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NewsMail Morning Edition Fri 11 Jan, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Weather conditions set to stoke fire threat Fire authorities are preparing for worsening weather conditions throughout today and into the weekend as crews battle to quell blazes across the country. More » Royal Commission to get special abuse unit Cyclone Narelle hits category 4 off WA 14yo hitchhiker missing en route to Top End Kurdish activists assassinated in Paris Police hunt bushland for 'armed and dangerous' man Half of world's food going to waste, study finds Parents say teen's methanol poisoning misdiagnosed Dozens dead in attack on Pakistan snooker hall Somali pirate kingpin 'Big Mouth' retires More Analysis » Will Tony Abbott really get rid of the carbon tax? Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has left no doubt about his commitment to abolish the carbon tax. But getting there will be a painful and scary path which might force him to question whether compromise is not only safer but also a better outcome for a reforming conservative in the long term. There's every chance carbon pricing will stay in place. More » The case for optional preferential voting The dangers of casual sext? Troubles brewing as violence resumes in Belfast Will big data change the 2013 election? Investment in the time of financial cholera India should think twice about its sex offender register Tomic's time to under-promise and over-deliver Les Mis: a revolution for our times Give ALP branches a purpose Just In More Just In » Somali pirate kingpin 'Big Mouth' retires By Africa correspondent Ginny Stein and wires One of Somalia's most notorious pirates, who terrorised vast areas of the Indian Ocean generating multi-million dollar ransoms, is retiring. More » Cop injured in police van crash Alleged drunk driver 'left kids at crash site' Royal Commission to get special abuse unit Dozens dead in attack on Pakistan snooker hall Half of world's food going to waste, study finds White House chief of staff to head Treasury Another school shooting as Biden meets NRA Cyclone Narelle hits category 4 off WA Many killed and injured in bombings in Pakistan World More World » Somali pirate kingpin 'Big Mouth' retires By Africa correspondent Ginny Stein and wires One of Somalia's most notorious pirates, who terrorised vast areas of the Indian Ocean generating multi-million dollar ransoms, is retiring. More » Dozens dead in attack on Pakistan snooker hall Half of world's food going to waste, study finds White House chief of staff to head Treasury Another school shooting as Biden meets NRA Many killed and injured in bombings in Pakistan Business More Business » China trade data smashes expectations China's economic recovery appears to be easily beating economist expectations, with a surge in exports and imports. More » ANZ hoaxer facing jail despite no profit motive Think tank spruiks untapped bond market First Super dumps News Corp stake Building approvals post modest rise Bank super funds perform best - for their staff Politics More Politics » Royal Commission to get special abuse unit By Anna Henderson The Federal Government has announced plans for a special unit to investigate child sexual abuse. More » Australia announces new Iran sanctions Dole increase the lazy option says Fitzgibbon Judge brands mandatory sentence an injustice Bishop calls for end to compulsory preferential voting Sport More Sport » Tomic battles into Sydney semis Bernard Tomic ended Jarkko Nieminen's Sydney International defence in three sets to move to the semi-finals. More » Scorchers bury Strikers in Adelaide Hewitt through to Kooyong Classic final Djokovic bidding for Australian Open hat-trick Debutants Finch, Hughes to open for Australia Belgian club eyes off Mariner Ibini Science and Technology More Science and Technology » 2.5m gulls needed to lift James's giant peach Physicists have thrown cold water on a key scene from Roald Dahl's classic children's book, James and the Giant Peach, in which a flock of seagulls fly an oversized piece of fruit and its occupants across the Atlantic. More » Shipwreck tablets shed light on Roman healthcare Qld stargazers to get space station sighting Australian scientists map galactic space geysers Researchers uncover breast cancer protein Environment More Environment » Natural causes blamed for whale deaths Queensland's National Parks Service says two whales washed up on the state's central coast in recent days appear to have died from natural causes More » Rare whale washes up on Queensland beach Whitehaven Coal shares plunge after media hoax Two Vic beaches remain closed after sewage spills Australia launches whale photo database 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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