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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Mon 07 Nov, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Hundreds of girls brought to Australia by older men Simon Lauder Figures showing 17yo girls coming to Australia to marry older men spark calls for a review of the prospective spouse visa program. More » Gillard makes surprise visit to Afghanistan Prosecutors drop charges over Black Saturday fire Biking banker helps snare ATM fraudster Australian claims assault by Israeli soldiers Reef chief recommends port rethink Greece strikes deal on new government Channel Nine denies deal with Bali boy Job market continues to shrink Carr confident on Commodore's Aussie future More Analysis » Menacing media talks up another Labor coup Last week's media reports about the progress of plots and the imminence of coups within the Labor Party had an air of desperation about them. The desperation was emanating not from Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, both of whom are behaving with commendable equanimity, but from the journalists. Particularly within News Ltd, they seem incapable of writing about anything else. More » Searching for ourselves in this colony of corpses New challenge for an old political party Kim Kardashian, this really takes the cake Tales of an anonymous Shakespeare Labour law, economics and the statutory right to strike Only the lonely buck the climate consensus Protests, police and the abortion debate The silent killer Qantas questions distract from the real policy pickle Just In More Just In » Unions under pressure as Qantas talks open Qantas says it should be able to reach an agreement with aircraft engineers after the first day of talks aimed at breaking their industrial deadlock. More » Hundreds of girls brought to Australia by older men Police say money laundering harder to trace Chinese herbalist on trial for sexual assault Australian claims assault by Israeli soldiers Pensioner killer refused legal aid Gorillas go ape over new enclosure Local shares ease on Europe doubts Job market continues to shrink Dozens killed in Colombia mudslides World More World » Greece strikes deal on new government By Europe correspondent Philip Williams, staff Greek prime minister George Papandreou and opposition leader Antonis Samaras have agreed on a new coalition government to approve a eurozone bailout deal. More » Deadly riots hit PNG city Gillard makes surprise visit to Afghanistan Syrian forces kill 13, say activists Guy Fawkes fireworks linked to motorway carnage Business More Business » Swan warned on surplus timeline Treasurer Wayne Swan is told to abandon plans for a budget surplus in 2012-13 as forecaster Deloitte Access Economics says the budget is heading for a deficit of almost $2 billion. More » Job market continues to shrink Holden will not offshore design: Minister Greece strikes deal on new government Local shares ease on Europe doubts Orica reports slump in profits Rate cut hopes 'boost construction' Politics More Politics » Reef chief recommends port rethink By Four Corners and the ABC News Online Investigative Unit Queensland's iconic Great Barrier Reef could be put at risk if authorities do not rethink plans to allow massive expansion works at ports along the Queensland coast, an expert says. More » Qantas, unions in first talks since grounding Gillard makes surprise visit to Afghanistan Swan warned on surplus timeline PM's resignation will break deadlock: Greek opposition Sport More Sport » Smith backs Boyd to step up Cameron Smith insists Australia is good enough to overcome the loss of international player of the year Billy Slater and win the Four Nations. More » Wallabies include uncapped trio Stoner finishes off season in style Slater finally clinches 11th world crown Black Caviar to be spelled Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Antarctic crack could cause city-sized iceberg A massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of New York City, NASA scientists have warned. More » Volunteers released after 520 day 'Mars mission' Speedo wins case against porn blogger Clock ticking: GMT could be history Chinese spaceship docks at module Environment More Environment » Reef chief recommends port rethink By Four Corners and the ABC News Online Investigative Unit Queensland's iconic Great Barrier Reef could be put at risk if authorities do not rethink plans to allow massive expansion works at ports along the Queensland coast, an expert says. More » Camel numbers rising 10pc a year Ads to promote seafood despite diseased fish Antarctic crack could cause city-sized iceberg South Africa rhino poaching hits record: WWF 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. 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