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Assange to meet with British police WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is preparing to meet police in Britain. Murray-Darling boss resigns The chairman of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Mike Taylor, has resigned. Sheep exports linked to Egypt shark attacks Egyptian locals are at a loss to explain the unusually high number of shark attacks at one of the world's most popular dive sites, but there are some pretty wild theories flying around. We can't rely on rain: Hussey Potential saviour Mike Hussey says Australia cannot rely on rain to escape with a draw in the second Test against England in Adelaide. Salvos to say sorry to abused children An advocacy group for former child wards is urging the nation's churches and charities to liquidate assets to fund reparation.
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Climate change? Scepticism becomes mainstream While the lack of political action on climate change over the past year has been well documented, this week's Essential Report picks up another dynamic that is both a response to and a driver for this inertia. For the first time, the report found less than 50 per cent of Australians think climate change is real. So how has it come to this? War on WikiLeaks reveals need for law reform If anything, the war on WikiLeaks highlights the need for modest law reforms to protect sensitive information. Too late for nuclear Once again the call has arisen for Australians to debate the adoption of nuclear power as part of our energy mix, but is it too late? Time we dismissed Kentucky Fried Chicken Just as with Benson & Hedges, I'd like to see KFC banned from sponsoring cricket on health grounds. Modern media: it's all just a little bit fancy Carrie Bickmore's 'Aussie Countdown' special, aired in the US last week to Oprah Winfrey's audience, was a pastiche of prostituted enthusiasm and corporate endorsements, most notably for McDonalds. While this shouldn't come as a shock, it does feed into a busy little corner of the current zeitgeist now debating the interplay between mainstream media and the new voices of the independent online.
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Clinton holds talks over 'grave' N Korea concerns US secretary of state Hillary Clinton is holding talks with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts to discuss what she says are "grave concerns" about North Korea. 120 still missing after Colombian landslide Emergency crews are clawing through tonnes of mud in a desperate bid to rescue more than 100 people missing in a Colombian landslide that has already claimed at least 16 lives. Oprah's army arrives in Sydney Oprah Winfrey's handpicked American audience have touched down in Sydney, marking the beginning of their "Ultimate Australian Adventure".
Science & Technology	More Science & Technology Stories >
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.
Environment	More Environment Stories >
Murray-Darling boss resigns The chairman of the Murray-Darling Basin Authority, Mike Taylor, has resigned. More plague locusts reported in Melbourne Pest controllers are investigating reports of plague locusts in Melbourne. Council defers rezoning decision on former lead smelter site A decision on a rezoning plan for the second stage of the Pasminco smelter site redevelopment has been delayed to allow for a Lake Macquarie Council briefing.
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