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RANews

  1. 6.1-magnitude #earthquake strikes Indonesia's Java: Indon meteorological agency
  2. A man posing as an Australian police officer has gone undetected for more than a month bit.ly/M3LcKg
  3. Japan's tax bill prompts cabinet reshuffle, Noda names 5 new ministers. bit.ly/K8gjlh
  4. Tendulkar sworn in as Indian MP, plans to play a straight bat in politics bit.ly/LeOtY1
  5. #Tiananmen talk blocked by Chinese censors as protest anniversary approaches. bit.ly/LeHqys
  6. #NorthKorea threatening military attack on #SouthKorea media over reporting of a children's rally. bit.ly/LeyrgZ
  7. 'Missing' #Sarawak #Malaysia radio service host says in online post he is safe but in hiding. bit.ly/LesZKU
  8. $AU20 billion wiped off the value of Australian shares in just 15 minutes, before the market stabilises bit.ly/K7nSsq
  9. Have #US and #Australia rattled Asian leaders with deal for enhanced American military presence in the #AsiaPacific? bit.ly/LecLBo
  10. Australia's share market has followed overseas markets lower, with the ASX 200 trading below the 4,000 mark for the first time in 7 months.
  11. Watch: Thousands brave rain and winds in London to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee youtu.be/3_Scuf78Qec
  12. Australian officials will be questioned on the treatment of children in Australia at a special United Nations committee bit.ly/K78H2k
  13. Watch: Why kids should be banned from Thailand's national sport, muay thai boxing youtu.be/24Tkh6GxgTk
  14. Previously dismissed radio signals and jar of anti-freckle cream could hold clues to Amelia #Earhart mystery bit.ly/LdPIGR
  15. Australia's Samantha Stosur into the French Open quarter-finals, defeating US teenager Sloane Stephens 7-5, 6-4 bit.ly/LdLLlL
  16. The Queen has waved to a million people who lined the banks of the River Thames to celebrate her 60 years on the throne bit.ly/K6BZ0W
  17. Australia's Foreign Minister Bob Carr says $AU2.5m in aid will help Fiji hold to commitment to free and fair elections bit.ly/K7NyTJ
  18. Nine dead in mob attack in Burma radioaustralia.net.au/international/…