...rumours of imminent overthrow. He is terse and prone to outbursts of frustration. One leader is from Queensland. The other from NSW. One born of Labor's right wing faction. The other its left. But it is election timing which helps to...

In this article: NSW, Kevin Rudd, World Cup, Bob Hawke, FIFA, Sydney, Wayne Swan, and Phobia

...Friday. The Edmonton company was one of only 10 real-time web startups featured at the event, staged by TechCrunch , a leading Silicon Valley online magazine. About 1,000 people attended at $500 to $600 a ticket, and tens of thousands...

In this article: Edmonton, Silicon Valley, TechCrunch, Twitter, Facebook, and Edmonton Journal

...rose to 1.18 percent from Thursday's 1.1 percent. It has risen from 0.85 percent earlier this week. * Kim Jong -chang, governor of South Korea 's regulatory Financial Supervisory Service , said foreign currency liquidity measures unveiled...

In this article: Korea, IRS, Kim Jong, London, New York, and Singapore

BOSTON -- New England recorded fewer work-related deaths last year, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday, a trend that could be at least partly attributable to the economic downturn. Preliminary figures for the six-state...

In this article: New England, Massachusetts, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Connecticut, Suicide, Maine, Rhode Island, and Anxiety

Army experts in Northern Ireland have defused a bomb which targeted police officers, police said on Thursday. Sporadic violence in Northern Ireland has increased in recent months since republican dissidents killed two British soldiers and...

In this article: Northern Ireland, Car bomb, Belfast, and Ireland

...system from January 2010. The decision follows similar moves by all the other Labor-governed states - Victoria , South Australia , Queensland and Tasmania. Western Australia is now the only state not to agree to participate in the new...

In this article: NSW and Liberal Party

... Jim Leonhard had three pins inserted into his broken right thumb and his arm is in a sling, leaving his status for New York 's game against New England uncertain. Coach Rex Ryan said Leonhard had surgery Monday night and didn't practice...

In this article: Jim Leonhard, Rex Ryan, New England, New York, Surgery, Maurice Jones-Drew, Kerry Rhodes, and Jacksonville

Most of Silicon Valley 's largest tech stocks lost ground today along with the Dow and Nasdaq , but shares of Sunnyvale network security company Fortinet soared in Silicon Valley 's first IPO of 2009. Fortinet closed at $16.62, up $4.12, or...

In this article: Advanced Micro Devices, Silicon Valley, Fortinet, Intel, Nasdaq, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Cisco Systems, ArcSight, Seagate Technology, and Gilead Sciences

... United States. But financial support from Americans, some benefiting from U.S. tax relief on charity, is a significant source of funding for West Bank settlements. A small group of Israeli peace activists staged a protest against Hikind 's...

In this article: United States, Barack Obama, Jerusalem, Israel, West Bank, and United Nations

...extremists'' in opposing a reform she said would ''end the inefficiency, uncertainty and complexity'' for businesses. South Australia , Queensland , Tasmania and Victoria have already passed legislation this year handing coverage of all...

In this article: NSW and Liberal Party

...about the settlements: * Israel dismisses international findings that the communities it has been building since the 1980s in the West Bank , on land occupied by the Israeli military since 1967, constitute a violation of international...

In this article: West Bank, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Barack Obama, Jerusalem, Washington, East Jerusalem, and Tel Aviv

...our first place ranking to Victoria in 2008. To compound the indignity, in the same year we also fell behind Queensland. Victoria and Queensland have stolen a disproportionate share of Australia 's building investment. In the financial year...

In this article: NSW, Australia, Queensland, Sydney, Western Australia, South Australia, and Tasmania

...basis and he would learn a bit more about the new ball, what it may or may not do." Watson was given a prolonged stint as an opener for Queensland in the 2007-08 season, but recorded five ducks in the Sheffield Shield although he was...

In this article: Shane Watson, Mark Taylor, Phil Jaques, Phil Hughes, NSW, Simon Katich, Australia, On the merits, and Ashes series

...without concluding a peace agreement would lead to Israeli counter-measures that could include annexation of more of the occupied West Bank. "If the Palestinians take such a unilateral line, Israel should also consider ... passing a law...

In this article: Israel, West Bank, United Nations Security Council, Gilad Erdan, Benjamin Netanyahu, U.N., Kosovo, and Tax

* Mideast need for new jets to top 1,400 in next 20 yrs * Passenger growth 4.9 pct a year over next 20 yrs * Emirates may order more Boeing , Airbus jets (Adds details) By Martina Fuchs and Tim Hepher Demand from Middle East...

In this article: Boeing, Middle East, Airbus, Emirates, Etihad Airways, Revenue, Abu Dhabi, Royal Jordanian, and EADS

Anna Bligh was damned if Peter Garrett did approve the construction of the Traveston Crossing dam in south-east Queensland , and damned if he didn't. The Federal Environment Minister has managed to restore some of his green credentials by...

In this article: Anna Bligh, Queensland, Peter Garrett, Traveston Crossing, ALP, Sydney Morning Herald, and Andrew McNamara

...accident or injury than those in other states, with many such deaths occurring among children known to protection authorities. The Queensland children's commission 2008/09 annual report on deaths of children and young people shows that...

In this article: Queensland, Suicide, South Australia, and NSW

NEW YORK -- The Associated Press on Wednesday announced changes in its Latin America and Caribbean operations, closing a service limited to Puerto Rican news within Puerto Rico while adding editors and reporters elsewhere for the expanding...

In this article: Caribbean, Puerto Rico, Latin America, Santo Domingo, San Juan, United States, and Revenue