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Rolling Stones' Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sign BMG publishing deal
Duo's share of songs including Jumpin' Jack Flash to be handled by outside music publisher for first time in 40 yearsMick Jagger and Keith Richards have struck a deal with music publisher BMG to...
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Aaron Hernandez handcuffed and taken into police custody
Police confirm New England Patriots star led away from home in handcuffs but no word on whether charges have been laidNFL star Aaron Hernandez was taken from his home in handcuffs Wednesday morning,...
View ArticleEurozone crisis live: Italy denies wrongdoing over derivative contracts
Italian finance ministry insists derivative contracts were above board, after reports that it risks losing around €8bn over debt deals made in the run-up to joining the euroGraeme Wearden
View ArticleTexan Democrats celebrate abortion vote defeat after 10-hour filibuster - video
Campaigners at Texas's senate cheer loudly as the deadline for a vote on a new abortion bill draws near
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North Dakota pro-choice advocates file lawsuit against strict abortion law
Center for Reproductive Rights files third suit against slew of state laws aimed at making the state abortion freeAbortion and reproductive rights advocates filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against...
View ArticleSupreme court overturns Defense of Marriage Act – full court ruling
The US supreme court has ruled the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional, with Justice Kennedy writing the opinion for a 5-4 majority. Read the full ruling here
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Australia censures Japan for 'scientific' whaling
Australia has asked the international court of justice to withdraw all permits for future whale hunts from the Japanese fleetJapan is using scientific research as an excuse to conduct commercial...
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Texas prepares to execute 500th inmate
Kimberly McCarthy to become first woman executed in US since 2010 after all appeals are exhausted in 1997 robbery and murderPrison officials in Huntsville, Texas are preparing the death chamber for the...
View ArticleIs Obama's climate plan enough to 'stop the planet being beyond fixing'?
Barack Obama has laid out his 'climate action plan', but will it be enough to halt the rise in carbon emissions? Leo Hickman, with your help, investigatesLeo Hickman
View ArticleUS supreme court strikes down Defense of Marriage act and rejects Prop 8 – live
Justices to deliver opinions on two major same-sex marriage cases: the Defense of Marriage Act and California's Proposition 8Tom McCarthy
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Surreal battle lines amid chaos of Syria's oilfields
Tribes are supplying oil and gas to both the government and rebels to spare their villages from attack – and make moneyA northern wind had been blowing since early morning, lifting a veil of dust that...
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Filibuster defeats Texas abortion bill
• Wendy Davis stages 11-hour filibuster to block bill• Vote derailed by unruly mob, says lieutenant governorWho is Wendy Davis?A controversial abortion bill, which would have severely restricted access...
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Julia Gillard ousted as Australia prime minister
Julia Gillard confirms she will not contest next parliamentary elections after losing Labor party leadership ballot to Kevin RuddAustralia's first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, has been sacked...
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Why isn't road safety much higher up the development agenda? | Duncan Green
Road traffic kills as many people as malaria, and tobacco and alcohol kill even more – but the collective development gaze skips over deaths that are not from 'exotic' diseasesDeath and injury from...
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Welsh rugby star Craig Mitchell escapes jail over Brisbane brawl
Mitchell fined and ordered to pay compensation for punching a man in bar fight after the Lions' first TestA Wales rugby union international who punched a man in an Australian hotel bar while...
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Viral Video Chart: Barack Obama sings, Doctor Who's Matt Smith thanks fans
Watch the president cover Daft Punk's Get Lucky and the actor pen a farewell note in our rundown of the top online clipsThere's been no shortage of cover versions of Daft Punk's Get Lucky, from this...
View ArticleThe Tinkler question: has Australia's youngest billionaire run out of luck?
Nathan Tinkler, the mine electrician who became a coal entrepreneur, has been stripped of his biggest assetPaddy Manning
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Rudd 2.0 comes out swinging against Coalition and the Greens
Resurrected Kevin says he is determined to get major policy settings right before going to the pollsAt his first full press conference after once again becoming prime minister, Kevin Rudd managed to...
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India floods: a man-made disaster | Praful Bidwai
When the rains came in Uttarakhand, it was runaway building projects, dams and official failures that made them catastrophicThe terrible floods in India's tiny north Himalayan state of Uttarakhand,...
View ArticleKevin Rudd gives first press conference as prime minister - video
In his first policy orientated press conference in Canberra since the leadership spill, Kevin Rudd announces that he is going to continue to support the national improvement plan for Australian...
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