Voters punish Aussie PM
SYDNEY, Aug 21, AFP - Australia faced its first
hung parliament in 70 years Saturday after a furious voter backlash
against Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who ousted an elected leader
just eight weeks ago.
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Reformist leader makes comeback in N. Korea
SEOUL, Aug 21 AFP - A veteran North Korean
politician who was sacked over the failure of a 2002 economic
reform, has returned to government as Pyongyang struggles to recover
from a bungled currency revaluation.
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Three foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Aug 21, AFP Three foreign soldiers
fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan have been killed in separate
attacks, while a woman and two children were killed in an operation
against insurgents with Al-Qaeda links, NATO said Saturday.
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