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NewsMail Afternoon Edition Wed 03 Sep, 2014 Top Stories More Top Stories » Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine Australia will open an embassy in Kiev and is considering providing military assistance to Ukraine, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told Parliament. Mr Abbott said the "interim" embassy would support nine Australian Federal Police investigators who are in Ukraine investigating the Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy. He said the Government was also considering short-term humanitarian and non-lethal military assistance to Ukraine. Mr Abbott also confirmed Australia had suspended uranium exports to Russia. More » Workers 'worse off' under mining tax deal, super industry warns Asylum seeker 'brain dead' in Brisbane hospital Five men questioned over alleged gang-rape Second captured US journalist 'beheaded by Islamic State' Three dead as jet fighter crash caught on camera 'Australia's largest' solar farm opens south of Canberra Labor set to oppose Shaw expulsion motion Four killed in Pacific Highway crash near Ballina WA politician's daughter arrested over drug haul More Analysis » Clearing up cloudy thinking on internet security How vulnerable are cloud services, and is Apple really to blame for the celebrity photo leak? The fact is, if you can gain access to an online system, then somebody else can, whether it's a matter of physical access, unpatched software, bugs, software cracking tools or plain old phishing. What is clear is that Apple has some serious security lessons to learn, and not just in securing holes in its password reset schemes. More » Hostage beheadings: a violent sign of weakness It's a super plan now, but what about long-term? Government goes cold on global warming 75 years on, war still isn't simple Super sting in the tail of mining tax win Keeping the nation united during a time of fear The five fallacies of our thinking on Iraq Chasing jobs and fleeing depression Don't rush to Act on terrorism threat Just In More Just In » Judge questions prosecution of 21yo over images of girlfriend By Loukas Founten An Adelaide judge has questioned why a man found with pornographic images of his underage girlfriend was prosecuted, when the couple were in a consensual relationship. More » Where to now for the teams that missed the AFL final eight? 'Australia's largest' solar farm opens south of Canberra Negotiations continue for release of Fijian peacekeepers WA politician's daughter arrested over drug haul Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine CFMEU facing six-figure fine over illegal site entry Uluru 'most expensive place for hotel stays' Is NT pipeline solution to east coast gas shortage? More resources needed to tackle online drug markets: report World More World » Negotiations continue for release of Fijian peacekeepers By Dominique Schwartz Fiji's military commander says specialist negotiators from New York are in Syria trying to secure the release of its United Nations peacekeepers taken hostage a week ago. More » Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine Journalist Sotloff determined to record Arab Spring's human toll Three dead as jet fighter crash caught on camera PNG government accused of lying about Ok Tedi funds verdict Robin Williams' daughter returns to social media Business More Business » RBA governor Stevens: 'Unwise' to further boost 'elevated housing prices' By business reporter Michael Janda The Reserve Bank governor has given his strongest indication yet that further rate cuts are very unlikely, saying it does not want to stoke "already elevated housing prices" and it is up to business to start investing for growth. More » Australian economy slows less than feared, but income falls Switzerland tops global competitiveness, Australia slips Workers 'worse off' under mining tax deal, super industry warns Coles axes 438 jobs at Melbourne support centre Abbott expected to sign uranium deal during India visit Politics More Politics » Negotiations continue for release of Fijian peacekeepers By Dominique Schwartz Fiji's military commander says specialist negotiators from New York are in Syria trying to secure the release of its United Nations peacekeepers taken hostage a week ago. More » Australia to open Kiev embassy and consider military assistance to Ukraine CFMEU facing six-figure fine over illegal site entry Is NT pipeline solution to east coast gas shortage? Lake cycling plan may increase salinity, irrigator warns Sport More Sport » Roosters not at their best yet: Robinson Sydney Roosters coach Trent Robinson says the premiers are yet to find top gear in 2014. More » Taylor wins AFL Rising Star Award Federer sets up Monfils US Open quarter-final clash McKenzie urges patience with Skelton Wozniacki steams past Errani into US Open semis Marsh's virtuoso display sees Aussies into final Science and Technology More Science and Technology » Tiger rescued from Indonesian 'death zoo' dies An emaciated Sumatran tiger, whose plight highlighted horrific conditions at an Indonesian zoo, has died a year after being rescued from the centre where hundreds of animals have perished. More » Prison waste water tested for drugs Celebrity nude photo leak to be probed by the FBI Innovation and commercialisation lag in Australia Immune cell discovery brings diabetes cure closer Environment More Environment » Lake cycling plan may increase salinity, irrigator warns By Malcolm Sutton A plan to raise and lower water levels in Lake Albert to reduce salinity could actually have the opposite effect, according to a local irrigator whose family have drawn from the lake since the early 1940s. More » SA to seek more Murray River flow to tackle salinity Pacific tuna stocks on brink of disaster, warns outgoing fisheries head Gold mine to pay $196k for pollution near Braidwood Seal sightings prompt warning to leave animals alone About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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