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Blair fronts Iraq war inquiry Former UK prime minister Tony Blair has again fronted the Iraq war inquiry, expressing his deep regret about the loss of life in Iraq since the allied invasion in 2003. Towns on alert as floods head downstream Residents in several Victorian towns are preparing to evacuate their homes ahead of expected flood peaks in the next day. Freak waves blamed for swimmer's death New South Wales police say a series of freak waves caused a man to drown at a beach near Wollongong, south of Sydney, yesterday afternoon. Many Indigenous too scared to report abuse A new report has found a majority of people in Indigenous communities are too afraid to report violence to the police. Volunteers wanted for weekend flood clean-up Volunteers involved in the flood recovery around Brisbane are being encouraged to focus their attention this weekend on the city's parks.
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The patient art of dying The Productivity Commission's call for urgent reform of aged-care is an extraordinary and long-overdue document that, if implemented, will go a long way toward rectifying the myriad injustices and forms of institutional and economic abuse to which our elderly are subjected in the final years of their lives. And yet it would be mistake to limit our focus to the institutional and economic dimensions of aged-care. There is an equally important moral or personal dimension to the ongoing catastrophe of aged-care in Australia that demands a reform of our moral imaginations as well. Northern Heart and soul Melbourne Heart may be the new kid on the soccer block but with a geo-political divide as stark as Melbourne's a rivalry could emerge that would make AFL suburban rivalries seem twee. Victory may find no pleasure in being cast in the role of the southern dandies, but for the Heart, the mantle of the northern soul is theirs for the taking. Let football prise open this city's hairline crack a tiny bit further. Lebanon crisis a test for the US The latest Lebanese political crisis will undoubtedly reveal the extent of AmericaÂ's influence in the Middle East. It would never happen to me In my 10 years working for ABC Local Radio I have produced and overseen a number of emergency broadcasts. Fires in Sydney's northern suburbs, flooding in Victoria's Gippsland region, the odd cyclone or two and countless storms and flash flooding have honed our skills at helping to build prepared and resilient communities. But a week ago when it became apparent that maybe, just maybe, I might find myself part of the story I still thought it would never happen. Austerity: more than just a buzz word As the UK's debt crisis teeters on the edge of implosion, the government has heralded in a new dawn of economic austerity that is the harshest in living history.
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'Obama' bank robber on the run in Austria Police in Austria are hunting a gunman who robs banks wearing a rubber mask of US president Barack Obama, but speaks very much like a local. Wounded US congresswoman leaves hospital US Representative Gabrielle Giffords has left the Arizona hospital where she has remained since being shot in the head on January 8, and began her trip to a Texas medical facility to continue her recovery. Isolated Lukashenko sworn in for fourth term President Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a fourth term, in a lavish ceremony boycotted by the West over a crackdown on the Belarus opposition.
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Biggest rocket ever launched from US West Coast The biggest rocket ever to launch from the US West Coast has lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base. Man wins world record for pi calculation A Japanese businessman using a home-built computer has taken calculations of the mathematical concept of pi to the trillions of digits and won a world record for his labours. Demountable serves as Grantham recovery centre A demountable building will today be trucked into Grantham, in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, today to serve as the recovery centre.
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Opposition demands release of entire Wivenhoe manual The Queensland Opposition is stepping up the political pressure on the State Government in the aftermath of the floods. Flood-affected mine running again Owners of the Isaac Plains coal mine near Moranbah say mining has recommenced at the site following flooding in central Queensland. Rubbish hotel opens in Madrid A new hotel has opened in the heart of Madrid proudly declaring that it is complete rubbish.
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