POLITICS & POLICY

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Anti-apartheid icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela's deteriorating health has created an unusual interest among residents. While his relatives are bickering where to bury him in the event that he dies, others are snapping up books and other mementoes of the former national leader.

Cambodian elections are up at month's end and the U.S. Government is receiving pressures to cut its aid if the electoral process in the Southeast Asian nation is deemed unclean.

South Korea is trying to reach out to North Korea to discuss the re-opening of the Kaesong industrial complex that is jointly operated by the two countries.

How often has it been said that dogs are always a man's best friend. In this case, even stray dogs can help save someone from sure danger, as what a 12-year-old Argentina girl later discovered for herself when she got saved from a potential rapist.

A U.S. California man has been awarded by a Los Angeles Superior Court jury a whopping $58 million two years after his brutal attack in a bar that left a visibly damaged skull, not to mention impaired his ability to speak.

A Dallas, Texas gym teacher named Dale Irby caught the attention of social media Web sites when pictures of him surfaced wearing the same clothes for 40 years in the school yearbook. The 63-year-old Prestonwood Elementary school teacher unintentionally wore the same collared disco shirt with V-necked brown tank top in two successive yearbook photos, and his wife, Cathy, dared him to do it again for the third time.

Prime Minister Kevin faces pressure as environment groups accused him of cutting the “green tape”

Saudi Arabia has started to aggressively push forward its renewable energy programmes by installing 70 stations across the oil-rich nation that will measure the potential for energy production from sun, wind and geothermal sources. The kingdom targets to become solar-powered efficient and capable by 2032.

Australians in Egypt are urged by the federal government to consider leaving the country immediately after the toppling of Egyptian leader Mohamed Morsi. According to the data of the Department of Foreign Affairs, 730 Australians are currently registered being in Egypt before the protests began. Authorities say the number of Australians actually in Egypt could be higher.

Australia Prime Minister Kevin Rudd called Tony Abbott a liar for not telling the truth about the real state of the economy, carbon tax and asylum seekers.

In 2011, a 3-year-old girl named Iris Halmshaw from Leicestershire was diagnosed with autism. The child is unable to speak due to the neural development disorder but she can express feelings through her impressive painting skills.

After being ousted as Prime Minister of Australia, the people wonder what she had been up to these days.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd challenged his political rival Tony Abbott for debate

Julia Gillard is no longer Australia's prime minister for one week now, but it seems tnat she has gained popularity after she left politics. One proof is that barely a week after she lost the leadership vote on June 27, souvenir coffee mugs with her face on its sold out at the Parliament House gift shop.

If Opposition leader Tony Abbott takes us the challenge by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to hold three debates between the two contenders to be the 29th prime minister of Australia, he would likely not hear the M word - that is misogyny.

Google joins Telecom and Kim Dotcom’s Mega warns New Zealand against its Telecommunications Interception Capability and Security Bill

Treasurer Chris Bowen warns of an uncertain economic outlook in Australia and says the situation requires careful management. A week after former prime minister Julia Gillard declared the Australian economy is "growing, stable and strong", Chris Bowen says commodity prices and mining investments are on a decline. Just last Monday, Julia Gillard told the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia that the economy is strong.

Bolivian President Evo Morales’s plane has been diverted to Austria amid suspicion that US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden is on board.

Democracy icon and former South African President Nelson Mandela's health may be slightly improving, but it is not just his body that needs healing. His feuding family also needs emotional healing as they went to court over planned burial site for the 94-year-old man.

Since it is his second round as prime minister, Australian Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd is apparently being accorded by the media and fellow politicians the traditional 100-day honeymoon period given new national leader.

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), as expected, kept the current overnight cash rate of 2.75 per cent when it central bank met on Tuesday, July 2.

Queensland MPs pay rise of $57,000 to be pass on taxpayers if MPs claim their back pay

PM Kevin Rudd is working hard to regain a strong relationship between the business community and the Australian Labor Party. Rudd is scheduled to meet with Business Council of Australia representatives with Finance Minister Penny Wong calling the move as one of the priorities of the new Labor-led government.

In an early morning press conference today, Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples had announced his resignation from the party.

Analysts are forecasting another hold decision by the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) on the current overnight cash rate of 2.75 per cent when the central bank meets on Tuesday, July 2.

Despite his win as the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd may not be as good as balancing the budget as one might assume. The reason being - his phone bills in the first half of the year skyrocketed to $29,676. In comparison, Julia Gillard spent just $2,961during his term as prime minister; the figure is ten times less than what Rudd had spent.

Bell FX Currency Outlook: The Australian dollar has rebounded strongly overnight, back above USD0.9200 after trading as low USD0.9110 yesterday.

The Brazilian model-wife of a Filipino congressman who attempted suicide last week insisted on Monday that the reason behind his try was not because of their recent public marital rift.