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2 hrs ago | The Washington Post

Eastern Australia Set for Wetter Three Months, Boosting Crops

Grain-growing regions in eastern parts of Australia, the third-biggest exporter, are set for a wetter-than-normal three-month period, boosting optimism output will rebound after dry weather hurt crops last year.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Weather, Meteorology, Australia, World News, Science / Technology

6 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Ancient city's complex of roads, canals found hidden under dense Cambodian forest

Tourists walk to the world heritage Angkor Wat temple in Siem Reap province, about 300 km northwest of Phnom Penh.

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Related Topix: Southeast Asia, World News, Cambodia, Travel, Asia Travel, Cambodia Travel, Siem Reap, Cambodia Travel, Australia, Angkor, Cambodia Travel

8 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Samoa airline to introduce XL class seating for obese passengers

SYDNEY, Australia - Samoa Air, the first airline to charge passengers according to their weight, is introducing an XL class to cater to larger customers.

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8 hrs ago | Eater

Wire: Ivan Ramen Previews; Win Free Happy Hour at SmorgasBar

Here's a cool update out of the Ivan Ramen camp: Anybody who purchases tickets to Ivan Orkin's six-course tasting at Brooklyn Kitchen this weekend will also get a special invite to a private pre-opening event at Ivan Ramen.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Life, Dining

10 hrs ago | Eater

Cronuts Cronuts Cronuts: Eight More Cronut Copycats from Around the World

It's been another busy week of Cronut Mania : SoHo bakery owner and Cronut inventor Dominique Ansel has changed up the rules at his shop : the epic line will now wrap around a different corner and camera crews are not allowed to show up unannounced.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News,

12 hrs ago | Drugs.com

Adamas Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Phase 2/3 Results For ADS-510

Adamas Pharmaceuticals Presents Positive Phase 2/3 Results For ADS-5102 For The Treatment Of Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia In Parkinson's Disease SYDNEY, Australia And EMERYVILLE, Calif., June 18, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc. presented final results today from a Phase 2/3 clinical trial of ADS-5102 capsules demonstrating a ... (more)

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Related Topix: Parkinson's Disease, Health, Australia, World News, Emeryville, CA

17 hrs ago | Socialite Life

Ricky Martin And His Sons Leave Sydney, Keep An Eye On Paparazzi

Ricky Martin and his sons Matteo and Valentino were spotted departing Sydney airport in Sydney, Australia earlier today (June 18, 20130.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

19 hrs ago | EurekAlert!

Which qubit my dear? New method to distinguish between neighbouring quantum bits

This is Professor Michelle Simmons and Holger Buch in the Australian Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation and Communication Technology at the University of New South Wales.

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23 hrs ago | Crikey

We need to build it, but will they come? Private infrastructure problems

Poor assessment of risk, and motorists' loathing of tolls, has long made infrastructure funding problematic.

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

West Australian

UGL notches up $120 in new contracts

The wins include a three-year property management deal to advise Rolls-Royce, the world's second-largest maker of aircraft engines, on the management of its real estate across 20 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

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Related Topix: Qatar, Middle East, World News, Australia,

EurekAlert!

Pesticides significantly reduce biodiversity in aquatic environments

Washington/Leipzig/Sydney. The pesticides, many of which are currently used in Europe and Australia, are responsible for reducing the regional diversity of invertebrates in streams and rivers by up to 42 percent, researchers report in the Proceedings of the US Academy of Sciences .

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, Agriculture, Entomology, Environment

MediLexicon

Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, October 15-17, 2013, Las Vegas, USA

OMICS Group is delighted to invite you to attend the 2nd International Conference on Medicinal Chemistry & Computer Aided Drug Designing, which is to be held on October 15-17, 2013 at Las Vegas, USA.

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Related Topix: University of Arizona, Emory University, University of Arkansas Medical Sciences, Arkansas, Australia, World News, Medicine, Pharmacology

Materialicious

Contemporary House Design, Sydney

Modern contemporary house located near Sydney, Australia. For the River House, the site itself provided both the greatest opportunities, and the largest constraints to the design.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News

PS News

Stamps honour historic Houses

Australia Post is honouring Australia's oldest Government Houses in a new stamp issue released to coincide with the 150th anniversary of Government House in Perth.

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Related Topix: Australia, Oceania, World News,

India Talkies

Australia temporarily bans 19 synthetic drugs - Indiatalkies.com

Sydney, June 17 A temporary ban has been imposed by the Australian government on the sale of 19 synthetic drugs in the wake of the death of a teenager who used a substance similar to LSD, the media reported.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Australia, World News

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Suria

Australian court agrees, we're not all...

A landmark ruling won by an Australian gender trailblazer which finds that sex does not just mean male or female could have broader implications as society becomes more accepting of diversity, experts say.

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Related Topix: Australia, Travel, World News, Pacific Travel, Australia Travel, Sydney, Australia Travel

Wall Street Journal

Corrections & Amplifications

Sheryl Van Nunen , an allergy expert at North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia, linked red-meat allergies to bites of an Australian tick in the mid-2000s and presented her findings in 2007.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, University of Virginia

PR-inside.com

"Macquarie Group Limited (MQG) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review" Published

The profile has been compiled by GlobalData to bring to you a clear and an unbiased view of the company's key strengths and weaknesses and the potential opportunities and threats.

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Related Topix: Australia, World News, St. James, LA

Morpeth Herald

VIDEO - Emily Inspires - The Family

Geoffrey Davison from Sydney, Australia, gave a tribute to Emily on behalf of the family members.

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Sat Jun 15, 2013

OhNoTheyDidnt

Terminator 5 is happening and Arnold Schwarzengger will be back

Terminator Salvation, it appears that Skynet's favorite unstoppable killing machine - literally - will once again make good on its promise to be back with new reports emerging of a brand new Terminator movie to start production in January of next year.

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Related Topix: Thriller, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Action Movies, Adventure, Science Fiction Movies, Celebrities, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Australia, World News, Zero Dark Thirty, Avatar, Fast & Furious