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NewsMail Morning Edition Wed 25 Apr, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Australians gather to remember Anzacs Tens of thousands of Australians have gathering at war memorials across the country for dawn services to commemorate Anzac Day. More » Anzac Day: remembering lives forever changed Tories under fire for cosy Murdoch relationship Aussies skittle Windies after Wade ton Slipper tweets pot shot at Abbott Prosecutors drop charges against Scientologist NSW Police in legal battle with software giant Governor-General on flying visit to Afghanistan Black Hawk makes emergency landing in PNG Putin to resign as party leader More Analysis » Prisoner of war: my father's story My father William Edward Cassidy survived almost 1,500 days as a prisoner of war. Few had to endure so many. He first saw conflict on Crete on May 20, 1941, standing beneath the biggest parachute invasion in history. Just six days later, he was lying in a field hospital, wounded and captured. This is his war story. More » Vet Affairs fails our surviving veterans A common affair: love and risk in political office Reward welfare a recipe for entitlement culture Contagious obesity and the fat and lazy myth Must we balance the books on the back of the poor? 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 Just In More Just In » Teenage girl escapes car kidnapper Police say a teenage girl made a daring escape after she was kidnapped near the New South Wales-Queensland border last night. More » Tories under fire for cosy Murdoch relationship Police step up search for missing woman 'Love' behind war sacrifice Google bosses back plans to mine asteroids Sarkozy, Hollande woo French far right Putin to resign as party leader Black Hawk makes emergency landing in PNG Lucky escape at level crossing Governor-General on flying visit to Afghanistan World More World » Murdoch denies knowing extent of phone hacking By Europe correspondent Rachael Brown, wires James Murdoch has told the UK's Leveson Inquiry he never saw an email revealing phone hacking at News International had spread beyond one reporter. More » Report raises fear of South China Sea war 'Spy in bag' inquest hears of grim find South says Sudan has 'declared war' Ukraine ex-PM on hunger strike after 'beating' Regime fire kills 28 civilians in Syria's Hama 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 » Aussies lured by dirt cheap housing market Murdoch denies knowing extent of phone hacking Abbott, Shorten in rates gaffe Toyota accused of targeting union officials Facebook profits tumble before market debut Shares waver after inflation boost Coles sales rise despite grocery price war Walmart shares dive on bribery claims Combet predicts Asia-Pacific carbon trading pact Politics More Politics » Putin to resign as party leader By Moscow correspondent Norman Hermant Russia's president-elect Vladimir Putin has announced he plans to step down as the chairman of the country's ruling party. More » Governor-General on flying visit to Afghanistan Slipper tweets pot shot at Abbott Gillard hits back over Abbott's 'disgraceful' comments Abbott, Shorten in rates gaffe Sport More Sport » Aussies skittle Windies after Wade ton A maiden Test ton from wicketkeeper Matthew Wade and a flurry of wickets gave Australia the upper hand in the third Test. More » Chelsea stuns Barca to seal final spot Breakers clinch back-to-back titles Postecoglou walks away from Roar Thomas, Johnson cleared by tribunal Day of truth for Pies, Bombers Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Google bosses back plans to mine asteroids Top Google executives and film director James Cameron have backed a plan to mine asteroids for precious minerals and water. More » 99 skeletons found at Guatemalan outpost Eyes hold clues to life for deadly box jellyfish Doubts over 'world's biggest dino eggs' claim Discovery makes final flight to museum 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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