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Australian PM calls leadership vote

Al Jazeera - 45 min 35 sec ago
Julia Gillard calls on ex-leader Kevin Rudd, her likely challenger, to accept its outcome as final.

Comic Frank Carson dies aged 85

BBC News - 50 min 25 sec ago
Northern Irish comedian Frank Carson, whose catch phrases included "It's a cracker", has died aged 85, surrounded by his family.

Argentina Train Crash Kills Dozens and Injures 600

World News (NY Times) - 55 min 56 sec ago
The train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people.

Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Both Hopeful and Fearful About Unrest in Syria

World News (NY Times) - 1 hour 2 min ago
The fall of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria would be welcome in Jerusalem, but the prospect of chaos across the border worries officials.

Lens Blog: Remembering a French Photographer Killed in Syria

World News (NY Times) - 1 hour 9 min ago
Remi Ochlik, a 28-year-old French photographer, was killed in Syria on Wednesday. Friends and fellow photographers remember his work.

Two Western Journalists Killed in Syria Shelling

World News (NY Times) - 1 hour 10 min ago
As Homs was shelled for the 19th day by Syrian forces, activists reported the deaths of 80 people, including two journalists whose work foiled Syria’s efforts to limit coverage.

Cruise finds Fukushima pollution

BBC News - 1 hour 23 min ago
An international research cruise off Japan detects radioactivity in sampled seawater and marine organisms, but well within safe levels.

Boost for Somali forces battling al-Shabab

Al Jazeera - 1 hour 23 min ago
Troops seize control of Baidoa, a strategic town, as UN adopts resolution to bolster African Union peacekeeping force.

Man dies after caravan incident

BBC News - 1 hour 31 min ago
A man dies after he was found trapped under a caravan in Kilkeel, County Down.

Chile-Peru border mine scare ends

BBC News - 1 hour 33 min ago
Chile reopens its main border crossing with Peru after closing it earlier this week when rain washed landmines onto the road.

US rivals set for Arizona debate

BBC News - 1 hour 42 min ago
The four Republican candidates prepare to spar in a crucial TV debate days ahead of two key primaries in the US states of Arizona and Michigan.

E.U. Threatens to Suspend Subsidies to Hungary

World News (NY Times) - 1 hour 46 min ago
Once again, Hungary's leader, Viktor Orban, is pitted against the executive arm of the European Union, this time over the state of the country's public finances.

NHS 'will be Cameron's poll tax'

BBC News - 1 hour 47 min ago
Labour leader Ed Miliband tells David Cameron he risks making NHS reform "his poll tax" - in noisy Commons clashes over the health bill.

VIDEO: Is Somalian capital on the mend?

BBC News - 1 hour 48 min ago
Ethiopian and Somali troops have taken a strategic stronghold of Islamist militants in south-western Somalia.

McDowell out of World Match Play

BBC News - 1 hour 48 min ago
Northern Ireland's Graeme McDowell is knocked out in the first round of the World Match Play Championship by South Korea's YE Yang.

Verdict on Mubarak set for 2 June

BBC News - 1 hour 48 min ago
A trial verdict for Egyptian ex-President Hosni Mubarak, accused of ordering the killing of protesters in the revolution that ousted him, is set for 2 June.

Medvedev Honors Ali Ukla Ursan, a Controversial Syrian Writer

World News (NY Times) - 1 hour 56 min ago
Ali Ukla Ursan, who received the Pushkin Medal, has publicly applauded the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and expressed strong anti-Semitic views.

VIDEO: Argentina train crash kills dozens

BBC News - 2 hours 1 min ago
At least 49 people have been killed in a train accident in Buenos Aires.

Scores die in Argentina train crash

Al Jazeera - 2 hours 2 min ago
At least 49 passengers killed and 500 more injured after commuter train rams into barrier in a Buenos Aires station.

At War Blog: Supreme Court Takes Up Stolen Valor Case

World News (NY Times) - 2 hours 4 min ago
The federal government on Wednesday mounted a vigorous defense in the Supreme Court of the Stolen Valor Act.

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