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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 04 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Girl rescued after 10-hour bomb ordeal Police say no explosives have been found at a Sydney North Shore home where a young woman was trapped for 10 hours with a suspected bomb strapped around her neck.More » Study fast tracks high-speed rail link Stretcher-bound Mubarak pleads not guilty Woman found alive in chopper wreckage Wall Street rallies on stimulus speculation Hockey threatens axe for climate department Tanks storm city as UN condemns Syrian crackdown Russian couple 'kept grandfather on chain' Moon's peaks 'caused by slow motion crash' British police net 1.2 tonne cocaine haul More Analysis » A regulated media? It's as simple as your ABC Of all the media outlets in Australia, the ABC is by far the most heavily regulated - especially, though not exclusively, by itself. But who holds newspapers to account? In particular, who can hold editors like Chris Mitchell or Paul Whittaker to account? Great newspapers, and their editors, wield both power and influence. If they don't wish that power to be regulated by others, they should take much more convincing steps to hold themselves to a set of standards that are published, and transparently enforced.More » A low rate world is not in everyone's interest School funding and the politics of envy Gillian Welch saved rock n' roll Driven to despair: the hidden homeless Tea Party activists: heroes or villains? Nixon, Black Saturday and that resurgent mushroom risotto Chaplaincy challenge: a pre-hearing summary Breivik and the Muslim question How do we protect privacy in the digital age? Just In More Just In » Heather Mills claims phone was hacked Heather Mills claims a top Mirror group journalist admitted hacking her phone while she was in a relationship with Sir Paul McCartney.More » UK crematorium offers services by internet Wall Street rallies on stimulus speculation Moon's peaks 'caused by slow motion crash' Study fast tracks high-speed rail link Russian couple 'kept grandfather on chain' Soldiers killed as buildings collapse All Blacks make seven changes Video shows UK, Italy hostages in Nigeria Escaped peacock returns to Central Park zoo World More World » Stretcher-bound Mubarak pleads not guilty Middle East correspondent Anne Barker, wires Spectators yelled for revenge as Egypt's former president Hosni Mubarak pleaded not guilty to charges of corruption and murdering protesters.More » Tanks storm city as UN condemns Syrian crackdown New arrest in phone-hacking scandal US Senate passes bill to avoid debt default UN slams Syria's 'loss of humanity' Murdoch foam pie attacker jailed for six weeks Norway gunman asks for Japanese psychiatrist Gaddafi's son shuts door on rebel reconciliation MPs defect to dump Somare as PNG leader Business More Business » Wall Street rallies on stimulus speculation finance reporter Rebecca Hyam US stocks closed higher this morning on reports the Federal Reserve might consider another stimulus program. Trading on Wall Street got off to a weak start because of figures showing the US services sector fell in July, to its lowest level since February last year.More » Retail sales fall, surplus shrinks, dollar dives Services industry declines for 10th straight month Samsung, Apple clash over tablet computer New car sales fall again in July Internet rivals iron ore in economic value: report Tiger still grounded after hearing adjourned Insurance companies scrutinised over responses US Senate passes bill to avoid debt default Jetstar flights cancelled after crew confusion Politics More Politics » Study fast tracks high-speed rail link A study into the feasibility of a high-speed rail network connecting eastern seaboard cities has found it could get passengers from Sydney to Brisbane in three hours for as little as $75.More » Turnbull decries war on climate science Tough anti-bikie laws to be introduced in WA Murray water reform delay under fire NBN heading for six new towns Sport More Sport » All Blacks make seven changes The All Blacks selectors have not been afraid to make changes for the Tri Nations Test against Australia in Auckland on Saturday night. More » Victory issue Kewell ultimatum Lee Freedman hands reins to brother Worsfold denies Eagles tanked UCI extends Tour Down Under licence Science and Technology More Science and Technology » 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 » NBN heading for six new towns NASA gets close look at asteroid Vesta Half of European men 'share King Tut's DNA' Alleged LulzSec spokesman charged in UK Environment More Environment » Turnbull decries war on climate science Jeremy Thompson 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 » Murray water reform delay under fire Greens demand action on Sumatra logging claims Carbon tax protesters march in Sydney British PM praises Gillard's carbon tax About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. Manage your preferences | Unsubscribe | Contact Us   This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. 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