL clash with Cronulla at ANZ Stadium.
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11:17 am May 8, 2012
Greek far-right leader savours electoral success
Greece's extreme right Golden Dawn party savoured unprecedented success in Sunday's general election by promising to rid Greece of illegal immigrants, branding journalists "liars" and warning all "traitors" to run scared.
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12:11 pm May 7, 2012
A web of privilege supports this so-called meritocracy | Gary Younge
Shortly after Mitt Romney's failed 2008 campaign for the Republican nomination his son Tagg set up a private equity fund with the campaign's top fundraiser.
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11:33 pm May 6, 2012
Greek voters reject eurozone austerity
Greek voters have dealt a blow to eurozone hopes that Athens will stick to its austerity commitments as parties opposing more cuts, including neo Nazis, won almost 60 per cent support at the polls.
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7:36 am May 7, 2012
Greece holds elections as debt crisis continues
Here is a look back at Greece's financial crisis in the last two years as Prime Minister George Papandreou says he has sealed a bailout deal with the European Union and International Monetary Fund in return for…
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3:57 pm May 7, 2012
Socialist Hollande ousts Sarkozy as French leader
Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France's presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could start a pushback against German led austerity.
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2:01 pm May 6, 2012
BREAKING: Joe Biden Endorses Same-Sex Marriage
Vice President Joe Biden has endorsed same sex marriage, becoming the highest ranking American official to back marriage for gay and lesbian people.
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10:32 am May 6, 2012
Japan tornado kills teen boy, dozen hurt
A tornado ripped through eastern Japan on Sunday, killing a teenager, destroying dozens of houses and cutting power to about 20,000 households.
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4:00 pm May 5, 2012
London win eases Cameron's UK vote setback
Boris Johnson dodged a humiliating nationwide defeat for Prime Minister David Cameron by winning London in local elections that saw voters angry at Britain's economic woes flock to opposition Labour and a right wing anti-European fringe party.
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12:57 am May 5, 2012
UK Conservatives wounded at polls over economy
British voters showed their anger against the government's failure to revive the economy in local elections that saw Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives outflanked on the left by Labour and on the right by anti European fringe party UKIP.
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4:02 pm May 4, 2012
Russian Gay activist fined for propaganda
A prominent Russian gay rights activist has been convicted of spreading "gay propaganda" among minors in the first such ruling in Russia's modern history.
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2:30 am May 4, 2012
Stand-off over Chinese dissident poses quandary for Obama
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng appealed on Thursday for asylum in the United States, throwing into doubt an agreement used to coax him out of hiding in the U.S.
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12:33 pm May 3, 2012
Conservatives face local polls backlash over UK recession
"We're not 'all in this together'," grumbles Mark Franks, a 50 year-old public sector worker, echoing a frequent complaint made by those who question the British government's promise to spread the pain of austerity equally.
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9:41 am May 3, 2012
U.S. statements on China dissident Chen Guangcheng
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left the U.S.
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9:41 am May 3, 2012
2nd Worst in History - 01/05
Join Paul Murray and his team as they take an alternative look at the day's news.
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2:54 am May 3, 2012
Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau dies in apparent suicide
Former San Diego Chargers linebacker Junior Seau was found dead at his home in Southern California on Wednesday from a gunshot wound to the chest in an apparent suicide, police said.
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3:20 pm May 2, 2012
China denounces U.S. as dissident Chen leaves embassy
Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng left the U.S.
