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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Fri 03 Aug, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » London 2012: Day Seven preview By Andrew McGarry Take a look at all the action coming up on Day Seven of the London 2012 Olympics. More » British rider admits to crashing deliberately Pensioner killer a 'gutless coward', says family Captain Emad's protection visa cancelled Abbott's roads funding pledge ridiculed Newman berates bureaucrats over budget leaks Man jailed for stabbing wife's lover to death Group charged with defrauding bank BHP boss gives up bonus after $3b write-down Annan quits amid Damascus execution claims More Analysis » Labor are finally playing it like they mean it Wayne Swan's Springsteen speech confirmed the Government has now officially entered its "Govern Like Nobody Is Watching" phase. Gone is the buttoned-down caution of earlier years; the constant internal freak-outs about being seen as profligate, or anti-business, or gooily left-wing. They're finally playing it like they mean it, without the awkward self-reversing tendencies past recorded in carbon pricing, the mining tax, refugee policy and poker machines. More » Flying the flag for social justice at the Olympics Overcoming the state spin machine We've tackled tobacco - why not unhealthy food? Independence: that's a genuine entitlement Taint of failure too readily attached to our Olympians The naked truth? Media and politics in the digital age The Correctionist: remembering Gore Vidal Victory declared for the climate denialists The political correctness of the radical Right Just In More Just In » Blaze controlled on Sunshine Coast Emergency crews have contained a blaze on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. More » Chinese sensation Ye slams doping suggestions Captain Emad's protection visa cancelled British rider admits to crashing deliberately Abbott's roads funding pledge ridiculed Facebook killing 'calculated and cunning' People smuggler loses mandatory jail appeal Whale carcass cut up and buried Man jailed for stabbing wife's lover to death Thousands of guns stolen across Australia World More World » Annan quits amid Damascus execution claims By correspondent Norman Hermant and wires UN peace envoy Kofi Annan gives up his attempts to bring peace to Syria as regime troops reportedly go on killing sprees in two cities. More » O'Neill sworn in as PNG prime minister Former Fijian PM jailed for corruption Spain arrests Al Qaeda suspects 'planning attack' Typhoon Saola lashes Taiwan Business More Business » BHP boss gives up bonus after $3b write-down By online business reporter Michael Janda BHP Billiton's chief executive will forgo his annual bonus after announcing shale gas and nickel write-downs totalling $3.15 billion. More » ECB disappoints analysts with lack of action Business criticises fair work review Coalition wants tougher foreign investment rules Angry Birds maker mulls stock market listing Politics More Politics » Newman berates bureaucrats for budget cut leaks Queensland Premier Campbell Newman has accused public servants of undermining government efforts to bring the budget under control. More » Former Fijian PM jailed for corruption Police investigate rumours council offices bugged Coalition wants tougher foreign investment rules Egypt's president swears in new cabinet Sport More Sport » Hawks ruck boosted, Cats lose West Hawthorn has bolstered its ruck brigade by adding David Hale while Geelong has lost their number one big man, Trent West, to injury for Friday night's AFL blockbuster. More » Parker and Reed set to return Meninga hopes Blues keep Stuart Scott regroups after Open meltdown Unfancied Sharks, Chiefs battle for Super supremacy Science and Technology More Science and Technology » 'Electronic nose' sniffs out mesothelioma Australian researchers have successfully used an electronic nose in a diagnostic breath test for the deadly mesothelioma cancer. More » Giant fossil claw may be from ancient reptile NASA rehearses for '7 minutes of terror' First chief scientist Ralph Slatyer dies Ecuador offers Sweden chance to quiz Assange Environment More Environment » Founders cut ties with 'lost' Planet Ark By Adam Harvey The founders of environment group Planet Ark, including tennis great Pat Cash, are speaking out about the charity they say has lost its way. More » Ocean power could supply entire cities India bans tourists from tiger reserves Firing at seals urged to protect penguins Pro-logging protester joins tree-sit activist 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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