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Australian prime minister chosen at last

The Australian government has been returned after help from two Independent members, Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott.

The pair broke Australia's political deadlock on Tuesday by agreeing to back Julia Gillard, the caretaker prime minister, in a...

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New Obama jobs plan involves multiple infrastructure projects

US president Barack Obama has announced his government will spend billions of dollars to build huge infrastructure projects in the country, to create jobs and boost confidence in the American economy.

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Ground Zero edifice to be built by 2013

New York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in 2013.

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Senior UN official in Eastern Europe to highlight poverty reduction programmes

The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is visiting Montenegro and Moldova to highlight the two countries’ poverty reduction and social development efforts ahead of the UN summit to review global progress towards achieving the...

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