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Department of Justice pays compensation to wife of British airman who witnessed US tests after Ministry of Defence had refused to accept radiation led to his fatal throat cancer Between 1952 and 1962, Britain and the US exploded more than 40 nuclear weapons in the atmosphere around Australia and in the Pacific.

Widow of British nuclear test veteran awarded $75,000 by US

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Integrated natural gas company, BG Group on Sunday announced it will commit 15 billion U.S. dollars investment for the first phase of its massive Curtis liquid natural gas project in Queensland state of Australia.

BG Group announces $15 bln investment for LNG project in Australia

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GLOBAL POWER: Does China have the ability to expand beyond its borders to dominate the globe? China is not a developed country despite having the world's fastest-growing GDP, and does not have the ability to expand beyond its borders to dominate the globe, says an expat trade expert.

Understanding the China myth

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The Japanese did it first with the bullet train in 1964. Saudi Arabia is spending $15 billion expanding its high-speed rail network, and close behind are Qatar and Kuwait, which are spending $10 billion each.

Give us high-speed trains, not school halls

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M 5.3, New Britain region, Papua New Guinea

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England's players returned to New Zealand on Monday vowing to produce a rousing finish to their disappointing Four Nations campaign.

England aim for positive finish

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As U.S. voters prepare to go to the polls in hotly contested congressional midterms, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is half a world away, continuing a marathon tour of the Asia-Pacific in Malaysia.

Clinton pushes tolerance in Malaysia

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With obesity rates bulging, prominent US-based health magazine Men's Health just wrapped up its roundup of the fattest cities in the US.

World's fattest places

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The first secretary of state to visit the country since 1998, Clinton arrived Wednesday in the capital of Port Moresby for a brief stop during which she will also push an anti-corruption agenda amid concerns that a windfall from a massive natural gas find will exacerbate existing graft.

11/3/2010 - Clinton in violence-plagued Papua New Guinea

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Experienced forwards Adam Blair and Frank Pritchard and emerging international Ben Matulino have been recalled by New Zealand for Saturday's Four Nations clash with Australia in Auckland.

Kiwis call on trio