Students want sex ed sooner: study

HIGH school students want sex education sooner and topics including pregnancy and puberty taught in primary school, a study has found. But most teachers of grade five and six students are uncomfortable talking about the reproductive system in...

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News Corp announces end of The Daily

NEWS Corp has announced a new head of its British newspaper arm and said it was ending publication of its iPad app, The Daily. The media conglomerate said Mike Darcy, a former chief operating officer of BSkyB, will replace Tom Mockridge as CEO...

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Pressure mounts over Israeli settlements

PARIS and London called in Israel's envoys for consultations on Monday as the Jewish state faced mounting diplomatic pressure over plans to build 3,000 settler homes in east Jerusalem and the West Bank. Germany and Russia also raised concerns...

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US stocks open higher

US markets opened higher on Monday as traders ignored more discord in fiscal cliff talks in Washington to follow Europe's bourses higher after Spain finally made an official request for bank rescue funds. Five minutes into trade, the Dow Jones...

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Pope takes to Twitter

POPE Benedict XVI will join Twitter from December 12, with regular tweets in eight languages from the account @pontifex in time for Christmas as the Vatican tries to woo the global internet generation. "The first tweets will be answers to questions...

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RBA to deliver a pre-Christmas rate cut.

CONCERNS about slowing domestic growth should move the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to deliver an interest rate cut in time for Christmas. The RBA board meets on Tuesday (December 4) for its last monthly rate decision until February next...

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Britain seeks appeal over terror suspect

BRITAIN'S interior ministry said on Monday that it has applied for permission to appeal against a decision by judges to block the extradition of terror suspect Abu Qatada to Jordan. "We confirm that we have submitted our grounds for appeal," a...

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Clinton lobbies Czech govt on power plant

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton lobbied the Czech government on Monday to approve an American bid for a $US10 billion ($A9.63 billion) expansion of a nuclear power plant amid fierce competition from a rival Russian offer. Clinton made...

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