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...
View ArticleEgypt 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
View ArticleTurkish 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...
View ArticleBob 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...
View ArticleEurozone 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
View ArticleThree-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...
View ArticleVillawood 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...
View ArticleUK 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...
View ArticleBattle 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...
View ArticleMicrosoft 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...
View ArticleBrazilian 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...
View ArticleAnthony Albanese: the true king-maker behind Rudd's redemption
The new deputy Labor leader is a subtle power broker, but a crucial oneKatharine Murphy
View ArticleBoston 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
View ArticleAfghanistan'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
View ArticleJulia 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...
View ArticleBrazil 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...
View ArticleJapanese 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...
View ArticleUS gay rights activists celebrate landmark supreme court rulings - in pictures
Gay rights activists celebrate after the US supreme court delivers landmark rulingsJonny Weeks
View ArticleIndians 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...
View ArticleChinese 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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