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South Australia Premier rejects allegations of sex with staffer

ANI - 01:10 PM

Adelaide (Australia), Nov. 23 (ANI): South Australian Premier Mike Rann has rejected allegations that he had a sexual affair with a former parliament staffer.

  • New Zealand glaciers melting away, survey shows IANS - 12:08 PM

    Wellington, Nov 23 (DPA) New Zealand's glaciers are melting away, according to an annual survey of the snowline on 50 glaciers in the South Island, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) announced Monday.

  • British singer Sting performs during the Summer Festival in Quebec City in this July 18, 2009 file photo. Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, Sting said on Sunday. REUTERS/Mathieu Belanger/Files
    Brazil should hear Amazon Indians on dam - Sting Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    Brazil's government should hear native Indians before deciding on the construction of a controversial $17.3 billion hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon rainforest, rock star and environmental activist Sting said on Sunday.

  • Oz boarding school mistress charged with sexual assault on boys ANI - Sun, Nov 22

    Melbourne, Nov 22 (ANI): An Aussie housemistress has been charged with 34 counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated indecency after seven boys at the boarding school came forward with allegations of rape.

  • South Australia Premier silent over barmaid's sex claims ANI - Sun, Nov 22

    Adelaide (Australia), Nov.22 (ANI): South Australian Premier Mike Rann has opted to remain silent and out of the public eye over allegations that he had secret intimate meetings with a married Parliament House barmaid.

  • Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez attends his weekly broadcast "Alo Presidente" in Portuguesa, about 350 km (217 miles) west of Caracas November 8, 2009. Oil-exporting Venezuela is in recession, Chavez said on Saturday, adding that the capitalist system of measuring economic growth was established in the U.S. REUTERS/Miraflores Palace/Handout
    Chavez says Venezuela in recession, by U.S. yardstick Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    Oil-exporting Venezuela is in recession, its socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, adding that the capitalist system of measuring economic growth was established in the United States.

  • Six fold hike in Indian businessmen settling in New Zealand IANS - Sun, Nov 22

    Hamilton, Nov 22 (IANS) There has been a nearly six-fold increase in the number of Indians who have been approved residence through business categories in New Zealand, authorities said.

  • ULFA leaders will be given safe passage if they lay down arms ANI - Sun, Nov 22

    Geneva, Nov.21 (ANI): United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders and cadres will be given safe passage and a chance to return to mainstream society only if they give up the path of violence and unconditionally lay down their arms, sources here have said.

  • India to tell US no role for China in South Asia ANI - Sun, Nov 22

    Geneva, Nov.22 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, is likely to use his four-day visit to Washington commencing from today, to firmly and emphatically reiterate and re-emphasise to the American leadership, that New Delhi does not see a role for China in South Asia, nor will it tolerate attempted third party guardianship initiatives in the region by Beijing.

  • Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe speaks to the audience during a communal council in Cucuta, located on the border with Venezuela November 21, 2009. Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges. REUTERS/Jose Miguel Gomez
    Colombia's Uribe seeks to ease Venezuela tensions Reuters - Sun, Nov 22

    Colombian President Alvaro Uribe on Saturday ruled out any military retaliation against Venezuela after Venezuelan troops dynamited two cross-border footbridges.

  • Online dating sites hurting Australian sex industry ANI - Sat, Nov 21

    Sydney, November 21 (ANI): Online dating sites have done substantial amount of harm to the Australian sex industry, according to a report.

  • Stephanie Rice likes decent guys ANI - Sat, Nov 21

    Melbourne, Nov 21 (ANI): Swimming champ Stephanie Rice likes guys who are decent and fun to be with.

  • Ex-parliament barmaid claims steamy sex sessions with South Australian Premier in office ANI - Sat, Nov 21

    Adelaide, Nov. 21 (ANI): The Premier of South Australia, Mike Rann, has been dragged into a sex scandal after a former parliament barmaid revealed that her clandestine affair with Rann had involved sex in his Parliament House office on several occasions when parliament was sitting.

  • Honduras' de facto leader Roberto Micheletti answers a question during a news conference at the Presidential House in Tegucigalpa October 5, 2009. REUTERS/Oswaldo Rivas/Files
    Honduras de facto leader says will step aside Reuters - Sat, Nov 21

    Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.

  • Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez listens to a question during an interview with Reuters in her house in Havana November 9, 2009.REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa
    Husband of Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez attacked Reuters - Sat, Nov 21

    The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday to confront state security agents accused of detaining and beating his wife two weeks ago.

  • A bridge that crosses into Colombia's Norte de Santander department lies destroyed November 19, 2009. REUTERS/Venezuelan Army/Handout
    Colombia says will not be provoked by Venezuela Reuters - Sat, Nov 21

    Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite its neighbor's aggressive rhetoric and dynamiting of two border bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday.

  • Six dead after suspected Colombian rebels burn bus Reuters - Sat, Nov 21

    Six people, including two children, were killed when suspected Colombian FARC guerrillas stopped and set fire to bus traveling in the south of the country, a local state governor said on Friday.

  • Islamabad bombings mastermind arrested: Police IANS - Fri, Nov 20

    Islamabad, Nov 20 (IANS) The alleged mastermind of the suicide attacks on the World Food Programme office and on a police helpline office here has been arrested, police said Friday.

  • Man who killed wife for waking dog imprisoned for 14 years IANS - Fri, Nov 20

    Sydney, Nov 20 (DPA) An Australian who strangled his wife for waking up his dog and then went out for a drink at his local pub was sentenced to prison Friday by a Melbourne court.

  • Venezuela blows up two border bridges to Colombia Reuters - Fri, Nov 20

    Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors.


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