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Election 2013: Kevin Rudd to discuss future of navy – politics live blog - as...
The prime minister is in Sydney to talk about Australia's defence and security while Tony Abbott campaigns in Labor heartland of NewcastlePaul OwenKatharine Murphy
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India approves food bill to subsidise grain for the poor
Vote breaks deadlock over programme, which government hopes will fight hunger and malnutrition, and boost the economyThe lower house of the Indian national assembly, the Lok Sabha, has approved a...
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Badger cull begins in Gloucestershire and Somerset amid protests
NFU president says badger cull is 'absolutely necessary' to fight bovine tuberculosis while protesters hit out at 'inhumane' tacticsThe first pilot badger control operations have begun in west...
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Philippines hit by anti-corruption protests
Protesters call on Benigno Aquino's government to abolish 'pork barrel' funds used for legislators' pet projectsTens of thousands of Filipinos angry at official corruption have marched through the...
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Chris Herries becomes first female chair of Co-operatives UK
Co-ops pioneered gender equality within business, but it took 143 years of male leadership before a woman got the top jobThe election of Chris Herries as Co-operatives UK's new chair this summer marks...
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Tony Abbott says work policy good for Indigenous unemployed
The plan, developed with Indigenous leader Noel Pearson, will succeed whether taken up by 500 or 5,000, says CoalitionGabrielle Chan
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Taliban attack Pakistani army camp near Afghan border
Officials say at least one soldier has been killed in South Waziristan tribal areaSecurity officials say Pakistani Taliban fighters have attacked an army camp near the Afghan border, killing at least...
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Kevin Rudd looks to relocate navy to Queensland - video
The Labor leader says moving the navy out of Sydney makes long term economic and strategic sense
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M23 rebels attack Congo troops near Goma
Both sides reportedly suffer heavy casualties and three UN peacekeepers are wounded near Rwandan borderCongolese troops have come under fire from rebels in the country's volatile east as fighting...
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Campaign diary: when two heavily armed warships cross paths ...
Barry O'Farrell gets testy, Clive Palmer twerks it out and Jaimie Abbott denies any relationship to TonyQuote of the dayThe premier of New South Wales, Barry O'Farrell, and the prime minister were like...
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Iran warns west against military action in Syria
Tehran threat comes as John Kerry says US would respond to 'undeniable' use of chemical weapons by Assad regimeIran has warned that foreign military intervention in Syria will result in a conflict that...
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Measles outbreak: 10 cases detected in Victoria in three weeks
Melbourne man linked to four cases in Victoria and one in Queensland; health officials expect more people will be infectedMore people are expected to be diagnosed with measles after 10 cases of the...
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Taliban kill six government workers in Herat
Men who worked for World-Bank-funded programme are shot dead despite efforts at negotiation by governorThe Afghan Taliban have killed six men who worked for a government programme in western Herat, one...
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Yosemite wildfire closes in on San Francisco reservoir
California blaze deposits layers of ash on surface of reservoir supplying city but water samples test cleanA wildfire raging in the north-western part of Yosemite national park was expected to advance...
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Bo Xilai's trial is a smoke screen for the benefit of China's president |...
PR distractions such as liveblogging hide the fact that a single political entity plays the role of enforcer, prosecutor and judgeThe theatrics of China's trial of the year against former mayor of...
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Kevin Rudd's opponent in Griffith: who is Bill Glasson?
Bridie Jabour speaks to the man who – if the polls are correct – may kick Kevin Rudd out of his seat of Griffith on 7 SeptemberBridie Jabour
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Badger cull: environment secretary defends move on 'dark day'
Cull necessary as workable vaccine not ready, says Owen Paterson, amid protests as pilot schemes get under way in Gloucestershire and SomersetTwo pilot culls to kill up to 5,000 badgers in...
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Syria crisis: Labour calls on PM to set out legal reasons for intervention
Shadow foreign secretary says Labour may support government but will not write 'blank cheque'David Cameron has not yet set out enough legal reasons for Britain to take military action in Syria, Labour...
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Syria crisis and California wildfires continue: the best news pictures of the...
The Guardian's award-winning picture team rounds up the most eye-catching images
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Syria: military strike useless, says Clare Short - video
Clare Short , Labour's former international development minister says military intervention in Syria is inevitable but will do little for progress
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