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Bloody history erased from Afghan schoolbooks
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Afghan school children will receive new textbooks that pass over the country's modern history of conflict and bloodshed in an effort to promote national unity.
Topics: educational-resources, access-to-education, unrest-conflict-and-war, afghanistan
Madonna set for first Australia tour in 20 years
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Madonna is set to tour Australia for the first time in 20 years, exciting fans who were left devastated when the Queen of Pop bypassed the country on her last world tour.
Topics: pop, united-states, australia
Wife killer to walk free after 25 years
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Convicted wife killer Andrew Kalajzich will walk free from a Sydney jail on Wednesday.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
Court hears landmark animal slavery case
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In what is reported to be the first case of its kind, a court in the United States has heard a case which is examining whether animals are entitled to be protected from slavery.
Topics: animal-welfare, mammals---whales, united-states
Training doesn't help former inmates find work
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More than half of the country's prisoners are in jail for the second time and research shows those who manage to get a job are far less likely to reoffend.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, crime-prevention, prisons-and-punishment, unemployment, community-and-society, nsw, australia
Evidence suggests dam engineers 'didn't follow manual'
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An expert hired by the operator of Wivenhoe Dam to peer review its handling of the last year's Queensland flood crisis says new information would lead him to believe engineers did not comply with their operating manual.
Topics: courts-and-trials, dams-and-reservoirs, floods, brisbane-4000, qld
Maldives president resigns after police mutiny
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The island nation of the Maldives is in crisis after embattled president Mahomed Nasheed resigns in the face of growing protests and a police mutiny.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, maldives
PNG court to map out political solution
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Papua New Guinea's supreme court will announce on Wednesday how it will proceed with the cases stemming from the country's political turmoil.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, papua-new-guinea
Xstrata, Glencore agree on $90bn merger
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Glencore and Xstrata have agreed on an all-share merger worth $US90 billion in the industry's largest ever deal, creating a commodities powerhouse.
Topics: mining-industry, industry, business-economics-and-finance, company-news, switzerland
RBA decision shows confidence in economy
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The Reserve Bank has surprised most economists by keeping official interest rates on hold at 4.25 per cent.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, money-and-monetary-policy, housing-industry, australia
Date set for former premier Burke's new trial
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A date has been set for the trial of the former WA premier and lobbyist Brian Burke on a charge of disclosing official secrets.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, perth-6000
NZ-born billionaire eyes large Gunns stake (photos)
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A New Zealand-born billionaire is in negotiations with Gunns to buy a substantial part of the Tasmanian-based timber company.
Topics: timber, company-news, bell-bay-7253, launceston-7250
Search for survivors after Philippines quake
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Rescue workers in the Philippines are searching for survivors after yesterday's earthquake which killed dozens of people.
Topics: earthquake, disasters-and-accidents, philippines
Australia ups Syrian sanctions as bloodshed continues
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Australia will impose further sanctions on the Syrian regime, as regime forces resume shelling the city of Homs for a fourth day.
Topics: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, syrian-arab-republic, russian-federation
Shares fall over after rates surprise
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The Australian share market tumbled this afternoon after the Reserve Bank left interest rates on hold at 4.25 per cent for the month in a surprise move.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
MP's son apologised to injured woman after crash
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Kate Campbell, who was seriously injured when Luke Woollard crashed a boat into a pylon, says he went to her hospital bedside to apologise.
Topics: maritime, courts-and-trials, perth-6000
Taxi driver says reputation destroyed after trial
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Perth taxi driver Prabhjit Gill, who watched as a female passenger was raped by his colleague, says he has been treated unfairly and his reputation tarnished.
Topics: courts-and-trials, perth-6000
Pool of blood found in school cubby house
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Police are investigating the discovery of a large amount of blood in a school cubby house in Sydney's west.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, riverwood-2210, nsw, australia, sydney-2000
Gillard returns fire to Abbott's Dirty Harry jibe
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The Prime Minister has shot back at Tony Abbott's challenge in a stoush over the economy, urging him to "bring it on".
Earlier today, in an address to the Coalition party room, the Opposition Leader channelled Clint Eastwood's character Dirty Harry, daring Julia Gillard to "make my day" by focusing on the economy in the year ahead.
And the economy dominated debate on the first sitting day of Parliament for 2012, with both sides trading blows over their record of economic management.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, parliament, federal-parliament, gillard-julia, abbott-tony, australia
Man facing extradition on drug ring allegations
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A man wanted in Greece for his alleged role in a drug ring has lost a legal bid to stop his extradition from Australia.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sa, adelaide-5000, australia, greece
10,000 motorists hit with incorrect toll charge (video)
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Up to 10,000 New South Wales motorists may have been incorrectly charged for trips on Melbourne's CityLink motorway.
Topics: road-transport, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, vic, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld
Reserve Bank leaves rates on hold
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The Reserve Bank has left interest rates unchanged to keep the official cash rate at 4.25 per cent, defying most economists' expectations.
Topics: money-and-monetary-policy, business-economics-and-finance, economic-trends, australia
Qld flood plain management approach 'ad hoc'
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Experts say Queensland is decades behind other states when it comes to flood plain management.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, floods, public-sector, qld
Share market shrugs off Greek debt limbo
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The Australian share market has edged higher despite a lack of resolution on a new bailout package for Greece and its debt-swap deal with private creditors.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, markets, currency, stockmarket, australia
Manager testifies about Wivenhoe release strategy
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The operations manager of Wivenhoe Dam north-west of Brisbane has been called to respond to conflicting evidence at Queensland's floods inquiry.
Topics: floods, emergency-planning, emergency-incidents, dams-and-reservoirs, public-schools, brisbane-4000, wivenhoe-hill-4311, toowoomba-4350
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