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Games boss heads to New Delhi Commonwealth Games Federation president Michael Fennell is flying to New Delhi seeking emergency talks with Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh as India scrambles against the clock to save the event. Combet admits carbon tax an option Climate Change Minister Greg Combet has given a clear sign the Federal Government is prepared to consider introducing a carbon tax. US warned on enemies within Senior US officials are warning of a "spike" in the number of homegrown extremists who they say are increasingly difficult to detect. Pensioners 'clogging up' peak-hour transport A new report has recommended scrapping concession fares for pensioners travelling on public transport during peak hour. Men slashed in restaurant mass brawl Two men have been cut with knives during a brawl involving up to 30 people in a Sydney restaurant overnight.
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Telling fibs on immigration policy It's OK to lie about immigration policy - this is the new bipartisan tradition on which contemporary Australian politics is built. The tragedy for Labor is that after all these years, and all the tears it has shed over this issue, it cannot now do better. The tragedy for the Coalition is that it will not try. International aid is a farce Corruption and weak standards of government mean that increased aid will make little or no difference to the poor. Blair damages Obama's agenda With friends like Blair, Obama doesn't need anyone else to derail his attempts at improving relations with the Islamic world. Passion for the Pies: a life of thorns and Roses I first met Bob Rose as a lost six-year-old boy in Wangaratta. From that day onwards there was no question, I was Collingwood for life. Life rarely dealt Rose a fair hand. Yet he was by all accounts a remarkably composed, pleasant and generous man who never seemed burdened by adversity. So keep this in mind Collingwood fans. History was far more unkind to Rose than to any one of us. Aussie tobacco promotion rocks Indonesia By taking part in an Indonesian music festival, Australian artists are complicit in promoting a habit that kills.
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Titanic steering error sunk liner: book A new book about the Titanic has claimed a last-minute steering error caused it to crash into an iceberg on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912. Rescuers work to save stranded whales New Zealand's conservation department says all live whales stranded along a five-kilometre stretch of coast have been moved to safety, but there are no plans to return the animals to the water today. Israel slammed over flotilla raid A UN human rights panel says Israeli commandos broke international law during a violent confrontation on a Turkish aid ship that was trying to break a blockade of Gaza.
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Evolution's bone of contention on display The first Australian exhibition of a prehistoric boy is expected to reignite passionate debate about evolution. Rescuers work to save stranded whales New Zealand's conservation department says all live whales stranded along a five-kilometre stretch of coast have been moved to safety, but there are no plans to return the animals to the water today. Melbourne schoolboy sparked Twitter meltdown A 17-year-old Australian schoolboy said he unwittingly caused a massive hacker attack on Twitter which sent users to Japanese porn sites and took out the White House press secretary's feed.
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Sand pipeline plan cut by more than half A cost blow-out has caused a revision of a program to pump sand along the Adelaide coastline. Opal miners flag fees protest Opal miners across Queensland are threatening to raise the 'Eureka' flag in protest against new State Government fees and regulations. UN chief warns of failing biodiversity struggle The world is failing to stop the alarming loss of the Earth's species and habitat, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has warned amid multinational bickering over who pays for the rescue.
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