Italys Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi will have to stand trial on charges of paying sex for an underage prostitute. Now under Italian law, sex workers must be aged 18. The prime minister is also accused of abusing the power of his office by interve

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Tens of thousands of protesters have again flooded the streets of Egypts main cities, demanding an end to Hosni Mubaraks rule. The death toll has now passed 100. And the Egyptian military is attempting to assert its authority, but the protesters are

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Thick cloud over central Australia around Ex-Tropical Cyclone Yasi is causing heavy rain and storms. A cloud band across southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria is bringing rain which is easing. A closer look at the states now: Isolated storms

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Thick cloud over the Northern Territory and the Kimberley region of Western Australia as ex-tropical Cyclone Carlos brings heavy showers and thunder. Another trough over WA is causing scattered severe storms. Moving around the states now, in Queensla

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The Australian share market has snapped aseven-day winning streak after unrest in Egypt sent global markets tumbling.The All Ords and the ASX200 closed down nearly three quarters of a per cent. Despite a record annual profit of $14 billion, Rio Tinto

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Tropical Cyclone Carlos is continuing to thrash the Territory's coastline with gale force winds and widespread flooding. Darwin has seen 400 millimetres of rain, which has cut main roads and inundated at least 30 homes. Schools are remaining closed t

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Taking a look at the satellite image now. Cloud over the southeast in a trough is triggering storms. Patchy cloud along Queensland and northen New South Wales is causing showers. Cloud across the north is causing rain and storms with a tropical low c

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Leading the news this morning. Burmas opposition says Aung San Suu Kyi has won a seat in the countrys lower house of parliament. They also claim to have won almost half of the 45 seats in by-elections. International observers say voting appears to ha

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Taking a look at the satellite image.A low is bringing rain,storms and strong winds to Queensland's tropical coast. A trough over the southern Queensland and New South Wales is weakening,which could bring some relief to flood affected areas.Ex-tropic

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And looking at the satellite. Low pressure trough is generating rain in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales Tropical cyclone Iggy contributing to heavy rain and storms among the north west coast of WA. In Queensland,a monsoonal low is ex

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Hi, welcome to CNN Student News. It's Monday. It's Columbus Day. We have more on that coming up. It's a new week of CNN Student News. In the US, we talked about hurricanes. In the Indian Ocean, these storms are called cyclones and parts of India are

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Indonesia's government and military are closing ranks(紧密团结) against Australia's policy to turn back asylum-seeker boats. President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is making it clear (that) his opposition to the policy hasn't changed. It follows re

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1.By part of the agreement on the immigration reform, it looks that way in the senate after members of both parties agreed to a sweeping over haul including a pass for the citizenship for about 11 million illegal immigrates. 2.In Brazil, two members

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Yesterday, some parts of New Zealand east coast had very hot temperatures. This was caused by cyclone Yasi which hit Queensland a few days earlier. It brought very hot weather for the east coast in New Zealand. The east coast of the North and South I

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While this website is concerned about New Zealand news, we are very close to Australia in distance, in economic matters and in culture. The population of New Zealand is just over 4 million but another 500,000 New Zealanders live in Australia. Many of

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By Delia Robertson Johannesburg 11 February 2008 The United Nations has launched an appeal to assist Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe in responding to an ongoing humanitarian crisis caused by heavy seasonal rains that came early with little re

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A low-pressure trough in Western Australia is triggering showers and potentially severe thunderstorms. Remnants of ex-tropical cyclone Dylan are generating widespread showers over southern Queensland. And a monsoon trough is generating thundery showe

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Multiple troughs are generating showers and storms over Western Australia, the southern Northern Territory, inland Queensland and eastern New South Wales, while a front is causing showers in Tasmania. Ex-tropical cyclone Heavy is bringing gusty winds

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Leading the news this morning. Southeast Queensland remains on flood alert as heavy rain continues to fall. One man has drowned and a woman is missing in the floodwaters. Gimpie is preparing for its second flood this year, the Marry River is expected

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Told ABC has confirmed that the government is looking at halving the capital gains tax discount for superannuation funds taking it from 33 to 15 percent. This comes today after the Prime Minister Told Parliament, he was not thinking about increasing

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