Obama favoured in Kenyan village

AT Barack Obama's ancestral village in Kenya, witch doctor John Dimo has tossed some shells, bones and other items to determine who will win the US election. After throwing the objects like so many dice outside his hut in Kogelo village, Dimo,...

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Mining slowdown to spark Cup day rate cut

THE Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) is expected to change the cash rate on Melbourne Cup day for a seventh consecutive year. Twelve of the 15 economists surveyed by AAP said the RBA board will decide to cut its interest rate by a quarter of...

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Director apologises to Downton Abbey star

BRITISH theatre director Peter Hall has apologised for disrupting a star of Downton Abbey during the opening night of a West End stage show. Laura Carmichael, who plays Lady Edith Crawley in the hit costume drama, was performing the final speech...

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Apple sells 3 million iPads in new launch

APPLE says it has sold three million tablet computers in the three days since the launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation iPad. The iPad mini and the new fourth-generation iPad were launched on Friday in 34 countries. The tech giant said...

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Gout medicine may halve heart attack risk

A MEDICATION commonly used to treat gout has been found by a Perth-based study to reduce the chance of a heart attack in some patients by up to 50 per cent. Doctors from Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will present their findings to the...

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Cholesterol infusion prevents heart attack

FOR heart attack victims fortunate enough to survive the initial emergency, there is a high risk they will succumb to a second fatal episode in the following weeks or months. However, new Australian research shows an intravenous infusion of...

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China files WTO green energy complaint

CHINA has filed a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against the European Union over renewable energy subsidies, a source close to the world trade body says. "I can confirm we have received a complaint from China against ... the EU,...

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