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Syria mortar attack

04 Feb 2012, 12:41PM

Middle East | Syrian activists say 200 people have been killed and many hundred are wounded in a bloody assault on the restive city of Homs.Read more

No return date for flood evacuees

04 Feb 2012, 9:55AM

Floodwaters have inundated about 300 homes and businesses in the flood-stricken northern NSW town, the SES says. Read more

Three die in Egypt clashes over riot

04 Feb 2012, 11:50AM

Africa | Three people have died as protesters took to the streets of Cairo angry the police failed to prevent a deadly soccer riot days earlier. Read more

Want to be an astronaut?

04 Feb 2012, 12:19PM

North America | NASA has received 6372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number. Read more

Thomson report must be released: opp

04 Feb 2012, 12:29PM

Australia | Embattled MP Craig Thomson is holding the federal government together by a "very slender thread", the opposition says. Read more

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Republican Primaries

Primaries calendar

Primaries calendar

To win the Republican nomination, a candidate needs 1,444 delegates. So how many are up for grabs in each state?

Factbox: Who is Newt Gingrich?

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Kuwaitis vote

Kuwaitis vote

Kuwaitis voted in a snap election for the wealthy Gulf state's fourth parliament in less than six years, Kathy Novak reports.

Kuwaiti voters cast ballots

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Top 10 of the week

Top 10 of the week

We like to think that you, dear readers of SBS News Online, are a discerning bunch, but we know you like to let your hair down, too.

Many to become Facebook millionaires

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Inside Villawood

Inside Villawood

SBS' Marion Ives has gone behind the wire of the Villawood detention centre to look at how a music program for detainees is working.

Inside Villawood: The story behind the story

India gain confidence from win at MCG

India gain confidence from win at MCG

04 Feb 2012, 11:03AM

Australia may face a resurgent India in Sunday's opening one-dayer after the tourists scored a confidence-boosting win in Friday's Twenty20 clash. Read more

First Lady does push-ups on 'Ellen' show

First Lady does push-ups on 'Ellen' show

03 Feb 2012, 11:32AM

First Lady Michelle Obama performs in a push-ups challenge on American television show 'Ellen'. Read more

Facebook ready for Google fight

Facebook ready for Google fight

04 Feb 2012, 1:08PM

As Facebook and Google jockey for dominance of the Web, the social networking titan's $A4.68 billion stock offering will give it a hefty war chest for the ongoing fight, analysts say. Read more

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