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The Labor leadership battle is officially on after Kevin Rudd last night resigned from his post as Foreign Affairs Minister, saying he had lost the confidence of Prime Minister Julia Gillard. A formal leadership contest is now expected next week and Julia Gillard is set to hold a press conference at 9am local time in Adelaide. Follow the latest updates here. All times in AEDT.

Ten's new show is a little rough around the edges, but is free of "noisy Americans".

Lulua Asaad - WNN Opinion (WNN/CGN) Saudi Arabia: Why do men in Saudi Arabia educate their female children if women aren’t able to work later? This is the question Khalid Al-Khudair, founder of the employment platform Glowork, asked. The question actually arose when his sister Aia, who graduated with a degree in psychology from a Canadian [...]

Farakh Shahzad – Pakistan Today – Wednesday, 22 February 2012 (originally published 19 Feb) Pakistan has a population of about 180 million, over half of which are women. Keeping in view the 51 per cent of the total population, it is a smart economics to ensure gender equality as a guarantee towards economic self reliance. [...]

Todd Neale – MedPage Today – Tuesday, 21 February 2012 (originally published 18 Feb) The variation in rankings of perinatal and infant mortality between countries, which is often used as an indicator of healthcare quality, is probably related to differences in how the smallest and most premature babies are registered in national databases, researchers found. [...]