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News Corp considers splitting into two: Report

Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. jumped 2.41 percent on Tuesday after a report that the company may be split in half, separating its publishing assets from its bigger entertainment arm.

News Corp considers splitting into two: Report

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Australian stock in Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. jumped 2.41 percent on Tuesday after a report that the company may be split in half, separating its publishing assets from its bigger entertainment arm.

Immolations expression of freedom: Tibet's exiled PM

Tibet's exiled political leader Lobsang Sangay on Tuesday said a spate of self-immolations in China was a strong message being sent by oppressed and desperate people who want to assert their freedom.

Moody's says India rating stable despite challenges

Moody's Investors Service on Monday said it was maintaining a stable outlook on India's Baa3 rating as problems such as slower growth and higher inflation were long-standing and already factored into

Top editors quit at Australian media giant Fairfax

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Top editors at Australian newspapers The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald resigned on Monday, after parent company Fairfax last week announced an overhaul designed to embrace the digital era.

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Assange wants guarantees he will not be sent to the US

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Monday called for diplomatic guarantees he will not be pursued by the United States for publishing secret documents if he goes to Sweden to face criminal allegation

'No hint' of US plan for Assange extradition: Australia

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Australian Foreign Minister Bob Carr on Sunday said there was ‘no hint’ of a plan to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the United States should he be sent to Sweden.

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Last efforts in refugee boat search off Australia

Rescuers were making last efforts on Saturday to search for survivors from a refugee boat accident off Australia's Christmas Island as final hopes faded for some 90 people still missing.

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Asylum-seeker boat carrying 200 capsizes off Australia

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An asylum-seeker boat believed to be carrying 200 people capsized on Thursday off remote Christmas Island with an unknown number of survivors, Australian authorities said.

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Major Fairfax holder warns 'worthless' papers could close

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One of Fairfax Media's largest shareholders warned on Wednesday that the Australian firm's flagship titles faced closure without a major turnaround, describing them as 'worth less than nothing'.

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