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Body of police officer who died in Timor Leste to be flown back Sunday

Source country thestar-my Friday, February 10, 2012 4:35:00 AM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

SERIAN: The body of Chief Inspector Benet Pawun, who died of an illness in Timor Leste, and which is now in Adelaide, Australia for a post mortem, will be flown back to Sarawak on Sunday at the earliest....

Coldplay’s Concert in Sydney, Postponed [VIDEO]

Source country ibtimes-au Friday, February 10, 2012 4:35:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1]; Australia[2]; Sydney[3];

Entities: Michael Eavis[2]; Chris Martin[2];

Aussie fans would have to wait a little longer for Coldplay to serenade Sydney as the band announced that they will be postponing their tour in the Land Down Under due to “personal reasons.”...

Athar Butt: a champion ignored

Source country dawn Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

IT is unfortunate that our power-lifting champion, Athar Butt, has not been recognized for winning the gold medal in the Commonwealth power-lifting championship in the United Kingdom in December 2011....

Zebra stripes seen as bug defense

Source country javno-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:34:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

Other categories: Communicable Diseases;

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- A zebra's black and white stripes, puzzling biologists for centuries, may have been an evolutionary defense against biting insects, Hungarian researchers say. Adam Egri at Eotvos University in Budapest said he and......

Eurozone stalls Greek cash aid

Source country irishsun Friday, February 10, 2012 4:32:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1];

Entities: Jean-Claude Juncker[1];

Other categories: Monetary Issues EU;

Eurozone finance ministers have refused to give their immediate backing to a second bailout for Greece despite a last-minute deal in Athens on austerity measures demanded by creditors.After rival ......

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23h54 - Naomi Watts interpretará princesa Diana em novo filme

Source country JC Friday, February 10, 2012 4:30:00 AM CET | info

Trigger words: [Australia] Austrália[1];

Entities: Oliver Hirschbiegel[1]; Alejandro González Iñárritu[1]; Naomi Watts[3]; David Lynch[1]; Dodi Fayed[2]; Alejandro González[1]; Clint Eastwood[1]; Terrence Malick[1]; Jessica Chastain[1]; Mohamed Al-Fayed[6];

A atriz britânica Naomi Watts interpretará Lady Di em um filme que se centrará nos dois últimos anos da vida da princesa de Gales, informaram os responsáveis do projeto. Os produtores disseram que "Caught in Flight" mostrará um período no qual Diana, ex-mulher do herdeiro da coroa, o príncipe.......

Damage assessment underway in Vavau

Source country pina Friday, February 10, 2012 4:28:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[2];

Other categories: Echo;

Damage caused by the tropical cyclone in Vava'u earlier this week is being assessed by Tonga‘s Ministry of Agriculture Forestry, Fishery and Food, MAFFF. According to Radio Tonga stringer in Neiafu, Lutoviko Tapueluelu, crops, fruit trees and Kava-Tonga were damaged because of the gale force winds....

Fears of food shortage in Vanuatu after Cyclone Jasmine

Source country pina Friday, February 10, 2012 4:28:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1]; AUSTRALIA[1];

Entities: Radio Australia[2];

Vanuatu’s National Disaster Office says there may be food shortages in the coming weeks after crops were damaged by Cyclone Jasmine. A Research and Planning Officer, Peter Korisa said he flew over southern Vanuatu yesterday and the two islands most affected are Aneityum and Tanna....

Australia one-ups China in Davis Cup tie opener

Source country radioaustralianews Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[2]; Australia[3];

Entities: Bernard Tomic[1]; Lleyton Hewitt[1];

Last Updated: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:14:00 +1100 Australian Lleyton Hewitt has beaten China's Zhang Ze in straight sets in the opening rubber of the Davis Cup Asia-Oceania qualifying tie in Geelong. Hewitt won 6/2, 6/1, 7/6 to give Australia a one-nil lead in the tie....

Australian police find drugs worth $25 million in juice cartons

Source country radioaustralianews Friday, February 10, 2012 4:26:00 AM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1]; Sydney[2];

Last Updated: Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:13:00 +1100 Police in Sydney say they have seized more than $25 million worth of illegal drugs hidden inside juice cartons in Sydney's north. Detectives say they found nearly 50 kilograms of heroin and more than 21 kilograms of ice, at storage units in the suburb of Artarmon this week....

Bert Newton recovering from lung virus

Source country TheAustralian Friday, February 10, 2012 4:25:00 AM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1]; Melbourne[1];

BERT Newton is recovering in hospital in Singapore after undergoing a small procedure to remove fluid from his lungs....

How to splurge $45m in stolen cash

Source country TheAustralian Friday, February 10, 2012 4:25:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Sydney[1];

Entities: Michael Jackson[1];

FROM the outside, Rajina Rita Subramaniam and her husband appeared a normal suburban couple, living modestly in Sydney's north-western suburbs....

Tears in court over baby Joshua

Source country smh Friday, February 10, 2012 4:23:00 AM CET [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Sydney[3];

The parents of month-old baby Joshua Elliott have read out a tribute to their son at an inquest into his death in Sydney Children's Hospital....

Key spots at stake in Broncos NRL trial

Source country smh Friday, February 10, 2012 4:23:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1]; Melbourne[1];

Entities: Peter Wallace[2]; Darren Lockyer[1]; Ben Hunt[2];

Ben Hannant and Josh McGuire go head to head for a Brisbane NRL front row berth alongside Petero Civoniceva in a trial against Gold Coast....

All pole vaulters have doubts says Markov

Source country smh Friday, February 10, 2012 4:23:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1]; Australia's[3]; Melbourne[1];

Entities: Steve Hooker[1];

Former world champion Dmitri Markov says Steve Hooker is not the only pole vaulter to experience doubts and a loss of confidence....

Gaga world tour to kick off in Seoul

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1]; Melbourne[1]; Sydney[1];

Entities: Poker Face[1]; Lady Gaga[2];

WASHINGTON - American pop diva Lady Gaga Wednesday unveiled the first dates for her upcoming world tour which she has dubbed the “Born This Way Ball” and will kick off in Seoul.She is expected to do 110 shows this year following on the success of her smash hit “Born This Way,” and revealed the dates and locations of an initial 11 concerts....

The drone dilemma

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Sydney[1];

Entities: Barack Obama[1];

Other categories: Conflict; Terrorist Attack;

Drones and suicide bombers are new facets of warfare. Drone is a name given to an unmanned aircraft or a remotely piloted aircraft, incorporating the entire range of lethal weapons that a piloted aircraft could carry. It functions through direction given to it from a ground or airborne command.......

Former Olympic champ Raska dies at 70

Source country nation Friday, February 10, 2012 4:22:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia's[1]; Australia[2];

Entities: Nathan Bracken[1];

PRAGUE :Former Test seamer Nathan Bracken is suing Cricket Australia, alleging negligence for failing to adequately deal with a knee injury that "ruined" his career. Bracken, who played five Tests and 116 ODIs for Australia, is arguing that Cricket Australia's doctors and lead physiotherapist cannot.......

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Job Cuts Hit Australia’s Construction Industry

Source country ibtimes-au Friday, February 10, 2012 4:20:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[2]; Canberra[1]; Australia[1];

Entities: Marius Kloppers[1];

More jobs in Australia continue to be placed on the chopping block as the axe moves to the construction industry. Kell & Rigby, one of Australia's oldest building firms, announced on Thursday the loss of 500 jobs....

Una avería recorta el estreno de Alonso en Jerez

Source country lanuevaespana Friday, February 10, 2012 4:20:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1]; Melbourne[1];

Entities: Sebastian Vettel[1]; Jules Bianchi[1]; Fernando Alonso[1]; Pat Fry[1]; Sergio Pérez[1]; Romain Grosjean[1];

El asturiano rodó una hora y media menos de lo programado, aunque la escudería descartó que el problema tuviese mayor importancia...

Harper relaxes accountability rules for China's use of uranium

Source country theglobeandmail Friday, February 10, 2012 4:15:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[3];

Entities: Stephen Harper[1]; Joe Oliver[1]; Corey Hinderstein[1]; Brad Wall[1];

Stephen Harper has chosen to override the qualms of the government’s non-proliferation experts to permit a multibillion-dollar business in exports of Saskatchewan uranium to China’s nuclear industry. A deal the Prime Minister announced in China, a protocol amending Canada’s nuclear co-operation.......

Canada's Raonic faces Benneteau in Davis Cup

Source country theglobeandmail Friday, February 10, 2012 4:15:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

Entities: Gaël Monfils[1]; Jo-Wilfried Tsonga[1]; Milos Raonic[1]; Stefan Edberg[1]; Vasek Pospisil[1]; Julien Benneteau[1]; Daniel Nestor[1]; Guy Forget[1]; Tomas Berdych[1]; Michael Llodra[1];

Quotes in this article

Milos Raonic said (about Julien Benneteau) : “I was aware of the (injury) situation and also you have to be aware of Julien who's really had a great end of last year so he's really earned his mark on the team,”

Guy Forget said (about Milos Raonic) : “When you are two days away from playing a match that big and that long, you have to evaluate the chances of your players against someone like Milos who's a really dangerous and good player,”

Julien Benneteau said: “He's one of the best servers on the Tour but I return well,” “When I was very aggressive I gave him some problems and I will try to do that (Friday)”

Rising Canadian tennis star Milos Raonic has an easier opening Davis Cup draw but it's against an opponent he can't take lightly. Raonic, ranked 29th in the world, will meet veteran Julien Benneteau, No. 35 on the ATP tour, in Friday's second singles match of the World Group tie against favoured France....

De musa a protagonista

Source country elespectador Friday, February 10, 2012 4:15:00 AM CET | info [en] [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

Entities: Doris Salcedo[1]; Jackson Pollock[1]; Cristina Iglesias[1]; Cindy Sherman[1]; Consuelo Ciscar[2]; Frida Kahlo[1]; Diane Arbus[1]; Louise Bourgeois[1]; Hans Hofmann[1]; Sonia Delaunay[2];

Other categories: Society; Conflict;

“Eso es tan bueno que nadie diría que lo ha pintado una mujer”, confesaba el profesor Hans Hofmann al ver la obra de la artista Lee Krasner, quien fuera la esposa de Jackson Pollock. Firmaba sus cuadros como Lee en vez de Lena, un nombre neutro que podía pertenecer tanto a un hombre como a una mujer....

Audacious propels drones, cowardice perishes intone!

Source country TheFrontierPost-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:13:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Sydney[1];

Entities: Dennis Blair[1]; Tariq Aziz[1]; David Rohde[1]; Leon Panetta[1];

Other categories: Security; Conflict;

Maimuna Ashraf A verity well recognised has been officially acknowledged now; President Obama has admitted that US drone aircraft have hit Taliban and al-Qaeda targets within Pakistan. In October, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta acknowledged the CIA’s drone programme but without specifically.......

Articles published more than 30 minutes ago

Asian Stocks Decline as European Leaders Hold Back Greek Debt Rescue Aid

Source country bloomberg Friday, February 10, 2012 4:08:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[1]; Australia[2]; Sydney[1];

Entities: Jean-Claude Juncker[1]; Stephen Halmarick[1];

Other categories: ECOFIN;

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Stephen Halmarick said: “Greece reached some sort of agreement, but it’s still up for negotiation whether the rest of the European authorities will accept that agreement,”

Asian stocks fell, paring the regional index’s longest streak of weekly advances since 2005, as European finance ministers held back aid for Greece pending a parliamentary vote on an austerity plan and as companies cut earnings forecasts. , a South Korean consumer electronics maker that gets about 20 percent of sales from Europe , slid 1....

Aussie abattoir shuts down over animal abuse

Source country channelnewsasia Friday, February 10, 2012 4:06:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australian[4]; Canberra[1]; Australia's[1]; SYDNEY[1]; Australia[1]; Sydney[1];

Other categories: Animal Health - Animal Welfare;

SYDNEY: An Australian abattoir has been shut down after footage emerged showing "gross mistreatment" of animals, less than a year after Canberra suspended its live cattle trade to Indonesia due to cruelty concerns....

Naomi Watts to play Princess Diana in biopic

Source country france24-en Friday, February 10, 2012 4:04:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

Entities: Oliver Hirschbiegel[1]; Brad Pitt[1]; Camilla Parker-Bowles[2]; Naomi Watts[2]; Dodi Fayed[1]; Prince Charles[2]; Diana Spencer[4]; Prince William[2]; Jessica Chastain[1]; Mohamed Al-Fayed[3];

Quotes in this article

Oliver Hirschbiegel said (about Diana Spencer) : "I am delighted to have such a truly exceptional actress who embodies the warmth, humanity and empathy of such a global icon as Princess Diana,"

British-Australian actress Naomi Watts is to play Princess Diana in a movie about the late royal's final two years, filmmakers have announced. Producers said "Caught in Flight" would focus on a period when Diana, the former wife of heir to the throne Prince Charles, found "true personal happiness".......

Spain protests over French drug cheat skits

Source country irishsun Friday, February 10, 2012 4:01:00 AM CET | info [other]

Trigger words: [Australia] Australia[1];

Entities: Rafael Nadal[1]; José Manuel García-Margallo[1];

France Spain has launched a diplomatic protest over a satirical puppet show on French TV that implied tennis great Rafael Nadal is a drug cheat."I spoke last night and this morning with our ......

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