Bob Carr

Bob Carr

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  Australia's Gillard calls for leadership ballot

  Prime Minister Julia Gillard threw her job open to a leadership ballot Thursday as grumblings increased within government ranks over disastrous ... 

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  US OK with France, UK arming Syria's rebels

  The Obama administration lent its support Monday to British and French plans to arm Syria's rebels, saying it wouldn't stand in the way of any country ... 

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  Glaxo donates NC Wyeth painting to Philly museum

  Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC has donated a painting with a mysterious past to the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The work by N.C. Wyeth was ... 

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  Israeli premier defends Israel in prisoner scandal

  Israel's prime minister on Sunday defended the actions of his country's security forces following a public uproar over the mysterious death of a man ... 

• Israeli-Australian Prisoner X's death strains ties

  He was known as Prisoner X, his crimes unknown. For months he languished in an Israeli prison until he was he was found dead in his cell in an ... 

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  Aftershocks hamper relief in tsunami-hit Solomons

  Strong aftershocks rattled the Solomon Islands on Friday, hampering relief efforts to tsunami-ravaged villages and forcing the South Pacific nation's ... 

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  Analysis: Can Obama fulfill wish on Asia outreach?

  President Barack Obama wants Asia to be a growing focus of his second-term foreign policy, but whether that happens could depend on his ability to ...