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270 votes to win: The quirky US White House race
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» In a quirk of the US system, American voters do not directly elect the president and vice president. Technically speaking, they pick "electors" in an Electoral College.
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Deans may not risk Pocock against French
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Outstanding Australian backrow forward David Pocock may miss out on Saturday's test match with France because coach Robbie Deans wants to give him more time to recover from a knee operation, a source in the Australian camp said Tuesday.
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Australia PM demands Pakistan probe sheep slaughter
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Tuesday demanded that Pakistan investigate and explain the brutal killing of 21,000 Australian sheep in Karachi, a slaughter officials have described as appalling.
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Spain's constitutional court upholds gay marriage law
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Spain's constitutional court Tuesday upheld a 2005 gay marriage law, throwing out a long-standing appeal by the now-ruling Popular Party.
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Hello Cleveland! Power trio hit up Ohio on election day
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Incumbent Barack Obama is laying low in hometown Chicago on election day Tuesday, but the three other protagonists in the presidential election have all converged on the same city: Cleveland, Ohio.
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Sri Lanka win as Dilshan upstages Watling
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Tillakaratne Dilshan smashed an unbeaten 102 to power Sri Lanka to a seven-wicket win over New Zealand in the third one-day international in Pallekele on Tuesday.
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Ohio voters feel the weight of their ballot
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» Voters in Ohio felt like kingmakers Tuesday as the toss-up race for the White House looked set to be decided in their battleground state.
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France embraces shock therapy for ailing economy
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» France unveiled Tuesday tax breaks for businesses worth up to 20 billion euros a year in a bid to address the flagging competitiveness at the heart of the country's economic malaise.
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Rarest whale spied in NZealand
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» The world's rarest whale -- previously known only through bones -- has been spotted in New Zealand where a mother and her male calf were examined, Current Biology reports.
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Doubts over UN Haqqani sanctions
AFP, Published on 07/11/2012
» The Haqqani militant network has become one of the greatest threats to US forces in Afghanistan, but there are doubts American and UN efforts to restrict it through sanctions will have much impact.
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