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Global Media Debate Hillary Selection

James Freedman | Posted 12.02.2008 | Home

World Editorial Roundup for December 2, 2008.

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"Australia" Underwhelms In Australia

Variety | Posted 12.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Film, Hugh Jackman, Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Entertainment News

It may be the most expensive and ambitious film ever made Down Under, and it certainly received saturation media coverage, but Baz Luhrmann's "Austral...

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Illegal Shark Fishing Seeping Into Great Barrier Reef

Brisbane Times | Posted 12.01.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Marine Life, Animals, Shark Fishing, Great Barrier Reef, Illegal Fishing, Papua New Guinea, Green News

MARINE conservationists say the interception of a Papua New Guinea fishing boat laden with four tonnes of "de-finned" sharks in Australian waters sho...

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"Four Christmases" Wins Weekend, "Australia" In 5th

AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Four Christmases, Australia, Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Film, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Audiences spent Thanksgiving with Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn, whose holiday comedy "Four Christmases" took in $31.1 millio...

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In Praise of Australia

Michael Jones | Posted 11.30.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Baz Luhrmann Australia, Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Australia Hugh Jackman, Film, Movies, Entertainment News

if you have a heart, if your thick cynicism barely covers a romantic soul a mile wide, if you have a pulse, you will love Australia.

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150 Whales Die In Australia

AP | Posted 11.30.2008 | World

Read More: Whales Die in Australia, Pilot Whales, Whales Stranded Australia, Beached Whales, Australia Whales, Australia, Sandy Cape, Animals, World News

HOBART, Australia — A group of 150 whales that became stranded on a remote coastline in southern Australia were battered to death on rocks befor...

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NYT "Australia" Review: "Demented... Diverting... Kitsch"

New York Times | Posted 11.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia Review, Australia, Film, Hugh Jackman, Nicole Kidman, Entertainment News

Baz Luhrmann's continent-size epic, "Australia," isn't the greatest story ever -- it's several dozen of the greatest stories ever told, "The African Q...

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Rescued Whales Successfully Join Pod In Deep Waters

AP | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Beached Whales, Rescued Whales, Animals, Whales, Green News

HOBART, Australia — A group of whales rescued from an Australian beach have joined a larger pod in deep waters _ a sign they are doing fine afte...

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Sexiest Man Alive, the Quiz!

Jay Dyckman | Posted 11.20.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, LA Law, Australia, People, Mel Gibson, Jackman Sexiest Man, People Sexiest Man Alive, People Magazine, Matt Damon, Hugh Jackman, Ben Affleck, 236.Com, Harry Hamlin, Sexiest Man Alive, Entertainment News

Congratulation Hugh Jackman on winning the only honor more prestigious than the Nobel Peace Prize!

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Hugh Jackman Named Sexiest Man Alive

People | Posted 11.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hugh Jackman, Sexiest Man Alive, Australia, People, Entertainment News

He's a triple threat: a star who can sing, dance and wield a weapon. At 6 ft. 2 in., all scruff and biceps, Hugh Jackman looms large in the epic Aus...

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Nicole Kidman Unsure Of Future Acting, But Liked Kissing Jackman

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 11.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Film, Nicole Kidman, Entertainment News

SYDNEY, Australia — It was hot and dusty during filming in one of the world's most remote locations. But Nicole Kidman says the prospect of a sm...

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Australia Hopes For "Australia" Tourism Bump

AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Nicole Kidman, Film, Hugh Jackman, Entertainment News

SYDNEY, Australia — The film camera sweeps across the landscape, taking in flat plains, gushing waterfalls and a dusty country town. The color i...

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Hugh Jackman: Love Scenes With Nicole 'Like Poetry'

People | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hugh Jackman, Film, Australia, Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Entertainment News

When Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman had to get down and dirty for their new film, Australia, their spouses Keith Urban and Deborra-Lee Furness were fa...

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Crikey! "Australia" Still Not Done Days Before Premiere

Reuters | Posted 11.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Film, Hugh Jackman, Baz Luhrmann, Nicole Kidman, Entertainment News

Oscar-nominated director Baz Luhrmann's $130-million epic film "Australia" is due to make its world premiere in Sydney on Tuesday -- but the director ...

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South Australia 10 Years Ahead Of Renewable Energy Target

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia Wind Power, Australia, Australia Renewable Energy, South Australia, Kevin Rudd, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, S Renewable Energy, Green News

The ninth wind farm in South Australia just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who...

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Nicole Kidman On Oprah: Shows Off Sunday Photo, Explains Name (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 11.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Sunday Rose Photo, Australia, Oprah Winfrey, Sunday Rose, Nicole Kidman, Oprah, Sunday Rose Urban, Nicole Kidman Baby Pictures, Sunday Rose Picture, Video, Nicole Kidman on Oprah, Nicole Kidman Oprah, Tom Cruise, Entertainment News

Nicole Kidman showed off a picture of Sunday Rose on Oprah Monday and explained how she got her name. Bucking Hollywood trends, Kidman has not release...

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Lewis Hamilton Wins F1 Championship; First Black Driver in Sport's History

Steve Parker | Posted 11.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Renault, Lewis Hamilton, Australia, Oceania, Brad Daugherty, Honda, Robert Kubica, Abu Dhabi, Pro Stock Motorcycle, Wendell Scott, Formula 1, North America, Heikki Kovalainen, Asia, Energy, Nhra, McLaren Mercedes, Toyota, Ron Dennis, Michael Schumacher, Brazil, Nascar, Willy T. Ribbs, Sao Paulo, Top Fuel, Barack Obama, Ferrari, Force India, Formula One, Montreal, Richard Pryor, Funny Car, Bmw, Drive for Diversity, Kinetic Energy, Pro Stock, Europe, Nba, Kinetic Energy Recovery System, Interlagos, Kers, Melbourne, Cars, Sauber, Entertainment News

Lewis Hamilton, 23 and the first Black driver in the history of Grand Prix racing, won the World Driving Championship on Sunday, the most coveted title in all of motorsports.

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Australia's ANZ Bank's profit drops 21 percent

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Australia, ANZ Bank, Banks, Financial Crisis, Economy, World Economy, Business News

SYDNEY, Australia — Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. reported a 21 percent decline in annual profit Thursday as soaring charges for ba...

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The White House's Final Folly

Eric Margolis | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: India, White House, Islam, Latin America, Australia, War in Afghanistan, Afghanistan, George W. Bush, Washington DC, Pakistan Democracy, Afghanistan War, Wall Street, Us, Muslim, Iraq, Israel, Europe, China, International, Politics News

In its final days in office, the White House has engineered an historic nuclear deal with India that Congress, unaware of the import, approved last week.

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Beyond Thunderdome: Tina Turner's Greatest vs. Nikka Costa's Latest

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.07.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Australia, Zoolander, Duffy, Ken Russell, Tina Turner, Elizabeth Lea, EMI Records, Robert Palmer, Sarah Palin, Motown Records, Aretha Franklin, Marilyn Monroe, Concord Records, Blondie, The Who, Chaka Khan, Nikka Costa, Irma Thomas, Capitol Records, Tokyo, Jan Brady, Stax Records, Johnny Guitar Watson, R&b, The Brady Bunch, Ike & Tina Turner, Nona Hendryx, Gospel, Mad Max, Mother's Finest, Los Angeles, Ann Peebles, Japan, Don Costa, Virgin Records, Beyond Thunderdome, Mel Gibson, Al Green, Sly Stone, Tommy Hilfiger, El Rey, Pete Townsend, Frank Sinatra, Pop, Joyce Kennedy, Thunderdome, Tommy, Entertainment News

Competing for the title "Best Female Pop-R&B Artist Deserving Your Limited CD Dollars" come two fierce competitors, both with new projects worthy of your consideration.

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Goodbye To 'G'day Mate': Australian Twang Is Disapearing

Yahoo! News | Posted 10.06.2008 | Style

Read More: Language, Accents, Yahoo!, Australia, Style News

Research shows the nasal Australian twang -- exemplified by the late Irwin and the character Mick 'Crocodile' Dundee -- will be phased out within a fe...

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Aussie Boy Breaks Into Zoo, Feeds Animals To Crocodiles (VIDEO)

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 10.03.2008 | Green

Read More: Animals, Australia, Crocodiles, Zoo, Parenting, Bashing Animals With Rocks, Children Running Amok, Video, Boy Breaks Into Zoo, 7 Year Old Breaks Into Zoo, 7 Year Old Breaks Into Zoo Video, Boy Feeds Animals to Alligator, 7 Year Old Zoo Video, Green News

SYDNEY, Australia -- A 7-year-old boy broke into a popular Outback zoo, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards t...

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Scientists Urge Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd To Change Climate Plan

AFP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Australia Emissions, Pollution, Carbon Emissions, Kevin Rudd, Green News

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's leading climate change scientists Monday pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override his top adviser on the issue an...

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Walk To The Pub: New Green Beer Campaign

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 09.17.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Walking, Carbon Emissions, Beer, Coopers Brewery, Green Living, Green Beer, Carbon Footprint, Green News

What better way to reach Aussies with a message about climate change than through one of their favourite things:- Beer? Coopers Brewery have been runn...

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Wildlife Officials Euthanize Abandoned Baby Whale

AP | KRISTEN GELINEAU | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Green News, Baby Whale Euthanized, Baby Humpback, Whale Mom Boat, Colin the Whale, Sydney, Australia, Baby Whale, Dead Baby Whale, Home News

SYDNEY, Australia — The baby humpback whale was starving, injured and hours from death. So despite anguished cries of "Murder!" and "Shame!" fro...

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