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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 24 Apr, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Rally condemns police over Kings Cross shooting More than 150 people, including boxer Anthony Mundine, gathered outside the New South Wales Parliament to protest against the police shooting of two Aboriginal teenagers in Sydney's Kings Cross on the weekend. Officers wounded the boys, aged 14 and 17, after the stolen car they were travelling in mounted the pavement and hit two women in the early hours of Saturday morning. Police have also been accused of brutality after video emerged showing an officers punching and dragging one of the teens while arresting him. More » Gillard hits back over Abbott's 'disgraceful' comments Rate cut on horizon as inflation dives Postecoglou walks away from Roar Safety upgrade after asylum boat tragedy Abused wife jailed for stabbing husband to death More charges for accused murderer Naden Toyota accused of targeting union officials Newton 'punched out Miami hotel clerk' Big crocodile captures 'too close for comfort' More Analysis » A common affair: love and risk in political office Politicians lead hugely competitive, high-stress, high-risk lives, full of soaring triumphs and bone-crunching defeats. Their staffers are called to work weird hours, doing weirder things; anything from writing a speech in 30 minutes to finding a dinner suit in a strange town after 6pm. Is it any wonder that â€" from time to time â€" they fall into each others' arms? More » Reward welfare a recipe for entitlement culture Contagious obesity and the fat and lazy myth Australians seeing through the feel-good mining ads Gillard derailed yet again by poor judgement War torture photos reflect disturbing new reality Latex ladies and the delusion of sexbot domination What is the point of marriage? Life, the Universe and nothing 10 years in Afghanistan - what did we achieve? Just In More Just In » Gillard hits back over Abbott's 'disgraceful' comments By Naomi Woodley and staff Julia Gillard hits back at Tony Abbott's claims that she made light of sexual harassment accusations against embattled Speaker Peter Slipper. More » Coles sales rise despite grocery price war Safety upgrade after asylum boat tragedy Rally condemns police over Kings Cross shooting Postecoglou walks away from Roar Ghan journey follows trail of Anzac memories Men refused bail over Sydney bikie shooting Irrigators' vote backs High Court water fight Rates gaffe shows Abbott 'out of touch' Abused wife jailed for stabbing husband to death World More World » 'Spy in bag' inquest hears of grim find By Lisa Millar in London, wires A British spy found dead in his flat almost two years ago was unhappy at work and had asked to leave MI6, an inquest into his death has been told. More » Dutch PM quits after rift with far-right Regime fire kills 28 civilians in Syria's Hama UK regulator launches Sky News hacking probe Breivik says sorry to his non-political victims Jobless protesters climb into Vesuvius crater Business More Business » Rate cut on horizon as inflation dives The Reserve Bank has the all-clear to cut the official interest rate next week after figures show consumer prices ground to a halt in the first quarter. More » Toyota accused of targeting union officials Facebook profits tumble before market debut Combet predicts Asia-Pacific carbon trading pact Coles sales rise despite grocery price war Ex-Iceland PM cleared of financial negligence UK regulator launches Sky News hacking probe Political jitters see world share markets drop Dutch PM quits after rift with far-right Politics More Politics » Gillard hits back over Abbott's 'disgraceful' comments By Naomi Woodley and staff Julia Gillard hits back at Tony Abbott's claims that she made light of sexual harassment accusations against embattled Speaker Peter Slipper. More » Rates gaffe shows Abbott 'out of touch' Former Howard adviser denies Slipper cover-up Combet predicts Asia-Pacific carbon trading pact Abbott says no formal complaint made over Slipper Sport More Sport » Postecoglou walks away from Roar Ange Postecoglou, the mastermind behind Brisbane Roar's historic back-to-back A-League championships, has quit the club. More » Martin return boosts Perth ahead of final Shillingford puts Windies on top Johnson to challenge charge Bombers set to target O'Brien Caviar to face nine rivals in Adelaide Science and Technology More Science and Technology » 99 skeletons found at Guatemalan outpost Guatemalan anthropologists have found at least 99 skeletons of Indians massacred during the 1960 to 1996 civil war at an old military outpost. More » Eyes hold clues to life for deadly box jellyfish Doubts over 'world's biggest dino eggs' claim Discovery makes final flight to museum Science fuels push for education rethink Environment More Environment » Councils under pressure to cap landfill emissions By Michael Vincent Local governments around Australia are racing to have their landfill sites comply with the new carbon pricing scheme, which begins on July 1. 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