The World in Action

Australia This picture is worth a thousand words [more] This is what happens when you lock up children
Aussie PM in awesome anti-sexist takedown Owned: watch Julia Gillard's blistering tirade against MP Tony Abbott, accusing him of sexist hypocrisy ...	The Great Barrier ‘Coal Lane’ just doesn’t have the same ring to it The Great Barrier Reef has lost more than half its coral. Now it's threatened by a coal port ...
Australia creates world's largest network of marine reserves More than 2.3m sq kilometres of ocean are now protected, after 600,000 citizens demand it ...	That's what flooded my garden! Scientists say rising ocean temperatures triggered extreme weather in Australia ...
Weary of war, America's allies bail Nato support crumbling in face of intractable problems and Taliban offensive ...	Murdoch hacking scandal: new twist Son James resigns from BSkyB, but fresh allegations of NewsCorp sabotage pose new threat to family empire ...