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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Sun 11 Nov, 2012 Top Stories More Top Stories » Live blog: First Test Day Three ABC Grandstand's live coverage of day three of the first Test from the Gabba. More » Bushfire threatens homes near Port Lincoln Remembrance Day marked across Australia Final count gives Florida to Obama BBC chief quits amid sex abuse turmoil Mapping highlights Sydney transport inequality Prestigious nursing home faces neglect probe Elderly man fights off two armed intruders World-first study tests diet, depression link Teen charged over shopping centre blaze More Analysis » Devil's Dust: in search of asbestos worker Jeremy Tear Thirty-four years ago I interviewed a man named Jeremy Tear when he was a university student who'd been working during his holidays at James Hardie's asbestos insulation factory. He told me that nobody had ever mentioned a word about the dangers of asbestos to him. He worked in his shorts and a shirt, chipping the caked asbestos away from the machinery. Jeremy, I would love to know what's happened to you. It's now 40 years later and about the time you might develop a mesothelioma. More » What's the point of exporting our emissions elsewhere? Our glorious dead: remembering well on Remembrance Day Australian economy gets a wake up call The dying art of punditry in Australia My advice? Never communicate anything to anyone Live exports save cattle from a painful death in the desert Private faith v public faith Everyone's a winner with the scrapping of the internet filter Missing greatness: What Obama's re-election means Just In More Just In » Tasmania blown away by Bulls Queensland has crushed Tasmania by an innings and 123 runs at Bellerive Oval, with the Bulls' Cameron Gannon ripping through the Tigers' batting order. More » Grave fears for missing Melbourne woman Bushfire threatens homes near Port Lincoln Wizard Of Oz dress fetches $480,000 at auction Crook resigns as Sydney FC coach Mapping highlights Sydney transport inequality Fisherman dies after being swept off rocks Prestigious nursing home faces neglect probe Girl hospitalised after dog attack World-first study tests diet, depression link World More World » BBC chief quits amid sex abuse turmoil By Europe correspondent Mary Gearin, wires BBC director-general George Entwistle has dramatically quit just 54 days into his role after the broadcaster's flagship news program wrongly implicated a British politician in child sex abuse. More » Final count gives Florida to Obama Four killed, dozens wounded in Gaza clash Tempers fray as Sandy recovery continues CIA chief Petraeus quits after admitting affair Business More Business » NAB settles toxic loan class action By online business reporter Michael Janda National Australia Bank has agreed to pay around $115 million to settle a case brought against it by shareholders. More » Reserve building its economic hopes on housing WA's Oakajee Port and Rail project scaled back Cash found for investors of failed Banksia Qantas cuts 400 engineering jobs Malaysian court approves Lynas rare earths plant Politics More Politics » Iraq cancels $4b Russian arms deal Baghdad cancelled a $4 billion weapons package with Russia on Saturday citing graft concerns, torpedoing a deal that would have made Moscow Iraq's biggest arms supplier after the US. More » Pressure grows for abuse royal commission Britain cuts off aid to booming India Victim apologises to former MP for abuse claims Gillard holds historic Indonesia-Timor meeting Sport More Sport » Live blog: First Test Day Three ABC Grandstand's live coverage of day three of the first Test from the Gabba. More » France too good for sloppy Wallabies Crook resigns as Sydney FC coach Hernandez to the rescue as United moves clear Jets take points in Parramatta Del Potro shocks Federer to seal semi-final spot Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Princess tomb unearthed in Egypt An Egyptian princess's tomb dating from around 2500 BC has been discovered south of Cairo. More » Researchers develop blood test for bowel cancer NASA rover finds Mars soil similar to Hawaii's New approach to fight Murray acidity Melting runway puts Antarctic flights on ice Environment More Environment » Australia to sign up to Kyoto phase two By chief political correspondent Simon Cullen Australia will sign up to the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, despite concerns from some environmentalists that carbon reduction targets remain too low.  More » 'Unanswered questions' over Cape's UNESCO bid Whale, dolphin beached again after mass stranding Another step toward Murray Basin plan Buffel busters fight outback weed spread 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. 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