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Afternoon Edition. Sun 03 Oct 2010
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Gillard pressed on extra resources for troops Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been questioned about extra resources for Australian troops while on a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Live Streaming: NRL Grand Final New push for Australia's second Catholic saint Catholic church officials in Peru want the Vatican to canonise a West Australian nun who was murdered almost 20 years ago. Police feel defeated by climbing holiday road toll Eight people have been killed and two people, including a child, are fighting for life after five separate crashes on New South Wales roads this long weekend. Hockey defends MP expenses Federal Opposition frontbencher Joe Hockey has defended the amount of money spent on expenses for current and former MPs.
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The eternal mystery that is Tony Abbott The robustness and muscularity for which Tony Abbott is renowned have established him in the public consciousness as a conviction politician. But is there any other politician who has ever enjoyed such a persistent reputation for conviction politics, while so regularly changing his mind? This is just one of the many eternal mysteries that make up Tony Abbott. Grand Final 2: A test rarely seen On Saturday we will know. The victors in the AFL grand final will have proven themselves a club of true substance. The wisdom of illness To paraphrase Friedrich Nietzsche: whatever doesn't kills us, occasionally makes us wiser, if not stronger. Weekly wrap: the new paradigm-y parliament It's been a week in which we came to see just how badly we had been deceived, but still found we could laugh at our misfortune. Editor's note: The Pyne experiments
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Dutch Christian Democrats join with anti-Islam party Dutch Christian Democrats, despite some reservations, have voted in favour of a pact with the Liberals to form a minority coalition government supported by the anti-Islam Freedom Party. Gun-runner held over deadly Nigerian bombing A former leader of a Nigerian rebel group has been arrested in connection with last week's car bombings in the capital, Abuja, which killed 12 people. Scholar shot dead in Pakistan hospital Police in Pakistan say an Islamic scholar and psychiatrist, Mohammad Khan, has been shot dead in a north-western province.
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Gallipoli visa row resolved A dispute threatening a planned survey of Gallipoli battlefields in Turkey has been resolved. Bat sex, whale snot studies win spoof Nobels The mysteries of bat sex and whale snot, and an unusual way to deal with human pain were the focus of the annual tongue-in-cheek Ig Nobel Prizes. Mozzie influx plagues Darwin businesses The Northern Territory Chamber of Commerce says outdoor businesses could be losing up to 15 per cent of their trade because of an influx of mosquitos.
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Iran detains suspected nuclear spies Iran has arrested several people it believes were spying on its nuclear facilities, a news agency quoted the intelligence minister as saying. Tas worst in discarding cigarette butts A dubious honour for Tasmania .. Bin Laden calls for action on climate change Osama bin Laden has criticised relief efforts in Pakistan and called for action against climate change in what appeared to be a new audio tape from the Al Qaeda leader.
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