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Australia under fire for diverting foreign aid
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Aid groups Tuesday attacked Australia's plans to divert hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign aid to help pay for asylum-seekers already in the country, saying it was a blow for the world's poor.
Mind-controlled hand offers hope for the paralysed
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Pentagon-backed scientists announced they had created a robot hand that was the most advanced brain-controlled prosthetic limb ever made.
Scientists solve 3,000-year-old pharaonic whodunit
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» An assassin slit the throat of Egypt's last great pharaoh at the climax of a bitter succession battle, scientists said in a report on a 3,000-year-old royal murder.
Ireland could defer extra austerity until 2015, says IMF
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Ireland should defer additional austerity budgets until 2015 if the bailed-out country misses its economic targets next year, the IMF said.
Revealed: The mystery of Rudolph's nose
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer's snout has been immortalised in movies, books and song.
Starc, Siddle bowl Australia to thrilling Test win
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Pacemen Peter Siddle and Mitchell Starc bowled Australia to victory over Sri Lanka in the first Test in Hobart, claiming six wickets in the final session for a thrilling win.
Six Hyundai Heavy workers kidnapped in Nigeria
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Four expatriates and two Nigerians working for the South Korean construction firm Hyundai Heavy Industries Limited were kidnapped Monday in southern Nigeria, police said.
Ghosts of presidents past haunt South Korea vote
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» South Koreans choose a new leader on Wednesday in an election shadowed by the ghosts of two dead presidents -- the assassinated dictator Park Chung-Hee and the left-wing Roh Moo-Hyun, who took his own life.
AIG raises $6.45 bn in final stake sale of AIA
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Asian insurer AIA said Tuesday that US giant American International Group (AIG) had sold its remaining stake in the firm, raising $6.45 billion and completing an exit that started two years ago.
Murdoch pays tribute to loving late mother
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Tycoon Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday led memorial tributes for his mother, philanthropist Dame Elisabeth Murdoch, saying she had always taught him to understand the impact of his actions on others.