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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 18 Aug, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Pitbull kills girl in home A Melbourne community is in shock after a four-year-old girl was attacked and killed by a pitbull terrier last night.More » Shoe found in search for Daniel Morcombe Florida police foil school massacre plot Battle of Long Tan 45th anniversary British PM defends tough justice for rioters Extortion charge for Hells Angels boss Indonesia cuts jail terms for Corby, Lawrence Wives bear brunt of Vietnam vets' suffering Fukushima kids get a Sydney holiday Beaches closed after shark kills honeymooner More Analysis » Media regulation and the tennis paradox The only reason tennis is a great game is because there are rules. Take away the rules and all you've got is a couple of dudes whacking balls at each other. So lightly is the media regulated, our inclination to trust, to presume that 'they simply can't do that', may well be misplaced. Maybe the most shocking result of a better regulated media would be a better media. Perhaps we need to think again about the hands-off approach.More » Rape a weapon in the world of war Turnbull's curious high-bandwidth blind spot The political consequences of Australia's resources boom Craig Thomson: between confidence and a hard place Riots? Climate change? A nihil-all draw Social media storm: Farmers take to Twitter Kids in limbo: Australia's growing reliance on juvenile remand The next act: Australia services China Policies of deterrence: the short-term fix Just In More Just In » AMA raises asylum seeker concerns Naomi Woodley A day after the head of the Immigration Department raised questions about the mandatory detention of asylum seekers, the country's peak medical body has raised its own concerns.More » Extortion charge for Hells Angels boss Prince Charles visits riot-hit communities Former top cops cleared over hacking scandal Libya rebels push to strangle Tripoli Sex offenders to be fitted with GPS Wives bear brunt of Vietnam vets' suffering Depardieu accused of urinating in plane aisle British PM defends tough justice for rioters Florida police foil school massacre plot World More World » Libya rebels push to strangle Tripoli Libyan strongman Moamar Gaddafi seems isolated as rebels push to strangle two supply lines to his capital Tripoli.More » British PM defends tough justice for rioters Florida police foil school massacre plot Protests continue in support of Indian activist Beaches closed after shark kills honeymooner Former top cops cleared over hacking scandal Death toll rises in Syrian port city Top Zimbabwe military officer killed in blaze Millions of dollars lost in tsunami returned Depardieu accused of urinating in plane aisle Business More Business » US tech stocks weigh on Dell's outlook Finance reporter Rebecca Hyam It was a fairly muted end to overnight trading in the United States, with the technology sector dragging on the broader market after some weak results from computing firm Dell. Wall Street kicked off the day with some solid gains, but the bulk of that advance was wiped out during the second half of the session.More » Brewer goes for another round at Foster's Politicians turn up heat on Qantas plans Wage rises unlikely to trigger rate rise Sun sets on Australia's last solar factory Westfield profit falls by a third CSL sees profit fall on dollar rise Boral posts profit turnaround Woodside reports fall in half-year net profit Fracking not ruled out for Sydney CSG Politics More Politics » Protests continue in support of Indian activist India correspondent Richard Lindell, wires India's government is under intense pressure following a second day of mass protests against corruption.More » Scandal-plagued developer guilty of lying Coalition ups pressure on Thomson over card use Katter's new party name rejected Fire chief resigns after damning bushfire report Sport More Sport » Giteau set for stunning World Cup snub Flabbergasted former Wallabies captain Andrew Slack cannot fathom why Matt Giteau is set to be a controversial omission from Australia's World Cup squad. More » Rivals to woo axed Eade Serena forfeits to Stosur in Cincinnati The Morning Wrap Pritchard free to face Sea Eagles Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Most Australians duped by science fiction Darren Osborne for Science Online More than three-quarters of Australians believe microscopic life has been found on other planets and almost half believe humans can be frozen and thawed back to life, despite neither being true.More » Bird bones could be one million years old US loses prototype hypersonic bomber Pre-historic eagle and wallaby discovered NSW opens way for R18+ games Environment More Environment » Spring heralds return of mouse plague New South Wales farmers are being warned the mouse plague which has already caused millions of dollars in crop losses could be more devastating come Spring.More » Australia urged to stake claim in Antarctica Japan considers canning whaling program Japan PM vows nuclear-free future Fukushima stokes fear on Hiroshima anniversary About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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