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Leigh Sales and Chris Uhlmann, inset, are the new anchors of the revamped 7.30 Report, replacing Kerry O'Brien, right.
Felisa Wolfe-Simon explains the discovery of an arsenic-eating microbe at NASA headquarters. Picture: AFP GALLERY
The 'smart' XM25 weapon has been deployed to US troops in Afghanistan, where it's expected to be a 'game-changer'.
Christine Manfield's spectacular Christmas menu guarantees a long, leisurely lunch for minimal effort. Picture: James Cant VIDEO
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Qantas blast knocked out key systems
11:48AM Steve Creedy, Aviation writer THE flight crew of QF32 battled failures of electrical systems, flight controls, braking and computer systems to land the crippled A380 superjumbo near Singapore.
WC bid team caught out by lack of support
10:23AM UPDATED Peter Wilson in Zurich THE HUMILIATION of winning only one vote from FIFA's 22-strong executive committee this morning caught Australia's 2022 World Cup bidding team off balance.
Uhlmann and Sales to host 7.30 Report
10:54AM UPDATED Geoff Elliott LEIGH Sales and Chris Uhlmann have been named joint anchors for the ABC's new-look 7.30 Report, replacing Kerry O'Brien.
Australia reeling in Ashes Test
12:12PM Andrew Faulkner AUSTRALIA has started disastrously in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, losing three wickets in the first 13 balls of the match.
Weaver's Oscar hopes boosted by award
10:38AM Michael Bodey JACKI Weaver's unlikely quest for an Academy Award gained momentum as the National Board of Review recognised her turn as a crime matriarch in Animal Kingdom.
Business with The Wall Street Journal
Battling services sector shrinks
10:14AM James Glynn CONDITIONS in Australia's services sector weakened in November as interest rates rose sharply, with fragile spending likely in coming months.
Stocks jump on strong offshore lead
10:49AM THE sharemarket rose 0.7 per cent at today's open on offshore leads borne on ECB assurances and strong US retail and home-sales data.
Qantas blast knocked out key systems
11:48AM Steve Creedy, Aviation writer THE flight crew of QF32 battled failures of electrical systems, flight controls, braking and computer systems to land the crippled A380 superjumbo near Singapore.
National Affairs
Gillard urged to reject NBN monopoly plan
Mitchell Bingemann and Annabel Hepworth THE competition regulator has punched a hole in the business case for the $36bn NBN by urging the government to reject a proposal to extend its monopoly.
Liberals divided over IR reform
Patricia Karvelas TONY Abbott's pledge to leave Labor's IR laws unchallenged until the next election has been contradicted by one of his most senior frontbenchers.
Victoria: sophomore surge and a crystal ball
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Israel fire kills 37 guards on bus
9:29AM James Hider THE largest forest fire in Israeli history has killed at least 40 people, most of them prison wardens trapped in a bus.
Australia reeling in Ashes Test
12:04PM Andrew Faulkner AUSTRALIA has started disastrously in the second Ashes Test at the Adelaide Oval, losing three wickets in the first 13 balls of the match.
Gillard's energy cost arguments don't add up
Dennis Shanahan, Political editor THE Prime Minister's anti-nuclear stance is straight out of the Greens play book.
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Field of dreams
7:43AM Sharon Krum Argentine Nacho Figueras is passionate about his polo. And he'd like Aussie kids to wield a mallet, too.
From Jamaica with love
Christine McCabe AN expanded Goldeneye Hotel & Resort, former home of James Bond creator Ian Fleming, reopens in Jamaica this month.
Microsoft local chief nabs regional gig
UPDATED Fran Foo MICROSOFT Australia is on the hunt for a managing director after Tracey Fellows was promoted to run the software giant's Asia-Pacific business.
Coming soon: ABC iView on Samsung TV
Andrew Colley THE ABC has moved to expand its internet reach by entering a joint IPTV project with Samsung Electronics in Australia.
Foreign student numbers continue to dive
Andrew Trounson NEW international student commencements continue to fall, dropping 9.5 per cent, or more than 32,000 students, as at the end of October.
You're dead to me, FIFA
THAT’S the last time I stay up until the wee hours to wait on one of your announcements, FIFA. But why Qatar?
Gillard's energy cost arguments don't add up
THE Prime Minister's anti-nuclear stance is straight out of the Greens play book.
Wacky wiki world can't mine its boom
A LEAKED missive suggests the nation of Ergastia has some parallels with Australia.
Bowen in the wind, says Latham
IN the grand tradition of maddies sometimes saying something that’s not so crazy after all, Mark Latham opened his traditional, fortnightly can-o-whoop-ass.
Where's a pretender when you need one?
I'M getting the sense that no one else in the world wants to be the king or queen of England, says James Valentine.
Charter opens door to Sharia law recognition
THE issue of Sharia law and human rights is rippling around the world, says Peter Faris.
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Good looks, bah
QUEENSLAND Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek has been spelling out why he's the right man for the premier's gig, this time in Brisbane News magazine, where he has spoken adoringly of his sister, broadcaster Kate Langbroek.
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Australia won the toss and elected to Bat.