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International News
Abbott makes plea in Australia political impasse
Australia\'s opposition leader Tony Abbott
©  Torsten Blackwood
Australia\'s conservative chief Tony Abbott told three minority lawmakers who will decide if he should become prime minister that he offered a "fresh start" in an eleventh-hour plea for their support.  more
1 killed, 3 hurt in Israeli air strikes on Gaza
The air strikes follow the firing of a rocket from Gaza into Israel by Palestinian militants
©  Said Khatib
Israeli warplanes launched three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, killing one, wounding three and leaving one more missing, Palestinian medical and security sources said.  more
Busted BP well no longer \'threat\' to Gulf
Admiral Thad Allen
©  Sean Gardner
The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said.  more
Cholera outbreak \'covered up\' in China
Authorities in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days
©  AFP
Authorities in eastern China covered up an outbreak of cholera for 12 days out of fears that publicising the often fatal disease would shock the local population, state press said Sunday.  more
US \'likely\' to keep troops in Iraq after 2011
An Iraqi soldier monitors the traffic in central Baghdad
©  Ahmad al-Rubaye
The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad\'s fledgling military, experts and former officers say.  more
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