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www.canberratimes.com.au - News Index for 21/09/2013


National

Qantas 'seconds away from mid-air collision'

Clive Palmer wins Fairfax by just 36 votes

The road to recovery

Iron lady

Mississippi stirring

Deaths in custody list ignores asylum seekers, says study

'He ought to have known what was going on'

Changing of the guard for border protection

Generation EEO

Hacking fear if electronic vote replaces pencil, paper

So guess who's coming for afternoon tea?

WA Premier will keep up fight for GST increase despite PM's rebuff

Halfway point already reached before emissions danger zone

Long road to recovery for a scorched land

War footing: Minister eyes next hotspot

The Vatican's holy warrior

To downsize or not: the rising cost of the great Australian dream

Electoral chief cautious about online voting

ASIO chief comes out of shadows for 'masterclass'

Last post for Australia's red rattler bikes

Qantas planes' mid-air near-miss investigated

Armed Russians detain Australian Greenpeace activists

Qantas planes get too close over Great Australian Bight

Southern Stars bets still taken despite match-fixing fallout

A familiar face sashays back to news-stands

Abbott's 'cowboy' tack riles Indonesian MPs

High-profile Catholics launch a salvo

Climate warrior an early victim of new government's axe

I was a goddamn puppet: tearful witness

Seselja ahead but Sheikh gains in race for second Senate seat

World

US narrowly avoided atom bomb explosion in 1961

Man crashes a motorised bar stool on way home from pub

Celebrities mourn the man known as Madonna's rabbi

I'm about to kill Prince Harry, Muslim convert told policeman

Israeli forces manhandle EU diplomats, seize West Bank aid

Syria sends watchdog chemical weapons inventory

Pope Francis blasts abortion after decrying focus on the rules

'Super Typhoon' Usagi heads for Hong Kong

Tears in vain: shooting fails to sway US

Chicago park shooting: several wounded in Back of the Yards neighbourhood

Baby dies on Spanish airport luggage belt

5.3-magnitude earthquake hits Japan's Fukushima

Nintendo legend Hiroshi Yamauchi dies

Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen seize Syrian town

Private rocket on space odyssey

Putin says he may seek 4th presidential term

Pope bluntly faults church's focus on gays and abortion

McCain slams Putin in opinion piece for Pravda

Destination Mars when Earth moves out of 'habitable zone'

China's new population crisis: the unwanted elderly

Match-fixing scandal: police arrest 14 in Singapore

Australians drugged, raped and robbed at Thai beach parties, diplomat warns

Insomnia, this thing of darkness

Foss Lake mystery: cold cases opened as skeletons found in cars

Tony Abbott's asylum seeker policies 'offensive', says senior Indonesian politician

US stabbing a hate crime

Washington gunman's path to DC emerges, but questions remain

Tourists in Acapulco desperate as storm toll rises

Canada passenger train collides with bus in capital, at least six dead

Starbucks says guns unwelcome, though not banned

Business

BlackBerry's demise feared after dire results

Business calendar: September 22-28

Don't bet it all on the house

Revival in South Sydney

You get what you pay for

Retail gets entertaining

Corporates can't lose in the welfare state

QE inaction throws spanner in our works

Bourse greets stimulus news with a leap, as dollar jumps

Investors on a joyride as the Fed keeps foot on accelerator

Abbott's casualties pile up in orderly fashion

Problems deferred become millstone for Indonesia

Forrest digs his way out from between a rock and a hard place

Boart Longyear hits trouble in search for funds

In the world of politics, slogans can say it all, but trust says it better

Westpoint's Carey blame shift thrown out of court

Email trail to seize Hancock trust

NAB's planned digital app to get with the program

The son who never quite shone

Flight Centre to change its name

Sport

Bayliss backs struggling stars

Atlantic Jewel's bubble bursts

Courage needed to win Australian Grand Prix at Phillip Island

Adam Scott not intimidated by Henrik Stenson's hot form at PGA Tour Championship

France knock Spain out of Europe

Low winds rob Team NZ of America's Cup victory

Adam Scott trails Henrik Stenson by four shots at PGA Tour Championship

The road to recovery

Dream start for Swansea

New Zealand must wait for chance to reclaim America's Cup

Porte eyes win, but team comes first

Davis Cup on the cards

Keeping the demons at bay

Family has fighting chance at glory

Thomas aims to revive team's happy times

Traffic throws tour into chaos

World champ back on bike for next challenge

ACCC looks at football body deals

Canberra FC on brink of superb title turnaround

Referee expects a physical decider

Hawthorn confirm Brendan Whitecross to miss grand final because of knee surgery

Collingwood star Ron Richards dies aged 85

Ablett to snare a second Brownlow ... but only just

Live AFL finals: Fremantle v Sydney

Geelong risks decline if it does not regenerate playing list: Chris Scott

Hawthorn not driven by 2012 grand final loss

Hawthorn star Lance Franklin declares he will be fit for AFL grand final

Hawthorn revival almost too late

The Dockers' Mayne man

Martin wants to stay a Tiger

Bulldogs did right thing with Barba claims, inquiry finds

New Eels boss Seward pledges stability

Five reasons the Storm can win

Widdop takes short cut on the long road to recovery

Pressure builds for rival pair

Raiders maul Tigers in Holden Cup

Stuart cast as TV hero

Shillington stance raises more questions

Scores to settle: Manly, Souths won't be lacking for motivation

We'll be fit for Souths, say Lyon, Choc

Coming down on one wing and a prayer

ARU moves to halt young guns' slide to rugby league may have come too late

Thugby spoils the game and brings disgrace to Springboks

O'Connor stood down indefinitely by ARU

Five things we learnt: Manly v Cronulla

James O'Connor stood down by Wallabies

NSW Waratahs announce squad for 2014 and target top two finish

Will Genia was shocked and lost sleep over axing

Nathan Sharpe says Wallabies are disillusioned with James O'Connor

Richie McCaw targets Springboks game for All Blacks return

Opinion

Fortress Canberra needs reinforcement

The budget facts that Canberra isn't telling you

Migrating flak away from the minister

Entertainment

Flights of fantasy and fearlessness

High voltage pop'n'soul

Intrigue and menace accompany Plantagenets' bloody rise

Azure review: Marilyn Crispell and Gary Peacock make a major statement

Life's mystery addressed in hunt for evil's familiar face

Making a killing

Mass appeal

One Direction: This is Us review: Fab five lose sense of direction

Return to country

Sins of the past

Straight outta Naples

Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters review: The demi-god squad to the rescue

The secret lives of us

Where mutual trust abides

Working with the grain

When pop went to the movies

The showman must go on

Tears are testament to fine TV

Question time ... with artist Jo Hollier

Plain and simple but packed full of life

Columns

Editorial: Mr Rudd's lurching, all right


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