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Victorian government accused of 'ignoring crisis' in accident and emergency...

Nine ambulances backed up at Geelong Hospital on Wednesday, unable to transfer patientsVictoria's accident and emergency system has been accused of acting in disarray, with worsening ambulance response...

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Egypt braced for rival protests

An increasingly polarised Egypt is preparing to mark President Mohamed Morsi's first year in power with rival demonstrationsMatthew WeaverGuardian readers

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Turkish PM's treason claims against BBC reporter chills other journalists

Turkish journalists see Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's attack on presenter for BBC's Turkish service as a warning to them allSelin Gerit, a London-based presenter for BBC's Turkish service, was until last week...

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Bob Carr's comments foreshadow Labor asylum seeker clampdown

Foreign minister says most refugees are actually economic migrants, not genuine refugeesThe Rudd government is strongly suggesting the Australian refugee processing system should not be approving the...

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Eurozone crisis live: Summit continues after youth unemployment deal

EU leaders agree to commit up to €8bn to fight youth unemployment last night, but European Parliament president Martin Schulz admits it won't be enoughGraeme Wearden

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Three-person IVF: UK government backs mitochondrial transfer

Mitochondrial transfer procedure could prevent mothers passing on devastating genetic conditions to their childrenThe government is to push ahead with plans that would allow doctors to prevent major...

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Villawood detainee rioters sentenced to jail time

Judge refuses to excuse men for their actions in 2011 despite 'frustration and perhaps despair'Four men convicted over the Villawood detention centre riots have been sentenced to serve jail time for...

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UK mid-market firms close in on Germany's Mittelstand

South of England now highest-performing region across Europe's four largest economies, GE Capital report findsBritish mid-market firms are close to matching the revenue growth of the famed German...

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Battle between lions and wallabies goes back 98,000 years | Dr Dave Hone

Fossils show that ancient marsupial lions tore apart the wallabies in Australia – roll on SaturdayAs the British and Irish Lions continue to tackle the Wallabies in the current rugby tour, it should be...

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Microsoft joins Google in demanding to disclose FISA requests

Company seeking to correct the impression 'that it provides the United States government with direct access to its servers'Microsoft has joined Google in asking to reveal how many times it has been...

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Brazilian protesters clash with police near Confederations Cup stadium

Around 5,000 protesters in clashes with police near Castelao stadium in Fortaleza where Spain beat Italy in semi-final tieAround 5,000 anti-government protesters clashed with police on Thursday near a...

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Anthony Albanese: the true king-maker behind Rudd's redemption

The new deputy Labor leader is a subtle power broker, but a crucial oneKatharine Murphy

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Boston marathon bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev charged with 30 offences - video

The remaining suspect in the Boston Marathon bomb attack, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has a grand jury indictment against him laying out 30 charges

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Afghanistan's new rich – in pictures

A tiny elite in Afghanistan enjoys a lavish lifestyle, including glittering new apartments, shopping malls and celebrations at luxury wedding halls

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Julia Gillard speeches inspire new verbatim play

The Hansard Monologues, premiering next month, is based on transcripts from Australian parliamentIf Julia Gillard's abrupt ousting by her predecessor and bitter rival Kevin Rudd made Australian...

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Brazil protests: the price of progress | Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Since Dilma Rousseff took office there has been a slowdown, if not a shutdown, of social equality and participatory democracyWith the election of President Dilma Rousseff, Brazil decided to pick up the...

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Japanese TV faces language barrier | Media Monkey

A Japanese viewer has become so incensed with the number of words derived from English sneaking into TV reports that he has decided to sue for "mental distress", the Guardian reports. Hoji Takahashi is...

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US gay rights activists celebrate landmark supreme court rulings - in pictures

Gay rights activists celebrate after the US supreme court delivers landmark rulingsJonny Weeks

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Indians question how far flash-flooding disaster was manmade

Boom in religious tourism and hydroelectric projects may have contributed to disaster in UttarakhandAs India picks up the pieces from the worst-ever flash floods in the Himalayas, the nation is...

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Chinese wind turbine firm charged with stealing US trade secrets

Sinovel Wind Group accused of illegally downloading software from former supplier American SuperconductorChina's largest wind-turbine company has been charged with stealing trade secrets from its...

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