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Prospective U.S. military recruits have long been told "Uncle Sam wants you!"

Well, Stars and Stripes reports Tuesday that Australia wants you even more and is willing to pay for it.

"The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) welcomes enquiries from both officers and sailors who are interested in a new career and new life in Australia," the Australian Navy's website says.

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DEVELOPING countries, including Nigeria, are no longer candidates for charity and aid from developing countries, the World Bank has said.

The outgoing World Bank president, Robert Zoellick, disclosed this at the ongoing International Monetary Fund/World Bank Spring Meeting in Washington DC, United States.


He said since "the developing countries have provided two-thirds of global growth …

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The Nice Person Gene


A new study published in Psychological Science suggests that niceness may be programmed into your DNA. Do you have the makeup to be nice, or are your genes all mean?

Researchers from the University of New York at Buffalo and the University of California, Irvine, examined how genes affect the receptors for two hormones associated with “prosocial” behavior. The hormones …

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One of most popular artists in America, "Painter of Light" Thomas Kinkade, died Friday at his home in Los Gatos, Calif., his family said.

He was 54, and his family issued a statement that his death appeared to be from natural causes.


"Thom provided a wonderful life for his family,'' his wife, Nanette, said in a statement. "We are shocked and saddened by his death.''

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Struggling BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. said Thursday that it will cede most consumer markets after failing to compete with flashier touch-screen phones such as Apple's iPhone and models that run Google's Android software.

Instead, RIM said it will return to its roots and focus on business customers, many of whom prefer BlackBerrys for their security. RIM has had limited success …

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The Department of Justice announced a lawsuit against AT&T, charging that the telecom giant looked the other way while Nigerian scam artists exploited its call-assist service for the hearing impaired — and then turned around and billed the FCC for the calls.

IP Relay service, offered by AT&T as well as other carriers, is designed to assist hearing-impaired callers: They type their …

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France's president proposed a sweeping new law Thursday that would jail those who visit extremist web sites — one of several tough new measures floated in the wake of a murderous shooting spree.

The proposed rules, unveiled by Nicolas Sarkozy after the death of an Islamist fanatic wanted for a horrifying series of execution-style murders, have alarmed journalists and legal experts, who say they …

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When an FBI official crowed to FoxNews earlier today that "We're chopping off the head of LulzSec," was there truth in the boast or just a bunch of hyperbole?

Clearly the agency chopped off something. As was widely reported, law enforcement agents on two continents arrested three top members of the computer hacking group and charged two more with conspiracy, based on evidence gathered …

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For online security professionals, 2012 is turning out to be a banner year. Prominent hacks are taking place nearly every week. Credit card fraud and piracy on the Internet are booming. Hacktivist attacks against government computers and private companies are occurring almost daily. Big-name government agencies and businesses everywhere are shelling out for security assistance ... but for …

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