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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Wed 28 Dec, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Secrecy surrounds Kim's state funeral The funeral ceremonies for former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il are underway in Pyongyang. More » Favourites duel for Sydney-Hobart line honours Healy bowled over by Segway Top End cut off by cyclone flooding French man charged over fatal pub stabbing Cause of Golinski fire may never be known Teen dies after fall from wheelchair in van Australian miner halts work after protest deaths TV banned from showing asylum seekers Monster croc nabs reptile park's lawnmower More Analysis » The socialist calculation debate The great debate in political economy isn't between Friedrich Hayek and John Maynard Keynes, but between Hayek and Oskar Lange. Lange believed economic calculation was just a matter of throwing enough computing power at the problem. Today's regulators believe the same thing, with their extensive risk models. The global financial crisis demonstrated that those models are elaborate fictions. Yet the response from regulators has been to double down and insist on greater powers and more complex models. More » Top 50 Countdown Bradley Manning's bad dream Stop worrying and learn to love the Iranian bomb Tax, not targets, focus of climate debate Gillard can run, but she can't hide from the Nauru backflip India must fall into line on DRS 2012 or 1912? Stigmatising and humiliating Aboriginal parents Getting off weight's vicious cycle I don't like Test cricket, I love it Just In More Just In » Cause of Golinski fire may never be known Queensland police say it may not be possible to determine the exact cause of a house fire that killed the family of TV chef Matt Golinski. More » Unemployment to hit Sarkozy election hopes Heavy D died from blood clot Teen dies after fall from wheelchair in van French man charged over fatal stabbing in Broome Eurozone banks make record ECB deposits Healy bowled over by Segway Argentine president diagnosed with cancer Clean-up continues after Christmas Day storms Monster croc nabs reptile park's lawnmower World More World » Secrecy surrounds Kim's state funeral The funeral ceremonies for former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il are underway in Pyongyang. More » Monitors hear pleas for intervention in Syria Israelis rally against violence by zealots Unemployment to hit Sarkozy election hopes Argentine president diagnosed with cancer Business More Business » Australian miner halts work after protest deaths By Indonesia correspondent Matt Brown and staff An Australian mining company has halted its activities in Indonesia, after three protesters were killed by police during a demonstration. More » Market looks for direction in early trade Unemployment to hit Sarkozy election hopes WorkCover dismisses museum asbestos fears Eurozone banks make record ECB deposits ASIC raises hybrid investment fears World markets edge higher in thin trade Atlas Iron to offload magnetite project Politics More Politics » Asylum talks fail to reach agreement A bipartisan meeting to end the stalemate over Australia's border protection policies has ended without agreement. More » Boehner caves in on tax cut deal Voters want Weatherill, but Libs hold SA lead Bowen puts Nauru on table to break asylum deadlock Watchdog quizzed over handling of implant scare Sport More Sport » Live Blog: First Test Day Three By Joel Zander Australia stumbled to tea on 4 for 81 after another terrible batting collapse on day three of the first Test at the MCG. More » Favourites duel for Sydney-Hobart line honours Spurs stay in touch, Gunners held Hewitt to play through pain barrier Welegedera sends South Africa crashing Emerton to stay on the right for Sydney FC Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Millionth find could be a new species South Australia's State Herbarium has collected its millionth specimen. The fragile fungus was found on rotten wood on Kangaroo Island and is likely to be a new species. More » Calls to censor details of potential killer flu New telescope captures 'starburst' galaxy NASA unveils plans to harpoon comets Devil breeding efforts meeting with success Environment More Environment » Capture of rare rhino gives hope for species Malaysian wildlife authorities say the capture of a young Borneo Sumatran rhino gives them a last chance to save the highly endangered species from extinction. More » Highs and lows of 2011 in South Australia Another leak, another warning: Orica acid spill Parker moves to amend NSW logging laws EPA wants report on latest Orica leak 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