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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Tue 17 Jun, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Baden-Clay ex-mistress 'angry and upset' after learning of other affairs By Francene Norton, Louisa Rebgetz and Leonie Mellor Gerard Baden-Clay's former mistress confronted him about his other affairs after his wife was found dead, Brisbane's Supreme Court has heard. Baden-Clay, 43, a former real estate agent, has pleaded not guilty to murdering his 43-year-old wife Allison in April 2012. His former mistress, Toni McHugh, said she and Baden-Clay met for the final time in June 2012, when she told him of her anger after police told her he had been seeing other women. When asked if she felt like she was were being "played", Ms McHugh replied: "It's the symptom of an affair, isn't it?" 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And the two arguments the intellectual right often throw up against more open borders - welfare state and culture clash - are easily rejected. More » Turning up the heat on the AFL Greste's fight goes beyond his own freedom School equity experts barking up the wrong tree Abbott must put climate change on G20 agenda Who exactly is engaging in class warfare? ISIS threat makes strange bedfellows A love letter: the enormous power of fonts The Greens play tough but will avoid double trouble Young suffer in our return to a class-based nation Just In More Just In » Berlin home to technology hub for start-up businesses By Emily Stewart A community of successful and flourishing technology-based start-up companies has developed in Berlin, a city that has long attracted artists and musicians. 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More » WHO urged to act on booming e-cigarette market Report into alleged CIA torture set to be released Japan says 30 whales killed in latest hunt Jordanian prince elected as UN human rights chief Al Shabaab responsible for massacre at World Cup screening Business More Business » Shell offloading $5.32 billion in Woodside shares By Elysse Morgan Global oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is selling almost all of its stake in Australia's biggest oil and gas producer, Woodside. Shell announced the sale of about 157 million shares in Woodside, netting Shell about $5.32 billion after tax. Shell is Woodside's biggest shareholder, currently holding 23 per cent or 190 million shares in the company. The sale will reduce it to a shareholding of 4.5 per cent. Chief executive Ben van Beurden says the decision does not reflect the confidence the company has in Australia as a key energy producer. 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