2015-02-27 Australia More Top Stories

Sydney Morning Herald   

Julie Bishop brings back the death stare over Tony Abbott leadership talk   
Sydney Morning Herald
Julie Bishop weighs into new PM speculation · What Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would do · Turnbull called 'next prime minister' at Sydney event. "That's your idea of an easy question?" We urge our colleagues to focus on the interests and the concerns of ...

2015-02-27 Australia Health

ABC Online   

Ten people sick after eating poison mushrooms picked in NSW   
ABC Online
Ten people have been admitted to hospital this month after eating wild mushrooms in various parts of New South Wales, prompting a warning from health authorities. A recent bout of wet and humid weather has provided ideal growing conditions for wild ...

2015-02-27 Australia Science

Quartz   

Cooler Pacific has slowed global warming, briefly - study   
Reuters
... * Combination of causes seen responsible for warming pause. * Pacific main ocean driver, Atlantic minor player. * Trend likely to reverse - study. By Alister Doyle. OSLO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A natural cooling of the Pacific Ocean has contributed to slow global ...

2015-02-27 Australia Sports

The Australian   

Review of athletics: calls for sweeping reforms, funding threat   
The Australian
THE Australian Sports Commission may guarantee only 60 per cent of funding to Athletics Australia until the sport shows its house is in order. The much-anticipated review of athletics has called for sweeping reforms, including a unification under one structure.

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Noosa News   

Sydney bid team back Brisbane Olympics run   
Herald Sun
THE men who earned Australia the 2000 Sydney Olympics believe Brisbane is in a strong position to be the country's next host city. SYDNEY bid CEO Rod McGeoch and chairman John Fahey have both joined the Australian Olympic Committee in throwing ...

2015-02-27 Australia Entertainment

The Guardian   

NSW election 2015: Mike Baird and Luke Foley face off in leaders' debate – as it ...   
The Guardian
With the state election a month away, the first major setpiece of the campaign pits the premier, Mike Baird, against the Labor opposition leader, Luke Foley. Follow the debate live. LIVE Updated 2m ago. NSW election composite. Luke Foley and Mike Baird will ...

2015-02-27 Australia Technology

The Australian Financial Review   

US Federal Communications Commission favours one-speed internet   
The Australian Financial Review
U.S. regulators invoked broad powers to ensure that Web traffic for all users is treated equally, adopting net-neutrality rules that supporters say will preserve a wide-open Internet and that opponents vow to fight in court. The measure approved Thursday by the ...

2015-02-27 Australia Business

Sky News Australia   

Woolworths warns on profit, knocks down shares   
Reuters
SYDNEY, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Woolworths Ltd, Australia's largest supermarket chain by market share, warned on Friday that full-year earnings will be at the lower end of consensus estimates due to planned investments, sending its shares down nearly 10 ...

2015-02-27 Australia Australia

Sydney Morning Herald   

Julie Bishop brings back the death stare over Tony Abbott leadership talk   
Sydney Morning Herald
Julie Bishop weighs into new PM speculation · What Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull would do · Turnbull called 'next prime minister' at Sydney event. "That's your idea of an easy question?" We urge our colleagues to focus on the interests and the concerns of ...

2015-02-27 Australia World

New York Times   

'Jihadi John' From ISIS Execution Videos Was Under Watch by British Intelligence   
New York Times
LONDON — Mohammed Emwazi was 6 when his parents moved to West London from his birthplace in Kuwait, and he seems to have lived a normal life, studying hard and graduating in computer sciences from the University of Westminster in 2009.
'Jihadi John': Haines widow wants militant caught alive   BBC News
Islamic State beheadings: Steven Sotloff family to relish Jihadi John prosecution   Sydney Morning Herald
British government made 'Jihadi John' torture and kidnap prisoners? Really? (+ ...   Christian Science Monitor
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CNN   

Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq   
CNN
Irbil, Iraq (CNN) They take sledgehammers to statues with an uncommon gusto -- destroying in seconds what may have survived centuries. New video released by ISIS shows militants smashing what they say are antiquities at a museum in Mosul, Iraq.
Islamic State's smashing of artifacts latest act of cultural hatred   Los Angeles Times
Islamic State militants' destruction of ancient artefacts in Iraq's Mosul museum ...   ABC Online
Islamic State takes sledgehammer, drills to Iraqi history   Sydney Morning Herald
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CBS News   

Death toll climbs in Afghanistan avalanches   
CBS News
KABUL, Afghanistan -- At least 186 people have been killed by a series of avalanches in northeastern Afghanistan. The increased death toll came on Thursday as crews struggled to clear incredible amounts of snow that buried several homes, according to ...