| Source: | Lateline |
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| Published: | Thursday, September 25, 2008 5:49 AEST |
| Expires: | Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:49 AEST |
The US has launched raids against militant strongholds well into Pakistani territory. The area has been a contentious issue for over 100 years, being described as 'the razor's edge on which hang suspended the modern issues of war and peace or life and death to nations.'
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight against its European rival.
It is time to pay our politicians properly, says former Liberal MP Bruce Baird.
Former RBA boss Ian Macfarlane blames the global financial "mess" on bonus-hungry executives.
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