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NewsMail Morning Edition Sat 22 Sep, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Bloody clashes as Pakistan protests anti-Islam film By South Asia correspondent Michael Edwards, wires Fifteen people are dead and nearly 200 injured across Pakistan, as protests flared over the controversial film Innocence of Muslims. More » Swans make decider after savaging Pies Indigenous leader backs move to defer referendum Lehman Brothers ordered to pay compensation Two charged with inciting protest violence Greens seize on offshore asylum psychiatry contract Romney reveals 2011 tax return WTO cuts 2012 global trade growth outlook Yoko Ono awards peace prize to Pussy Riot Chinese official sacked for 'inappropriate' smiling More Analysis » Wayne Swan's Bullwinkle budget Remember the hat gag from the Rocky and Bullwinkle show? I picture Wayne Swan as the Bullwinkle of Treasurers: constantly trying to pull the budget surplus out of his hat. Last May he forecast a budget surplus this financial year, conjured in part through accounting sleight of hand that shifted expenditure on paper forward and backwards. But like the hapless moose, forces are conspiring against Treasurer Bullwinkle. More » Dwelling on the demise of the department store Move over carbon tax, a fresh debate is underway The fight for common sense Democratising tax evasion Product Review: The National Broadband Network What sort of a country are we? Conviction Cory's undisciplined undoing Beautiful Islam vs the ugly Muslim Sporting champions a product of their profession Just In More Just In » Romney reveals 2011 tax return Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney makes his 2011 tax records public in a bid to counter allegations that he pays too little tax. More » Indigenous leader backs move to defer referendum Orica charged over mercury vapour release Yoko Ono awards peace prize to Pussy Riot Greens seize on offshore asylum psychiatry contract WTO cuts 2012 global trade growth outlook Chinese official sacked for 'inappropriate' smiling Swans make decider after suffocating Pies Sizzling Storm through to GF Bloody clashes as Pakistan protests anti-Islam film World More World » Bloody clashes as Pakistan protests anti-Islam film By South Asia correspondent Michael Edwards, wires Fifteen people are dead and nearly 200 injured across Pakistan, as protests flared over the controversial film Innocence of Muslims. More » Six killed, dozens hurt in Thai blast Interactive: 2012 US Presidential Election Map Dozens killed as 'Syrian plane bombs petrol station' Amish leader guilty of beard-cutting hate crimes Business More Business » WTO cuts 2012 global trade growth outlook The World Trade Organisation has slashed its 2012 global trade outlook, citing the eurozone debt crisis and weak growth in the US and China as key factors. More » Lehman Brothers ordered to pay compensation Economists back rates slash to prevent recession Business council urges bureaucracy overhaul BSkyB cleared of wrongdoing in hacking scandal Politics More Politics » Business council urges bureaucracy overhaul By Alexandra Kirk The head of one of Australia's leading business groups has called for a radical overhaul of the way governments are run at the top. Jennifer Westacott from the Business Council of Australia says political gatekeepers have eroded the role of the public service. She says a "culture of reticence" has affected the quality of public policy. More » Christian lobby head's influence at stake Queensland backs down on rural fire service cuts Senate votes down same-sex marriage bill Security agency responds to data storage plans Sport More Sport » Wright's 99 helps England thrash Afghanistan Luke Wright smashed 99 off 55 balls as England easily beat Afghanistan at the World Twenty20. More » Swans make decider after suffocating Pies Sizzling Storm through to GF Souths planning nothing special for Barba Hawks know it is time to deliver Heskey to shock A-League: van Egmond Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Dead fish test among spoof Nobel winners Psychologists who discovered that leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller and neuroscientists who found brain activity in a dead salmon are among the winners of Ig Nobel prizes for the oddest and silliest real discoveries. More » Breakthrough fast-tracks Hendra test results Cancer in rats reignites GM food debate Security agency responds to data storage plans New wheat boosts disease fight Environment More Environment » Orica charged over mercury vapour release Chemical company Orica Australia is again being prosecuted for breaching a pollution licence at one of its plants, this time in southern Sydney. More » Arctic sea ice melts to lowest recorded level Company to fight super trawler ban Irrigators plot High Court water fight Japan to phase out nuclear power by 2040 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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