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Rights group puts Australia on Internet watchlist (AFP)
Thursday, 11 March 2010

Customers log onto the Internet in a cafe in Sydney in 2009. A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - A top media rights watchdog listed Australia along with Iran and North Korea in a report published Friday on countries that pose a threat of Internet censorship.


 

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Grand jury eyes monitor shutdown at Massey mine: report
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Nebraska's Nelson first Democratic senator to oppose Kagan
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Nebraska Senator Ben Nelson has announced he will oppose the nomination of Elena Kagan to the U.S. Supreme Court, making him the first Democrat to declare against her.


 
Pakistan spy chief scraps UK trip on "terror" remarks
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's spy chief has called off a trip to Britain in protest at Prime Minister David Cameron's remarks on its militant ties, as Islamabad is hit by a barrage of criticism of its alleged links to terror groups.


 
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VORONEZH, Russia (Reuters) - Raging wildfires spread across parts of western Russia on Saturday, engulfing 30 percent more land in just 24 hours, and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin described the situation as very difficult.


 
Second senior Democrat to face ethics trial: source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second senior Democratic lawmaker may face a public ethics trial this fall, posing a possible setback to the party's efforts to keep control of the House of Representatives in the November elections.


 
 

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