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Gambling Robin Hood to the rescue

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:02:00 +0000

When Kurt and Megan Kegler’s phone rang at their mobile home outside Detroit, the future looked grim.

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Gambling Robin Hood to the rescue

Berlin’s Jewish cemetery gets new lease of life

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:01:53 +0000

The giant Weissensee cemetery is getting a facelift, thanks to €1 million ($A1.63 million) each from the federal and Berlin governments.

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Berlin’s Jewish cemetery gets new lease of life

Europe 2009: excesses of a few in the name of many

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 14:01:48 +0000

Outrageous political rorts, sexual scandals and general bad behaviour have become a European trend.

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Israeli operations kill six in West Bank, Gaza

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:38:24 +0000

Israeli troops killed six Palestinians on Saturday in two separate operations, including a raid in the West Bank targeting members of president Mahmud Abbas’s Fatah party.

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Israeli operations kill six in West Bank, Gaza

Croatia to elect president amid economic crisis

Sat, 26 Dec 2009 11:38:20 +0000

Croatians go to the polls Sunday amid a deepening economic crisis and concerns over high-level corruption to elect a president to steer the Balkans country into the European Union.

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Obama getting Christmas ‘sports stuff’

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:25:39 +0000

US President Barack Obama is getting “sports stuff” for Christmas.

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Obama getting Christmas ‘sports stuff’

American flight overran runway in Jamaica: airline

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:25:36 +0000

The American Airlines flight that crashed in Jamaica with 148 passengers and six crew members on board “overran the runway on landing,” an airline spokesman said.

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American flight overran runway in Jamaica: airline

Tsunami-hit Samoans face bleak Christmas

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:25:33 +0000

Even in deeply Christian Samoa, Christmas promises little joy for the thousands trying to rebuild their lives after September’s devastating tsunami.

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Tsunami-hit Samoans face bleak Christmas

Coastal dwellers ‘may forget tsunami’

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:25:29 +0000

Five years on from the tsunami that battered Asia’s shores, experts fear a new generation of coastal dwellers will be ill-prepared to face another giant wave.

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Leading China dissident tried, verdict due Friday

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:25:25 +0000

Leading Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo went on trial on subversion charges Wednesday, in a case criticised by the United States, the European Union and rights groups as politically motivated.

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Leading China dissident tried, verdict due Friday