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Gillard's $2b rail promise for RSL forum Prime Minister Julia Gillard will go into a community forum tonight armed with a $2.1 billion promise to fix rail services in the key election battleground of Western Sydney. Abbott 'doesn't understand' broadband Labor has hit out at Tony Abbott for failing to understand his own policy after the Opposition Leader declared he was no "tech-head" while explaining the Coalition's broadband plan. China mudslide death toll doubles The death toll from Chinese mudslides has more than doubled to 702, with more than 1,000 people still missing. 21 rescued after boat capsize Twenty-one people thrown overboard when their fishing charter boat capsized off central Queensland are all safe. Abbott to unveil water plan Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will release a $750 million Murray-Darling river plan while campaigning in South Australia today.
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Great story so far, but how does it end? By this point in most election campaigns, a dominant narrative has generally emerged, and it's become reasonably clear who's going to win. But the overarching narratives this time round have been far harder to pin down and we've had to survive on mere distractions. Nonetheless, this campaign's unpredictable nature is proving to be compelling viewing. 'Small Australia' advocates are too pessimistic Historical arguments against immigration have been proved wrong, and the same could be said for the current opposition. Republicans divided Julia Gillard's recent admission that another republican referendum is doomed has revived divisions among republicans. An American bullseye The US government wants to kill Muslim cleric Anwar al Awlaki, but can it do so without first convicting him of a crime? Of 'normal families' and the gender card
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President wins Rwanda election Rwandan president Paul Kagame has secured an overwhelming majority in the country's presidential election. Campbell defends blood diamond testimony British supermodel Naomi Campbell insists she has "nothing to gain" from her testimony at the war crimes trial of Liberia's ex-president Charles Taylor. Rebel flight attendant faces criminal charges A rebel flight attendant who told off defiant passengers and grabbed a beer as he made a dramatic escape from a JetBlue aircraft via the emergency chute has been hit with criminal charges.
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IT industry says Libs lack network vision The Tasmanian computer industry is concerned the Federal Opposition's broadband network solution fails to prepare for the future. Google takes Street View to Germany The internet search company Google is taking its street mapping feature to Germany, amid debate about the legality of the company's information gathering. Colonise space or perish, Hawking warns Mankind's only chance of long-term survival lies in colonising space, as humans drain Earth of resources and face a terrifying array of new threats, British scientist Stephen Hawking says.
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Loggers want politics out of industry remedy The national forest industry lobby hopes to win funding for Tasmania's struggling loggers, without making forestry an election issue. Labor's water plan draws mixed response The State Government and the Opposition are divided over the Prime Minister Julia Gillard's promise to buy back all the water required in the Murray-Darling Basin to save the river system. Brown Mountain logging decision expected today An East Gippsland conservation group will find out today if its Supreme Court challenge against logging in an area north of Orbost has succeeded.
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