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Gillard spruiks carbon tax at Labor conference Julia Gillard has used Labor's Victorian state conference to reaffirm her party's commitment to a carbon price. Reserves pleased death charges dropped The head of the Defence Reserves Association says he is pleased manslaughter charges against two soldiers have been dropped. Spin legend Warne bows out Australian spin legend Shane Warne brought the curtain down on his stellar cricket career stretching over two decades, bowing out with a winning appearance in the Indian Premier League. Strauss-Kahn arrives at new home Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has arrived at the New York building where he will be under house arrest after leaving Rikers Island jail on a $US1 million ($940,000) cash bail, police said. 15 killed in NATO tanker bombing At least 15 people were killed when a bomb planted in a NATO oil tanker bound for Afghanistan exploded near a Pakistani border town Saturday, officials said.
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Obama makes his Middle East move It was the effort of the US to re-enter the quicksand that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that stood out from Barack Obama's 'Arab Spring' speech. As can be read here, reaction to the speech has been strong and wide-ranging. Packaging up renewed engagement with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the Arab Spring may at least force some progress on this stalled issue. Harden up Greens, the game is changing Come July the Greens will hold part of the balance of power in the Lower House and all of it in the Senate. This is a serious political party and it should be treated seriously. The game is changing for the Greens. With the balance of power comes an added test: how will they stand scrutiny? Not well, if recent form is any guide. Conversations: is the government struggling to sell a good story? Does the government have a good story to tell? Is it merely struggling for the right form of words? HereÂ's what six leading academics think. Ted Baillieu, that is just unAustralian Yes Mr Bailllieu, acknowledging traditional owners is a token gesture. A token of respect and understanding. Climate science and James Hansen misrepresented The poor scholarship of Anthony Cox and David Stockwell does our society a grave disservice.
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Copts speak out about Egypt violence A rally in Sydney has been told Coptic Christian women in Egypt are being abducted, raped and forced to convert to Islam. Gillard spruiks carbon tax at Labor conference Julia Gillard has used Labor's Victorian state conference to reaffirm her party's commitment to a carbon price. 15 killed in NATO tanker bombing At least 15 people have been killed in an oil tanker blaze after a bomb exploded on the Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicle near a Pakistani border town on Saturday, officials said.
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15 killed in NATO tanker bombing At least 15 people have been killed in an oil tanker blaze after a bomb exploded on the Afghanistan-bound NATO vehicle near a Pakistani border town on Saturday, officials said. Reserves pleased death charges dropped The head of the Defence Reserves Association says he is pleased manslaughter charges against two soldiers have been dropped. IMF approves $35b loan to Portugal The International Monetary Fund has approved a 26-billion-euro ($35 billion) loan to Portugal as part of a European Union bailout of the struggling eurozone country.
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Logs shipment welcomed A 23,000 tonne shipment of peeler logs bound for China is being loaded on the Hobart docks. IMF approves $35b loan to Portugal The International Monetary Fund has approved a 26-billion-euro ($35 billion) loan to Portugal as part of a European Union bailout of the struggling eurozone country. Tasmanians get a slice of funds from failed property developer More than 80 Tasmanian investors will receive a share of a $29 million settlement related to failed property developer Fincorp.
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Copts speak out about Egypt violence A rally in Sydney has been told Coptic Christian women in Egypt are being abducted, raped and forced to convert to Islam. Union demands independent report on private prison The Western Australian Prison Officers Union is calling for an independent report into the operation of the state's largest and only privately-run prison. Detention centre hits Aboriginal heritage snag A $15 million immigration detention centre planned for north of Hobart has hit a snag, with an ongoing Aboriginal heritage battle delaying its construction.
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Judd cleared of serious injury Campese return to boost surging Raiders Spin legend Warne bows out Webber back on top in Spain North players joined 'Brocial Network'
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Sony targeted in fresh hack attack Sony has announced it has been hacked again, after personal information of some 100 million Sony users was stolen last month. Cosmic ray hunter installed on space station Shuttle Endeavour astronauts have attached a $US2 billion device to the International Space Station that will conduct an ambitious survey aimed at uncovering matter that telescopes cannot see. Researchers set up 'stinger cam' Scientists are trialing underwater camera systems to detect the presence of dangerous marine jellyfish.
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Turnbull blogs climate policy defence Federal Opposition frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has used his personal blog to defend comments he made this week about the Coalition's climate policy. Australian rare earth plant 'too toxic' More than 150 people have demonstrated outside the Australian High Commission in Kuala Lumpur against a plant that will process radioactive iron ore in Malaysia. TEPCO boss quits over nuke crisis The president of Japanese company Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) will step down over the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl.
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