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POLITICAL HOLIDAY GUIDE TO ANTI-ELITISM

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COMING SOON: SKINPUT

Yanking your smartphone out of your pocket to check email or to skip to the next...


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WISHING WALL

Carolyn Driscoll scrambled to keep pace with people scrawling their wishes.


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A man rides his bicycle on a street affected by flood waters in Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia on December 31.

'Biblical' floods threaten thousands of Australian homes

Flood waters swept through vast areas of northeastern Australia Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of "biblical proportions".

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Three dead after Russian plane bursts into flames: officials

Three people were killed on Saturday and dozens injured when an aircraft burst into flames before take-off on a runway at an airport in Russia's Far North, officials said.


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Rioting prisoners set fire to British jail

Rioting prisoners torched buildings at a low-security British jail on Saturday, an incident the prison guards' union said highlighted the risks of of government plans to slash spending on the justice system.


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