| Fri, 27 Jan 2012 US envoy going to Russia to discuss North Korea SHARE | AND | DISCUSSTweet WASHINGTON: The US special envoy for North Korea travels to Russia next week for consultations on the North's nuclear program. | The State Department said on Friday that Glyn Davies will meet Russian deputy foreign minister Igor Morgulov and a... | Police arrest two men in Fairfield following a spate of Sydney's wild west shootings | TWO men have been arrested after police seized a number of firearms from a Fairfield home following a recent spate of Sydney's wild west shootings. | Last night, police from Operation Spartan and South West Metropolitan Region attended an address in Fairfield Str... | In Australia today, the end of agony and that of an era | Through the 101 minutes that VVS Laxman spent at the crease on day 4 at the Adelaide Oval, he would have found it difficult to escape a certain sinking feeling. India had the best part of five sessions to play out after Australia set them a ridiculous target of 500. H... | The spear of confrontation pays nation another visit | IN 1790, Bennelong, the Sydney-born Aboriginal friend to the colonisers, was present when Governor Arthur Phillip was speared at Manly Cove, demonstrating how much relations between the two peoples had soured. | It has been a while since Australia has been confronted ... | Whales and the why - a puzzle since Pliny's day | Why do whales beach and why do humans care so much? And why do marine mammals do it in large groups, at opposite ends of the Earth at the same time? This week, 80 pilot whales were shot in New Zealand after being rescued from a stranding, refloated and promptly restra... | Shared values shine through the dark side of politics | THE violent demonstration near Canberra's Aboriginal tent embassy on Australia Day was confronting political ugliness. What made it so dramatic was the image of a Prime Minister - who tripped and lost a shoe - being literally dragged to safety by her security guard, w... | Xander Group founder Siddharth Yog gifts $11 million to Harvard Business School NEW DELHI: On the 11th day of the 11th month of 2011 at 11.11 am, Siddharth Yog gifted $11 million as 'guru dakshina' to his professor Arthur I Segel at the Harvard Business School, his alma mater. He added a dollar to that amount as 'shagun', or a token for good luck. ... | Waikato truck smash victim named | Police have released the name of a woman killed when the car she was driving was hit by a truck at Eureka, near Hamilton, on Wednesday. | She was Velma Vivienne McNally, 68. | Police said it appeared her Ford Territory pulled out into the path of the eastbound truck a... | Man allegedly had child porn on his mobile phone in south-west Sydney | A MAN, who allegedly had child porn on his mobile phone, will appear in court today in south-west Sydney after he was charged yesterday. | About 8.15pm, police were conducting patrols in a park on Downes Street at Belfield. | Officers spoke to a man after they alleged... | South Korea allows aid to North | South Korea has allowed members of a private group to accompany aid to North Korea for the first time since leader Kim Jong Il died last month. | Associated Press video from the border city of Paju showed a column of trucks transporting 180 tonnes of flour across the ... | | |
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