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Elizabeth Taylor dies aged 79 Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor has died aged 79 after suffering from heart problems and other health issues in recent years. Jerusalem bus bombing kills 1, injures 30 Israeli authorities have vowed to hunt down the attackers who bombed a bus in the heart of Jerusalem, killing at least one person and wounding more than 30. Libyan tanks on notice as snipers attack Western warplanes silenced Moamar Gaddafi's artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held town of Misrata after an American admiral warned the Libyan leader's armour was now in the crosshairs. Abbott regrets abusive language used at rally Opposition Leader Tony Abbott says he regrets some protesters at yesterday's anti-carbon tax rally in Canberra used abusive language. Queensland Labor surges ahead in opinion poll Queensland's ALP has had a significant boost in popularity in a new opinion poll taken before the Opposition's leadership spill.
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Prime Minister! The people are revolting! In many ways it was just another protest. In others not: signs of angry extremism; of, well, hate; of weirldy concocted statistics; of anxiety. And in among all yesterday's loud, placarded ugliness were the less newsworthy folk - people who just don't like new taxes, especially when their Government said there wouldn't be one. Rude, anonymous comments are the least of our worries A recent article in Slate magazine called for the banning of anonymous commenting and it is hardly the first time such a call has been made. How valid are such concerns and should we really look at banning anonymous commenting? Not very and no would be my answer to those questions. Accurate reporting goes missing in Japan In times of crisis, the media should strive to provide accurate reporting, not offer bleak assessments with no grounding in fact. OK, so whatÂ's the big deal? What may seem like a small error can develop into a problem. Not every foreign resident in Japan speaks or understands Japanese. Some have only been here a short time. As a result, they rely on foreign media reports for information. This is where accuracy becomes crucial. Adapting to the death of the planet has its flaws A business professor says tackling global warming is too hard and we should learn to adapt instead of hampering economic growth. Growth that relies on a healthy planet... Faced by perhaps the greatest single challenge to humanity ever, Blandy suggests we Â"prepare to adaptÂ" to global warming. Prepare to adapt, eh? Stirring stuff. Not sure what that means, nor to what we are expected to adapt to, because predicting the future is a tad sketchy, climatologically or otherwise. Newman's state aspirations create new dynamics I am happy to be corrected, but I can't think of an equivalent circumstance in Australian politics at state or federal level where a major party has had their opposition 'leader' and alternative premier/prime minister being outside the Parliament. Brisbane Lord Mayor Campbell Newman's announcement that he is seeking to run for State Parliament as the alternative premier at the next Queensland election is an interesting - some would say courageous - move.
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Tributes for Elizabeth Taylor Elizabeth Taylor, a two-time Oscar winner and one of Hollywood's most glamorous superstars, has died at the age of 79. Libyan ground forces in crosshairs of coalition Coalition forces have kept up air strikes over Libya and say Moamar Gaddafi's air force has now been crippled. NATO offers armada to enforce Libya arms embargo NATO nations have offered up an armada of ships and submarines to enforce an arms embargo against Moamar Gaddafi, as the West moved to settle a row over who should run the entire Libya campaign.
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Land ownership a sticking point in new cancer facility The Calvary Mater Hospital says it will withdraw $20 million in funding for the development of a new cancer research institute in Newcastle, unless they own the land. CSIRO staff walk off the job All 10 staff at Griffith's CSIRO lab will walk off the job this morning in protest over pay and working conditions. CSIRO staff stop work over pay and staffing concerns Twelve staff at Parkes' CSIRO laboratory will walk off the job this morning in a dispute about pay and working conditions.
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Bill would force EPA to be more open: Greens Greens MP Mark Parnell has introduced a bill to the South Australian Parliament which he says would force authorities to be more open with the public about pollution. CSIRO staff walk off the job All 10 staff at Griffith's CSIRO lab will walk off the job this morning in protest over pay and working conditions. Efforts to improve water quality in the Kalang River Efforts are continuing to improve water quality in the Kalang River.
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