Australia to vote in tight poll

Australia to vote in tight poll


Australia to vote in tight poll

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Polls are due to open shortly in a general election that looks set to be one of the tightest in Australia for decades.


Cyprus says will not allow Gaza-bound aid ship

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:55 PM PDT

NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus will not allow a ship carrying women activists and aid for the blockaded Palestinian territory of Gaza to sail from its ports, the island's police said on Friday.


Australia to vote in tight poll

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 01:06 PM PDT

Polls are due to open shortly in a general election that looks set to be one of the tightest in Australia for decades.


Your Money: Can Smart Money Management Be Sexy?

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:50 PM PDT

There are ways to broadcast your financial values without coming off as a tightwad or a gold digger.


Fish beats Murray in Cincinnati

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:23 PM PDT

Andy Murray battles hard but is beaten in three sets by American Mardy Fish in the quarter-final of the Cincinnati Masters.


Huang ends interest in Liverpool

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:08 PM PDT

Hong Kong businessman Kenny Huang rules himself out of the running to buy Liverpool.


Iowa Producer Recalls Eggs in 14 States

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:39 PM PDT

Hillandale's announcement did not say how many eggs were involved, but the number is likely to be in the millions.


U.S. seeks to relaunch direct Mideast peace talks

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States and other big powers on Friday asked Israel and the Palestinians to restart direct talks on September 2, aiming for a deal in one year to create a Palestinian state and bring peace to one of the world's most intractable conflicts.


Time runs out for historic clock

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:49 AM PDT

A historic clock is to go electric because the man whose family has kept it ticking for 80 years is retiring.


Oldest book prize winners named

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:34 AM PDT

Novelist AS Byatt and critic John Carey are announced as the winners of Britain's oldest literary awards.


Rush of Floodwaters Threaten Sindh Province, Pakistan

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Surging waters are shifting damage southward, as the water level rises at one of the main flood barriers.


Manhunt in Arizona Ends in Arrests

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:10 AM PDT

The last of the three inmates who escaped from an Arizona prison was captured with his fiancée on Thursday at a campground, the authorities said.


Kyrgyz rally backs Osh mayor

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Thousands show support for Bakiyev-appointed official amid rumours of his dismissal.


US denies Bhopal 'threats' to India

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 11:35 AM PDT

Indian claims for Bhopal redress could "chill" investment, leaked emails say.


The 'Merchant of Death' Diet Plan

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Two years in a Thai prison might have little to recommend it to most people, but a stint behind bars might, at least, have helped Viktor Bout, accused of running guns to some unsavory customers, shed some pounds.


Lebanese army, Hezbollah appear closer after Israel clash

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:48 AM PDT

The Lebanon mission to the U.N. has told CNN in a written statement that the Israeli Military "ignored a request by the LAF (Lebanese Armed Forces) and UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon) to postpone cutting down trees in a contested area along the "Blue line", the U.N. border line demarcating Israel and Lebanon.


Russia's Putin sacks top forestry aide after fires

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:59 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday sacked Russia's top forest official over criticism that he did little to combat deadly forest fires that were unleashed by a record heat wave and blanketed Moscow in smoke.


SA strike 'murder tactic' warning

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT

South Africa's health minister tells striking public sector workers that those who interrupt vital medical care are guilty of murder.


Rush of Floodwaters Threaten Sindh Province, Pakistan

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 12:31 PM PDT

Surging waters are shifting damage southward, as the water level rises at one of the main flood barriers.


Judge brands detective a 'liar'

Posted: 20 Aug 2010 10:44 AM PDT

A judge calls a police officer a liar after he is found guilty of disclosing information from the police computer to a suspected criminal.


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