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Calls for second Taser vision to be released Pressure is mounting on the Department of Corrective Services to release a video showing its officers tasering a man 11 times. Militants step up NATO tanker blitz Gunmen have torched at least 29 oil tankers in south-west Pakistan, the sixth attack in just over a week as Islamist militants continue to target a NATO supply route into Afghanistan. China lashes out at Nobel prize 'obscenity' China has reacted angrily to news that one of its dissidents has won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, labelling it obscene and saying the prize has gone to a criminal. Opposition says Murray-Darling towns in the dark The Federal Opposition says regional towns deserve to know exactly how plans to restore the health of the Murray Darling river system will impact on them. Pearson returns to scene of heartbreak Sally Pearson was forced to relive her agony at being stripped of a gold medal after she arrived at the Delhi athletics stadium on Friday night without a clue that the delayed medal ceremony for her race was about to begin.
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The Fixer's agenda Julia Gillard been PM for more than 100 days now, and has in that time faced a series of trials whose difficulty and danger owe more to ancient Greece than 21st century Australia. But what sort of prime minister is she? To borrow the filing system of former British Labour leader Tony Benn, who used to say that politicians could be classed into three categories, there is no doubt Julia Gillard is a fixer. The importance of being us To deny there are a set of values that act as the leitmotif of our Australian story, is to deny the story itself and surrender our nation to a nihilism that cuts as adrift from our past, each other and a better and more inclusive future. Llosa at long odds, but none worthier In Vargas Llosa, the Nobel prize committee has found a winner of stature and substance. Gai Waterhouse: racing's female monarch On a weekend when the sporting world looked to the climax of its footy seasons she exceeded her own inheritance training her 100th Group One winner. With her century of elite winners - a pile that will grow in the coming weeks of the Melbourne Spring Carnival - will come a coronation. Yet the identity of racing's female monarch is already well beyond dispute. That title goes to GM Waterhouse. Gai - to one and all. Weekly wrap: a week of ruination
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Militants step up NATO tanker blitz Gunmen have torched at least 29 oil tankers in south-west Pakistan, the sixth attack in just over a week as Islamist militants continue to target a NATO supply route into Afghanistan. Earthquake hits near Costa Rican capital An earthquake measuring 5.9 has hit an area near the Costa Rican capital late on Friday, the US government reported. Australian soldier wounded in roadside bombing An Australian solider has been wounded by an Improvised Explosive Device in Afghanistan's northern Kandahar province.
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Bacteria confirmed as Black Death culprit Anthropologists say they had confirmed long-running suspicions that a germ called Yersinia pestis caused the plague that wiped out an estimated third of Europe's population in the Middle Ages. Ocean currents offer insight into climate change Marine researchers say their study of ocean currents is shedding new light on global climate change. Nitrogen fertilisers doing as much harm as good The development of nitrogen fertilisers has worked wonders for increasing the amount of food in the world, but the results of a new study have revealed how the fertilisers have damaged waterways and the atmosphere.
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Environmentalists call for four wheel drive limits Environmentalists in Tasmania say they have been shut out of negotiations over four-wheel drive access in the Arthur Pieman Conservation Area. Farmers oppose gas pipeline More than 90 farmers from Tambar Springs to Boggabri are banding together to urge Eastern Star Gas to change the course of its Narrabri-to-Wellington gas pipeline. Ocean currents offer insight into climate change Marine researchers say their study of ocean currents is shedding new light on global climate change.
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