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Tributes for Oscar de la Renta, who defined romantic glamour
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» Oscar de la Renta dressed generations of the world's most iconic women, from former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy to lawyer Amal Alamuddin, bride to modern Hollywood royal George Clooney.
Antibiotics may spread animal infection
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - Giving animals antibiotics may make them sicker and could lead some to spread even more salmonella than they would have otherwise, US researchers experimenting on mice said.
CEO of oil giant Total killed in Moscow plane crash
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» The CEO of French oil company Total, Christophe de Margerie died in a plane crash at a Moscow airport after his private jet struck a snow plough on takeoff.
Transgender troops seek end to US military taboo
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WASHINGTON - For Donna Harding, joining the Australian army was a bid to try to suppress what she had known from an early age -- she was a girl trapped in a boy's body.
China economic growth falls to five-year low of 7.3%: govt
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» China's gross domestic product (GDP) expanded in the third quarter at its slowest pace since the depths of the global financial crisis, official data showed Tuesday, but analysts said the world's second-largest economy may have bottomed out.
'I was Patient Zero of cyber-bulling', says Monica Lewinsky
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» NEW YORK - Monica Lewinsky said she was one of the first victims of cyber-bullying, becoming "Patient Zero" after her affair with Bill Clinton, as the former White House intern gave her first speech in 13 years.
Former Australian PM Whitlam dies
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» SYDNEY - Former Australian prime minister Gough Whitlam, a towering figure who led the nation through a period of massive change and remains the country's only leader to be sacked, died Tuesday aged 98.
Australia poised to seize assets of corrupt Chinese: report
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» SYDNEY - Australia is poised to help China seize assets from corrupt officials and assist Beijing in extraditing economic fugitives, a report said Tuesday.
Australia's Shane Watson fit ahead of long summer
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» SYDNEY - Australian allrounder Shane Watson said Tuesday he was over the injury which has sidelined him for months and ready for a long summer schedule, beginning with a Twenty20 series against South Africa.
Ronchi excels as New Zealand all out for 230
AFP, Published on 21/10/2014
» WELLINGTON - Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi's battling 99 spared New Zealand's blushes as the Black Caps scrambled to 230 all out in the first one-day international against South Africa on Tuesday.