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Iran Calls New US Sanctions 'Psychological War' - ABC News

1 hour 18 min ago

ABC News

Iran Calls New US Sanctions 'Psychological War'
ABC News
Iran on Tuesday dismissed the new US sanctions, saying they are part of a "psychological war" meant to sow discontent among Iranians and insisting the measures would not halt the country's nuclear program. Washington ordered the new penalties on Monday ...
Israeli radio in Farsi transmits peace to IranThe Associated Press
Guardian Weekly Letters, 10 February 2012The Guardian
Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions, trade suffersReuters Africa

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St George facing sewage crisis - ABC Online

1 hour 36 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

St George facing sewage crisis
ABC Online
There is a new threat facing St George, in Queensland's southern inland, with flooding damaging the local sewage treatment plant and contaminating waters. While the town has managed to avoid widespread inundation, the plant has gone under, ...
Flood evacuees from St George urged to be patient as levee holdsNEWS.com.au
Australian town under waterCNN International
Flood-hit Qld resident wait in frustrationSydney Morning Herald
Courier Mail -The Australian
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Holding rates is a kick in the guts - Herald Sun

1 hour 41 min ago

Brisbane Times

Holding rates is a kick in the guts
Herald Sun
Image Video McCrann on interest rates Terry McCrann reveals the reasons the Reserve Bank did not lift interest rates NICOLE Michaels was desperately hoping a rate cut would help save her clothing store Uberstar Kids. But now she fears the banks could ...
Why forecasters can be wrong when a cut feels so rightSydney Morning Herald
Optimistic RBA puts rates on iceThe Australian
The experts' predictions: interest ratesABC Online
Courier Mail -The Age
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Kalajzich prepares for first taste of freedom - Sydney Morning Herald

1 hour 51 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

Kalajzich prepares for first taste of freedom
Sydney Morning Herald
ANDREW KALAJZICH will walk from jail today into a world he barely recognises, 25 years after he was convicted for murdering his wife, Megan. Long gone is the life of luxury he once enjoyed - homes with glittering harbour views, the ear of politicians ...
Convicted wife murderer Andrew Kalajzich set to walk free todayNEWS.com.au
Wife killer to walk free after 25 yearsABC Online
Andrew Kalajzich to be released from jail tomorrow morningCumberland Courier Newspapers

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Israeli Radio in Farsi Transmits Peace to Iran - ABC News

2 hours 3 min ago

Globe and Mail

Israeli Radio in Farsi Transmits Peace to Iran
ABC News
While Israeli leaders are increasingly sounding belligerent warnings of a potential military strike against Iran's nuclear installations, a group of Iranian-Israelis are transmitting a different message. Radio RADISIN, a private Farsi-language radio ...
Guardian Weekly Letters, 10 February 2012The Guardian
Sanctions won't effect Iran's nuclear policyTimes of India
Iran shrugs off latest US sanctions, trade suffersReuters UK

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alarm over child porn epidemic - Sydney Morning Herald

2 hours 6 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

alarm over child porn epidemic
Sydney Morning Herald
Assistant commissioner Kevin Zuccato says the federal police are discovering millions of child porn images on suspect computers. CHILD pornography use has reached epidemic proportions in Australia, as paedophiles increasingly record themselves ...
Child porn epidemic in AustraliaHerald Sun

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Maldives President Quits Amid Protests - New York Times

2 hours 8 min ago

The Hindu

Maldives President Quits Amid Protests
New York Times
NEW DELHI — President Mohamed Nasheed of the Maldives resigned on Tuesday amid rising protests in the capital over the recent arrest of a judge as his allies claimed that his resignation was the result of a coup orchestrated by supporters of his ...
Profile: Mohamed NasheedThe Guardian
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrestBBC News
Maldives president out after weeks of unrestSydney Morning Herald
Reuters -Telegraph.co.uk -Financial Times
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Growing alarm over child porn epidemic - Sydney Morning Herald

2 hours 29 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

Growing alarm over child porn epidemic
Sydney Morning Herald
CHILD pornography use has reached epidemic proportions in Australia, as paedophiles increasingly record themselves molesting children before swapping the images with other abusers, federal police have warned. With the rise of file-swapping, ...
Child porn epidemic in AustraliaHerald Sun

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Thunderstorms predicted as flood victims face weeks of isolation - Sydney Morning Herald

2 hours 29 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

Thunderstorms predicted as flood victims face weeks of isolation
Sydney Morning Herald
Mucking in … volunteers empty the flood-ravaged house of Patricia Budd in the Queensland town of Mitchell yesterday. Soldiers are expected to join clean-up efforts today. Photo: Harrison Saragossi THOUSANDS of residents in northern NSW face weeks of ...
NSW flood victims welcome BryceSky News Australia
NSW flood victims welcome Governor-General amid crisisHerald Sun
Governor General lends moral support to flood victimsABC Local
ABC Online -Weekly Times Now -Radio New Zealand
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Former Department of Premier and Cabinet chief Ken Smith not called by flood ... - Courier Mail

2 hours 34 min ago

Brisbane Times

Former Department of Premier and Cabinet chief Ken Smith not called by flood ...
Courier Mail
Michael Madigan reports from the Brisbane Magistrates Court at the state of the continuing flood inquiry. NOT NEEDED: Former top public servant Ken Smith did not attract the interest of the flood inquiry. Source: The Courier-Mail THE man at the heart ...
Use of dam manual 'not priority'The Australian
Bligh's chief ignored by flood inquiryAdelaide Now
Guards for Wivenhoe Dam engineersThe Age
Sky News Australia -Ninemsn -Sydney Morning Herald
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Old mortar bombs found in Canberra bush - Herald Sun

2 hours 50 min ago

Old mortar bombs found in Canberra bush
Herald Sun
DEFENCE will destroy four unexploded mortar bombs found in an area of Canberra bushland near the Australian War Memorial. Defence said these items were found in the Canberra Nature Park on Mount Ainslie during a search for unexploded ordnance (UXO), ...
Old bombs found in Canberra bushSky News Australia

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Big Banks face revolt if they raise rates - Herald Sun

2 hours 56 min ago

Brisbane Times

Big Banks face revolt if they raise rates
Herald Sun
Video Image McCrann on interest rates Terry McCrann reveals the reasons the Reserve Bank did not lift interest rates VICTORIANS face more home loan pain with the big banks considering a rate rise this week. Despite demand for a rate cut, ...
Why forecasters can be wrong when a cut feels so rightSydney Morning Herald
Optimistic RBA puts rates on iceThe Australian
The experts' predictions: interest ratesABC Online
Courier Mail -The Age -Adelaide Now
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Don't give Gillard any free kicks, says Abbott - Sydney Morning Herald

2 hours 59 min ago

Sydney Morning Herald

Don't give Gillard any free kicks, says Abbott
Sydney Morning Herald
Opposition leader Tony Abbott says the prime minister is "playing the sexism card because she sees the end game coming." Photo: Alex Ellinghausen TONY ABBOTT has told his MPs that only Coalition ill-discipline can save Labor and Julia Gillard, ...
Julia Gillard's dentistry deal with Greens in doubtThe Australian
Back in Parliament for Groundhog DayAdelaide Now
Gillard's narrative holds her hostageCourier Mail
The Age -ABC Online -NEWS.com.au
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Stevens throws a curveball - Herald Sun

Tue, 2012-02-07 12:26

Moneycontrol.com

Stevens throws a curveball
Herald Sun
GLENN Stevens has thrown a real curveball with the decision to leave the Reserve Bank's official interest rate unchanged. For it is actually a decision to LIFT interest rates. That's to say, of the rates that actually matter to you -- the ones you ...
Australia defies expectations and holds ratesFinancial Times
Bank reserved about more rate cutsABC Online
Inaction Speaks Volumes at RBAWall Street Journal
Sydney Morning Herald -NEWS.com.au -The Australian
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GG visits flooded NSW - Sky News Australia

Tue, 2012-02-07 12:13

ABC Local

GG visits flooded NSW
Sky News Australia
GG visits flooded NSW Updated: 23:09, Tuesday February 7, 2012 Flooded residents in northwest NSW have received a morale-boosting visit from Governor-General Quentin Bryce. Ms Bryce flew to Moree on Tuesday morning to witness the clean-up operation ...
Governor General lends moral support to flood victimsABC Local
More NSW residents to be cut off by floodsSydney Morning Herald
NSW flood victims welcome Governor-General amid crisisHerald Sun
ABC Online -Weekly Times Now -Australian Times
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Security guards protect Wivenhoe Dam engineers - Courier Mail

Tue, 2012-02-07 11:54

NEWS.com.au

Security guards protect Wivenhoe Dam engineers
Courier Mail
SeqWater dam engineer Terry Malone has stood down from his post since appearing at the Flood Inquiry. Picture: Glenn Barnes Source: The Courier-Mail TWO Wivenhoe dam engineers who were grilled over their role in last year's Brisbane floods are being ...
Robertson downplays contradictory dam dataNinemsn
Dam engineers under guardSky News Australia
Evidence suggests dam engineers 'didn't follow manual'ABC Online
BigPond News -Brisbane Times
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Mohamed Nasheed resigns as Maldives president - The Guardian

Tue, 2012-02-07 11:53

The Guardian

Mohamed Nasheed resigns as Maldives president
The Guardian
The president of the Maldives has resigned after three weeks of opposition-led protests ended in a police mutiny. Mohammed Nasheed, a 43-year-old former political prisoner widely credited with ushering in a new era of democratic reform in the island ...
Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islandsReuters
Maldives President resigns after police mutinyTelegraph.co.uk
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed quits after police mutiny; India 'closely ...Times of India
Hindustan Times -BBC News -The Associated Press
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There are tensions within Labor: Gray - Ninemsn

Tue, 2012-02-07 11:17

NEWS.com.au

There are tensions within Labor: Gray
Ninemsn
It's clearly the case that there are leadership tensions within Labor over Kevin Rudd, Special Minister of State Gary Gray says. Mr Gray said this leadership speculation was a serious matter because ultimately it went to the good governance of the ...
Rates decision a setback for GillardSydney Morning Herald
Gillard returns fire to Abbott's Dirty Harry jibeABC Online
Abbott launches Question Time with renewed attacks on Gillard's credibilityThe Australian
NEWS.com.au -The Daily Telegraph -Herald Sun
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Iran Dismisses New US Sanctions as 'Warfare' - BusinessWeek

Tue, 2012-02-07 11:08

Newsweek

Iran Dismisses New US Sanctions as 'Warfare'
BusinessWeek
By Ladane Nasseri Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Iran dismissed the latest US sanctions against its financial institutions as “psychological warfare” and said the Islamic Republic was open to “meaningful talks” on its nuclear program.
Iran Calls U.S. Sanctions on Financial Institutions Psychological WarfareBloomberg
Iran calls new US sanctions 'psychological war'The Associated Press
Iran: US assets ban "antagonistic," will have no impactReuters
Washington Post -Jerusalem Post
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Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest - BBC News

Tue, 2012-02-07 10:56

BBC News

Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed resigns amid unrest
BBC News
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed has resigned after weeks of demonstrations and a mutiny by some police officers. Vice-President Waheed Hassan was sworn in vowing to uphold the "rule of law". Mr Nasheed is being held against his will by security ...
Maldives president quits after mutiny on paradise islandsReuters
Maldives president resigns after weeks of protestLos Angeles Times
Maldives President Resigns After Police MutinyVoice of America
Newsday -Washington Post -New York Times
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