Australia Dames

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  Australia Ditches 'Out of Date' Knights and Dames

  Australia has removed knights and dames from the national honours system, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said Monday, dismissing the ancient titles as "not appropriate" in the modern age.

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  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull Scraps Knighthood Honours

  Australia's pro-republic Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Monday scrapped knights and dames from the nation's honours system, less than a year after a furore sparked by the award of a knighthood to Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth's husband.

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  Knights and Dames Honours Dumped Under New Australian PM: Report

  New Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, an outspoken republican, will dump knights and dames from the country's honours list reintroduced under his predecessor Tony Abbott, a local media report said Sunday.

• Astronomers spot first possible 'exomoon'

  The astronomers used a technique called gravitational microlensing, in which one star passes in front of another as seen from Earth.