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Pastor scraps plan to burn Korans The Florida-based pastor who planned a mass burning of Korans on September 11 says he is calling off the event. Floods bring Murray back from the brink The floods which have destroyed farmland and property in northern Victoria have been heralded as a godsend for farmers and fishermen on the mouth of the Murray River. Oakeshott to reveal position on ministry offer Federal independent MP Rob Oakeshott is expected to announce today if he will accept a regional affairs ministry in the Gillard Government. Iran set to free US hiker Iran is to free Sarah Shourd, one of three American hikers who have been detained for more than a year since they strayed across the border from Iraq. Mourners to gather to honour slain digger An Australian soldier killed in Afghanistan last month will be laid to rest in Brisbane today.
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Farmers' apocalypse: the globalisation of food supply Rural voters who elected our independent politicians will surely be hoping they can get food onto our national agenda. The issue of human traffic may remain an election staple, but it is the movement of food around the world that is destroying the livelihoods of farmers. It's about time there was some serious public debate regarding Australia's agricultural trade regime. Human rights falls off political priorities list The past three weeks represented a golden opportunity lost to deal a better hand for human rights in Australia. Our water interests sold down the river What Australia urgently needs is an authority with teeth regulating and allocating water in the interests of the country as a whole. Well-readhead: Bloomin' rubbish Surely the best way to develop a genuine love of reading is to read organically, to just go wherever the mood takes you. Never mind the conflict, let's report the Parliament Journalists have talked for days about how a minority government situation is going to change the way the Government governs and the Opposition opposes. As I write this, the Government and Coalition MPs are locked away in their party meetings working out how best they can approach the new landscape. So I thought this might be a good time to have a glance at what we in the media have been kind of ignoring: How is all this going to change the way we work?
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Economic news spurs Aussie dollar to four month high US stocks have risen for a second consecutive session and the Australian dollar has rallied to its highest level since April, after the release of better than expected economic news. Pirates told hidden crew 'was on holiday' US Marines have rescued a German-owned ship seized by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia after hijackers vainly sought the crew which hid in a secret compartment. Pastor scraps plan to burn Korans The Florida-based pastor who planned a mass burning of Korans on September 11 says he is calling off the event.
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Earth to experience asteroid double bypass Two asteroids are passing close to Earth today but are not likely to pose a threat, US space agency NASA says. 'Dumb' pair wrestle python at fast food restaurant Stunned customers watched on as two men wrestled with a python in a McDonald's restaurant car park in Melbourne's north last night. Strange dinosaur remains discovered in Spain Palaeontologists in Spain have discovered the remains of a strange dinosaur with a hump that they believe is the forerunner of flesh-eating leviathans which once ruled the planet.
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Call for tougher regulations after miner fined An environmental group says the Queensland Government needs to tighten regulations around mines after a company in the state's north-west was fined for releasing contaminated stormwater. Floods bring Murray back from the brink The floods which have destroyed farmland and property in northern Victoria have been heralded as a godsend for farmers and fishermen on the mouth of the Murray River. Works at Tugun desal plant almost complete Queensland Infrastructure and Planning Minister Stirling Hinchliffe says the Tugun desalination plant on the Gold Coast is working again.
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