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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 01 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » CIA drone kills US-born Al Qaeda cleric US-born Islamist militant Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen in a CIA drone strike said to have personally been ordered by US president Barack Obama. More » Australia should know better on asylum seekers: Amnesty chief Eftpos customers face new debit card fees Australia must do more to stop whaling: Brown Australian backpacker dies in Italy Government spends $117m on advertising Diggers help deliver fresh blow to heroin trade Plane crash passenger phones mother Runaway millionaire arrested in Hong Kong Oldest Australian dies at 112 More Analysis » Trading the world away ... the rot at the core of markets This week's viral video sensation was Alessio Rastani's simultaneously hilarious and troubling BBC interview. It was a snippet that revealed a deeper truth about the breadth of speculation in our society. The problem of amoral day traders and rootless hot money sloshing around the globe is not about the moral failures of individuals. It's structural. And it's a problem for us all. More » Help, help, I'm being repressed Shop 'til you gasp, but don't expect civility AFL's day of legend and legacy Gender wars: cultural barriers and Western taboos Ricketson on Manne in the Australian. Anyone notice that? Neo-Ottoman Erdogan and the plight of the Kurds Faceless man invisible in sport's big stoush Poker machine reforms won't work? Don't bet on it Bolt's columns did not deserve to see the light of day. End of story Just In More Just In » Baby delivered from murdered mother Spanish doctors are caring for a baby who was delivered by emergency workers after a deranged gunman shot and killed a pregnant woman in a Madrid church. More » Australia should know better on asylum seekers: Amnesty chief Maid wins landmark Hong Kong residency case Eftpos customers face new debit card fees Diggers help deliver fresh blow to heroin trade Most Aussies happy with their lives Customs officers call off strike Ship owners will plead guilty to oil spill CIA drone kills US-born Al Qaeda cleric Burnside apologises for Abbott paedophile remark World More World » CIA drone kills US-born Al Qaeda cleric US-born Islamist militant Anwar al-Awlaki has been killed in Yemen in a CIA drone strike said to have personally been ordered by US president Barack Obama. More » Japan's whale hunt to resume: reports 19 die as Syrian forces battle protesters Prosecutors wrap up Knox case China launches experimental space station UN condemns Bahrain for jailing doctors Runaway millionaire arrested in Hong Kong Schoolchildren rampage over holiday cut rumour Germany passes beefed-up rescue fund Man jailed over Tonga ferry tragedy freed Business More Business » Landholders told to know their rights on CSG Brigid Andersen As the CSG industry explodes across western Queensland, mining and agriculture must find a way to co-exist. More » Eftpos customers face new debit card fees Surplus hinges on China strength, economist warns Housing market remains stagnant Choppy session sees market end flat Minimum shifts in limbo after latest appeal Politics More Politics » Australia should know better on asylum seekers: Amnesty chief Karen Barlow In his first interview while in Australia, the chief of Amnesty International hits out at the Federal Government's treatment of asylum seekers and Indigenous people as deeply disturbing and an international embarrassment. More » Surplus hinges on China strength, economist warns Swan unveils $48b deficit $2b revenue drop could dash surplus plans Qantas ground staff strike again Sport More Sport » Q and Al: Grand Final Edition By ABC Grandstand Grandstand's Quentin Hull and Alister Nicholson preview the AFL and NRL grand finals, as well as Australia's Rugby World Cup clash with Russia. More » Johnson on track for grand final NRL Preview: Grand Final Boks edge Samoa to reach quarters Reshaped Wallabies on a wing and a prayer Science and Technology More Science and Technology » NASA revises down giant asteroid threat NASA says there are fewer giant asteroids in space than once thought and most of the biggest near-Earth asteroids have been found, leaving little threat of one smashing into the planet. More » Aussie researchers among IgNobel winners China launches experimental space station Milky Way hangs by a cosmic thread Koala eats leaves and grunts - like a cow Environment More Environment » Ship owners will plead guilty to oil spill The owners of a ship at the centre of a major oil spill off south-east Queensland two years ago have indicated they will plead guilty over the environmental disaster. 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