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Defiant Mubarak clings to power There is fury in Egypt this morning after president Hosni Mubarak defied predictions that he would resign and instead pledged to stay on as president until later this year. ASIO ruling splits up refugee family A Sri Lankan family granted asylum in Australia has been split up following a negative security assessment by ASIO. England cricket great Bailey dies in house fire English cricket was in mourning after Trevor Bailey, one of its "great servants", died in a house fire at his home. Flannery insists climate body is independent The head of the Federal Government's new Climate Change Commission says he is saddened by the Opposition's response to the body. US not out to get Assange, ambassador says The US ambassador to Australia says his country is not out to get WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the publication of leaked US cables and documents.
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Egypt live: a Drum Twitter feed from Cairo President Mubarak has addressed the Egyptian people as many thousands mass expectantly in Cairo. Mr Mubarak has admitted his regime has made mistakes but says he will not stand down until later this year. Watch a live feed from local news sources and observers on the ground as this most dramatic day unfolds. Egypt Live ... catch history in real time. How the coalition led then lost the aid debate It has never been a traditional vote-winner for the Coalition, but until this week it was leading the aid debate in Australia. Another brick in the wall A disconnection between the work students do as part of learning and the kind carried outside of school walls is reflected in truancy, poor discipline and lowered test scores. Nothing wrong with Abbott an Abflex wouldn't fix Tony Abbott is a proper endorphin addict: his punishing workouts happen twice daily, if he can manage it and when he returns, colleagues say, he is fresher, sharper, and far more relaxed. Thanks to surgery on an injured hamstring, Tony Abbott hasn't been for so much as a brisk walk all week. Not normally a major problem, but as luck would have it Mr Abbott's enforced inactivity has coincided with an especially crazed week in Liberal internal politics. What is going on inside the Liberal Party at the moment is extremely odd. A national disaster we choose to ignore This week, the nation awoke to images of our Prime Minister sobbing in Parliament as she struggled to describe the tragedy of the Queensland floods. Yesterday, I couldn't help but wonder where the tears were for my people, as the Prime Minister unveiled the third annual Close the Gap report card, a speech meant to be delivered on the first sitting of parliament, but a speech which has never been given that importance.
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Wall St dips on profit taking Stocks have retreated overnight on Wall Street, snapping an eight-day rally with investors continuing to take profits. US not out to get Assange, ambassador says The US ambassador to Australia says his country is not out to get WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange over the publication of leaked US cables and documents. Defiant Mubarak clings to power There is fury in Cairo's Tahrir Square this morning after Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak defied predictions that he would resign and instead pledged to stay in power until later this year.
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Obama rolls out $18b internet plan US president Barack Obama travelled to a remote corner of frigid Michigan on Thursday (local time) to roll out an ambitious plan to offer high-speed wireless Internet coverage to 98 per cent of Americans. 'Cookie monster' jailed for internet grooming A 24-year-old Melbourne man who called himself Cookie Monster as he groomed teenagers for sex over the internet has been jailed for more than four years. Expert contradicts claims of more shark attacks A shark expert on Queensland's Gold Coast says the number of attacks per capita in Australia is falling, despite new American research to the contrary.
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Environmentalists say dumping of river sediment outdated An environmental lobby group says the Newcastle Port Corporation should leave contaminated sediment alone rather than dumping it out to sea. Wilderness Society sceptical about CGS plan The Wilderness Society has raised concerns about the scoping document for the state government's proposed Coal and Gas Strategy. Work underway to improve health of Kempsey waterway A major environmental project is underway in the South Kempsey industrial area.
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