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Afternoon Edition. Wed 13 Oct 2010
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Trapped miners back from the deep Trapped miners are being winched to the surface in Chile after a nightmarish 10-week ordeal in a collapsed mine shaft. Another aftershock rocks Christchurch The New Zealand city of Christchurch has been rocked by a strong aftershock. Army Chief warns soldiers against Afghan charge protests Army Chief Lieutenant General Ken Gillespie has warned soldiers against signing a petition which calls for charges against commandos involved in a deadly Afghanistan firefight to be dropped. Pair charged with Michael McGurk's murder Two men have been charged with murder over the fatal shooting of Sydney businessman Michael McGurk. 2yo survives fall from second floor window A two-year-old girl has survived a fall from a second-storey window of a house in Adelaide's eastern suburbs.
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Afghanistan: we need an honest debate The recent fracas between Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard over their respective trips to Afghanistan was uninteresting and slightly pathetic. What we really need is an honest parliamentary debate on Afghanistan which asks difficult questions, does not shy away from complexity or reach easy conclusions. But whether this is possible in the current toxic political atmosphere is yet to be seen. Literary awards do more good than harm No doubt today finds you bug-eyed and exhausted, since you likely stayed up all night to find out who won the Booker Prize. The growth of religious schooling Much of the debate surrounding religious schooling is based on assumption, speculation and misinformation. Journalists as politicians Is it a good idea, given the role of the Fourth Estate in a democracy, for journalists to crossover into politics? Labor leaps in where the private sector fears to tread Private sector telecommunications companies think very, very carefully before they build a new network. The Gillard Government proposes to punt $43 billion of taxpayers' money in a highly risky commercial venture they have called the National Broadband Network. But the cavalier way they took this decision suggests there is no appreciation of just how risky it is.
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Another quake rocks Christchurch The New Zealand city of Christchurch has been rocked by a large, long earthquake. Trapped miners back from the deep Trapped miners are being winched to the surface in Chile after a nightmarish 10-week ordeal in a collapsed mine shaft. Gambling doesn't pay for pigeons Some gamblers like to forgo their winnings for the chance of a much bigger win - and it seems pigeons like to take the same risk.
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
Pesticide ban 'long overdue' A Tasmanian anti-pesticides campaigner has welcomed an Australian ban on endosulfan. Gambling doesn't pay for pigeons Some gamblers like to forgo their winnings for the chance of a much bigger win - and it seems pigeons like to take the same risk. Lovesick humpback beats long-distance record A humpback whale has broken the world record for travel by any mammal, swimming at least 9,800 kilometres from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean in search of a mate, marine biologists said.
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Pesticide ban 'long overdue' A Tasmanian anti-pesticides campaigner has welcomed an Australian ban on endosulfan. Eastern Star responds to farmers' criticisms Eastern Star Gas says its proposed gas pipeline from Narrabri to Wellington in New South Wales does not pose a threat to farmers' productive land, or the safety of the community. Insecticide 'should have been banned years ago' An independent fish expert has criticised the Australian Pesticides and Veterinary Medicines Authority for taking so long to ban the toxic chemical endosulfan.
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