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• Zimbabwe rivals to meet Mbeki in S.Africa Reuters: International News

  Zimbabwe rivals to meet Mbeki in S.Africa

  HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's ruling ZANU-PF party and the opposition will meet in South Africa next week to review President Robert Mubabe's plan to unilaterally form a unity government, an ...

  Reuters: International News - 52 minutes ago

• Rolls-Royce plans up to 2,000 job cuts in ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Rolls-Royce plans up to 2,000 job cuts in 2009 (AFP)

  AFP - Rolls-Royce, the British maker of plane engines, said Thursday it anticipated cutting between 1,500 and 2,000 jobs worldwide in 2009, or up to five percent of its global ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 53 minutes ago

• Tate ruled out of World Cup final SBS

  Tate ruled out of World Cup final

  Australian winger Brent Tate has been ruled out of Saturday's rugby league World Cup final after failing to recover from a hip injury.

  SBS - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago

• Boy 'killed for writing love letter' Herald Sun | ...

  Boy 'killed for writing love letter'

  A TEENAGE Indian boy was thrashed, paraded through the streets with his head shaved and then thrown under a train for daring to write a love letter to a girl ...

  Herald Sun | World News - 3 hours, 3 minutes ago

Published 5 hours ago

• Student killed in rush to leave school AdelaideNow | World ...

  Student killed in rush to leave school

  A NOISY rumble sparked panic at a school outside the Haitian capital, killing one student and wounding dozens as jitters remained nearly two weeks after a deadly school collapse.

  AdelaideNow | World News - 5 hours, 57 minutes ago

• Putin may return to presidency AdelaideNow | World ...

  Putin may return to presidency

  RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is to give the keynote address to his party's congress today amid speculation he is planning a presidential comeback.

  AdelaideNow | World News - 6 hours, 17 minutes ago

• Bacteria ate prison inmate's penis AdelaideNow | World ...

  Bacteria ate prison inmate's penis

  A FORMER prison inmate has been awarded $500,000 after his manhood was consumed by flesh-eating bacteria.

  AdelaideNow | World News - 6 hours, 17 minutes ago

• Cyber-bullying 'led to suicide' AdelaideNow | World ...

  Cyber-bullying 'led to suicide'

  LANDMARK cyber-bullying trial sees a mother accused of sending taunting emails to a teen girl who later killed herself.

  AdelaideNow | World News - 6 hours, 45 minutes ago

• NASA loses spider on space station NEWS.com.au | The ...

  NASA loses spider on space station

  IT gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "lost in space".

  NEWS.com.au | The World - 7 hours, 28 minutes ago

Published 7 hours ago

• Ford backflips on Vic plant closure SBS

  Ford backflips on Vic plant closure

  Car giant Ford will keep its Geelong engine plant open beyond 2010, despite the global economic turmoil.

  SBS - 7 hours, 31 minutes ago

• Home makeover for space shuttle Herald Sun | ...

  Home makeover for space shuttle

  ASTRONAUTS from the shuttle Endeavour have started to outfit the International Space Station with new equipment as part of plans to expand the orbiting lab's living quarters.

  Herald Sun | World News - 7 hours, 43 minutes ago

• Teen, father die after fast-food argument NEWS.com.au | The ...

  Teen, father die after fast-food argument

  A TEEN shot his father then himself after an argument because he came home with the wrong takeaway food for his dad.

  NEWS.com.au | The World - 8 hours, 27 minutes ago

• Teen, father die after fast-food argument NEWS.com.au | The ...

  Teen, father die after fast-food argument

  A TEEN who shot himself and his father after the two had an argument over a wrong fast food order have died.

  NEWS.com.au | The World - 8 hours, 27 minutes ago

• Fast-food ad ban could cut obesity The Mercury | ...

  Fast-food ad ban could cut obesity

  BANNING fast-food advertising on television in the US could reduce the number of overweight children by as much as 18 per cent, researchers said.

  The Mercury | World News - 8 hours, 49 minutes ago

Published 8 hours ago

• One killed, 22 wounded in Bangkok protest NEWS.com.au | The ...

  One killed, 22 wounded in Bangkok protest

  AT least one Thai anti-government protester was killed and 22 were wounded in a pre-dawn bomb blast inside a demonstration site in Bangkok.

  NEWS.com.au | The World - 8 hours, 59 minutes ago

• US boy, 8, confesses to murdering father SBS

  US boy, 8, confesses to murdering father

  An eight-year-old boy suspected of murdering his father and another man in a remote Arizona town has admitted the crime in a video interview with police.

  SBS - 9 hours, 21 minutes ago

• Obama campaign e-mobilises for future Daily Telegraph | ...

  Obama campaign e-mobilises for future

  THE US presidential election may be over but Barack Obama is staying in touch with his Internet fans.

  Daily Telegraph | World News - 9 hours, 29 minutes ago

• Oil price drops near $US50 per barrel SBS

  Oil price drops near $US50 per barrel

  Oil prices have dropped again, with Brent crude falling close to $US50 a barrel, as weak energy demand and the global credit crunch pressured the market.

  SBS - 9 hours, 52 minutes ago

• Terry header seals England win in Germany (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Terry header seals England win in Germany (AFP)

  AFP - England captain John Terry's header six minutes from time sealed a 2-1 win over Germany in Wednesday's friendly at Berlin's Olympic Stadium as Fabio Capello's weakened team beat ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 10 hours, 21 minutes ago

Published 11 hours ago

• EU 'plans 130 billion euro rescue plan' SBS

  EU 'plans 130 billion euro rescue plan'

  The European Commission is planning a 130 billion ($A252.84 billion) economic stimulus program, a spokeswoman for the German economy ministry says.

  SBS - 11 hours, 39 minutes ago

• Wall Street stocks take a bashing SBS

  Wall Street stocks take a bashing

  US stocks sank overnight after gloomy data underlined the deepening troubles in the world's largest economy, with the Federal Reserve admitting the potential for a long recession.

  SBS - 11 hours, 52 minutes ago

• Obama a house negro - al-Qaeda The Mercury | ...

  Obama a house negro - al-Qaeda

  OSAMA bin Laden's ally has ridiculed Barack Obama as a "house negro"and warned against sending troops.

  The Mercury | World News - 12 hours, 4 minutes ago

• British HMAS Sydney crew get UK tribute SBS

  British HMAS Sydney crew get UK tribute

  Tributes have been paid in London to the eight British sailors who died alongside hundreds of their Australian crewmates on board HMAS Sydney during WWII.

  SBS - 12 hours, 19 minutes ago

• Bill Clinton to help wife get state job SBS

  Bill Clinton to help wife get state job

  Former US president Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help his wife, Senator Hillary Clinton, become secretary of state.

  SBS - 12 hours, 30 minutes ago

Published 12 hours ago

• King Herod 'had taste for theatre' News.com.au | World ...

  King Herod 'had taste for theatre'

  HEROD the Great, the Roman-era Jewish king infamous for the biblical massacre of the innocents, had a taste for theatre, new excavations of his vast palace complex south of Jerusalem ...

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 12 hours, 47 minutes ago

• Navy destroys pirate 'mother ship' News.com.au | World ...

  Navy destroys pirate 'mother ship'

  AN Indian warship destroyed a pirate "mother vessel" in the Gulf of Aden, the Indian navy said, as bandits demanded a ransom for a seized Saudi super-tanker.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 13 hours, 10 minutes ago

• UN seeks record $10.7bn aid News.com.au | World ...

  UN seeks record $10.7bn aid

  THE United Nations has launched its largest ever aid appeal, saying it will need $US7 billion ($A10.73 billion) to help 30 million people in 31 countries during 2009.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 13 hours, 22 minutes ago

• iPhone Google tool baffled by accents News.com.au | Europe

  iPhone Google tool baffled by accents

  A NEW voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, reports said.

  News.com.au | Europe - 13 hours, 58 minutes ago

• Jackman named 'sexiest man alive' News.com.au | World ...

  Jackman named 'sexiest man alive'

  AUSTRALIA'S Hugh Jackman has been named the Sexiest Man Alive by People magazine.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 14 hours, 19 minutes ago

Published 14 hours ago

• Briton dies in chainsaw decapitation News.com.au | World ...

  Briton dies in chainsaw decapitation

  A BRITISH man committed suicide by cutting off his own head with a chainsaw, an inquest into his death has found.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 14 hours, 29 minutes ago

• Scientists close to cracking mammoth genome News.com.au | World ...

  Scientists close to cracking mammoth genome

  SCIENTISTS said they have reconstructed about half of the genome of the woolly mammoth, a species that became extinct at the end of the last Ice Age some 11,000 years ...

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 14 hours, 34 minutes ago

• Busking Tom Jones shocks fans The Mercury | ...

  Busking Tom Jones shocks fans

  Tom Jones hits the streets for charity It's Not Unusual among four he sung Event raised $1149 for cancer

  The Mercury | World News - 14 hours, 39 minutes ago

• Busking Tom Jones shocks fans News.com.au | World ...

  Busking Tom Jones shocks fans

  LEGENDARY Welsh singer Tom Jones shocked passers-by in central London by performing an impromptu set on a pavement to raise money for a cancer charity.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 14 hours, 39 minutes ago

• Winona Ryder falls ill on plane News.com.au | World ...

  Winona Ryder falls ill on plane

  HOLLYWOOD actress Winona Ryder has been taken to a London hospital after falling ill on a British Airways plane flying in from Los Angeles, the airline said.

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 14 hours, 43 minutes ago

Published 15 hours ago

• Rwandan aide arrives in France after extradition (Reuters) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Rwandan aide arrives in France after extradition (Reuters)

  Reuters - A Rwandan official extradited from Germany over the 1994 killing of a Rwandan president which was blamed for triggering genocide arrived in Paris on Wednesday and was put ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 15 hours, 52 minutes ago

• Zawahiri warns 'house negro' Obama (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Zawahiri warns 'house negro' Obama (AFP)

  AFP - Al-Qaeda number two Ayman Zawahiri ridiculed US president-elect Barack Obama as a "house negro" and warned him against sending more troops to Afghanistan, in an Internet audio message ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 18 hours, 17 minutes ago

• Supertanker owners in ransom talks The Mercury | ...

  Supertanker owners in ransom talks

  THE owners of a hijacked supertanker with a $100 million oil cargo are "in negotiations" over a ransom payment.

  The Mercury | World News - 18 hours, 34 minutes ago

• Obama girls check out new digs The Mercury | ...

  Obama girls check out new digs

  SOON-to-be First Daughters, Malia and Sasha Obama, have had a sneak peek at their bedrooms in the White House.

  The Mercury | World News - 19 hours, 33 minutes ago

• Google voice search baffled by accents The Mercury | ...

  Google voice search baffled by accents

  A NEW voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries.

  The Mercury | World News - 20 hours, 4 minutes ago

Published 20 hours ago

• iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  iPhone sex: Google application baffled by British accents (AFP)

  AFP - A new voice-recognition search tool for the iPhone has problems understanding British accents, leading to some bizarre answers to spoken queries, a newspaper report and users said Wednesday.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 20 hours, 19 minutes ago