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Thu 04 Aug, 2011

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Bomb hoax teen eager to get on with life

The father of the victim of last night's bomb hoax in Sydney's north says his family is eager for their lives to return to normal.
Madeleine Pulver, 18, spent 10 hours chained to a sophisticated fake bomb in her Mosman home.
In a press conference a short time ago, Bill Pulver thanked police and their friends for their support.More »

The Drum

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In Mosman, one ordeal gives way to another

The Mosman schoolgirl doesn't represent a beautiful paragon of bravery to be splashed across our screens and mobiles.
She's just an average, Aussie teenager who was unlucky enough to be targeted by a scumbag extortionist.
If media organisations had any awareness and interest in this fact, they'd keep a distance and allow the police, psychologists and other officials get to the work they need to do.More »

Just In

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Italy fears trigger market jitters

The US debt default threat may have diminished, but now the prospect of a default in Italy is spooking financial markets.More »

World

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Stretcher-bound Mubarak pleads not guilty

Spectators yelled for revenge as Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and murdering protesters.More »

Business

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Banks lead share slide

The market is having a volatile day, with the major indices modestly lower by mid-afternoon.
Immediately after the market opened it rose briefly and then fell, then there was a bit of a rally led by financial stocks, but that did not last.
The All Ordinaries index was down 7 points to 4,401 just after 2:00pm (AEST).More »

Politics

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MP keen to push Rann out sooner

Legislative Council president Bob Sneath says there might be enough people in the Labor Party willing to force a leadership spill in South Australia soon. More »

Sport

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AFL lenient because of Stynes' health: Kennett

Hawthorn president Jeff Kennett claims the AFL has been lenient to Melbourne over tanking allegations because of the ill health of Demons president Jim Stynes.

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Science and Technology

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Telescope detects oxygen in space

The European Space Agency's Herschel telescope has found the first confirmed evidence of oxygen molecules in space, according to a report published this week in the Astrophysical Journal.More »

Environment

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Turnbull decries war on climate science

Opposition frontbencher Malcolm Turnbull has hit out against climate change sceptics on his side of politics, saying there has been a "war on science" that contradicts common sense.
He also warned the Liberal Party against veering too much to the right, using his popularity as a moderate in the New South Wales seat of Wentworth as an example of wresting votes from Labor.More »

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