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First lady 'heartbroken' by schoolgirls' kidnapping

US first lady Michelle Obama has taken the rare step of delivering president Barack Obama's weekly radio address to express outrage over the kidnapping of some 200 girls in Nigeria last month.

"Like millions of people across the globe, my husband and I are outraged and heartbroken over the kidnapping of more than 200 Nigerian girls from their school dormitory in the middle of the night," she said in the address.

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Budget 2014: Abbott Government makes its mark

Will 2014 be a watershed year, a point of redefinition which sees the public share of the GDP significantly changed?

Big cuts would help explain why the Abbott Government has been ready to take the torrent of criticism it received when the "deficit levy" kite was first flown two weeks out from the budget.

Few policy proposals have arrived quite so friendless. Its real purpose might be to provide evidence that the pain to come is being shared by the best-off.

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Just In

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125,000 people hit streets for Mother's Day Classic

More than 125,000 people will come together around the nation today to raise money for breast cancer research through the Mother's Day Classic.

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World

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NYC moves unidentified 9/11 victims' remains to Ground Zero

Thousands of unidentified remains of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attack in New York have been transferred to Ground Zero.

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Business

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ABS employee made $60k from $7m insider trading scam, court hears

A 24-year-old Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) employee has been extradited to Victoria to face charges over an alleged $7 million insider trading scam.

Christopher Russell Hill is accused of sharing unpublished ABS data with friend Lukas Kamay, an NAB employee in Melbourne, to predict movements in the Australian dollar.

The charges laid by ASIC and the Australian Federal Police (AFP) include insider trading, money laundering and abuse of public office.

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Politics

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Disability advocates urge Government to work with big business to create jobs

Disability advocates want the Federal Government to work with the nation's biggest businesses to create jobs for disabled Australians, instead of limiting access to the disability support pension (DSP).

The Government has confirmed thousands of people under the age of 35 on the DSP will have their ability to work medically reassessed following Tuesday's budget, in a bid to get more people into the workforce.

The president of People With Disability Australia, Craig Wallace, says the changes will not help disabled people into the workforce because there are no guaranteed jobs.

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Sport

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Melbourne makes late comeback to beat Manly 22-19

Late tries to Cooper Cronk and Kurt Mann gave Melbourne Storm a 19-10 win over Manly at AAMI Park.

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Science and Technology

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'Star Wars' robotic arm for amputees approved for sale

An advanced robotic arm for amputees that can perform complex tasks has been approved for use in the United States.

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Environment

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Japan continues whaling in north-west Pacific

Japan has resumed whaling in the north-west Pacific for the first time since the UN's highest court banned its scientific program in the Antarctic.

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