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Modern technology finds the lost city of Mahendraparvata
Airborne lasers produced a detailed map of the lost city of Mahendraparvata, including highways and previously undiscovered temples, hidden beneath dense vegetation in Cambodia.
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Soccer, Boy Scouts and other expenses mean parents are spending more money on their children, says study
Activities like drum lessons and extras like graduation gifts all contribute to the fact that the amount of money parents spend on their children has steadily risen since the 1970s, says a new study.
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Opinion After IRS scandal: Right-wing fear of government isn't paranoid
Whatever the motivations for the IRS targeting conservative groups, it has drawn condemnation from across the political spectrum. Liberals also worry the scandal will feed right-wing paranoia of government. But for conservatives, fear of federal agencies is rooted in history, not hysteria.
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China's next leaders aim to launch new economic era (+video)
As the National People's Congress gets under way, expectations are high that China's new leaders will promote economic reform and tackle corruption. But entrenched interests pose a serious obstacle.
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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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Global Viewpoint Will China's Communist Party prove James Madison wrong? Unlikely.
Ruling in China used to be like hammering a nail into wood. Now it is much more like balancing on a slippery egg. Whether the authorities can sustain their present balancing act seems doubtful.
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Obama in Australia: US reasserts Pacific role with eye on rising China
President Obama in Australia today pledged to boost the US military presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The significant strategic shift is popular with regional governments wary of China's rise.
11/17/2011 09:10 am -
Scientists unearth fossil of SUV-sized wombat
Paleontologists have unearthed a nearly complete skeleton of a Diprotodon, a fearsome three-ton wombat that rampaged across Australia some 2.5 million years ago until the arrival of the first humans.
07/06/2011 07:13 pm -
Australia flooding racks up a hefty bill
Economists have estimated the bill from the prolonged floods – the worst to hit Queensland for half a century – at $5.94 billion. But they say the real cost will be known only when the waters recede.
01/10/2011 11:30 am -
Real winner of this year's 'Olympics of Debating'? Host nation, Botswana.
A team from Australia's Monash University won this year's World Universities Debate Championships on Monday night, but the tiny African nation of Botswana chalked up its own victory as host.
01/04/2011 10:23 am -
Terrorism & Security North Korea threatens retaliation for South Korean military drill
North Korea sees South Korea's plans to conduct a live-fire artillery drill this weekend as "needlessly provocative," but the US insists it is normal and necessary.
12/17/2010 08:38 am -
Opinion What Facebook’s pro-rape group says about our culture of sexual assault
It should not come as a shock that university students in Australia thought they could get away with creating a Facebook group that explicitly condoned rape. After all, they live in a culture that implicitly does the very same thing.
01/06/2010 01:35 pm -
Global warming threatens Australia's beach life
Parliamentary report in Australia shows 700,000 coastal homes may be at risk if global warming continues and sea levels rise. Local conflicts are brewing over residents who want to build seawalls and town planners who want to move houses away from Australia's beaches.
12/15/2009 11:06 am -
Better mousetraps: How inventors plan to change football
Working in garages or big labs, hundreds have tried to ‘improve’ the game. Few have succeeded.
01/29/2009 12:00 am -
Bright Green Researchers: CO2 threatening koalas
05/09/2008 01:00 am
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