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Church airbrushes out leader’s $30K watch

April 7, 2012
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This photo, posted on the church’s web-site caused a scandal when the site’s editors erased the patriarch’s watch. Photo: AP. Source: Sunday Herald Sun IT could have been an Easter miracle but the mystery of a “disappearing” $30,000 watch from the wrist of the most senior member of the Russian Orthodox Church has actually...
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Borat anthem played by mistake at medals ceremony

March 24, 2012
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(Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s shooting team demanded an apology after a spoof national anthem from the comedy film Borat was played instead of the real one at a medal ceremony in Kuwait, the BBC reported on Friday. The team’s coach told Kazakh media the organisers of the Kuwait tournament had downloaded the parody from the...
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Thatcher snatched Ronald Raegan’s doodle 30 years ago

March 17, 2012
Margaret Thatcher swiped some of Ronald Reagan's drawings at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Picture: AP

NewsCore FORMER British prime minister Margaret Thatcher swiped a page of doodles by then-US president Ronald Reagan at a summit more than 30 years ago, newly released papers revealed. Britain’s only female prime minister to date noticed the US leader sketching during a G7 summit in Canada in 1981 and decided to pocket the...
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Julian Assange announces plan to run for the Australian Senate

March 17, 2012
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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will run for a seat in Australia’s Senate. Source: The Daily Telegraph  WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange plans to run for a seat in the Australian Senate, despite being under house arrest in the United Kingdom, the whistleblower group has tweeted. Wikileaks announced its intentions today, saying the organisation also planned to field...
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George Clooney arrested at Sudan protest

March 17, 2012
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Hollywood movie star George Clooney has been arrested at Sudan’s embassy in Washington at a protest about the escalating emergency in Sudan. The Sudanese government has been blocking humanitarian aid from reaching a volatile border region where hundreds of thousands of people are short of food. Clooney, his father Nick and other activists ignored...
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Row over Church’s Jesus cancer-healing claims

February 28, 2012
A church in New Zealand says Jesus has cured the cancers of some of its flock. Picture: Bob Finlayson

A NEW Zealand church has erected a billboard saying “Jesus heals cancer”, after claiming six of its members had been cured. The large black and red billboard was put up by the Equippers Church in the suburb of Tamatea, in Napier, and has six white lines on it representing each of those who have...
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Aboriginal community Yarrabah crowns new king, the only traditionally-recognised monarch in Australia

December 17, 2011
The coronation: Jabaan is crowned King of Yarrabah. Pictures: Stewart McLean. Source: The Cairns Post

AUSTRALIA’s sole king rules a rich, fertile land of 158 sq km bounded by turquoise seas and white sand beaches dotted with palm trees. Honouring the past, embracing the future, he’s a very 21st century king. Yarrabah’s first monarch for almost 20 years has identified cultural awareness, respect for elders and tackling illegal poaching...
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Penny Wong and Sophie Allouache’s labour of love – their new baby girl Alexandra

December 14, 2011
Family joy ... Penny Wong and partner Sophie Allouache / Pic: David Mariuz

FINANCE Minister Penny Wong has picked up a whole new challenge, but this one had nothing to do with a reshuffle or a budget blowout. Just a week after Ms Wong drove a hard-fought change to the ALP’s platform on gay marriage, her partner Sophie Allouache has given birth to a healthy baby girl....
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Gaddafi’s killing may be war crime: group

October 23, 2011
Gaddafi was dragged through the streets before he was killed. (AAP)

By Hannah Allam Days after the death of Muammar Gaddafi, his corpse has become the subject of a macabre dispute as Libyan interim authorities squabble over where and how to bury him. The deposed dictator’s body remained on display Saturday in a walk-in freezer in the western city of Misrata, drawing hundreds of Libyans...
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Celebrities join protesters as Occupy Wall Street heads into fourth week

October 11, 2011
Hip-hop moguls Russell Simmons and Kanye West took in the sights and sounds of the protests as they strolled through the "Occupy" home-base of Zuccotti Park, in lower Manhattan.

A SLEW of celebrities joined the “Occupy Wall Street” protests in New York today, as the demonstrations continued into their fourth week. Hip-hop moguls Russell Simmons and Kanye West took in the sights and sounds of the protests as they strolled through the “Occupy” home-base of Zuccotti Park, in lower Manhattan. “I just walked...
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