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Condoleezza Rice to start tour of Perth

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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will take in the views from Perth's Kings Park on Friday on the second and last day of her West Australian visit.

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Barack Obama has told a crowd of 200,000 in Berlin that Americans and Europeans must tear down walls between estranged allies, races and faiths.

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National Australia Bank shares have dropped 10 per cent after the bank announced an extra $830m loss on its exposure to US mortgage-backed debt securities.

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