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Japan Starts Constructing Ice Wall at Crippled Fukushima Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power Co., operator of crippled Fukushima power plant, has started constructing a huge underground ice wall around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant. This plan is seen to control and manage the production of toxic water at the complex devastated by a tsunami that was triggered by a magnitude 9 earthquake in March 2011.
Australia Drops in Global Investor Confidence Survey; Tony Abbott's 'Tough' Budget Reflects Newspoll Results
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Tony Abbott Mocked in U.S. News Program, Aussies Cringe on Twitter
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PM Tony Abbott to Meet Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono This Week in Batam Island During 9-Hour Stopover
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Spain’s King Carlos Abdicates Due to Poor Health, to Pass Crown to Prince Felipe
The world will witness a monarch retire as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy announced on Monday the abdication of King Juan Carlos. The 76-year-old king who assumed the crown in 1975 after the death of dictator Francisco Franco is passing the crown due to weak health.
Asylum Seekers Had Lips 'Sewn' Together in Protest at Australia-Run Christmas Island
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Australian Senator Paints 'Grim' Picture of Life Under Tony Abbott
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Requests Pour Out After Google Launches 'Right to be Forgotten' Campaign
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China Rising in Power Puts Pressure on Australia’s Defence Force
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Kim Dotcom Vows 'Awesome' Election Campaign Amid Accusations of Buying Influence
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AFP Investigates 8,000 Cases of Multiple Voting
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South Louisiana Floods So Massive Made Caskets of the Dead Float
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MH370: Pings Created by Searchers Themselves; Australia Commits $43M Worth of Blunder
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Budget 2014: PM Tony Abbott Courts Senators Individually to Ensure Approval of Budget, But Ricky Muir Thumbs Down Meeting
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Pro-Russian Separatists Shot Military Helicopter Down in Ukraine, Killed 14 Including General
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MH370: ATSB Releases Fact Sheet on Search for the Missing Plane
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Tony Abbott, Eat Your Heart Out, Julia Gillard is 2nd Most Admired Figure in 2013
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Canada’s Alberta Raises Minimum Wage to $10.20/Hour
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Edward Snowden Claims to Have Worked for U.S. Government as Undercover Spy at CIA, John Kerry Calls Him ‘Pretty Dumb’
Whistleblower Edward Snowden claimed that the U.S. government had trained him as a spy.
NZ Controversial Food Bill 'Passed' to Boost Food Safety And Quality Standards
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Tasmanian Farmers Hit Senator Abetz’s Proposal to Make State’s Orchards Dumping Ground for Unemployed Aussie Youth
Australian Minister Eric Abetz may have meant well when he suggested that unemployed youth pick fruit in Tasmania while waiting to be hired in their dream jobs, but the suggestion didn't sit well with Tasmanian farmers.
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