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Labor 'bent over' to appease US: Assange

Labor bent over to appease US: Assange

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launches blistering attack on Gillard Government.

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120 killed in India monsoon floods

DEHRADUN, India (AFP) - Military helicopters carried out emergency food drops on Wednesday for thousands of people stranded by flash flooding from early monsoon rains which have killed at least 120 in northern India, officials said.
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I'm staying put in embassy: Assange

Julian Assange has dramatically declared he won't be leaving the Ecuadorean embassy even if Sweden dropped its sexual assault investigation.
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Australian killer of Irish woman jailed for life

MELBOURNE (AFP) - A serial sex offender was on Wednesday sentenced to life for the "savage" rape and murder of an Irish woman in a Melbourne street, a random killing which shocked the nation and led to an outpouring of emotion.
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Asia business sentiment rises in second quarter, global growth risk still dominates

By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Asia's top companies have become more optimistic about their business outlook with the retail and shipping industries rebounding sharply in the second q...
1 hour, 49 minutes ago
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Bieber behind wheel as car hits man

Pop star Justin Bieber's car collided with someone - possibly a photographer - in Hollywood, but no crime was committed, say police.
June 19, 2013, 10:10 am

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US to open peace talks with Taliban

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States and the Taliban cleared the decks for peace talks even as a deadly attack on US troops underlined the still furious nature of their decade-long war.
June 19, 2013, 9:31 am

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Japan look to avoid early exit, face Italy next

RECIFE, Brazil (AFP) - The task facing both, Asian champions Japan and three-time world champions Italy is clear cut in Recife at the Confederations Cup.
June 19, 2013, 9:24 am

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Ex-Cameron staffer bailed over perjury

British Prime Minister David Cameron's former communications chief Andy Coulson has appeared in court charged with perjury.
June 19, 2013, 9:09 am

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Captives kept with dogs, snakes: prosecutors

A mentally disabled woman and her child were forced by their captors to live in a basement with pythons and pit bulls, according to US federal labor-trafficking charges announced today.
June 19, 2013, 8:55 am

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Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit

(Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million (259.7 million pounds) rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the ...
June 19, 2013, 8:48 am

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Manning WikiLeaks case in recess

US soldier Bradley Manning's WikiLeaks trial is in recess until next week, with both sides to seek written statements from 17 witnesses.
June 19, 2013, 8:25 am

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Labor 'bent over' to appease US: Assange

Julian Assange expects the ALP to lose the federal election and he's hoping for a clean-out afterwards - starting with Julia Gillard and her "cronies".
June 19, 2013, 7:58 am

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Star-studded party for Israel's Peres, 90

Celebrities and politicians were among 3000 people who gathered to congratulate Israeli President Shimon Peres ahead of his 90th birthday.
June 19, 2013, 7:53 am

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Vodafone raises Kabel Deutschland offer after rival bid - report

(Reuters) - Britain's Vodafone Group Plc has raised its preliminary offer to buy Germany's largest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland Holding AG , a day after U.S. media g...
June 19, 2013, 7:24 am

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Call for overhaul of drug industry business model

By Ben Hirschler
LONDON (Reuters) - Pharmaceutical companies need to boost the benefits of drug research by working with regulators and healthcare providers to overhaul the way medicine...
June 19, 2013, 7:14 am
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Osborne to unveil future of state-controlled banks

By David Milliken and Matt Scuffham
LONDON (Reuters) - The fate of Britain's two state-controlled banks will become clearer on Wednesday, when Chancellor George Osborne is likely to sta...
June 19, 2013, 7:09 am

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UK parliamentarians call for 'reckless' bankers to face jail

By Matt Scuffham
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain should introduce laws making it possible to jail "reckless" bankers and claw back past bonus and pension awards, an influential panel of lawm...
June 19, 2013, 7:07 am

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UK food producers, grocers sign up to healthy label scheme

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's major food manufacturers and retailers have agreed to follow the same system of nutritional labelling as part of a government initiative to tackle obesity and poor diet an...
June 19, 2013, 7:04 am

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Four US troops killed in attack on Afghan base: official

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Four American troops were killed Tuesday in an insurgent attack on Afghanistan's Bagram air base, a US defense official said, as Washington announced plans to hold talks with the Taliban.
June 19, 2013, 6:52 am

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Fiji offers more than 500 troops to Golan force

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - Fiji has offered more than 500 troops to the UN Golan Heights peacekeeping force after several countries withdrew because of the spillover from the Syria conflict, diplomats said Tuesday.
June 19, 2013, 6:51 am

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