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General warns US might have to bomb Libya The head of US Central Command (CENTCOM) has warned that the US would have to launch bombing raids to enforce any no-fly zone over strife-torn Libya. Wilkie condemns 'racism eating at Liberals' In an extraordinary outburst in Federal Parliament, Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie has condemned what he describes the "racism that eats at the Liberal Party". Men charged with faulty ATM cash dash Police have charged two men who they say took money fraudulently from a faulty Commonwealth Bank ATM in Sydney's west yesterday. Border in crisis as refugees flee Libya Tens of thousands of people are continuing to flee the violence in Libya, and the United Nations refugee agency says the situation on the Libya-Tunisian border is reaching crisis point. Human remains found on F3 freeway Forensic teams are examining human remains found on the F3 freeway on the New South Wales central coast last night.
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You lied, and now you want our money: not happy PM Liberal party polling shows deep concern among voters over Julia Gillard's pre-election 'no tax' moment. In other words they do not see the battle over carbon tax as a matter of any high political principle. They simply see it as an ambush of their family budgets. And critically for Gillard, the polling shows they do not believe her promises of compensation will be met. Climate credibility = ETS - carbon price If the Government is to go to the next election with any climate credibility it must put the carbon price on hold and get an emission reduction program back on track. Marriage needs redefining In terms of equality, gay marriage is just the tip of the iceberg. Taking confidence in the certainty of the uncertain The PM is certain that business requires certainty, and for her, the thrilling money-or-the-box promise of what might be in her carbon tax should - for right-thinking Australian captains of industry - prove far more compelling than the bleak and unremitting tedium of not having to pay one at all. Ironically, the Gillard scheme seems to have inflamed certainty in the breast of only one carbon-based life form, and his name is Tony Abbott. Journalist's dilemma over a lost little girl I should want to interview the angry and vengeful 17-year-old girl at the heart of the St Kilda football club and now Ricky Nixon scandals. But I don't.
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Bushfire sweeps across central Florida US firefighters are battling a massive fast-moving bushfire that has prompted evacuations and highway closures in central Florida. Authorities under pressure to identify quake victims Relatives of people believed missing or dead in the Christchurch earthquake have expressed their frustration at the delays in identifying bodies recovered from the rubble. Egyptian filmmaker takes breather in Adelaide An Egyptian filmmaker visiting Adelaide is working on a documentary about his country's uprising.
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Navy maps sea floor to prepare for port The Australian Navy is mapping the sea floor around what will become one of Papua New Guinea's most important ports. Wheat disease a threat to global food security Scientists believe stem rust, which looks like red dust on wheat, could threaten global food security. Devil scientist wins Japanese prize The Tasmanian scientist who discovered the devil facial tumour disease is an infectious cancer has won a prestigious Japanese prize.
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Forestry again tests Tasmania's Labor-Green Government For the second time in Tasmania's political history, a Labor Green State Government is being tested over forestry issues. Muswellbrook wants in for carbon tax negotiations Muswellbrook Mayor, Martin Rush is urging the Federal Government to include his Hunter Valley council in the debate about the future introduction of a carbon price. Snowy horse camps get revamp Authorities in the New South Wales Snowy Mountains are confident changes to horse camps in the Kosciuszko National Park will be welcomed by most users.
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