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Breaking News Sat, 25 Jun 2011
World Athletics Championships 2007 in Osaka - Double champion Tyson Gay is interviewed after his 200 metres victory
Athletics   Daegu   IAAF   Photos   Wikipedia: Tyson Gay  
 The Daily Telegraph 
Tyson Gay set to miss World Championships in South Korea after suffering hip injury
American sprinter Tyson Gay, the fastest athlete in the world this year, is set to miss this summer’s World Championships in South Korea after being forced to withdraw from the 100 metres at the... (photo: Creative Commons)
Buddhist monk Sokan Obara, 28, from Morioka, Iwate prefecture, prays for the victims in an area devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, in Ofunato, Iwate prefecture, Japan, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Obara has been on a pilgrimage to devastated areas after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
Earthqukae   Housing   Japan   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami  
 The Daily Telegraph Australia 
Japan rebuild to cost $210 billion
| A NEW estimate of the rebuilding of infrastructure, housing and other facilities ravaged by Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami has put the total cost at about $210 billion, not including damag... (photo: AP / Lee Jin-man)
Cattle - Cow - Farming - Livestock - Animal  Canberra Times 
Meat industry knew of abattoir abuses
The Australian meat industry was warned of gross animal welfare abuses in Indonesian abattoirs long before shocking footage of the inhumane treatment of Australian cattle surfaced last month. | Meat a... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Animal   Food   Industry   Photos   Wikipedia: Livestock  
A trader watches a video wall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Stocks started 2011 with a lift Monday thanks to better news on the economy.  LA Daily News 
Stocks end another week lower on Europe worries
By DANIEL WAGNER and DAVID K. RANDALL, AP Business WritersPosted: 06/24/2011 03:12:07 PM PDTUpdated: 06/24/2011 03:22:27 PM PDT | If weak financial results from big tech companies are sign o... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Business   Europe   Financial   Photos   Wall Street   Wikipedia: New York Stock Exchange  
Top Stories
Toyota Avensis III Asahi News
Toyota to Start Limited Sales of 'Avensis' in Japan
| Toyota City, Japan, June 24, 2011 -- Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announces that it plans to start limited sales of the Europe-produced "Avensis" station wagon in the... (photo: Public Domain / Matthias93)
Japan   Motor   Photos   Toyota   Wikipedia: Toyota Avensis  
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in New York. The Daily Telegraph
Barack Obama declares support for gay rights but not marriage
Barack Obama has touted his efforts to advance gay rights and promised further progress, but stopped short of declaring his support for legalising same-sex marriage. | U.... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)
Obama   Photos   Politics   President   Wikipedia: Barack Obama  
A man pushes his three-wheeled cycle as others wade through a streed flooded due to tropical storm with international name Meari Thursday, June 23, 2011 in Manila, Philippines. Breitbart
50,000 flee storm in Philippines
| Some 50,000 people are living in evacuation centres in the Philippines afte... | Some 50,000 people were in evacuation centres in the Philippines on Friday after fleein... (photo: AP / Pat Roque)
Evacuation   People   Philippines   Photos   Wikipedia: Storm  
Gaga turns designer to save Japan Indian Express
Gaga turns designer to save Japan
| Pop sensation Lady Gaga is known for her whacky sense of style but the singer has turned designer to help the survivors of the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Jap... (photo: WN / Aaron Gilbert)
Disaster   Japan   Lady Gaga   Photos   Wikipedia: 2011 Thoku earthquake and tsunami  
Suzuki Swift - Car - Vehicle Independent online
Suzuki says profit may jump 11%
SUZUKI’S net profit for the current financial year was expected to jump 11 percent to ¥50 billion (R4.2bn) as the car maker focused on emerging markets such as... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Market   Motor   Photos   Suzuki   Wikipedia: Suzuki  
Apple iPhone - Smartphone - Facebook - Social networking Canberra Times
Mobile distractions make mockery of meetings
| A generation of gadget addicted executives who write texts in meetings and sneak off to the toilet to check Facebook, is undermining the efficiency of the modern workpl... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Facebook   Gadget   Photos   Wikipedia: Smartphone   Workplace  
Australian soccer player Lucas Neill Goal
Australia captain Lucas Neill slams 2010 World Cup Socceroos mutiny allegations
Popular Australian football broadcaster Les Murray has claimed the Socceroos skipper led a player revolt in South Africa last year but the central defender has angrily de... (photo: AP / Wong Maye-E)
Africa   Australia   Football   Photos   Wikipedia: Lucas Neill  
Deposed Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, center, and his son Phantongtae, left, leave supreme court in Bangkok, Thailand The Independent
Thailand's former PM under scrutiny in new leak of US cables
| Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand's former prime minister whose political party has a clear lead before an election on 3 July, reduced free speech, made immense personal pro... (photo: AP / Sakchai Lalit)
Democracy   Election   Photos   Thailand   Wikipedia: Thaksin Shinawatra  
Business & Economy Politics
- Newmont Faces Probe in Indonesia
- Bargains and deals from Free & Cheap blog
- Govt plans to cut oil production target
- South Korea, China accused of dumping coil in local market
From left, Irish Finance Minister Brian Lenihan, Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou and European Commissioner for the Economy Olli Rehn share a word during a meeting of eurozone finance ministers at the EU Council building in Brussels on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. European ministers face a potential flare-up in the euro's debt crisis when they meet Monday as investors increasingly worry they might not deliver on their promise of a comprehensive solution.
Dow industrials dropped again, on the back of Italian bank worries and the Greek bailout
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- U.S., South Korea to keep pressure on Pyongyang
- U.S., South Korea to keep pressure on Pyongyang
- US seeks to help defuse tensions in South China Sea
- US, Philippine navies to train near disputed waters
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic National Committee event at the Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers, Thursday, June 23, 2011, in New York.
Barack Obama declares support for gay rights but not marriage
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Sport Health
- NRL: Gallant Gallen inspires Sharks victory
- Hockey: Sweating pints in pursuit of Olympic gold
- Rugby: United Nations of England
- Extra time: Mitch Watt is Australia's very own queue ju
Suzuki Swift - Car - Vehicle
Suzuki says profit may jump 11%
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- Shock jock Stables claims he's had 500 women
- I was dead for 12 minutes: Kirsty Liddell
- Truck Plows Into Amtrak Train in Nevada
- Diabetes prevalence worldwide has more than doubled since 19
Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard reacts upon her arrival at Seoul military airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 23, 2011. Gillard will meet South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and will visit the border village of Panmunjom between two Koreas.
Beleaguered Aussie PM to work on 1st anniversary
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Education Agriculture
- San Diego Playground Equipment Company Offers Free Evaluatio
- Bullying in Schools a Worry in Indonesia
- Elementary school registration extended
- FB accounts of students offering sex closed
Filipino students enjoy watching the program in their school, Cavite Philippines, March 19, 2009
Students brave obstacles in Philippines
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- Protester set to fight gas giant in court
- COOMBS, Wendy
- Scientists find holes in Klamath River dam removal plan
- To protect damaged park, squatter evictions continue
wind farm - wind turbines - renewable energy
Wind farm developers seek Molokai community’s support
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Science & Technology Entertainment
- New Zealand: Emperor penguin has two operations
- New Orleans salute to the troops
- New Orleans active military
- New Orleans Military Families
Nokia smartphone
Nokia to Unveil a New Smartphone, but Not a Product of Its Microsoft Deal
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- Cartoon: The New Zealand economy
- Video: Lady Gaga opens MTV Video Music Aid Japan concert: Pl
- Sioux Falls mtv video aid japan
- Jerry Lewis Feels Fine After Canceling Australia Show
Gaga turns designer to save Japan
Gaga turns designer to save Japan
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