Kashmir cleric says girl band 'un-Islamic'

INDIAN Kashmir's most senior Muslim cleric has called for the plug to be pulled on an all-girl rock group, calling the band "un-Islamic" and accusing them of "indecent" behaviour. Pragaash (First Light) sprang to prominence last December when...

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Oracle expands capacity with Acme deal

ORACLE says it is buying Acme Packet for $US2.1 billion ($A2.02 billion) in cash, helping the business tech group expand its capacity to deliver voice, video and data over IP networks. "The combination of Oracle and Acme Packet is expected to...

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New Archbishop of Canterbury takes office

THE new Archbishop of Canterbury has formally taken office at a ceremony in St Paul's Cathedral. Justin Welby, the former Bishop of Durham, was confirmed as the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury at a service under the dome of the cathedral attended...

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Spain bank clean-up at 'advanced stage'

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says Spain's reforms under its financial sector support program are close to being complete and the clean-up of its weakest banks is well advanced. "The program remains on track: the clean-up of undercapitalised...

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Cambodia mourns as king cremated

CAMBODIANS have bid goodbye with tears, chanting and fireworks to former King Norodom Sihanouk, their revered King-Father who led them through half a century of political tumult that took them into the abyss of genocidal Khmer Rouge rule and back...

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S Africa hikes farm worker pay by 52%

SOUTH Africa has raised farm workers' basic salary by more than 50 per cent after violent strikes in the fruit-growing Cape region in the south, the labour minister has announced. Mildred Oliphant announced the new minimum daily wage will "be...

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Sri Lanka leader rules out Tamil autonomy

SRI Lanka's president has ruled out giving Tamils greater political autonomy, appearing to back away from his long-stalled promise to empower the ethnic minority as part of the country's reconciliation process following a bloody civil war. President...

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