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Past leaders unleash as campaign heats up The election campaign has taken a new turn, with former prime ministers John Howard and Kevin Rudd both joining the political fray to savage their foes. Stepdad says police think he killed Kiesha The stepfather of missing six-year-old Kiesha Abrahams says police have asked him where he dumped her body. Wyclef files to run for Haiti president Musician Wyclef Jean jetted into Haiti on a private plane this morning and officially launched his bid for president, ending weeks of speculation about whether he would run. Desperate Indians flood 'corrupt' cab industry Corruption and an influx of Indian students attending international colleges is killing the taxi industry, insiders say. Teenage school gunman to be charged Police say they expect to charge a 15-year-old boy today after he turned up to Esperance Senior high school with a shotgun. The teenager went to the school yesterday afternoon just after 3:00 pm (WSDT)and confronted teachers with the firearm.
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This is a political Escher painting So, the leader Labor installed to win an election has asked for the help of the leader they dumped (because he couldn't win) because she needs him to win. The leader who got 38 per cent of the primary vote has gotta help the leader getting 37 per cent of the primary vote, after she was installed to boost the party's primary vote. Is anyone else's head hurting? Check out the latest Fiona Katauskas cartoon. Where are their medals? Sleeping in my car to raise awareness about homeless women, I thought to myself, 'Where are all their medals?' It seems the real Julia needs the Christian lobby With her campaign in shambles, it seems the real Julia Gillard has decided that she can't ignore the Christian vote. Anne Rice - Christian no more While awful Christian behaviour can put people off Christianity, beautiful Christianity can also make the faith attractive. Spruik the economy, stupid As with so many of its other policies, this Labor Government has proved spectacularly inept at explaining and defending its record on the economy. But it shouldn't be that difficult. Should it? Almost alone in the industrialised world, Australia enjoys low unemployment, low inflation, low interest rates and robust economic growth. It's about time Labor started focussing on these facts a bit more.
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Parents denied custody of Nazi-name children A United States court has ruled that a New Jersey couple who gave their three children Nazi-themed names should not be allowed custody of the children. Wyclef files to run for Haiti president Musician Wyclef Jean jetted into Haiti on a private plane this morning and officially launched his bid for president, ending weeks of speculation about whether he would run. Poland to extradite Mossad suspect An Israeli man linked to the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last January is to be extradited from Poland to Germany to face charges.
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JCU pushes for tropical disease research centre James Cook University (JCU) is lobbying the Federal Government for funding for a tropical disease research facility. Newspapers look to e-reader future A media analyst in Australia is predicting that the days of reading printed newspapers are numbered. Churchill, Ike 'covered up wartime UFO' Britain has released hundreds of previously secret UFO files, including a letter saying that Winston Churchill ordered a 50-year cover-up of a wartime encounter between a UFO and an RAF pilot.
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EPA boss tours Port Pirie smelter The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) is still investigating the cause of two spikes in emissions from the lead smelter at Port Pirie in South Australia. Pacific forum backs away from climate target The Pacific Islands Forum has adopted a new resolution on climate change, one that backs away from last year's nomination of a target for temperature rise. Report finds basin water cuts to slash jobs Irrigators in Queensland's southern inland region say even a small reduction in water entitlements in the northern Murray-Darling Basin will have a devastating impact on rural communities.
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