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Abbott jets in to visit troops in Afghanistan Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has visited Australian troops in Afghanistan on his way back from Europe. Crashed chopper passengers tell of lucky escape Passengers on board a helicopter that crashed in the New South Wales Blue Mountains say they are lucky to be alive. Carbon price weighs on QR float The public float of the Queensland rail freight company QR National is exposed to the possibility of a carbon tax, according to the company's prospectus released today. Grave fears for monkeys stolen from zoo Two highly endangered monkeys have been stolen from a wildlife park north of Brisbane. Bail refused for man accused of killing son A 30-year-old man accused of murdering his son in Sydney's south-west has been refused bail.
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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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Racist email scandal may damage relations with India There are fears a racist email reportedly circulated by Victorian police officers could damage business relations between India and Australia. Nine suffocate in China mine Nine people have died of suffocation after a rescue attempt went wrong at a lead and zinc ore mine in central China's Hunan province, state news agency Xinhua reported on Saturday (local time), citing local authorities. 500,000 homeless in flooded Bangladesh Nearly half a million people in Bangladesh have been made homeless and at least 15 people have been killed by three days of storms and heavy rain.
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Grave fears for monkeys stolen from zoo Two highly endangered monkeys have been stolen from a wildlife park north of Brisbane. Bacteria confirmed as Black Death culprit Anthropologists say they have 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.
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Forest talks hit stumbling block Peace talks to end the war over Tasmania's old growth forests have hit a stumbling block. Cities will suffer from Murray-Darling cuts Farmers say they are still reeling from news of the proposed drastic cuts to water allocations in the Murray-Darling basin and warn that it is city people who may suffer most. Burke urges calm over Murray water proposals The Federal Government has urged regional communities to "take a breath" and acknowledge there will be extensive consultation over proposals to fix the ailing Murray-Darling River system.
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