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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 11 Oct, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Filmmakers 'appalled' by Iran sentence Filmmakers are appalled an Iranian actress will be lashed 90 times and jailed for her role in an Australian feature. More » Gillard, Mathieson to leave run-down Lodge Bikie shooting suspect arrested at airport Hats off to novel recycling scheme More oil spills from stranded cargo ship Labor MP vows to resign if Gillard goes $30m Tiger down not a problem, says Defence Parents warned not to share beds with infants World's oldest working car sold for $4.6m Cricket Australia rubbishes fixing claims More Analysis » The capitalist heroes we forget The death of Steve Jobs has offered us a symbol which is surprisingly rare: the capitalist as hero. We don't often celebrate the achievements of capitalist entrepreneurs, in life or in death. Military and political figures, yes, but not capitalists. August this year saw the death of Keith Tantlinger who with his business partner developed the modern shipping container. The standardised container sounds simple, but it was revolutionary. More » An outdated approach to school accountability Tuvalu in a fight for its life The death of the ALR Occupy Wall Street: the wake-up call Do governments have to resign if defeated on legislation? Lies, damn lies and politics: taking the r out of Juliar Book of Jobs: electronic Eden not paradise for everyone Encouraging jobs growth in the arts sector Scipione's 'Look out for your mates' was no slutwalk moment Just In More Just In » Police use helicopter in island search for woman Kristy O'Brien Police are using a helicopter to search for a woman who is missing on a remote island off the Northern Territory. More » Bali boy should stay for rehab: official World's oldest working car sold for $4.6m Filmmakers 'appalled' by Iran sentence No prosecution as trolley not kept after fatal accident Hats off to novel recycling scheme Parents warned not to share beds with infants Business optimistic on falling dollar Micro-finance schemes to combat 'poverty trap' Widow wins workers compensation fight World More World » Anger boils over at Cairo funerals Middle East correspondent Ben Knight, staff Egypt's Coptic Christians have begun burying more than 30 protesters they say were killed by military police in Cairo. More » More oil spills from stranded cargo ship Logging giant 'paid for crackdown on villagers' UN exposes torture in Afghan custody Filmmakers 'appalled' by Iran sentence World's oldest working car sold for $4.6m Business More Business » Dollar edges above parity Michael Janda The Australian dollar briefly rose above parity overnight, reaching $US1.0005 before dipping back to 99.9 US cents. More » Business optimistic on falling dollar European stocks rally on banks pledge Industry welcomes uranium mine expansion Coalition holding firm against steel package Politics More Politics » Industry welcomes uranium mine expansion The Australian Uranium Association says environmental approval for the Olympic Dam mine expansion paves the way for other uranium projects. The mine in outback South Australia is set to become the largest open-cut operation in the world, with the pit swallowing up the current underground copper, gold and uranium mine. More » Pilot's arrest in Fiji strains union-Qantas ties Crucial asylum vote due this week Xenophon slams 'deceptive' clubs industry Kenya farewells Nobel peace laureate Sport More Sport » Beale touch and go for semi Wallabies full-back Kurtley Beale has a hamstring strain and is in serious doubt for Sunday's World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. More » Cricket Australia rubbishes fixing claims Toovey plays down exodus fears Ponting happy to move down batting order Laidley and family bashed in Bali Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Stem cells rejuvenating arthritic dogs Samantha Donovan Australian vets say they are having great success treating arthritic dogs with stem cells and researchers developing arthritis treatments for humans are taking a keen interest in the technique. More » Mirror group denies phone hacking claims Study shines new light on damaging UV rays Space 'snakes' revealed in first images Steve Jobs: titan who drove a tech revolution Environment More Environment » More oil spills from stranded cargo ship More oil leaked from the container ship stranded off New Zealand's east coast this morning, as the crew was evacuated and 5-metre swells battered the vessel. More » Logging giant 'paid for crackdown on villagers' Industry welcomes uranium mine expansion All eyes on carbon tax as Parliament resumes Australia raised concerns with NZ oil slick ship 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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