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Rudd defends 'robust' China relationship Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has defended Australia's "robust" relationship with China, saying disagreements between the countries are to be expected. Fairfax Media CEO McCarthy resigns In a surprise move, Fairfax Media chief executive Brian McCarthy has resigned. English turn up the heat Australia again needs its middle order to pull it out of the fire as the home side battles to avoid a massive defeat on day four of the second Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval. NSW levees hold but more rain on the way Residents in flood-affected parts of New South Wales are being warned they might not be allowed back into their homes until the end of the week. Oprah show 'sell-out' sparks Bickmore backlash Channel Ten personality Carrie Bickmore has been labelled a sell-out after her segment for Oprah Winfrey's visit to Australia on the 7PM Project featured what some consider to be an advertisement for McDonald's.
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This one's for the Liberals Calm yourselves, because I will say this only once: today's piece is pro-Liberal. Consider it an early Christmas present. OK, so it's only pro one Liberal in particular, but the sentiment stands. The man in question is named Bruce Atkinson, and he's a Victorian politician set to become president of the Upper House. He has also, in the past, confessed to being a chap partial to hobbies and opinions of a vaguely sexual nature. And so this is Christmas All in all it's hard to be much impressed by what we've done in 2010, and by what we haven't. Perhaps 2011 will be better. A win-win for Mr 3,000 Simply Red's Mick Hucknall has confessed to sex with over 3,000 women. I suspect he's marketing himself as a stud. WikiLeaks a blueprint for things to come With every day, with every passing hour, the power of the state mobilises against WikiLeaks and Julian Assange, its titular leader. Over the last week we've been able to watch the systematic dismantling of WikiLeaks. First came the condemnation, then came the technical attacks, each one designed to amputate one part of the body of the organisation. But in a phenomenon reminiscent of the Napster saga, the failures of WikiLeaks provide the blueprint for the systems which will follow it. Australian Christian Lobby: Against R18+ Classification Religion and gaming rarely mix well.
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Haitians link cholera deaths to witchcraft A total of 140 people have died of cholera in recent days in south-western Haiti, a region that had been largely spared the epidemic that has killed more than 1,880 people since mid-October, medical sources said. Rudd defends 'robust' China relationship Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd has defended Australia's "robust" relationship with China, saying disagreements between the countries are to be expected. Oprah show 'sell-out' sparks Bickmore backlash Channel Ten personality Carrie Bickmore has been labelled a sell-out after her segment for Oprah Winfrey's visit to Australia on the 7PM Project featured what some consider to be an advertisement for McDonald's.
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International gravity wave centre planned Five Australian universities have joined forces to try and secure an international physics project which would be based near Gingin in WA. 12,000-year-old mine found in Chile Archaeologists from the University of Chile have discovered a 12,000-year-old iron oxide mine in the north of the country. Fresh warrant issued for Assange's arrest As the fallout grows from WikiLeaks' release of secret US diplomatic cables, Julian Assange could be extradited to Sweden this weekend.
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6.7M flood peak for Wee Waa Tuesday The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a major flood warning for Wee Waa, in north-western New South Wales. Smaller crowds at Great Inland Fishing Event Wet weather, strong winds, and road closures kept angler numbers down at the weekend's Great Inland Fishing Event near Inverell, in northern New South Wales. Danger signs at Kingscliff High tides are causing more erosion problems at Kingscliff, despite the efforts of local volunteers.
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