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The World Health Organization (WHO) restated its confidence in the H1N1 flu vaccine on Tuesday, calling it the most important tool against the pandemic.

Stocks rose sharply on Tuesday after Australia became the first G20 country to raise rates since the onset of the financial crisis, and on optimism for a strong U.S. earnings season.

Stocks rose more than 1 percent on Tuesday on renewed hopes for a global economic recovery after the Australian central bank raised interest rates and in anticipation of the start of an improved U.S. earnings season.

Stocks rose at the open on Tuesday on renewed hopes for a global economic recovery after Australia raised interest rates and in anticipation of an improved earnings season.

Stocks were set to open higher on Tuesday on renewed hopes for a global economic recovery after Australia raised interest rates and in anticipation of the start of an improved earnings season.

The dollar fell broadly Tuesday while stocks rose after Australia's interest rate rise, the first in a G20 economy in more than a year, boosted confidence the global economic recovery is on track and others may follow.

Stock futures rose on Tuesday on renewed hopes for a global economic recovery after Australia raised interest rates and in anticipation of the start of an improved earnings season.

Japan's government put pressure on the central bank on Tuesday to avoid ending its emergency funding for companies too soon, with the finance minister saying the economy had yet to regain balance.

Stock futures rose on Tuesday on renewed hopes for a global economic recovery after Australia raised interest rates.

The dollar fell across the board on Tuesday while world stocks rose after Australia became the first developed economy to raise interest rates in more than a year and data showed the U.S. services sector expanded for the first time since 2008.

Australia's central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday and heralded more to come, saying it was safe to row-back on stimulus now that the worst danger for the economy had passed.

Australia's central bank raised its key cash rate by 25 basis points to 3.25 percent on Tuesday and heralded more to come, saying it was safe to row-back on stimulus now that the worst danger for the economy had passed.

South Korean and Indian shares fell on Tuesday after Australia's interest rate hike showed that stronger Asian economies were starting to reverse emergency stimulus policies, hitting markets seen as likely to lift rates.

The dollar skidded against the euro and the yen on Tuesday after a British newspaper reported that Arab states were in talks to end using the dollar for oil trading, but Asian shares rose as U.S. services sector data lifted investors' mood.

The Australian academic profession is headed for crisis due to a lack of academic staff, unless major change takes place.

There are times in one's life when it's hard to completely comprehend the significance of an experience until we decide to look at it again in retrospect. The opportunity to work for The Smith Family was one such time in my life.

Coalition armed forces are in danger of losing a battle to terrorist organisations because they are failing to counter the use of new media in conflicts, according to a researcher from The Australian National University.

Mergers, management changes and unfriendly work-family practices were the main reasons behind women leaving the workforce today a new Melbourne Business School survey has found.

Three Americans won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for revealing the existence and nature of telomerase, an enzyme which helps prevent the fraying of chromosomes that underlies aging and cancer.

Norway has retained its status as the world's most desirable country to live in, according to U.N. data released on Monday, which ranks sub-Saharan African states afflicted by war and HIV/AIDS as the least attractive places.

China and a top G77 official accused rich nations on Monday of trying to kill off the Kyoto Protocol, the U.N.'s main weapon in the fight against global warming, as nations try to craft a broader climate pact.