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Australia will be entrenched in Afghanistan in some form for at least the next decade, Prime Minister Julia Gillard said today.

Afghanistan: we're staring at 10 more years, warns PM

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Top Australian rider Stathi Katsidis, who had been engaged to ride Shoot Out in Saturday's Cox Plate at Moonee Valley, was found dead on Tuesday in Brisbane.

Australian jockey found dead

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In the 1962 James Jones novel on which it is based, this is a story about the Guadalcanal campaign, fought in the Solomon Islands in 1942-3. And while The Thin Red Line holds a deserved place in the annals of war movies it is rather more a war dreamed of by Terrence Malick than the one actually fought for in reality.

The Thin Red Line: No 10

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Geordan Murphy has been omitted from Ireland's 34-man squad for the autumn and the outlook on Jerry Flannery's participation also looks bleak.

Murphy omitted from Ireland squad

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Halifax's Papua New Guinea international Makali Aizue is hoping an impressive performance in Sunday's Four Nations clash with Australia in Sydney will put him in the shop window.

Aizue keen to impress

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The Maori language is in danger of dying out because of neglect by successive New Zealand governments, a new report has claimed.

Maori language 'in danger of dying out'

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New Zealand may lose the filming of "The Hobbit" movies because of an actors' pay dispute, with financial backers Warner Bros.

NZ may lose Hobbit filming to offshore locatio

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ONE person is dead after a head-on collision in western Victoria. Police say a sedan travelling east on the Hamilton Highway near Wingeel veered on to the wrong side of the road about 12.30pm today and collided with a B-Double truck.

Person killed in head-on with truck

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Summer Coda director Richard Gray with actor Alex Dimitriades. An eerie coincidence was anything but happy, actor Alex Dimitriades says.

Art imitates life

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Tim Mathieson lends his hairdressing skills to shave off AAP journalist Peter Veness' beard at the National Press Club.

First Fella's debut proves cut above