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Abbott recants second Nazi comparison in a month

[2015-03-20 07:49]

Australia's gaffe-prone prime minister took back his second Nazi-related comment in a month on Thursday after he compared the opposition party leader to the World War II-era German propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels.

Court puts off decision on death row Australians

[2015-03-20 07:49]

Two Australian drug convicts on death row in Indonesia will not be executed this month after a court on Thursday postponed their appeal hearing against the rejection of a request for presidential clemency.

First lady boosts 'Let Girls Learn' initiative

[2015-03-20 07:49]

Michelle Obama spoke on Thursday of a "crisis" gripping the world as she launched an initiative to help get girls into education on the second day of her trip to Japan.

Deadly museum attack sparks outrage

[2015-03-20 07:49]

Tunisia's presidency says security forces have arrested 9 people in connection with the attack after gunmen killed 18 foreign tourists and five Tunisians in a daylight attack.

'Ebola epidemic was wake-up call'

[2015-03-20 07:49]

Bill Gates opened a mock Ebola field hospital at the prestigious TED Conference on Wednesday as part of a call to be battle-ready for a deadly global epidemic.

Merkel insists Greek reforms are necessary

[2015-03-20 07:49]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday that Greece has no choice but to carry out economic reforms if its wants to receive more financial aid, dashing any hopes Athens might have had for a softening in Berlin's stance.

IN BRIEF (Page 12)

[2015-03-20 07:49]

The US military bases in Kandahar and Jalalabad are likely to remain open beyond the end of 2015, a senior US official said, as Washington considers slowing its military pullout from Afghanistan.

Top chefs say eating small fish will help environment

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Want to make a big impact on the health of our oceans? Think small, top chefs say. As in anchovies and sardines.

Ulan Bator provides cold comfort in winter

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Clad in a fox fur hat and dog hair boots, Mongolian merchant Undrakhiin Batulzii says his compatriots have for centuries mastered the art of beating the brutal winters of the steppes.

Film fans find calm in fading cinema

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Aden's Hurricane theater offers just one screening a day, but a devoted band of Yemeni film lovers has kept the British colonial-era cinema going through communism, civil war and al-Qaida.

Jobs program to give black men a boost

[2015-03-19 07:34]

For years, Justin Williams has been bouncing around from job to job, never holding down anything stable, feeling frustrated and "really down and out," until Save Our Sons threw him a lifeline.

Furor erupts over beauty pageant winner's African-American ethnicity

[2015-03-19 07:34]

Eriana Miyamoto being crowned Miss Japan 2015 has caused something of a furor in the nation as the 20-year-old beauty's detractors are claiming she is not Japanese.

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