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 The Guardian 
Dollar underpinned by commodities drop, yen climbs
* Dollar index near 7-month high, gold and oil drop 1 pct * Yen climbs on slight carry unwind, Nikkei down 2.5 pct * Fannie/Freddie woes throw spotlight on US troubles * Aussie cuts losses, RBA... (photo: WN / Silvino Lopez )
Coffee - Black Coffee. (ps1)
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 Belfast Telegraph 
The good news about coffee
Giving up your skinny latte or double espresso every morning is currently top of the list of finance editors' tips for pain-free belt-tightening in the face of the looming recession. Apparently, the... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Senator Barack Obama / aaeh  The Australian 
McCain an economic illiterate: Obama
DEMOCRATS Barack Obama berated his White House rival John McCain today as an out-of-touch economic illiterate, hardening his attacks in the pre-convention runup to his pick of a running mate. While... (photo: Creative Commons / Ragesoss)

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Dirk Nowitzki  Ohio 
Australia next foe for U.S.
Associated Press BEIJING: The U.S. Olympic team put away Dirk Nowitzki and Germany in a hurry. Next up: the only team so far these Americans couldn't blow out. After destroying Germany 106-57 on... (photo: creative commons / Jonathan Powell)
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 Fijian and Indian residents line up in long lines to vote in the general elections on the last day of polling in Suva, Fiji, Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001. Voting in Fiji´s general election to return the country to democratic rule after a nationalist cou The Australian
Pacific leaders to discuss Fiji's future
LEADERS from 15 South Pacific nations, including Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, will discuss discuss Fiji's slow progress back to democracy when the 39th annual Pacific... (photo: (AP Photo/Rob Griffith))
Australia   Fiji   Military   Photos   Politics
Krohn022 Sydney Morning Herald
Winter's for wimps - flowers say it's spring
SYDNEY is heading towards its coldest August in more than a decade. Despite the chill in the air, many suburban streets are ablaze with spring colour. It is time to... (photo: Creative Commons / Kabir)

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An Aboriginal youth walks past a mural of aboriginal art in the Sydney suburb of Redfern, Monday, June 17, 2002. A census has shown that there are 16 percent more Aborigines since the last survey in 1996, taking the indigenous population to 410,000. Births have accounted for most of the rise, but 4 percent was attributed to people not formally identified as indigenous in 1996 now referring to themselves as Aborigines. The Australian
Greer maintains rage of racists
RACISM and the highly evolved strategies that some white Australians use to dismiss, obstruct and trivialise Aboriginal people are like a virus: just when you think you... (photo: AP Photo / Rick Rycroft)
Australia   Culture   Photos   Racism   Society
 Soldiers get off a truck as they blockage Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase´s house in Suva, Fiji, Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2006. Commander Frank Bainimarama, the armed forces chief, announced that the military had taken over the government and that he had as The Australian
Fiji pullout casts shadow over talks
FIJI'S military government is to boycott this week's Pacific Islands forum in a move that threatens to overshadow attempts by the Rudd Government to change the tone of... (photo: AP/Rick Rycroft)
Diplomacy   Fiji   Military   Photos   Politics
Supporters of Pakistan's opposition alliance All Parties Democratic Moment (APDM) are seen through a party flag as they shout slogans against Musharraf government during an electoral meeting ahead of Monday's parliamentary elections in Lahore Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008. A suicide bomber rammed a car laden with explosives into an election office in northwestern Pakistan Saturday, killing 27 people two days ahead of a crucial parliamentary vote, government officials said. The Australian
Resignation a victory for democracy
ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf's resignation represents a much-needed victory for Pakistan's embattled coalition Government, elected amid such high hopes last... (photo: AP Photo / Emilio Morenatti)
Democracy   Military   Pakistan   Photos   Politics
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