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Wanted Al Qaeda chief killed in Somalia Somali police have confirmed Fazul Abdullah Mohammed, one of Africa's most wanted Al Qaeda operatives, was killed in the capital of the Horn of Africa country on Tuesday (local time). Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal Embattled US representative Anthony Weiner has sought treatment for a string of embarrassing incidents, US media reported, as his colleagues stepped up pressure for him to resign. Volcanic ash cancels Qantas flights Qantas has cancelled flights between Australia and New Zealand today with volcanic ash from an eruption in Chile due to drift over the South Island. Abbott denies Nauru asylum tour a stunt Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will tour Nauru today to discuss whether the Pacific nation's leaders are prepared to reopen the asylum seeker detention centre there. Arsenic fears force residents to evacuate Police have asked residents and visitors to leave a Northern Territory cattle station and tourist park because it has high levels of arsenic in its water.
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Evading meaty realities that make us feel uncomfortable Meat and its by-products are central to Australian society and each and every year we kill some eight million cows, five million pigs and nearly half a billion chickens. There's something particularly morally distasteful about evading realities on the basis that they make us feel uncomfortable about ourselves. We kill animals in huge quantities and should be prepared to face up to what that actually means. Live export ban risks valuable Indigenous jobs Real Indigenous jobs are rare. But we do know this: there are 82 Indigenous cattle properties in northern Australia with strong links to the live export trade - 54 in the Territory, 22 in the Kimberley and Pilbara and six in far north Queensland. There is no excuse for the shocking animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs and the Government should play a role in ensuring that the live export trade is cleaned up. But just pulling the plug on it risks a catastrophic destruction of jobs and fragile regional economies. Skeptically threatening public debate and democracy Why are politicians and some media refusing to condemn those threatening to kill and sexually assault climate scientists? Coal seam gas is 'a disaster' Advocates of coal seam gas say it's the way of the future for Australia, environmentalists are less keen. 'Yes' the hardest word Let us say no to demonising and prolonging the persecution of those who have already suffered harm and seek our compassion and a safe harbour.
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Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal Embattled US representative Anthony Weiner has sought treatment for a string of embarrassing incidents, US media reported, as his colleagues stepped up pressure for him to resign. Abbott denies Nauru asylum tour a stunt Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will tour Nauru today to discuss whether the Pacific nation's leaders are prepared to reopen the asylum seeker detention centre there. Arsenic fears force residents to evacuate Police have asked residents and visitors to leave a Northern Territory cattle station and tourist park because it has high levels of arsenic in its water.
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Weiner seeks treatment after sex scandal Embattled US representative Anthony Weiner has sought treatment for a string of embarrassing incidents, US media reported, as his colleagues stepped up pressure for him to resign. Abbott denies Nauru asylum tour a stunt Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will tour Nauru today to discuss whether the Pacific nation's leaders are prepared to reopen the asylum seeker detention centre there. Dozens dead in Pakistan market blasts At least 32 people were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in a market in Pakistan's volatile north-western city of Peshawar late on Saturday, a hospital official said.
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Tas flights affected by volcanic ash A cloud of volcanic ash from southern Chile has forced the cancellation of all Qantas flights in and out of Tasmania. Unions slam payrise for low income workers West Australian unions have described a $20 a week pay rise awarded to the state's lowest paid workers as miserable. Brown downplays electricity price rise Greens Leader Bob Brown has played down a report that says households will be forced to pay up to 30 per cent more for electricity by mid-2013.
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Abbott denies Nauru asylum tour a stunt Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will tour Nauru today to discuss whether the Pacific nation's leaders are prepared to reopen the asylum seeker detention centre there. Unions slam payrise for low income workers West Australian unions have described a $20 a week pay rise awarded to the state's lowest paid workers as miserable. Labor sets new vehicle pollution rules The Federal Government has had a win of sorts with across-the-board support for its new vehicle pollution standards aimed at reducing hazardous smog.
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Cats scrape past Hawks Scrappy Reds see off Force Flying Sea Eagles punish Cowboys Waratahs eye finals after big win Roos bound past struggling Suns
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Love is in the air for red pandas As we head into winter, the plummeting mercury signals the start of the breeding season for some cold climate mammals. Man charged over internet grooming Police have charged a man from Sydney's west with grooming a 14-year-old girl for sex after a joint investigation between New South Wales and Queensland police. UN to upgrade space weather forecasts A UN plan to upgrade space weather forecasts would help the world cope with solar storms that might wreak up to $2 trillion in damage if the sun repeated a giant flare of 1859, according to experts.
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Tas flights affected by volcanic ash A cloud of volcanic ash from southern Chile has forced the cancellation of all Qantas flights in and out of Tasmania. Arsenic fears force residents to evacuate Police have asked residents and visitors to leave a Northern Territory cattle station and tourist park because it has high levels of arsenic in its water. Labor sets new vehicle pollution rules The Federal Government has had a win of sorts with across-the-board support for its new vehicle pollution standards aimed at reducing hazardous smog.
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