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 Australia Malaysia Melbourne Photos Politics | Aussie PM to meet Najib | MELBOURNE: Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will make a brief stopover in Kuala Lumpur on Monday to meet his Malaysian counterpart Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. | Malaysian High Commissioner in Ca... (photo: AP / John Stillwell/Pool) The Star | |
Weather eye: El Niño effects ripple out across the world | Much of India has been reeling under a sweltering heat wave that has claimed more than 100 lives as temperatures rose to 46C last week. Water shortages and powercuts made life even more unbearable a... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times India Monsoon Photos Water Weather |
US dollar ekes out gains in thin trade | THE dollar eked out marginal gains on Friday in activity made narrow and illiquid by the close of US financial markets for the long Independence Day weekend. Coming off a broad-based rally on Thursd... (photo: WN / patricia) The Australian Dollar Financial Market Photos Trade |
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Organic meat is winner | FOR Shane and Ann Blundy, making the decision to switch to organic farming 16 years ago was easy. "When I was farming conventionally, the animals kept getting sick," Sh... (photo: Creative Commons / MU) The Australian Animals Farming Meat Organic Photos |
Ute was not a breach of gift rules, says Rudd | KEVIN Rudd last night denied that his acceptance of a utility vehicle provided to him free by a Queensland car dealer might breach a requirement that prevented him from... (photo: AP /Peter O´connor) The Australian Australia Industry Money Photos Political |
Australia edges closer to joining recession Page 1 of 2 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | By Victoria Batchelor | The future is not looking quite so rosy for the Australian economy. Photo / AP | Australia's economy, w... (photo: AP / Rob Griffith) NZ Herald Australia Business Economy Employment Photos |
Rio Tinto sells $24b of shares 4:00AM Saturday Jul 04, 2009 | MELBOURNE: Rio Tinto Group, the world's third-largest mining company, completed this year's second biggest share sale, reducing the high le... (photo: AP Photo) NZ Herald Business Company Market Mining Photos |
Afghan offensives reveal Barack Obama's strategy | US military forces squeezed Taliban strongholds in both Afghanistan and Pakistan yesterday, bringing shape to President Barack Obama's strategy to deal with the fierce ... (photo: AP / Scott Nelson, Pool) The Australian Afghanistan Military Photos Taliban US |
Vladimir Putin in Cold War mindset: Barack Obama | US President Barack Obama has scolded Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin for having an "outdated", Cold War approach to relations with Washington, just days before t... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool)) The Australian Photos President Russia US Washington |
A Subdued Trading Day in Asia and Europe | Asian shares closed mixed and European shares were essentially flat Friday after unemployment reports released the day before reinforced the idea that a recovery was st... (photo: AP / Lai Seng Sin) The New York Times Asia Europe Investment Markets Photos |