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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 22 Jan, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Barack Obama delivers inaugural address By correspondent Jill Colgan, wires United States president Barack Obama has entered his second term in office following his public inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. More » PM defends bloody end to gas plant siege Prince Harry killed Taliban on Afghan tour Oswald downgraded after making landfall Crews tested as new fires flare in Gippsland Brutal train station bashing leaves man critical Court urged to sack judge over rape joke India gang-rape trial begins as father urges hangings Brisbane shooting victim refusing to talk US Navy ship 'ignored reef warnings' More Analysis » Could Alexander Downer be SA's next premier? The only reason I can see why Alexander Downer would go into politics in South Australia is because the state desperately needs some quality leadership. Alexander has nothing to prove, he earns a lot more out of politics than he would ever earn in politics, and he would see less of his family. It says a lot about the man that he would even contemplate going into state politics, but the 2014 election is a once and only chance for South Australia to change its current trajectory and drag itself out of the slow lane. More » Rhonda and Ketut as the faces of female sex tourism Slowly Australia comes to grips with its origin tale After the fires, climate change debate rages on Convenient freedom: a tale of two islands The new world according to Lance Uncertain future: Afghanistan on its own Heartbreaking headlines for Coonabarabran Why other nations fail (but Australia succeeds) Seeing red over black roofs Just In More Just In » Court urged to sack judge over rape joke By Indonesia correspondent George Roberts Indonesia's judicial commission has recommended that a judge be sacked for joking about rape victims. More » Brutal train station bashing leaves man critical Crews tested as new fires flare in Gippsland Full text: Obama's inaugural address PM defends bloody end to gas plant siege Prince Harry killed Taliban on Afghan tour Oswald downgraded after making landfall Barack Obama delivers inaugural address Brisbane shooting victim refusing to talk Acid attacked Bolshoi ballet chief 'regaining sight' World More World » Court urged to sack judge over rape joke By Indonesia correspondent George Roberts Indonesia's judicial commission has recommended that a judge be sacked for joking about rape victims. More » Full text: Obama's inaugural address PM defends bloody end to gas plant siege Prince Harry killed Taliban on Afghan tour Barack Obama delivers inaugural address Acid attacked Bolshoi ballet chief 'regaining sight' Business More Business » Scathing report released into Hastie collapse By finance reporter David Taylor The administrator appointed after the collapse of the Hastie Group releases a scathing report into what went wrong. More » WA, NT continue to lead state of the states Union concerned by QBE job cut reports Pressure builds on Govt over mining tax revenue Coal seam protests forcing gas prices up: industry Nine lives after debt deal accepted Politics More Politics » US Navy ship 'ignored reef warnings' A US Navy minesweeper that has been stuck on a World Heritage-listed coral reef in the Philippines since last week ignored warnings to avoid the area, a Philippine government official says. More » Brandis warns new laws could outlaw debate PNG opposition launch detention centre challenge Gillard hopeful of debates commission agreement Police must acknowledge Logan gang trouble: lawyer Sport More Sport » Clinical Federer downs Raonic to reach last eight Roger Federer eased into the Australian Open quarter-finals with a clinical straight sets win over young Canadian Milos Raonic. More » Euro giants eye Victory's Rojas: report Williams in last eight after crushing Kirilenko Australian Open Day Eight: As it happened Warner escapes a ban for dissent Murray cruises past 'struggling' Simon Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Gamma-ray burst 'blasted' Earth in 8th century A mystery wave of cosmic radiation that smashed into Earth in the eighth century may have come from two black holes that collided, a study says. More » World's first binding mercury treaty adopted UN group links heatwave to climate change 2.5m gulls needed to lift James's giant peach Shipwreck tablets shed light on Roman healthcare Environment More Environment » Scientists, rangers team up to track ghost nets Scientists and Indigenous ranger groups are working together to track where so-called ghost nets are travelling in Australian waters. More » Fish in hot water as climate changes Global warming to threaten Australian wildlife Human health to feel impact of warmer future UN group links heatwave to climate change 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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