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• Australian Treasurer hands down budget, announces two years of deficits
• National Rugby League Women in League Round celebrates sons
• 'Django Unchained' returns to Chinese cinemas
• Haitian cholera victims threaten United Nations with lawsuit
• Fifth Expo Gastronomía finishes in Caracas
• Woman shot, killed during standoff with police in Longview, Texas
• Former Pennsylvania Governor George Leader dies aged 95
• Lord Falconer proposes bill to legalise assisted dying for terminal ill in UK
• Caloundra defeat Nambour 24-10 in week seven of Sunshine Coast Rugby Union
• Black and Blue Belles win in Canberra Roller Derby League blowout
• 13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens
• Solar powered plane completes first leg of transcontinental trip
• President Obama renews his push to close Guantanamo detention facility
• First successful womb transplant recipient passes six-week pregnancy mark
• Miles Franklin Literary Award nominates only women for potential winners

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Latest news 14 May 2013: Australian Treasurer hands down budget, announces two years of deficits 3 April 2013: United Kingdom economy triple dip recession 'to be avoided' says British Chambers of Commerce 3 April 2013: Cyprus Finance Minister Michael Sarris resigns amid bailout talks 31 March 2013: United States economy growth revised up to 0.4% in last quarter of 2012 26 March 2013: Supreme Court of the United States contemplates same-sex marriage 26 March 2013: Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power 21 March 2013: Canberra central business district trials urinals 20 March 2013: British Chancellor George Osborne downgrades growth forecast in annual budget 25 February 2013: Britain loses AAA credit rating due to poor economic growth and continued austerity 23 February 2013: European Commission warns Eurozone economy to shrink further 18 February 2013: Venezuela opens granite processing facility in Bolívar 1 February 2013: United States economy shrinks by 0.1% in last quarter of 2012 27 January 2013: Australian Manns Mitre 10 hardware store closes after rent dispute 25 January 2013: British 4G mobile spectrum auction underway 25 January 2013: UK economy shrinks by 0.3% in fourth quarter of 2012 11 January 2013: All branches of UK photography retailer Jessops close today 27 December 2012: California judge disqualified from predatory lending case 21 December 2012: Internet security firm to donate revenue to charity after Anonymous protest of Westboro Baptist Church 16 November 2012: South Korean presidential candidate promises to legalise non-ActiveX technologies for banking 12 October 2012: USA raises tariffs on inexpensive Chinese solar panels
Africa Wikinews Shorts: May 5, 2012 Egypt cancels 15 year gas supply contract to Israel Kenya government fires health worker strikers over failure to 'report back to work' Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment Wikinews Shorts: January 27, 2012 Asia Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power South Korean presidential candidate promises to legalise non-ActiveX technologies for banking USA raises tariffs on inexpensive Chinese solar panels Mass protest grows against Kudankulam nuclear power plant in India UN's Convention on Domestic Workers expected to take effect in 2013 Central America Latin America suffers drop in remittances Referendum about CAFTA-RD in Costa Rica Panama: Eleven years of a conflict between PPC and ex-workers of Port Authority U.S. Congress passes CAFTA with 2 vote House margin CAFTA faces tough vote in U.S. House Europe United Kingdom economy triple dip recession 'to be avoided' says British Chambers of Commerce Cyprus Finance Minister Michael Sarris resigns amid bailout talks Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power Britain loses AAA credit rating due to poor economic growth and continued austerity European Commission warns Eurozone economy to shrink further	Middle East On the campaign trail, September 2012 Egypt cancels 15 year gas supply contract to Israel Egypt struggles to recover tourism, investment Wikinews Shorts: January 27, 2012 Wikinews Shorts: January 24, 2012 North America United States economy growth revised up to 0.4% in last quarter of 2012 Supreme Court of the United States contemplates same-sex marriage United States economy shrinks by 0.1% in last quarter of 2012 California judge disqualified from predatory lending case Internet security firm to donate revenue to charity after Anonymous protest of Westboro Baptist Church Oceania Australian Treasurer hands down budget, announces two years of deficits Kiribati acquires international funding for solar power Canberra central business district trials urinals Australian Manns Mitre 10 hardware store closes after rent dispute No surprises for sport in 2012/2013 Australian federal budget South America Venezuela opens granite processing facility in Bolívar UN's Convention on Domestic Workers expected to take effect in 2013 Four U.N. staff dead after plane crash in Bolivia Flight recorders from Air France Flight 447 found Wreckage, victims of Air France Flight 447 found

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