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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 14 Feb, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Cloud hangs over Rudd's clean coal vision By Michael Atkin, ABC News Online Investigative Unit Is Kevin Rudd's $300 million project to speed up carbon capture technology providing value for money? Some experts in the field say no. More » Greens reach deal to pass rebate means test Gillard admits leadership talks days before coup Freed Australian journalist insists he's no spy Thomson probe has cost taxpayers $912,000 Masked rapist confronted by victims years later Reserve Bank fights back on interest rates Commissioner cops speeding fine New procession ushers in Slipper era Brandis 'alarmed' at medal for Bolt case lawyer More Analysis » Faceless and facepalm: the ALP, factions and us What do we know now that we didn't know before last night's Four Corners episode? Not much. Kevin Rudd is rude and nasty in person? Heard that before. The top echelons of government were dysfunctional? We knew that. The right-wing factions pulled their support during the mining tax debate? Well, blow me down. No, what we learned was the depth of this government's factional malaise. More » Greece votes for a lesser evil Families 'doing it tough' drown out pleas of real battlers The right to read and write Biggest loser: the Canberra challenge Alcoa: seeing through the carbon tax doomsday predictions Can Rupert Murdoch save The Sun? Interest rates are rising, bank bashing is futile Rejecting the religion of secularism A Greek-style blame game Just In More Just In » Freed Australian journalist insists he's no spy By Simon Santow An Australian journalist freed after being arrested in Egypt says he was accused of spying and denies crossing the line between journalism and activism. More » Inquest hears missing prostitute tried to hide habit Greens reach deal to pass rebate means test Commissioner cops speeding fine Thomson probe has cost taxpayers $912,000 Business treads water despite sentiment boost Father denied bail on baby murder charge Brandis 'alarmed' at medal for Bolt case lawyer Reserve Bank fights back on interest rates Masked rapist confronted by victims years later World More World » Billionaire, baron get 16 years for asbestos deaths by Matt Peacock, staff A Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron have been found guilty and sentenced to 16 years each in prison by an Italian court in a groundbreaking trial over 3,000 alleged asbestos-related deaths. More » Israeli diplomats targeted in bomb attacks UN rights chief accuses Syria of 'indiscriminate attack' Australian journalist freed from Egyptian jail Qatada released from British jail Business More Business » Reserve Bank fights back on interest rates By business editor Peter Ryan and Alicia Barry The Reserve Bank has downplayed suggestions that commercial banks are pulling the levers on interest rates as they move to adjust their rates outside the central bank's cycle. More » Moody's cuts eurozone debt ratings Unions happy with proposed Holden wage deal Athens smoulders after anti-austerity riots Former Gunns chairman pleads not guilty Business treads water despite sentiment boost Billionaire, baron get 16 years for asbestos deaths Sleep City placed in administration Eurozone rating downgrades rattle investors World markets welcome Greek deal Politics More Politics » Greens reach deal to pass rebate means test By chief political correspondent Emma Griffiths The Federal Government and the Greens have hailed a deal over private health insurance as a "win for fairness". More » Deaf MP denied a voice Rise in sterilisations worries disability commissioner New procession ushers in Slipper era Attorney-General under pressure in McGee hit-run case Sport More Sport » Ponting to lead in Clarke's absence Ricky Ponting has been named captain for Australia's ODI against Sri Lanka at the SCG in place of the injured Michael Clarke. More » Waugh critical of selectors' ambiguity Sri Lanka wins toss and bat Turner ruled out of Super Rugby season Bombers force Hurley to keep mum Thompson limps out of Victory training Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Scientists ramp up power in Hadron Collider Scientists hunting the Higgs boson, the subatomic particle believed to have played a vital role in the creation of the universe, have decided to turn up the power in their Large Hadron Collider (LHC) to try to prove its existence this year. More » Russia reaches ancient Antarctic lake Lovelorn Jurassic cricket chirps again Elephants could prevent bushfires: expert Facebook update to unearth old posts Environment More Environment » 'Extinct' wallaby goes back on show A wallaby species classed as extinct in the Australian wild until recently has been reintroduced and put back on public show. More » Opponents condemn $5m wilderness mining compensation Hundreds of dead dolphins wash ashore US approves first nuclear plant in decades Rabbit numbers soar to pre-calicivirus levels 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