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All rights reserved.aus_world_8085http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/XcESORd_dDc/story-e6frg6so-1226358494357http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/a-senior-judge-has-been-named-interim-prime-minister-in-greece-until-the-next-elections/story-e6frg6so-1226358494357A SENIOR judge has been sworn in to head Greece's caretaker government for a month as the debt-crippled country lurches towards new elections. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9WKDmOEJS2SpVFzGudY_6_l4ZQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9WKDmOEJS2SpVFzGudY_6_l4ZQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9WKDmOEJS2SpVFzGudY_6_l4ZQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/I9WKDmOEJS2SpVFzGudY_6_l4ZQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/XcESORd_dDc" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:12:10 GMTAPhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/a-senior-judge-has-been-named-interim-prime-minister-in-greece-until-the-next-elections/story-e6frg6so-1226358494357http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/R0EB2V12zPU/story-e6frg6so-1226358512792http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/dramatic-start-to-mladic-genocide-trial/story-e6frg6so-1226358512792HE is no longer the swaggering general from the Bosnian war. Yet as his genocide trial began yesterday, Ratko Mladic still managed to reopen old wounds. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pF12tC_7wi4H1dnCtz9hi4CSjEA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pF12tC_7wi4H1dnCtz9hi4CSjEA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pF12tC_7wi4H1dnCtz9hi4CSjEA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pF12tC_7wi4H1dnCtz9hi4CSjEA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/R0EB2V12zPU" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:24 GMTAPhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/dramatic-start-to-mladic-genocide-trial/story-e6frg6so-1226358512792http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/lKzCFacvb4Y/story-e6frg6so-1226358103894http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/barack-obamas-same-sex-nod-splits-black-vote/story-e6frg6so-1226358103894BARACK Obama is struggling to persuade black religious leaders to support his endorsement of same-sex marriage. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSuCojII8wyz7lWm_PX_mD-G7OI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSuCojII8wyz7lWm_PX_mD-G7OI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSuCojII8wyz7lWm_PX_mD-G7OI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xSuCojII8wyz7lWm_PX_mD-G7OI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/lKzCFacvb4Y" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTBrad Norington, Washington correspondenthttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/barack-obamas-same-sex-nod-splits-black-vote/story-e6frg6so-1226358103894http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/5xjECxQRvYQ/story-e6frg6so-1226358179657http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/europe-warns-greece-on-bailout-as-continent-braces-for-eurozone-exit-after-election/story-e6frg6so-1226358179657ANTI-AUSTERITY parties in Greece were yesterday warned that they cannot have it both ways and retain the euro while abandoning the bailout. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b5YkRXEE_h0BKxpNkNyzBSTyZA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b5YkRXEE_h0BKxpNkNyzBSTyZA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b5YkRXEE_h0BKxpNkNyzBSTyZA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0b5YkRXEE_h0BKxpNkNyzBSTyZA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/5xjECxQRvYQ" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTPeter Wilson, Europe correspondenthttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/europe-warns-greece-on-bailout-as-continent-braces-for-eurozone-exit-after-election/story-e6frg6so-1226358179657http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/TUxyclTrwXo/story-fnb64oi6-1226358183097http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/francois-hollande-brings-his-pact-agenda-to-berlin-chancellery/story-fnb64oi6-1226358183097FRENCH President Francois Hollande's attempt to launch a new European pro-growth strategy in Berlin resembled a scene from Richard Wagner. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wu9NLYAwe7E49SCly2lHtDyqrio/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wu9NLYAwe7E49SCly2lHtDyqrio/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wu9NLYAwe7E49SCly2lHtDyqrio/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wu9NLYAwe7E49SCly2lHtDyqrio/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/TUxyclTrwXo" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTROGER BOYES and CHARLES BREMNERhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/francois-hollande-brings-his-pact-agenda-to-berlin-chancellery/story-fnb64oi6-1226358183097http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/zb4ZVT-FBwo/story-e6frg6so-1226358103664http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-slams-japan-for-hosting-uighurs/story-e6frg6so-1226358103664CHINA has denounced Japan for hosting a conference of oppressed Uighur people. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yWg5uGRK-Efe3F2eSfdznJBdXfc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yWg5uGRK-Efe3F2eSfdznJBdXfc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yWg5uGRK-Efe3F2eSfdznJBdXfc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yWg5uGRK-Efe3F2eSfdznJBdXfc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/zb4ZVT-FBwo" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTMichael Sainsbury, China correspondenthttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/china-slams-japan-for-hosting-uighurs/story-e6frg6so-1226358103664http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/y5vQ6EoBzBc/story-e6frg6so-1226358098899http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/north-korea-looks-to-asia-for-new-way-forward/story-e6frg6so-1226358098899NORTH Korea's No 2 leader, Kim Yong-nam, arrives home today after a trailblazing visit to Singapore and Indonesia. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RReB5K7zGYJd_v0f5Z9Hpb0o30g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RReB5K7zGYJd_v0f5Z9Hpb0o30g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RReB5K7zGYJd_v0f5Z9Hpb0o30g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RReB5K7zGYJd_v0f5Z9Hpb0o30g/1/di" 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src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/xF8kkBTU-fhkhrbTijygPt33bug/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~4/l_zPQosHNAw" height="1" width="1"/>Wed, 16 May 2012 14:00:00 GMTBRENDAN NICHOLSONhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/defence/gillard-pledges-extra-100m-a-year-to-keep-afghanistan-safe/story-e6frg8yo-1226358226998http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheAustralianTheWorld/~3/v1guNk9TmkY/story-e6frg6nf-1226358212495http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/children-abused-to-order-on-skype/story-e6frg6nf-1226358212495ONLINE pedophiles are paying to have children in overseas countries sexually abused according to their preferences. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VqaMXk1_20KZV1ISL98QbM2uv4E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VqaMXk1_20KZV1ISL98QbM2uv4E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a 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