Australia election:
Tony Abbott defeats Kevin Rudd
Australia's opposition has crushed the governing
Labor party in a general election that has returned the
Liberal-National coalition to power for the first time in six years.
Early projections show Labor winning 55 seats compared with the
coalition's 91.
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Pakistan militants prepare for war in Afghanistan
Militants in Pakistan's most populous province
are said to be training for what they expect will be an ethnic-based
civil war in neighbouring Afghanistan after foreign forces withdraw
in 16 months.
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More bodies recovered at Uttarakhand in Indian floods
Rescue workers in the Indian state of
Uttarakhand have recovered 75 bodies from the debris of June's
devastating floods, taking the official toll to 528, police said.
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