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NewsMail Morning Edition Wed 21 Sep, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Top Afghan peace negotiator assassinated Afghanistan correspondent Sally Sara, staff The chief negotiator in charge of Afghanistan's peace talks with the Taliban has been assassinated by a suicide bomber at his home in Kabul. More » IMF issues global recession warning Swan named world's best treasurer Japanese flee as Typhoon Roke looms Clarke ton seals Aussie series win Asylum laws to go before parliament Heart Foundation dumps fast food tick Fire crews battle Blue Mountains fire Thousands of Defence clearances in doubt Indigenous group bans dugong hunting More Analysis » Ordure, Mr Speaker, ordure. Let's call the whole thing off Question Time, it's a key ritual in the Parliamentary day. But it's a farce. A piece of unruly, tedious performance that is nothing but pure politics. It serves no good purpose. Here's an idea: let's get rid of it. Kill Question Time. Who would care? More » Plain packaging could go up in constitutional smoke Peer review is dead, long live blog review Don't call this news The tougher side of orator Obama Politics without principles Why damn northern Australia? An unholy union to deport refugees Have the media watchers undermined press freedom? There is no x-factor in patronising judgement Just In More Just In » Police drop bid to reveal Guardian's hacking sources London's Metropolitan Police Service says it has dropped an application to force the Guardian newspaper to disclose the sources for its reports on the News International phone-hacking scandal. More » Protest camp shelled in Yemen's capital Israeli PM wants talks at UN Heart Foundation dumps fast food tick UN extends welcome to new Libyan leaders Asylum laws to go before parliament IMF issues global recession warning Top Afghan peace negotiator assassinated Shiite pilgrims gunned down in Pakistan Thousands of Defence clearances in doubt World More World » Top Afghan peace negotiator assassinated Afghanistan correspondent Sally Sara, staff The chief negotiator in charge of Afghanistan's peace talks with the Taliban has been assassinated by a suicide bomber at his home in Kabul. More » Protest camp shelled in Yemen's capital IMF issues global recession warning Japanese flee as Typhoon Roke looms Three dead in Ankara bomb attack Business More Business » IMF issues global recession warning The IMF has warned that the US and the eurozone are at increased risk of falling back into recession, a move which it says could threaten other economies worldwide. IMG chief economist Oliver Blanchard issued the warning as he released the IMF's latest World Economic Outlook report in Washington. Singling out Europe as a "major source of worry", he said the continent's political leaders needed to take charge and deal with the worsening sovereign debt crisis. Investors have questioned Europe's ability to come up with a convincing solution to its festering sovereign debt crisis. More » Swan named world's best treasurer RBA in good position to cut rates Qantas industrial turbulence far from over Politics More Politics » Asylum laws to go before parliament The Federal Government will push ahead with its plan to change Australia's asylum seeker laws this morning despite a continuing stalemate with the Opposition on the issue. More » Swan named world's best treasurer Not all offshore processing in 'national interest' POWs get fortnightly payment increase Somare loses challenge to regain his seat Sport More Sport » Nielsen quits as Aussie coach Tim Nielsen has stepped down as coach of the Australian cricket team after his side wrapped up a series victory over Sri Lanka in Colombo. More » Clarke ton seals Aussie series win Lockyer choppered to Sydney Blues to offer Ratten two-year deal Italy mauls Russia for record win Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Study links obesity to lack of brain control Clare Pain for ABC Science Online Whether you can resist French fries, cakes and hamburgers may depend on how well a control system in your brain is working, new research suggests. More » Scientists make hydrogen fuel from bacteria and water Bus-size satellite heading for Earth Space station crew makes safe return to Earth On the Seventh Day, he logged off Environment More Environment » $8m wombat bequest being fought by family An American man's bequest of $8 million for an Australian volunteer wombat rescue program may never reach the program. More » Scientists make hydrogen fuel from bacteria and water Tokyo anti-nuclear rally draws thousands BP set to start Bight oil exploration BP spill report spreads blame 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. 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