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'Fed-up' Mubarak fears chaos in Egypt Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak has told ABC America he would like to quit now but fears there would be chaos if he did. Bligh, Gillard inspect cyclone-ravaged north Qld Premier Anna Bligh and Prime Minister Julia Gillard are in north Queensland this morning to continue tours of cyclone-ravaged communities. Aussies stuck in Cairo as Qantas flight delayed A goverment-chartered Qantas flight heading to Egypt to evacuate more than 100 stranded Australians has been delayed by 13 hours by a mechanical fault. Flash flooding, storms to lash Victoria The Bureau of Meteorology says severe thunderstorms could cause flash flooding in parts of Victoria again today. Tully residents share their Cyclone tales Cyclone Yasi has left residents of Tully reeling, with one in three homes damaged by the devastating storm.
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In the end, change for Egypt was a fast train coming Say what you like about this popular uprising in Egypt. Say you find it exhilarating, even though there is no guarantee it will deliver the Egyptians something less repressive than what they have. Say, furrowed brow and all, that this looks like an Islamist revolution manipulated by the menacing Muslim Brotherhood even though all evidence at this stage points to the contrary. But whatever you say, don't say you never saw this coming. US policy on Egypt: keep muddling through The crisis in Egypt has once again shone a light on the limits of American power or, more precisely, its inability to use its power. Wowsers rule sport, OK? The solution to the 'problem' of off-field behaviour is not to turn trivial indiscretions into news. The behaviour of footballers is gossip, not news. Adjusting the pitch on climate change Something fascinating is happening to the Government's climate change argument. It's replacing morality with economics. In the new Gillard formulation, action on climate change is no longer something to which Australia is morally obliged regardless of the behaviour of other nations; these days, it's an economic race in which it would be perilous to fall behind. The return of the Arab 'street' A few weeks ago, had you asked an expert Middle East observer about the potential for Â'people powerÂ' to change the region, you would have been given short shrift.
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Last Tango actress Maria Schneider dies French actress Maria Schneider, best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in the 1972 film Last Tango In Paris, has died aged 58 after a long illness. US recession not over until jobs return: Bernanke The chairman of the US Federal Reserve says America cannot fully recover from the worst recession in decades until employers start hiring more workers. ADHD kids benefit from low-allergy diet A new study has found children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can benefit from a low-allergy diet.
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NASA finds dozens of Earth-like planets American space agency NASA says it believes it has discovered hundreds of new planets which could sustain life. Duck hunting season extended in SA Duck hunters in South Australia will be able to take double the number of birds this season over last year. Japan's giant net to trawl for space junk Japan's space agency has joined forces with a fishing company to build a giant net several kilometres in size to collect debris littering space.
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Sanctuary 'ignored' on mining exploration The manager of Arkaroola Wilderness Sanctuary is angry that conditions have been decided without discussion for a resources company to keep exploring the area in the Flinders Ranges. Townsville water supply restored Townsville has narrowly avoided a water crisis after Cyclone Yasi, with crews fixing the north Queensland city's water treatment plant just hours before supplies ran out. State Government's coal and gas scoping study under fire Criticism of the State Government's coal and gas scoping study continues, with the lack of Hunter Valley representation on the stakeholder reference group under fire.
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