Tassie premier Giddings celebrates 40th

TASMANIAN Premier Lara Giddings will celebrate her 40th birthday on Wednesday with a quiet dinner at the state's Parliament House with her family. The youngest woman to be elected to an Australian parliament, Ms Giddings reaches the milestone...

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Thousands gather for solar eclipse

ABOUT 60,000 enthusiasts, scientists and astronomers are set to gather in northern Australia to watch Australia's first full solar eclipse for a decade. The eclipse, which will happen at around 6.39am (AEST) on Wednesday, is expected to be visible...

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Warhols fetch $16.3m at Christie's

A PLAN to sell off the Andy Warhol Foundation's entire collection of works by the Pop artist has gotten off to a $US17 million ($A16.37 million) start at Christie's in New York. The sale on Monday in Manhattan saw 91 per cent of lots going under...

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AMF Bowling files for Chapter 11

BOWLING centre operator AMF Bowling Worldwide says it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy so it can implement a pre-arranged restructuring agreement. Virginia-based AMF announced the bankruptcy filing and the agreement on Tuesday morning. The...

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New Israeli warnings on Gaza

DEFENCE Minister Ehud Barak is warning that a flare-up in violence with Gaza is "not over," with Palestinian militants firing two rockets and Israel carrying out air strikes overnight. The violence that began on Saturday appeared to have slowed...

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German investor confidence drops

GERMAN investor confidence in Europe's largest economy slipped unexpectedly this month over worries growth will cool over the next six months, a survey shows. The ZEW institute said on Tuesday its monthly confidence index fell to minus 15.7 points...

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US stocks mixed on Greece, US worries

US stocks have been mixed in early Tuesday trade amid worries about Greece's debt crisis and a US "fiscal cliff" of spending cuts and tax hikes at year-end which threaten to drag the economy into recession. After opening lower, the Dow Jones Industrial...

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