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NewsMail Morning Edition Wed 28 Dec, 2011 Top Stories More Top Stories » Monitors hear pleas for intervention in Syria By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker and wires Thousands of anti-government protesters turned out in Syria to meet a team of Arab League monitors and beg for foreign intervention to stop the government's long-running crackdown. A team of Arab League observers visited the central city of Homs where some of the worst violence has taken place since the uprising began in March. Residents followed them as they walked through streets of shattered and shelled buildings, with many pleading for international protection. More » Favourites duel for Sydney-Hobart line honours Tendulkar and Dravid turn it on at the 'G Community mourns after Golinski house fire Cyclone Grant likely to reform over Gulf Man killed in Brisbane house fire Fishermen rescued from rough seas Prince Philip leaves hospital after heart surgery Protesters shot dead at Australian-owned mine site Ethiopia jails Swedish journalists 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 » Bradley Manning 's bad dream Gillard can run, but she can't hide from the Nauru backflip Top 50 Countdown 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 Confusion, timidity and capitulation on asylum seekers The problem with Nauru: a Christmas reflection Just In More Just In » Secrecy surrounds Kim's state funeral By correspondent Stephen McDonell North Korean officials are preparing for today's funeral of the country's former leader Kim Jong-il. More » Grave fears for woman missing after boat capsize Ethiopia jails Swedish journalists Man killed in Brisbane house fire Protesters shot dead at Australian-owned mine site Israelis rally against violence by zealots Favourites duel for Sydney-Hobart line honours Fishermen rescued from rough seas Egypt court orders end to virginity tests Woman missing after boat capsize World More World » Philippines death toll rises after grim ocean find By South East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel, staff The death toll from last week's flash floods in the Philippines rises to nearly 1,250 after officials find dozens of bodies swept out to sea. More » Monitors hear pleas for intervention in Syria Prince Philip leaves hospital after heart surgery Villagers panic as Indonesian volcano erupts Second hole found in boat off Antarctica Business More Business » ASIC raises hybrid investment fears ASIC fears a looming disaster involving retirees and small investors who are being lured into a form of investment known as hybrid security. More » House prices slide as affordability bites Australian miner tight-lipped over deaths NRMA calls for probe into petrol pricing Melbourne storm damage to cost 'tens of millions' 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 » Tendulkar and Dravid turn it on at the 'G By Joel Zander Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid have given the cricket world another reminder of just what it will be missing when they finally ride off into the sunset. More » Favourites duel for Sydney-Hobart line honours As It Happened: First Test Day Two Interview: Brad Haddin Australia v India: Day Two Summary Sixers pip the Stars in SCG nail-biter 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. 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