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Mark Zuckerberg weds long-time girlfriend
2 hours 46 min agoFacebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has wed long-time girlfriend Priscilla Chan, announcing the nuptials through a status update on the social networking site.
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Tugs reach bulk carrier adrift near Barrier Reef
3 hours 52 min agoSeveral tug boats have reached a bulk carrier adrift in the Coral Sea near the Great Barrier Reef in far north Queensland.
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Earthquake strikes near Bologna in Italy
4 hours 33 min agoA 5.9-magnitude earthquake has struck near Bologna, Italy, killing at least three people and causing widespread damage
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Gillard calls for clear plan on Afghanistan
5 hours 3 min agoPrime Minister Julia Gillard says she wants a NATO summit in Chicago to provide a clear plan for local forces to take control of security in Afghanistan.
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Bill Shorten joins Insiders
5 hours 29 min agoBill Shorten joins Insiders to talk Craig Thomson, gay marriage, workplace relations and the future of the Labor party.
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Liberal MP investigated over expenses
6 hours 2 min agoThe Victorian Opposition has called for allegations made against a Liberal MP over a taxpayer-funded car to be referred to the police.
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East Timor celebrates independence anniversary
7 hours 47 min agoConcerns remain over East Timor's economic future as the tiny nation celebrates its 10-year anniversary of independence from Indonesia.
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Blind dissident Chen arrives in US
8 hours 33 min agoHigh-profile Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng has arrived in the United States after being flown out of Beijing with his immediate family.
The blind activist, who came to prominence exposing forced abortions in the Chinese countryside, has told reporters he is grateful that the Chinese government had been dealing with "restraint and calm".
Mr Chen was at the centre of a diplomatic crisis between China and the US after he dramatically escaped home detention and fled to the American embassy in the Chinese capital.
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Crowds greet start of London torch relay
8 hours 47 min agoThe Olympic flame was greeted by thousands of cheering spectators as it began its 70-day relay journey around Britain ahead of the 2012 London Games.
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Drogba leads Chelsea to Champions League glory
9 hours 13 min agoDidier Drogba was the hero as Chelsea came from behind to shock Bayern Munich and win the Champions League final in a dramatic penalty shoot-out.
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Italy in shock after deadly school blast
9 hours 36 min agoItalians voiced their anger after an unexplained bombing at a school killed a 16-year-old girl and left five other teens gravely injured.
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Liberal Senator Heffernan accused of assault
9 hours 47 min agoA suspended electorate officer has accused Liberal Senator Bill Heffernan of assaulting him for being gay.
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Spectators killed as rally car hits crowd
10 hours 50 min agoTwo people have been killed and 15 others injured after a rally car ploughed into spectators during a race in southern France.
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Man dead in Sydney stabbing
11 hours 1 min agoA man is dead and a woman is in hospital after a stabbing in Sydney's west.
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World leaders back Greece in bid to end crisis
11 hours 12 min agoUnited States president Barack Obama has hailed progress made in tackling Europe's economic crisis at the end of the Group of Eight summit after world leaders backed keeping Greece in the eurozone.
The summit came down solidly in favour of a push to balance European austerity, but it was clear that divisions remained.
Mr Obama, who has pressed Europe for more growth-boosting measures like those he pursued at home, used his closing statement to remind eurozone leaders that there could be "enormous" costs to the global economy if they failed.
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Car bomb kills nine in eastern Syria
16 hours 47 min agoA car bomb has blown up at a Syrian intelligence post in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, killing up to nine people, activists and state media said.
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Crowded House drummer Jones dies
16 hours 54 min agoCrowded House drummer Peter Jones has died of brain cancer, reports say.
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Pomersbach granted extended bail in India
Sat, 19/05/2012 - 23:14Australian cricketer Luke Pomersbach is granted bail by a New Delhi court following accusations he molested a woman and beat up her fiance.
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Cave, Hillcoat take swipe at war on drugs
Sat, 19/05/2012 - 22:49Musician Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat have taken a swipe at the "failed" war on drugs as they presented their Prohibition-era rural gangster movie Lawless at Cannes.
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Bombers hold off Tigers fight-back
Sat, 19/05/2012 - 22:38Essendon held off a momentous second-half comeback from Richmond to run out 17-point winners in the Indigenous Round's showpiece Dreamtime at the 'G clash on Saturday night.
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