SYDNEY (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Australia PPI inflation bolsters rate-cut odds MarketWatch By James Glynn SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Australian wholesale prices recorded their biggest quarterly fall since late 2009 in the first quarter of 2012, increasing bets that the Reserve Bank of Australia will cut interest rates next week. See all stories on this topic »

Deans names new Wallabies assistant coaches SI.com SYDNEY (AP) -Australia rugby coach Robbie Deans has made three new appointments to his coaching staff ahead of mid year tests against Scotland and after the cleanout that followed last year's World Cup failure. Tony McGahan, who succeeded Ireland coach ... See all stories on this topic »

FRANCE Election News, Apr 23, 2012

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Sarkozy faces runoff in France elections Fox News April 23: French President and UMP party candidate for the elections Nicolas Sarkozy arrives at his campaign headquarters the morning after the first round of voting in Paris.AP PARIS – Francois Hollande charged back into campaign mode Monday with ... See all stories on this topic »

NARUPAI ISLAND (Hom Island, Australia) Info, Apr 23, 2012

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DARWIN (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Crocodile-fighting Australian town hits gas-fueled economic fast lane Chicago Daily Herald This is the new face of Darwin, a transformation from the capital of Australia'shardest-drinking region, where a crocodile is caught almost every day, into a boomtown enriched by gas and bolstered by its location between the Pacific and Indian Oceans, ... See all stories on this topic »

Josh Waters Wins Both Australian Superbike Races At Hidden Valley RoadracingWorld.com The QBE Australian Superbike Championship returns to the track in a fortnight alongside the V8 Supercars at Perth's Barbagallo Raceway. AUSTRALIAN SUPERBIKE C'SHIP at Hidden Valley Raceway, Darwin. Rd 2. Race 1: Superbike: J Waters (Suzuki) 1, ... See all stories on this topic »

ADELAIDE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Apollo confirms new iron mineralisation at Australian prospect Energy Business Review Apollo Minerals has discovered iron mineralization at the Sequoia East anomaly in South Australia following assay results from Amdel Adelaide's mineral laboratory. The assays confirm significant proportion of higher grade intersections at Sequoia East ... See all stories on this topic »

Australian Market Trades Weak NASDAQ Among bank stocks, ANZ Bank, Commonwealth Bank of Australia and Westpac are up marginally, while National Australia Bank is down 0.3 percent from its previous closing price. Bendigo & Adelaide Bank is up 0.3 percent, while Bank of Queensland is trading ... See all stories on this topic »

BRISBANE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Deal of the week: Hines sees opportunities Down Under Houston Chronicle By Katherine Feser Hines Global REIT has acquired 144 Montague inBrisbane, Queensland, Australia. Real estate page 04/23/2012 -- deal of the week -- / HC Houston-based Hines has expanded into Australia with the purchase of its first office building ... See all stories on this topic »

Roar win consecutive finals on late disputed goal SI.com BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -Albanian striker Besart Berisha's second goal of the match on a heavily disputed penalty after seven minutes of added time gave the Brisbane Roar their second straight A-League football title on Sunday, a 2-1 win over the ... See all stories on this topic »

PERTH (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Roar win consecutive finals on late disputed goal SI.com ... Australia (AP) -Albanian striker Besart Berisha's second goal of the match on a heavily disputed penalty after seven minutes of added time gave the Brisbane Roar their second straight A-League football title on Sunday, a 2-1 win over the Perth ... See all stories on this topic »

MELBOURNE (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Australia's Biota, Nabi to merge, to list on Nasda MarketWatch MELBOURNE -(MarketWatch)- Australian drug development company Biota Holdings Ltd. BTA.AU said Monday it plans to merge with Nabi Biopharmaceuticals NABI to form a combined company to be listed on Nasdaq. Biota said in a statement the move to the US was ... See all stories on this topic »

Australia's Biota to take over US drug maker Nabi Reuters | MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian flu drug maker Biota Holdings (BTA.AX) has agreed to take over US firm Nabi Biopharmaceuticals (NABI.O) to create a $258 million group and move to the United States, where investors value biotech research more highly ... See all stories on this topic »

CANBERRA (Australia) News, Apr 23, 2012

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Struck by Canberra's mining curveballs Business Spectator One of the risks Australia faces is that in Canberra, those who make decisions do not always read such books. Mining unions are not interested. The prices of Australia's major minerals, such as iron ore, coal, gas etc. have risen well above the ... See all stories on this topic »

Much for Pocock to like in Canberra The Australian Whether that means Pocock is serious about joining them is unclear, but he did consider making the move to Canberra when he was last out of contract. All indications suggest Pocock will remain at the Western Force, particularly after the departure of ... See all stories on this topic »

LATEST World News, Apr 22, 2012

Dockwise Ltd : Q1 2012: Progress on strategic targets, record backlog extended ... MarketWatch (press release) Breda, Norway, Apr 22, 2012 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Breda, the Netherlands, 22 April 2012, DOCKWISE Ltd. today publishes results for the three month period ended 31 March 2012. - Cash flow generated from operating activities of USD 35 ... See all stories on this topic »

FASHION Models News, Apr 22, 2012

Earth Day 2012: Fashion's Most Eco-Friendly Models & Designers (PHOTOS) Huffington Post So of course we turned to fashion, where there's no shortage of eco-loving designers and models to go around. From Gisele and Angela to Calvin and Stella, these sustainable style icons constantly remind us that being green is one of the most stylish ... See all stories on this topic »

Thunder Brunch & Fashion Show scholarship drive benefits NAACP Indianapolis Star 8:47 pm A model shows off her beach style during the Thunder Brunch &Fashion Show on Saturday in Clarksville, Ind. About 150 attended. / Jenna Esarey/Special to The Courier-Journal Models strutted their stuff on the catwalk at the first Thunder Brunch ... See all stories on this topic »

SYRIA News, Apr 22, 2012

Syrian Troops Reportedly Attack Damascus Suburb Voice of America April 22, 2012 Syrian Troops Reportedly Attack Damascus Suburb VOA NewsSyrian activists say government soldiers backed by tanks have killed three people near Damascus, even as international envoy Kofi Annan called the UN Security Council's decision to ... See all stories on this topic »

Violence persists in Syria as Annan urges truce compliance Reuters By Dominic Evans | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian soldiers stormed a town east of Damascus on Sunday and rebels bombed a military convoy in the north of the country as international mediator Kofi Annan urged both sides to work with an expanded team of UN ... See all stories on this topic »

NETHERLANDS Train Crash News, Apr 22, 2012

Netherlands Train Crash: Woman Dies Of Injuries After Dutch Train Accident Huffington Post (FRANK VAN BEEK/AFP/Getty Images) AMSTERDAM -- A woman died Sunday of injuries a day after two trains collided head-on in Amsterdam – acrash a top rail official described as one of the worst train disasters in theNetherlands' recent history. See all stories on this topic »

Amsterdam Train Crash Under Investigation Wall Street Journal Amsterdam Mayor Eberhard van der Laan says 16 other people seriously injured in the crash remain hospitalized. A top rail official has described the collision as one of the worst train crashes in the Netherlands' recent history. See all stories on this topic »

FRANCE Election News, Apr 22, 2012

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French election rivals in final race for workers Reuters PARIS (Reuters) - Socialist presidential frontrunner Francois Hollande appealed to French voters to throw out conservative Nicolas Sarkozy and shun the far right in a final push for working-class votes before Sunday's first round of the election. See all stories on this topic »

France's Sarkozy fights to keep job as voters go to polls CNN Paris (CNN) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy cast his ballot Sunday in the country's presidential elections as he fought to keep his job in the face of challenges from nine other candidates. Sarkozy voted with his wife Carla Bruni in Paris. See all stories on this topic »

UNITED KINGDOM News, Apr 22, 2012

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Murdoch to be quizzed on his UK political sway San Francisco Chronicle (04-22) 05:36 PDT LONDON, United Kingdom (AP) -- He was long considered one of the most important power brokers in British politics. Now, with his influence shriveled by Britain's phone hacking scandal, media mogul Rupert Murdoch is returning to the UK ... See all stories on this topic »

TECHNOLOGY News, Apr 22, 2012

Groupware Technology Wins Cisco West Area Breakaway Partner of the Year Award... Seattle Post Intelligencer Cisco awards Groupware Technology the West Area Breakaway Partner of the Year award at the 2012 Cisco Partner Summit. Cisco unveiled the winners April 17th at its annual channel partner conference in San Diego, Calif. Groupware Technology, Inc. See all stories on this topic »

PaR Systems Acquires Marine Systems Technology Ltd. in the United Kingdom Seattle Post Intelligencer PaR Systems, Inc. announces the purchase of Marine Systems TechnologyLtd., a leading expert in lightweight composites, fire protection and composite engineering, and affiliated company MST Engineering Ltd., designers and manufacturers of marine doors, ... See all stories on this topic »

SCIENCE News, Studies, Research, Technology, Apr 22, 2012

Girls study eels in Furnace Brook, join citizen scientists who contribute ... The Journal News | LoHud.com Janis L. Dickinson, a professor and director of citizen science at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, and Rick Bonney, the lab's director of program development, describe citizen science as “public participation in organizedresearch efforts” in their ... See all stories on this topic »

George Cowan, nuclear scientist on Manhattan Project, dies at 92 Washington Post Recognizing a need for research that cut across traditional scientificdisciplines, he was the founding president in the 1980s of the Santa Fe Institute. The institute called him “a central figure in the history of transdisciplinary science. See all stories on this topic »

RUSSIA News, Apr 22, 2012

US hunts for exports in Russian auto parts market Reuters A top US Commerce Department official, beginning on Monday, will lead 13 auto parts and service companies on a trade mission to Moscow, Samara and St. Petersburg in search of new sales. Fender and gasket manufacturers are jointing companies that offer ... See all stories on this topic »

Civic Groups Defending Urban Environments The Moscow Times More than half of Russia's urban population (58 percent on average) is afflicted by polluted air. In the two largest cities, Moscow and St. Petersburg, this number reaches 100 percent. According to a report published by the Natural Resources and ... See all stories on this topic »

RECREATION, Leisure News, Apr 22, 2012

Azovstal ADR expand opportunities for leisure and health promotion SteelGuru In order to develop and improve leisure and health promotion conditions for metallurgist children, the enterprise transferred Children Recreation Center Severny to the specialized enterprise LLC Zdravitsa Plyus incorporated into Metinvest Group. See all stories on this topic »

Military Rec: Volunteers needed for Army 10-Miler Fayetteville Observer Sign up in person at Leisure Travel Services or online at fortbraggmwr.com/sports. Registration is $15 per runner through May 30 and $20 thereafter. The top five men and top five women will have the opportunity to represent Fort Bragg at the Army ... See all stories on this topic »

PHILOSOPHY News, Apr 22, 2012

Philosophy 1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed Atlanta Journal Constitution By HOPE YEN AP WASHINGTON — The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. In this photo taken Thursday, April 19, 2012, Kelman Edwards Jr., working out at an apartment complex gym near the campus of Middle Tennessee State ... See all stories on this topic » Atlanta Journal Constitution

One in two new college graduates are jobless or underemployed San Jose Mercury News By Hope Yen AP WASHINGTON -- The college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work. A weak labor market already has left half of young college graduates either jobless or underemployed in positions that don't fully use their skills ... See all stories on this topic »

OCEANIA News, Apr 22, 2012

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Rising confidence to drive takeover surge The Australian Mr Browning, who runs the firm's transaction advisory services for the Oceaniaregion, said the improvement in confidence was most likely the result of the stabilisation of Europe's immediate debt problems and the emergence of positive economic data ... See all stories on this topic »

Al Habsi: Olympics would be huge for us Fifa.com Africa, east Asia, Oceania and North America have all provided a significant presence in the major leagues for well over a decade now. But the Middle East remains largely uncharted territory for English clubs. Al Habsi is a lone presence in the Premier ... See all stories on this topic »