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NewsMail Morning Edition Thu 31 Jul, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Athletics Aust suspends coach Hollingsworth over Pearson criticism Athletics Australia head coach Eric Hollingsworth has been suspended after calling out team captain Sally Pearson. More » Bishop fears Russia 'actively undermining' MH17 investigation Israeli shells kill 17 at busy market: Gaza health ministry Australian athlete charged after altercation in CommGames athletes' village 15 Australians die each day from alcohol-related illnesses: study Liberia shuts schools, quarantines communities in bid to halt Ebola outbreak Australia tried to get India to take asylum seekers while at sea Child death rates vary within similar communities: study Senate candidate dead after taking euthanasia drug ACT Chief Minister reports man supplying cannabis More Analysis » The slick, glib world of tabloid politics It took Tony Abbott less than a week to reduce the emotional and logistic complexity of the Australian mission in east Ukraine to a three-word slogan: Bring Them Home. It's politics as headline: a final melding of the political dialogue and the partisan, prosecutorial press; a meeting of mindsets with government seeing virtue in masking the irregularities and awkwardness of policy problems under a glib and memorable shorthand. The tabloid press does it for a living. Politics now does it for convenience. More » MH17: Australia's shallow foreign policy revealed A nation rallies around its leader, but what's next? Brothel legalisation: a Top End race to the bottom Sorting fact from fiction in dole policy Using retirement savings for homes a super bad idea The war against extremism must be waged online Hockey: the moderate man forced to be dry Don't be distracted: it's all about the budget Stranded in a war zone we don't understand Just In More Just In » 15 Australians die each day from alcohol-related illnesses: study By Simon Santow Up to 15 people die and more than 430 are admitted to hospital every day in Australia due to alcohol-related illnesses, new research shows. More » Guinea stampede death toll rises to 34 Mickle wins javelin gold, Roberts takes bronze Israeli shells kill 17 at busy market: Gaza health ministry Liberia shuts schools, quarantines communities in bid to halt Ebola outbreak Bishop fears Russia 'actively undermining' MH17 investigation Child death rates vary within similar communities: study Aussie athlete arrested after Games village altercation Mitcham, Nel win silver and bronze in 1m springboard Australians prefer digital over television for entertainment: survey World More World » Guinea stampede death toll rises to 34 The death toll from a stampede at a beachside rap concert in Guinea's capital celebrating the end of Ramadan has risen to 34, medical staff say. More » Israeli shells kill 17 at busy market: Gaza health ministry Liberia shuts schools, quarantines communities in bid to halt Ebola outbreak Bishop fears Russia 'actively undermining' MH17 investigation Aussie athlete arrested after Games village altercation Athletics Aust suspends coach Hollingsworth over Pearson criticism Business More Business » Australia more vulnerable than before GFC, economist says By finance reporter Simon Frazer and staff A senior economist with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has issued a stark warning about the risks still facing the global economy. Australian-born Adrian Blundell-Wignall, who is based in Paris as the OECD's director of financial and enterprise affairs, says his home country is more vulnerable now than it was when the global financial crisis (GFC) hit. First on his list of risks is the continuing growth of emerging economies, which he says now account for 50 per cent of global production. More » MH17: New sanctions mark biggest Russia-West confrontation since Cold War Wheat price keeps sliding on bumper global crop Defence paper raises doubts over local manufacturing Banks criticised over credit card security changes Australian share market hits six-year high Politics More Politics » Australia tried to get India to take asylum seekers while at sea By political reporter Karen Barlow Immigration Minister Scott Morrison has revealed Australia unsuccessfully tried to get India to take 157 asylum seekers while they were being held on a Customs ship for almost a month. The Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers, including at least 37 children, were transferred to the Curtin Detention Centre several days ago, breaking long-standing government policy. Mr Morrison revealed on 7.30 that secret negotiations had been underway with the Indian government and three options had been discussed. More » Brandis lays out plans to broaden anti-terror laws Hanson-Young denied access to Curtin Detention Centre Hockey seeks to bypass Senate on budget measures Business concerned by Government's welfare proposal Sport More Sport » Aussie athlete arrested after Games village altercation By James Coventry A 29-year-old male Australian athlete has been arrested after an altercation at the Commonwealth Games athletes village. More » Athletics Aust suspends coach Hollingsworth over Pearson criticism Mickle wins javelin gold, Roberts takes bronze South Africa icon Kallis calls time on international career Mitcham, Nel win silver and bronze in 1m springboard Cultured Cheika fluent in success Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Crew 'back on Earth' after simulated Mars mission Six volunteers taking part in a simulation of life on Mars have 'returned to Earth' after four months living on top of a Hawaiian volcano. More » NASA's Opportunity rover sets travel record on Mars Australia's Call of Duty commentator mixing it with big guns Drones and robots 'helping farmers secure their future' Are we alone? Alien pollution might reveal the answer Environment More Environment » Coal power station to close, two years after $50m bailout By Rhiana Whitson A brown coal-fired power station and briquette factory in Victoria's Latrobe Valley will close next month, two years after receiving a Federal Government bail-out package. More » Bow and arrow attacks on wildlife on the rise: carers Massive coal mine won't affect Great Barrier Reef: Hunt Mine's burning rock pile sparks health concerns Sydney, Melbourne going green despite RET uncertainty About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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