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Carnage as bomber targets Moscow airport A suspected suicide bombing has killed at least 35 people and injured more than 100 people, including foreigners, at one of Russia's busiest airports. Shipwreck crew on people smuggling charges Three Indonesian fishermen who were on board the boat that was wrecked at Christmas Island last month have been charged with aggravated people smuggling. Government considers banning bullbars Bullbars could be banned under changes to the national road safety rules currently being considered by the Federal Government. Thai police arrest Brunswick murder suspects Two men have been arrested in Thailand over the murder of a Melbourne man, who intervened in a brawl at Brunswick, in 2009. Kerang open but other towns face isolation The town of Kerang in north-western Victoria is no longer isolated, after floodwaters around the town receded overnight.
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Community spirit of a civilian army Jade. Glen. Hannah. On paper they're just names; names you might have considered calling your child or the name of your daughter's best friend. This month, they became so much more. Each of them told a story, one it's difficult to describe without feeling the torment behind the water torrent that swept across the state, without discrimination. The selflessness of many during the Queensland floods is a bit hard to fathom for the rest of us but it showed itself over and over again. Women in politics: we're getting there In a little over two decades Australia has managed to break two centuries of political gender prejudice in all but one jurisdiction. Medicare Safety Net helps those that don't need it In the next in a series on public policy in Australia Jennifer Doggett argues that the Extended Medicare Safety Net is like a pair of fish-net stockings on a big night out: a good idea in theory but in practice fails to deliver support where it is really needed. A safety net is only needed for the small minority of people who have problems affording health care costs over the long-term. The key to designing a more effective safety net is to target this small group of consumers effectively. Political correctness and Hollywood hypocrisy Every faith has it's peculiarities, so why does Scientology come in for so much more ridicule? 'Family reasons' - your last chance to use your children to feel superior Kudos should go out to those who make the brave and humble decision to stay accessible to their children in the first place, rather than those who do so after years of hay-making. Â"Family reasonsÂ" start right about the time they hand you the scissors to cut the cord, and end when you start wearing the nappies and eating your roast lamb through a drinking straw.
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US woman confesses to 1987 baby kidnapping A woman who raised a child who went missing from a Harlem hospital 23 years ago as her own has confessed to the 1987 kidnapping of the baby, court documents revealed. Tucson shooting suspect pleads not guilty Tucson shooting rampage suspect Jared Lee Loughner has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of attempting to assassinate US representative Gabrielle Giffords and attempting to murder two of her staff members. Oprah reveals secret half-sister Oprah Winfrey has revealed she has a half-sister that she only found out about late last year.
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World food production must double: UK chief scientist A new British study has painted a bleak picture of the future of global food security. Whales die in north-west strandings Wildlife authorities in Tasmania say four pilot whales have died on Robbins Island in the far north-west after becoming stranded. Fence aims to protect endangered wallabies An enclosure to keep out predators has been built in the remote APY Lands to help increase the population of black-footed rock wallabies.
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Collector wind farm - sight for sore eyes or eyesore? Plans for a wind farm at Collector, north-east of Canberra, are dividing the tiny New South Wales community. Sun sets on Aboriginal Land Claim over Lake Macquarie Efforts by an Aboriginal Land Council to seek a land claim over the entire area of Lake Macquarie have been knocked back by the State Government. World food production must double: UK chief scientist A new British study has painted a bleak picture of the future of global food security.
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