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Australia election impasse expected to end Tuesday (Reuters)

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Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks at a news conference in Melbourne August 22, 2010. REUTERS/Mick TsikasReuters - Australian Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard will know on Tuesday if she can form a new minority government with the support of three independents, ending more than two weeks of uncertainty after the August 21 elections.




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NZ economy facing hit from major earthquake impact (AP)

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A person cycles past a damaged road near the Avon River following Saturday's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. The quake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city also ripped a new 11-foot- (3.5 meter-) wide fault in the earth's surface, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/NZPA, David Alexander) **NEW ZEALAND OUT**AP - New Zealand's prime minister warned Monday that the country's economic recovery will be hurt by the weekend's powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings and wrecked roads and rail lines in the city of Christchurch.




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Australia poised for new government (AFP)

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Independent Australian member of parliament (MP) Bob Katter (R) shakes hands with Australian Treasurer Wayne Swan (L) and Prime Minister Julia Gillard (3L) while fellow independent MPs Rob Oakeshott (2L) and Tony Windsor (4L) look on during a meeting in Canberra on August 25.(AFP/Andrew Taylor)AFP - Australia's political leaders Monday neared the end of more than two weeks of negotiations to form a minority government after elections produced the first hung parliament since 1940.




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NZ probes skydiving plane crash that killed 9 (AP)

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The scene of the crash where nine people died including an Australian, a German, an Englishman and an Irishman when their aircraft believed to be carrying a group of skydivers crashed shortly after taking off from the air strip at Fox Glacier, New Zealand, Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/NZPA, Hokitika Guardian) ** NEW ZEALAND OUT **AP - Investigators expressed confidence Sunday that they will learn why an airplane carrying skydivers crashed in flames near a popular tourist spot in New Zealand's Southern Alps, killing four Europeans and five New Zealanders.




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Sea lion mauls 11-year-old boy at Australian zoo (AP)

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** FILE ** In this Jan. 7, 2010, file photo a sea lion takes a fish from a handler at the Central Park Zoo in New York. An 11-year-old boy has been mauled by a sea lion at a popular Sydney zoo in front of horrified visitors. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)AP - An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo's aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on.




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Australian boy mauled by sea lion at zoo (AFP)

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A sea lion swims through the water in Sydney Aquarium's Seal Sanctuary. An 11-year-old Australian boy was recovering in hospital Saturday after reportedly being left with a AFP - An 11-year-old Australian boy was recovering in hospital Saturday after reportedly being left with a "dirty great hole in his belly" after being mauled by a sea lion during a show at a Sydney zoo.




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1st Australian female PM leads party to low point (AP)

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard announces the support of Tasmanian Independent lawmaker Andrew Wilkie in her bid to form a minority government, in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia on Thursday when Wilkie said he would support her center-left Labor Party to form Australia's first minority government in almost seven decades. (AP Photo/Mark Graham)AP - Whether or not she emerges as winner following recent elections, Australia's first woman prime minister will have led the nation's oldest political party to one of the lowest points in its 119-year history.




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Australian man's face mauled by shark in Solomons (AFP)

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A public notice warns bathers of the danger of sharks. An Australian man has been attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - An Australian man was attacked by a shark which mauled his face and neck during a holiday in the South Pacific Solomon Islands, officials said on Friday.




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French 'Spiderman' denies risking lives in Sydney stunt (AFP)

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Frenchman Alain Robert (centre), known as 'Spiderman,' is seen being led away by police after climbing a 150-metre (492-foot) tall apartment building in Sydney on August 30. Robert on Friday pleaded not guilty to putting lives at risk after his latest stunt.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - A French climber dubbed "Spiderman" for scaling skyscrapers without ropes or equipment pleaded not guilty Friday to putting lives at risk after his latest stunt in Australia.




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French 'Spiderman' in Sydney court over climb (AP)

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French skyscraper climber Alain Robert climbs the Lumiere Residential building in Sydney, Australia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Robert, nicknamed 'Spiderman' was arrested Monday after scaling the 57-story building in Sydney with his bare hands. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - A French skyscraper climber nicknamed "Spiderman" pleaded not guilty Friday to charges related to his bare-handed climb up a 57-story building in downtown Sydney.




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