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Australia ruling party endorses gay marriage
Labour Party backs issue but allows MPs to vote with their conscience should same-sex marriage bill come to parliament.
Last Modified: 03 Dec 2011 08:15 GMT
Opposition leader, after meeting Clinton, says improved ties with US can help her country's democratisation.
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2011 09:12 GMT
A US report uses open-source material to conclude that the country has 3,000 warheads, not 400 as previously estimated.
Last Modified: 02 Dec 2011 06:51 GMT
Weak performance underscores case for monetary stimulus as EU crisis weighs on world's second-largest economy.
Last Modified: 01 Dec 2011 14:22 GMT
Prince Akishino, second in line to throne, says retirement may become necessary for emperors once they pass certain age.
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2011 20:15 GMT
Nuclear contamination poses long-term threat to ocean ecosystem and to Japan's fishing industry.
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2011 12:11 GMT
New invention uses a fifth of wood and other natural materials normally consumed to cook a meal.
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2011 11:26 GMT
Conservationists warn loopholes, bribes and weak enforcement could jeopordise new law against practice.
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2011 15:59 GMT
Health experts want unique programme to be replicated across the conservative Muslim country.
Last Modified: 30 Nov 2011 10:40 GMT
South Korean president signs 14 bills needed to implement free trade deal, despite almost daily protests against accord.
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2011 09:00 GMT
Activist lawyers decry new law they say imposes tougher restrictions and penalties for demonstrators.
Last Modified: 29 Nov 2011 12:11 GMT
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China is the world's factory, but does a dark secret lurk behind this apparent success story?
Witness 28 Nov 2011 13:12 GMT
We ask if a code promoting self-preservation in a tsunami could account for one Japanese community's high survival rate.
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