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- Qatar tries to build arts heritage
- Deadlocked Australia could soon return to polls
- SCENARIOS - Where now for Australia's hung parliament?
- Minor Aussie MPs become unlikely kingmakers
- 92% NKEA investment to come from private sector: Ahmad Husni
- Penang police to from special team to probe doa issue
- Brazilian hostage crisis investigated
- Hung parliament to hit Australian markets: analysts
- Tens of thousands evacuated after floods in China, N.Korea
- Police shoot dead rare leopard in Indonesia
- Australia PM vows 'stable' government after unclear polls
- US bars Taiwan executives from leaving: company
- Pakistan battles economic pain of floods
- Calm in Haiti after Jean candidacy rejected
- Australia faces hung parliament, markets nervous
- China Premier Wen calls for political reform - Xinhua
- Aussie rival leaders wooing independents to form govt
- Risky to delay period cycle during Ramadan, women told
- Malaysian ex-wife of Brunei sultan against author's claim
- Pakistan finally accepts Indian aid
| Qatar tries to build arts heritage Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:58 AM PDT Qatar, this year's Arab Capital of Culture, now has an Islamic Museum of Art, and a National Museum is being built. But are big ambitions and deep pockets enough to create culture?
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| Deadlocked Australia could soon return to polls Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:28 AM PDT SYDNEY, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- Australia's parliament, deadlocked following inconclusive weekend elections, may leave the next government crippled and lead to fresh elections within 18 months, analysts said Sunday.
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| SCENARIOS - Where now for Australia's hung parliament? Posted: 22 Aug 2010 12:12 AM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia is headed for its first hung parliament since World War II after the country's main political parties failed to secure a clear majority in a national election on Saturday.
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| Minor Aussie MPs become unlikely kingmakers Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:48 PM PDT SYDNEY, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- A handful of minority Australian legislators were Sunday thrust into the political limelight as unlikely kingmakers who will decide who runs the country following inconclusive elections.
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| 92% NKEA investment to come from private sector: Ahmad Husni Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:47 PM PDT The private sector, including government linked companies (GLC), are expected to account for 92% of the investment under the National Key Economic Areas (NKEA), second Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah said.
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| Penang police to from special team to probe doa issue Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:46 PM PDT Penang police have set up a special team to investigate the alleged use of the chief minister's name instead of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's in the "doa" (prayer) during the Friday sermon at certain mosques in the state.
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| Brazilian hostage crisis investigated Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:34 PM PDT RIO DE JANEIRO, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- Brazilian authorities probed Sunday the brazen hostage-taking of 35 people at an upscale central Rio de Janeiro hotel following a shootout between a gang and police that left one person dead.
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| Hung parliament to hit Australian markets: analysts Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:33 PM PDT SYDNEY, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- Australia's political deadlock is set to hurt financial markets with the uncertainty expected to send share prices and the local currency lower, analysts said Sunday.
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| Tens of thousands evacuated after floods in China, N.Korea Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:32 PM PDT BEIJING, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- More than 120,000 people have been evacuated in northeast China following serious floods that have already left four dead and forced the relocation of thousands in neighbouring North Korea.
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| Police shoot dead rare leopard in Indonesia Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT JAKARTA, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) - A rare Javan leopard was shot dead by police after it strayed into a village in Indonesia, police said Sunday.
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| Australia PM vows 'stable' government after unclear polls Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:30 PM PDT MELBOURNE, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard Sunday reassured voters she would deliver "stable and effective" government as parties try to cobble a coalition government after inconclusive elections.
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| US bars Taiwan executives from leaving: company Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:28 PM PDT TAIPEI, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- A leading Taiwan flat-screen maker said Sunday its three top executives had been barred from leaving the United States for their alleged role in a price-fixing case.
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| Pakistan battles economic pain of floods Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:27 PM PDT ISLAMABAD, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- Pakistan is courting IMF help to alleviate the threat of economic ruin as enormous floods wipe out farmland and industry, triggering UN warnings that the restive country faces years of pain.
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| Calm in Haiti after Jean candidacy rejected Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:08 PM PDT PORT-AU-PRINCE, Sunday 22 August 2010 (AFP) -- UN peacekeepers patrolled Haitian communities Sunday after electoral officials rejected international hip-hop star Wyclef Jean's candidacy in Haiti's November 28 presidential election.
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| Australia faces hung parliament, markets nervous Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:20 PM PDT MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's two major parties wooed independent lawmakers on Sunday after an inconclusive election left the nation facing its first hung parliament since 1940 and set financial markets up for a sharp sell-off.
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| China Premier Wen calls for political reform - Xinhua Posted: 21 Aug 2010 11:20 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China has to pursue political reform to safeguard its economic health, Premier Wen Jiabao said during a visit to the booming town of Shenzhen, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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| Aussie rival leaders wooing independents to form govt Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:29 PM PDT CANBERRA, Aug 22: After five weeks of intense campaigning Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott are now entering an even more intensive campaign appealing to the three independents and the public for legitimacy and the right to form government.
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| Risky to delay period cycle during Ramadan, women told Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:22 PM PDT TAIF, Aug 22: There is a growing tendency among young women, especially unmarried ones, to take drugs to delay menstrual cycle in the holy month of Ramadan.
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| Malaysian ex-wife of Brunei sultan against author's claim Posted: 21 Aug 2010 09:12 PM PDT SYDNEY, Aug 22: The former Malaysian wife of the Sultan of Brunei has obtained a court injunction stopping distribution of a best-selling book on the murder of Michael McGurk, the Sydney developer, conman and extortionist.
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| Pakistan finally accepts Indian aid Posted: 21 Aug 2010 07:36 AM PDT ISLAMABAD, Aug 21: Islamabad has accepted $5 million in aid from India for flood victims, a rare expression of good will between the feuding neighbors at a time when Pakistan is reeling from one of its worst-ever natural disasters.
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