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Could the US learn from Australia's gun-control laws?
As the US debates its gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn., shooting, some Australians are urging the US to consider modeling its laws after Australia's.
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'Act of Killing': In small screenings, by word of mouth, Indonesians learn of dark past
The new film 'The Act of Killing' recounts the slaughter in Indonesia of up to 2 million people following an attempted coup in 1965. Filmmakers are showing it in small venues to dodge potential censorship.
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Antarctica started warming 600 years ago, study finds
Centuries before fossil fuel emissions began warming the globe, Antarctica was heating up, indicates a new research published in Nature.
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Terrorism & Security
Days after woman executed, Karzai asks Taliban to enter politicsAfghanistan's President Karzai encouraged the Taliban to disarm and join the political process. His police, meanwhile, have been blaming the group for the public execution of a woman.
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Australian rock art among world's oldest
An archaeologist has discovered charcoal drawings that are 28,000 years old, making them the oldest in Australia and among the oldest in the world.
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China's standoff with the Philippines heats up with travel warnings, oil drilling
Analysts say the oil-rich waters around Scarborough Shoal and the Paracels are but one factor in the increasingly prickly relations between China and the Philippines.
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Indonesia's Aceh struggles to integrate former rebels fairly
As Indonesia's Aceh Province works to rebuild from decades of bloody battle - and a devastating tsunami - many analysts say feelings of injustice could wedge a new community divide.
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Australia's first female prime minister keeps her job, for now
Some analysts believe that sexism is at least partly to blame for the difficulties Australia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, has had to battle while in office.
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Men not on verge of extinction, report scientists
A new study suggests that the Y chromosome, previously thought to be evolving into oblivion, will persist.
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After sodomy acquittal, Malaysia's Anwar pressing for power
In an unexpected conclusion to a two-year trial, a Malaysian court acquitted opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on sodomy charges that he insisted were politically motivated.
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Discovery that universe is expanding faster and faster earns physics Nobel
Three astronomers will share the Nobel prize in physics, for their finding that the universe's post-Big Bang expansion is neither slowing nor retreating, but is speeding up.
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Terrorism & Security
Karzai visits rival India amid tensions with PakistanAfghan President Karzai arrives in India today to discuss economic and security partnerships amid a recent volley of Afghan accusations against Pakistan, India's longtime foe.
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Why Australia just toughened its tough immigration stance
Riots at Australia’s immigration detention centers have pushed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s government to take new measures on asylum-seekers. But critics say they don't target the fundamental reasons for the unrest.
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Could Indonesia's democracy be Egypt's model?
Abu Bakar Bashir's trial demonstrates the struggles Indonesia faces a decade after transitioning from authoritarian rule to the world's largest Muslim democracy.
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US-sized Cyclone Yasi could cost Australia more than $2 billion
Cyclone Yasi flattened properties, overturned luxury yachts, and ripped up plantations. Australia's climate change adviser warns of more such storms to come.
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Obama's Asia visit: Do free trade deals really boost economies?
President Obama hopes to ink a US-South Korea free trade agreement Thursday. Trade deals among Asian countries are all the rage, but some say they may not have much impact.
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Afghanistan election: Why the next parliament won't check Karzai's power
The results of Saturday's Afghanistan election aren't expected for days, but because the parliamentary candidates ran as individuals, not as party members, they are unlikely to unite in opposition to President Hamid Karzai.
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Afghanistan election: How to campaign in a war zone
Parliamentary candidates in the Afghanistan election to be held Saturday say the only way to campaign safely is by telephone.
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Julia Gillard wins enough support to rule
Julia Gillard barely retained power on Tuesday when the last two independent legislators ended a tense 17-day standoff and agreed to join her government.
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Australia's Julia Gillard forms new government on shaky ground
Australia's Julia Gillard barely squeaked into power. But her slim majority means that passing any legislation will be tricky.
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Australia election conundrum: Who won?
Australia’s election is set to result in the first hung parliament for 70 years after all the counting in several closely fought seats concludes later this week. The two major parties are in talks with smaller parties.
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Australian election is set to be closest in decades
Australian election analysts are forecasting the closest contest in decades, and say 'grumpy' voters may produce Australia’s first hung parliament since 1940.
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Julia Gillard, Australia's new prime minister reassures Obama on Afghanistan
Julia Gillard said she used her first telephone conversation with President Barack Obama on Friday to reassure him of the country's military commitment to Afghanistan.
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Liquid water may not be enough for alien life to survive
Scientists try to understand what other factors may promote life.
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Rio Tinto employees sentenced to jail in China, then fired
Rio Tinto quickly distanced itself from Stern Hu and three colleagues on Monday after a court in China sentenced them to 7-14 years in jail for bribery and stealing commercial secrets. The Anglo-Australian mining giant vowed to continue building its ‘important relationship’ with China.
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