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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 08 Sep, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Ice hockey team dies in Russian plane crash Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant, wires Virtually an entire ice hockey team, including world and Olympic champions, was wiped out when their plane crashed shortly after take-off from the Russian city of Yaroslavl. More » Police rule out Thomson investigation Williams' dad was friend with son's killer 11 dead after New Delhi court bombing Abbott says asylum briefing was helpful Dancing classes 'fail to calm Darwin detainees' Photographer sentenced over child porn Aussies left behind by Japan custody laws Hundreds escape in Congo jailbreak Footprints can ID as easily as fingerprints More Analysis » The polls have spoken Julia Gillard is satisfying just a quarter of Australians with her insistence that she stay in the top job until another federal election is due. Apparently the constitution allows for her to stay, no matter what the polls say. While we don't have to abrogate the constitution, as Commodore Frank Bainimarama did in Fiji, perhaps we could amend it to allow for proper political responses to public opinion. More » Manne up: taking on The Australian Sovereign Wealth Fund: a missed opportunity The enemy of my enemy is my friend? Labor and asylum seekers UN Palmer report: blockade of Gaza legal National curriculum: Labor's big failure Welcome, union brothers and sisters Blaming Defence... again Coalition asylum mistake now a Labor problem Just In More Just In » Da Vinci sketch recreated on melting Arctic ice An artist has recreated Leonardo da Vinci's most famous sketch in the Arctic ice to draw attention to the ice melt, Greenpeace said. More » MP tags new party 'Katter-strophic' Saab files for bankruptcy protection Dancing classes 'fail to calm Darwin detainees' MPs vote for British health reforms Murray-Darling authority chairman to address national conference Hundreds escape in Congo jailbreak Crane damages quake-hit Washington cathedral Photographer sentenced over child porn Russia's most deadly air crashes World More World » Ice hockey team dies in Russian plane crash Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant, wires Virtually an entire ice hockey team, including world and Olympic champions, was wiped out when their plane crashed shortly after take-off from the Russian city of Yaroslavl. More » British police make 16th phone hacking arrest 11 dead after New Delhi court bombing Suicide bombers target anti-Al Qaeda squad MPs vote for British health reforms Hundreds escape in Congo jailbreak Danish family seized by pirates freed Crane damages quake-hit Washington cathedral NATO stops Afghan prisoner transfers over torture Business More Business » Pilots slam Qantas chief's pay packet The pilots union accuses Qantas of hypocrisy by increasing CEO Alan Joyce's annual salary to $5 million while 1,000 employees face the sack. The company says this is 9 per cent lower than his salary last year. More » Spending survey busts struggling families myth Saab files for bankruptcy protection Solar industry celebrates grid parity Katter, Xenophon take aim at produce mark-ups GDP figures show economy back on track Bargain hunters drive local market up Optus agrees to 15-year NBN gag Politics More Politics » Police rule out Thomson investigation More » Abbott says asylum briefing was helpful Katter, Xenophon take aim at produce mark-ups Riot preparations at detention centre questioned Unrest warning as Abbott urged to dump Nauru Sport More Sport » NRL vows to battle on in Sydney's west NRL chief executive David Gallop insists the AFL will find it tough to win the war in Sydney's western suburbs. More » Boomers prevail in fiery encounter Cooper happy to play the villain Interview: Michael Clarke Aussie Porte joins Team Sky Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Photos show footprints still on the moon Pictures taken by an orbiting NASA camera show the footprints of the last man to walk on the moon still visible in the lunar dust. More » Light speed research nets Eureka prize Gene discovery to help leukaemia fight Scientists identify 'thinness' genes NASA fears losing vacant space station Environment More Environment » Murray-Darling authority chairman to address national conference Sam Burgess Murray-Darling Basin Authority chairman Craig Knowles says a long-awaited management plan for Australia's largest river system will be released in November. More » Music and surf event not one for the birds Euro chief backs Gillard over carbon price Water deal to benefit SA irrigators Greens say water authority knew of contamination 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. Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 700 Harris Street, Ultimo NSW 2007 © 2011 ABC | Conditions of Use | Privacy Policy | Discover other ABC Email newsletters