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Planes back in the air but thousands still stranded by ash cloud Virgin resumed flights in and out of Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand this morning after a volcanic ash cloud brought chaos to air travel across the region at the weekend. High Court judge tops Queen's Birthday honours An Australian High Court judge, seen as having paved the way for women in the legal profession, has been awarded the top Queen's Birthday honours. First photos released of shot US congresswoman Pictures of injured US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have been released, five months after she was shot at a rally by a gunman. Syria troops seize hotbed town, 'mass grave' found Syrian troops have seized the flashpoint northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, state television says, as international outrage mounts at the regime's harsh crackdown on protesters. Divers continue Hawkesbury River search The search for two men thrown from a boat north of Sydney will continue this morning, only two days after a 14-year-old girl went missing in a similar incident.
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The darknet ages At the recent e-G8 summit, French president Nicholas Sarkozy called for a world where states worked together to tame the internet. But states have profited from the spread of networks, it is both disingenuous to decry their reach and impossible to try to contain their power. Instead, we now see the rise of 'parallel powers'; extraterritorial, not subject to the state. In a previous era they would have looked like the Mafia; today, they look more like eBay. A perfect moral storm Why does animal abuse spur us to action but not human suffering? Grim tidings from Bonn As the intersessional meetings of the UNFCCC began with a faltering limp in Bonn last week, it was hard not to sense a grand emptiness. 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.
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Battles rage in western Libya Fighting between Moamar Gaddafi's forces and Libyan insurgents raged across swaths of western Libya, with casualties reported in Zintan and Zawiya as rebels went on the offensive. Button wins dramatic Canadian GP Jenson Button secured his first win of the season on Monday morning after passing defending champion Sebastian Vettel on the final lap of an extraordinary, dramatic, rain-delayed and crash-hit Canadian Grand Prix. First photos released of shot US congresswoman Pictures of injured US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have been released, five months after she was shot at a rally by a gunman.
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Battles rage in western Libya Fighting between Moamar Gaddafi's forces and Libyan insurgents raged across swaths of western Libya, with casualties reported in Zintan and Zawiya as rebels went on the offensive. First photos released of shot US congresswoman Pictures of injured US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords have been released, five months after she was shot at a rally by a gunman. Syria troops seize hotbed town, 'mass grave' found Syrian troops have seized the flashpoint northern town of Jisr al-Shughur, state television says, as international outrage mounts at the regime's harsh crackdown on protesters.
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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. Top cattle producer says industry in limbo Australia's largest cattle producer is urging the Federal Government to move quickly in dealing with suspension of the live trade to Indonesia. Planes back in the air but thousands still stranded by ash cloud Virgin resumed flights in and out of Melbourne, Tasmania and New Zealand this morning after a volcanic ash cloud brought chaos to air travel across the region at the weekend.
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Opposition attacks Government over TB clinic closure The Queensland Government has been accused of failing to act on the threat of tuberculosis (TB) spreading from Papua New Guinea (PNG) into mainland Australia. Delays as Canberrans swamp emergency dept Patients have been warned to expect delays as Canberra's hospital emergency departments deal with record demand. 'Economic sunshine' ahead despite Qld budget pain Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser says 'economic sunshine' is around the corner despite the state's budget going further into the red, with a $4 billion deficit expected by next financial year.
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Stoner goes top at rain-lashed Silverstone Button wins dramatic Canadian GP Dockers keep Bombers grounded Broncos escape Canberra comeback Blues bash past Lions
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Scientist and cyclist among those honoured A scientist who made a breakthrough in epilepsy research is one of 45 South Australians to have been named on this year's Queen's Birthday honours list. IMF becomes latest cyber attack victim The International Monetary Fund, the intergovernmental group that oversees the global financial system and brings together 187 member nations, has become the latest known target of a significant cyber attack. Tas suburb's link in tsunami research The beach suburb of Kingston, south of Hobart, is being used to model how a tsunami might impact buildings along the shoreline.
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Tuncurry sub-division seen as economic 'driver' The proponents of a large development in a small coastal settlement in the Great Lakes say people should not be alarmed. State Water: release not for flood mitigation, but willl help State Water said it is not making releases from Burrinjuck and Blowering Dams this week for flood mitigation, but admits it will help if winter rains do fall. Fishermen net tonnes of carp in Moira Lakes More than 17 tonnes of juvenile carp have been netted in the Moira Lakes.
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