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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Wed 25 Jan, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Rain brings chaos to soaked south-east Qld Queensland's Gold Coast experiences more flash flooding as the heavy rain which has soaked the south-east of the state moves onto the coastline. More » Live Blog: Fourth Test Day Two Queensland to vote on March 24 Obama urges tax reform in state of the union Evacuations ordered as NSW deluge continues Former Power player jailed for domestic assaults Steady inflation leaves scope for rate cut Bowen reveals Nauru's $1.7b price tag Teenage train surfer electrocuted Apple shares soar on record profits More Analysis » Australians once were worriers but there's blue sky ahead As Australia Day approaches, the great Aussie annual introspection starts. We ask questions about who we are as a nation, how does our history stack up, where are we heading and what our values are. We even have debates about whether we should have Australia Day at all. But as healthy as questioning is, it is important to have a good amount of evidence on side to really get a handle on things. More » Feminism: a shadow of its former self Where to now for pokie reform? No hope for good policy in the ugly year ahead The endless, futile war on digital dealing Windschuttle an authority on constitutional law? The dramatic collapse of trust in government The reality of teaching 'in the trenches' Community is dead, now we can get on living The corporates united, will never be defeated Just In More Just In » Japan posts first trade deficit in 31 years Japan has announced its first annual trade deficit for more than 30 years, after a devastating earthquake and the strong yen hit exports while high fuel costs pushed up import bills. More » Guilty plea over fatal armoured van robbery Deadly floodwaters are falling in Fiji Evacuations ordered as NSW deluge continues Obama urges tax reform in state of the union Uluru cultural tours between rock and hard place Former Power player jailed for domestic assaults Top End braces for more bursts of stormy weather Steady inflation leaves scope for rate cut Local share market shrugs off Greek worries World More World » Obama urges tax reform in state of the union US president Barack Obama demands tax hikes on millionaires to finance a fair economy from "top to bottom" in his annual state of the union address. More » January 25 documentary revisits Egypt uprising Marine escapes jail time over Haditha killings Fears for dozens missing after PNG landslide Egypt to partially lift emergency rule IMF slashes outlook amid recession fears Business More Business » Steady inflation leaves scope for rate cut Consumer prices were unchanged in the December quarter, official inflation figures show, leaving room for the Reserve Bank to ease interest rates at its first meeting of the year. More » IMF slashes outlook amid recession fears Australia to follow EU ban on Iranian oil Apple shares soar on record profits Local share market shrugs off Greek worries Strong dollar takes toll on manufacturing World shares dip on Greek debt fears Equipment troubles halt Orica plant restart Politics More Politics » Bank glitch hits Qld Health pay packets Stephanie Smail The State Government says no Queensland Health staff have been paid today due to a glitch with the Commonwealth Bank. More » Bowen reveals Nauru's $1.7b price tag IMF slashes outlook amid recession fears Assange to host TV talk show Labor ministers fail to disclose grants Sport More Sport » Live Blog: Fourth Test Day Two Grandstand brings you live updates of day two of the fourth Test between Australia and India at the Adelaide Oval. More » Kvitova to meet Sharapova in semis Victory coach slams 'foolish' Kewell Nadal overhauls Berdych to set up Federer semi Cardiff stun Palace to reach Cup final Clijsters downs Wozniacki to reach semis Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Biggest solar storm since 2005 pummels Earth US space weather monitors say a potent solar flare has unleashed the biggest radiation storm since 2005 and could disrupt some satellite communications in the polar regions. More » Ailing Hawking misses another birthday party Hacktivists hit back at FBI, Justice Dept World split on ditching leap seconds Darwin's fossils rediscovered in cabinet Environment More Environment » Chinese medicine threatens Ningaloo manta rays By Rachel Sullivan for ABC Science Manta rays in a WA marine park are threatened by the growing demand for their gill rakers for use in Chinese medicine, according to a new report. More » Beached whales head back to sea 22 stranded whales die on NZ beach Activists caught in violent clash with whalers NSW environment boss quits 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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