| Australian PM calls party vote as challenger rises
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AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard put her job on the line Thursday, announcing a leadership ballot in hopes of quashing a comeback by the premier she ousted in a Labor Party coup. But Kevin Rudd's supporters said that even if Gillard survives Monday's vote, the turmoil surrounding her unpopular government will continue until she is out. |
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| Australian PM calls party leadership ballot
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AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is announcing that her party will vote next week on its leadership. |
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| Australia PM battle looms after foreign minister quits
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Reuters - Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd resigned on Wednesday, saying he could no longer work with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, igniting a new and bitter leadership crisis for the struggling minority government. |
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| New Zealanders gather to remember earthquake dead
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AP - More than 10,000 New Zealanders stood in silence, some in tears, at a Christchurch park Wednesday while police officers and firefighters read out the names of all 185 people who died in a devastating earthquake one year ago. |
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| Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom released on bail
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AP - Kim Dotcom, founder of the website Megaupload, has been released from jail in New Zealand after being granted bail. |
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| Lesbians, gays lobby Australian PM over dinner
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AP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard, an opponent of same-sex marriage, hosted a dinner for two lesbian couples and a pair of gay men Tuesday after an Australian activist group won a charity auction. |
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| Christchurch still 'safe haven' for quake survivor
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 AP - Jane Taylor was managing a women's clothing store in downtown Christchurch a year ago when the earthquake struck. She was dug from the rubble within minutes with horrific injuries — her vertebrae were crushed, her skull was fractured and her pelvis smashed.
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| Australia asks again: Did a dingo kill the baby?
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 AP - The growl came first, low and throaty, piercing the darkness that had fallen across the remote Australian desert. A baby's cry followed, then abruptly went silent. Inside the tent, the infant girl had vanished. Outside, her mother was screaming: "The dingo's got my baby!"
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| Australian PM Gillard defiant under pressure over leadership
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Reuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard insisted on Sunday she was the right person to lead the country, dismissing as "gossip" talk of a possible leadership challenge from within her party after months of poor polls. |
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| Muslim group boss: No Syria military intervention
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AP - The international community must rule out military intervention as a solution to the Syrian crisis, the leader of a global Islamic group said Wednesday. |
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| Australian man fined for mooning Queen Elizabeth
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AP - A Sydney man has been fined 750 Australian dollars ($800) for mooning Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, during a royal visit to Australia. |
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| Govt: Health scare on New Zealand flight just flu
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AP - A health scare on a flight from Japan to New Zealand appears to be nothing more serious than a seasonal outbreak of influenza. |
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