Palestinians celebrate election of Mahmoud Abbas

Note: this is the unedited version, I liked it better.

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The Palestinian people this week celebrated the election of (mr) MAHMOUD ABBAS as the new president of the Palestinian Authority, which many hope is the beginning of a new era in Arab-Israeli relations.

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Disaster could dissipate Aceh civil war

The restive Indonesian province of Aceh, the closest landfall to the huge quake and resulting tsunami which has devastated Asia, is fraught with a decades-long civil war, its rebel insurgents continually goading the military, its supporters fighting for an independent nation.

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Eureka Stockade at 150

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(Music begins) At this place, called Eureka, 150 years today, to the day, to the hour, a small band of about 100 diggers stood up for what they believe in, and some died for it. They were hard working men and women, engaged in honest enterprise… (Start speaking over music fade)

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China extinguishes 130-year-old fire

China’s official Xinhua news agency reports that a fire that broke out 130 years ago at a Chinese coalfield has finally been extinguished, stopping 100,000 tons of harmful gases – including carbon monoxide and sulphur dioxide – and 40,000 tons of ash from polluting the atmosphere every year.

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