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Australia’s ‘Mad Monk’ deals blow to eco-campaign
THE new leader of Australia s opposition, Tony Abbott, was celebrating two by-election victories over the Greens yesterday after proclaiming his doubts about climate change.

Pooch platoon gives traumatised troops new life
WHEN John Landry takes his romanian sheepdogs for a walk along the boardwalk of Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, everyone stops to look.

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Openly lesbian bishop elected
Los Angeles’ Episcopal Diocese elected an openly lesbian priest as assistant bishop yesterday in a move likely to stoke more tensions in the global Anglican community over the divisive issue of gay clergy.

Iran s students prepare for battle as regime imposes Students Day crackdown
December 7 is traditionally the date when the Iranian Government stages rallies to commemorate the deaths of three student demonstrators killed by the Shah s security forces in 1953. The tables have now turned. Today the security forces will attempt to crush student demonstrations against its own brutality and repression.

Obama to attend end of climate summit
US president Barack Obama will attend the end of the Copenhagen climate change summit in a late change of plan the White House attributed yesterday to growing momentum toward a new global accord.

US army shooter faces more charges
The US army today filed additional charges for attempted murder against a military psychiatrist accused of killing 13 people in a shooting spree at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas in November.

Guinea on edge after foiled assassination
Guinea’s capital was on edge today following a botched assassination attempt on the head of the ruling junta, with residents bracing for further violence between out-of-control army factions.

‘Radio Rancid’ is scourge of Barack Obama
Many authors adorn the covers of their books with flattering recommendations from notable reviewers. Not Glenn Beck, whose latest bestselling diatribe, Arguing With Idiots, proudly sports a range of slurs from some of the many critics of his right-wing radio chat show.

Two peacekeepers shot dead in Darfur
Two Rwandan peacekeepers were shot dead and three wounded in an ambush by unidentified gunmen near a market in Sudan’s Darfur region today, the peacekeeping force said.

UK scientists in climate change row
Claims that scientists at a British university manipulated global warming data to support a theory of man-made climate change will be investigated by a United Nations panel, its chairmansaid today.

Dog kills boy (4) in Liverpool
A four-year-old boy has died after being attacked by a pit bull terrier in Liverpool.

Afghanistan: Get set for surge in bloody battles
Jan Mohammad, a bus driver on Highway One, the notoriously dangerous Kabul-to-Kandahar road, found out about Barack Obama s plan to send more troops to Afghanistan when a fight broke out in the back of his bus on Thursday.

Roman Polanski is released on bail to his home in Gstaad
While Switzerland decides a U.S. extradition request, the director has to remain in his chalet at all times, wearing an electronic anklet. Residents of the tony resort are unfazed by the media swarm.

It’d be hard to find an isolation as splendid as this one.

Peru suspends policeman over ‘fat lies’
Peru suspended its top organized crime investigator today after he misled the country by saying he had caught a gang of serial killers who acted out an ancient Andean legend and sold their victims’ fat.

EU bogeyman baffled by City fury
The Frenchman who has emerged as Britain s favourite bogeyman is bewildered by the fury in London over his appointment as the European Union s single market commissioner.

Karzai to unveil cabinet ‘in days’
Afghan president Hamid Karzai will unveil his new cabinet within days, a spokesman said today, adding that efforts to start talks with Taliban insurgents and implementing anti-corruption measures were under way.

Balloon hunt soars on networkers’ hot air
A childlike hunt for ten red balloons sponsored by the Pentagon promises to revolutionise the way in which society searches for missing children or tracks down terrorists.

Bombing in Pakistan kills 36
A suspected Taliban suicide attack on a mosque near Pakistan s army headquarters killed at least 36 people and wounded dozens of others today.

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