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• Obama in presidential pow-wow SBS

  Obama in presidential pow-wow

  Barack Obama has met with outgoing President George W Bush and all living former presidents at the White House.

  SBS - 35 minutes ago

• Hayden axed from one-day squad SBS

  Hayden axed from one-day squad

  Matthew Hayden won't be in the squads for the Twenty20 and one-day series against South Africa.

  SBS - 35 minutes ago

• Wall Street plunges after heavy job falls ABC News : ...

  Wall Street plunges after heavy job falls

  Stocks on Wall Street plunged overnight after a report showing a bigger-than-anticipated fall in private sector jobs fuelled fears of deeper economic turmoil.

  ABC News : World - 3 hours, 3 minutes ago

• U.S. scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  U.S. scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects (Reuters)

  Reuters - U.S. scientists have found a way to levitate the very smallest objects using the strange forces of quantum mechanics, and said on Wednesday they might use it to ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 3 hours, 39 minutes ago

Published 3 hours ago

• US Budget deficit to exceed $1.6 trillion: Congress ABC News : ...

  US Budget deficit to exceed $1.6 trillion: Congress

  The US Budget deficit will swell to an unprecedented $1.6 trillion this year as the economic recession continues.

  ABC News : World - 3 hours, 50 minutes ago

• Canada deports fleeing US soldier The Brisbane Times ...

  Canada deports fleeing US soldier

  TORONTO - The first woman soldier to flee the US military for Canada to avoid the Iraq war has been ordered deported along with her husband and children.

  The Brisbane Times World Headlines - 4 hours ago

• Putin cuts gas supply to Ukraine ABC News : ...

  Putin cuts gas supply to Ukraine

  Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered state energy company Gazprom to stop all gas supplies to Ukraine.

  ABC News : World - 4 hours, 2 minutes ago

• China's New Year travel rush starts early ABC News : ...

  China's New Year travel rush starts early

  China's annual travel rush over the Lunar New Year has begun early, partly because of the country's economic woes.

  ABC News : World - 4 hours, 9 minutes ago

• Another British retailer goes to the wall ABC News : ...

  Another British retailer goes to the wall

  There have been more casualties of the financial crisis announced in Britain overnight, with one of the country's oldest clothing retailers placed in administration.

  ABC News : World - 4 hours, 15 minutes ago

Published 4 hours ago

• Hearts legend Conn dies (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Hearts legend Conn dies (AFP)

  AFP - Hearts legend Alfie Conn Senior died on Wednesday aged 82.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 4 hours, 36 minutes ago

• Army sorry for 7000 'John Doe' letters News.com.au | World ...

  Army sorry for 7000 'John Doe' letters

  THE US Army has apologised for mistakenly sending letters to 7000 families of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan with the salutation "Dear John Doe".

  News.com.au | World Breaking News - 4 hours, 39 minutes ago

• Wigan poised to sign Colombian striker (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Wigan poised to sign Colombian striker (AFP)

  AFP - Colombian international striker Hugo Rodallega looks set to sign for Premiership side Wigan Athletic and provoke more speculation surrounding the futures of Senegal's Henri Camara and England international ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 5 hours, 4 minutes ago

• Australia may join anti-piracy force Sunshine Coast Daily ...

  Australia may join anti-piracy force

  An Australian warship may be set to join an anti-pirate task force operating in the seas off Somalia.

  Sunshine Coast Daily : World News - 5 hours, 5 minutes ago

• EU hopeful for thaw in Russia gas row LIVENEWS world

  EU hopeful for thaw in Russia gas row

  The European Union has called Russian and Ukrainian officials to crisis talks in Brussels on their gas dispute.

  LIVENEWS world - 7 hours, 2 minutes ago

Published 7 hours ago

• Israel approves tougher war on Hamas LIVENEWS world

  Israel approves tougher war on Hamas

  Top Israeli ministers have approved an even tougher war on Hamas despite warming to a new ceasefire initiative and briefly silencing its guns.

  LIVENEWS world - 7 hours, 6 minutes ago

• England cricket captain confirms resignation: statement (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  England cricket captain confirms resignation: statement (AFP)

  AFP - England cricket captain Kevin Pietersen announced his resignation with immediate effect in a statement on Wednesday.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 7 hours, 32 minutes ago

• Iraq, India, Mexico deadliest for media: report Reuters: International News

  Iraq, India, Mexico deadliest for media: report

  GENEVA (Reuters) - Iraq remained the deadliest country for media workers in 2008, followed by India and Mexico, although the number of deaths was down sharply from the previous year, ...

  Reuters: International News - 7 hours, 52 minutes ago

• China fears recession riots as Europe joblessness grows ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  China fears recession riots as Europe joblessness grows (AFP)

  AFP - A stark warning by state media Wednesday of possible mass unrest in China signalled deepening fears over the global recession, as Europe grappled with more job losses and ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 9 hours, 26 minutes ago

• Ghana swears in opposition leader Mills as president Reuters: International News

  Ghana swears in opposition leader Mills as president

  ACCRA (Reuters) - Ghana swore in opposition leader John Atta Mills as president on Wednesday in a democratic transfer of power that won plaudits from around the world for one ...

  Reuters: International News - 9 hours, 39 minutes ago

Published 10 hours ago

• China urges deferral of Bashir war crimes case ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  China urges deferral of Bashir war crimes case (Reuters)

  Reuters - China, the biggest investor in Sudan, said on Wednesday a war crimes indictment against Sudan's president would have a "disastrous" impact on the Darfur conflict and called for ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 10 hours, 21 minutes ago

• Sri Lanka hits Tigers again with ban, assaults Reuters: International News

  Sri Lanka hits Tigers again with ban, assaults

  COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka hit the Tamil Tigers on Wednesday with a terrorist designation it lifted as part of ill-fated 2002 truce, as soldiers pressured the separatists' last stronghold ...

  Reuters: International News - 10 hours, 37 minutes ago

• Sarkozy hails breakthrough on ceasefire The Sydney Morning ...

  Sarkozy hails breakthrough on ceasefire

  An Israeli delegation will travel to Cairo in the next few days to discuss a Franco-Egyptian plan aimed at ending the assault on Gaza, said a spokesman for Israeli Prime ...

  The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines - 11 hours, 15 minutes ago

• Turkish police detain 40 in coup probe (Reuters) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Turkish police detain 40 in coup probe (Reuters)

  Reuters - Turkish police detained about 40 people including three retired generals on Wednesday, media said, widening an investigation into an alleged plot to topple EU aspirant Turkey's Islamist-rooted AK ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 11 hours, 58 minutes ago

• Australian murdered in home invasion The Sydney Morning ...

  Australian murdered in home invasion

  An Australian businessman is dead after being stabbed at least 20 times during a home invasion in the Philippines province of Iloilo, local media reports.

  The Sydney Morning Herald World Headlines - 15 hours, 11 minutes ago

Published 15 hours ago

• Pietersen resigns as England captain: report (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Pietersen resigns as England captain: report (AFP)

  AFP - Kevin Pietersen has resigned as England captain after his relationship with team coach Peter Moores broke down, Sky News reported on Wednesday.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 15 hours, 56 minutes ago

• India says all options open to dismantle terror ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  India says all options open to dismantle terror groups (Reuters)

  Reuters - India said on Wednesday it would keep all options open to dismantle "terror outfits" after the Mumbai attacks and Pakistan finally confirmed the lone surviving gunman was Pakistani.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 16 hours, 14 minutes ago

• Sudan protesters call for attacks on Westerners: U.S. ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Sudan protesters call for attacks on Westerners: U.S. (Reuters)

  Reuters - Sudanese protesters have called for attacks on Americans and other foreigners living in Khartoum during rallies against the Gaza offensive, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 16 hours, 49 minutes ago

• U.S. says troops kill 32 insurgents in Afghanistan Reuters: International News

  U.S. says troops kill 32 insurgents in Afghanistan

  KABUL (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition forces killed 32 insurgents in fighting that erupted in a village in eastern Afghanistan following a raid on a hideout of bomb makers, the U.S. ...

  Reuters: International News - 17 hours, 30 minutes ago

• Russia-Ukraine gas crisis escalates LIVENEWS world

  Russia-Ukraine gas crisis escalates

  Russia has halted all shipments of its gas bound for European customers that pass through Ukrainian territory, a spokesman for Ukraine's state gas company says.

  LIVENEWS world - 17 hours, 32 minutes ago

Published 18 hours ago

• Pakistani spy chief says no war with India Reuters: International News

  Pakistani spy chief says no war with India

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - The chief of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency has said there will not be a war with India over November's militant attacks on the Indian city ...

  Reuters: International News - 18 hours, 31 minutes ago

• Scientist's singling out of Aust coal industry 'unfair' ABC News : ...

  Scientist's singling out of Aust coal industry 'unfair'

  A mining group says a warning to incoming US President Barack Obama about Australia's coal industry is an unfounded exaggeration.

  ABC News : World - 18 hours, 34 minutes ago

• Cambodians mark 30 years since fall of Pol ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Cambodians mark 30 years since fall of Pol Pot (Reuters)

  Reuters - Thousands of Cambodian survivors of the Khmer Rouge "Killing Fields" marked 30 years Wednesday since the fall of Pol Pot's ultra-Maoist regime, blamed for the deaths of 1.7 ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 18 hours, 49 minutes ago

• South Korea parliament returns to work on reforms ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  South Korea parliament returns to work on reforms (Reuters)

  Reuters - South Korea's parliament discussed a series of bills on Wednesday the ruling party says are needed to steer the country through the global economic crisis, after opposition MPs ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 19 hours, 18 minutes ago

• Bollywood bids Bush goodbye with a parting shot ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Bollywood bids Bush goodbye with a parting shot (Reuters)

  Reuters - Barely two weeks before George W. Bush leaves the White House, Bollywood is ready with a farewell present -- a film that takes pot shots at the outgoing ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 19 hours, 31 minutes ago

Published 19 hours ago

• Chinese net companies apologize for lewd content (Reuters) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Chinese net companies apologize for lewd content (Reuters)

  Reuters - Three Chinese Internet operators have apologized for failing to purge "vulgar" content following a government pledge this week to expose and shut down offending websites.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 19 hours, 54 minutes ago

• Japanese emperor marks 20th anniversary of reign (AFP) Yahoo! News: World ...

  Japanese emperor marks 20th anniversary of reign (AFP)

  AFP - Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko have commemorated the 20th anniversary of their reign by visiting the tomb of war-time Emperor Hirohito.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 20 hours, 1 minute ago

• Mitsubishi Motors eyeing 900 more job cuts: report ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Mitsubishi Motors eyeing 900 more job cuts: report (AFP)

  AFP - Mitsubishi Motors is preparing to cut some 900 more jobs as Japanese automakers downsize to cope with a slump in demand for cars, media reports said Wednesday.

  Yahoo! News: World News - 20 hours, 2 minutes ago

• Japan marks anniversary of wartime emperor's death Reuters: International News

  Japan marks anniversary of wartime emperor's death

  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's imperial family Wednesday attended a somber ceremony to mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Emperor Hirohito, who was seen in the West as a ...

  Reuters: International News - 20 hours, 53 minutes ago

• Desperate China grads vie for dwindling nanny jobs ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  Desperate China grads vie for dwindling nanny jobs (Reuters)

  Reuters - Desperate Chinese graduates, facing grim job prospects amid slowing economic growth, are clamoring to find posts as nannies and domestic helpers for the rich in one southern province, ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 21 hours, 19 minutes ago

Published 23 hours ago

• North Korea says to elect MPs in government ... Yahoo! News: World ...

  North Korea says to elect MPs in government shake-up (Reuters)

  Reuters - Communist North Korea announced on Wednesday it will elect new delegates to its rubber stamp parliament in March, marking another step in a leadership shakeup that has already ...

  Yahoo! News: World News - 23 hours, 55 minutes ago