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07/11/2008		Dr Harry Cooper`s secret cancer battle
AUSTRALIA`S favourite TV vet, Harry Cooper, has been quietly battling cancer since Christmas

07/11/2008		Bush admits to `tough economic times`
US President George W Bush has allowed that these are "tough economic times" for Americans, but insisted his administration was working to improve conditions

07/11/2008		Air strikes killed 47 wedding guests
AN official investigation has found that US-led air strikes a week ago struck a wedding and killed 47 Afghan civilians, most of them women and children, an official said today

07/11/2008		Family killed by elephant herd
FOUR members of one family were trampled to death today after a herd of wild elephants strayed into a remote village in southeastern Bangladesh, police said

07/11/2008		Music teacher on 322 sex charges
A MUSIC teacher accused of raping and filming underage girls has been charged with nearly 400 sexual offences involving 12 victims

07/11/2008		Boy reunited with parents
A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy allegedly kidnapped and missing since Wednesday afternoon has been reunited with his parents at Melbourne airport

07/11/2008		Thousands attend mass at stadium
MORE than 40,000 Catholic pilgrims have packed into the Telstra Dome stadium in Melbourne to celebrate mass

07/11/2008		Government steps up Ferguson appeal
QUEENSLAND prosecutors have lodged a document clarifying previously "vague" reasons for appealing against the recent stay in proceedings against notorious child sex offender Dennis Ferguson

07/11/2008		Rival Zimbabwe parties hold talks
ZIMBABE`S ruling party and Opposition held talks in South Africa ovenight for the first time since Robert Mugabe`s one-man election

07/11/2008		Russia accuses Brit of spying
A BRITISH diplomat working in Moscow has been accused of being a spy by Russian officials

07/11/2008		Bruni `hurt` by album critics
FRANCE`S first lady Carla Bruni admitted today she was "hurt" by frosty reactions to her new album by critics of her husband President Nicolas Sarkozy, as the much-hyped record hit stores across Europe

07/11/2008		Ronnie Wood `runs off with bargirl`
ROLLING Stone Ronnie Wood has reportedly left his wife to live with a Russian bargirl 43 years his junior

07/11/2008		Sex curse found at ancient site - report
AN unexpected sexual curse has reportedly uncovered by archaeologists at Cyprus`s old city kingdom of Amathus

07/11/2008		Uranium contaminates water supply
FRENCH authorities have ordered the temporary closure of a nuclear treatment plant in a popular tourist region of southern France after a uranium leak polluted the local water supply

07/11/2008		Fritzl`s daughter speaks to judge
AUSTRIAN incest victim Elisabeth Fritzl has had a first hearing with a judge and is expected to be questioned further next week

07/11/2008		Man held for Shakespeare theft
POLICE are quizzing a man over the theft of a rare collection of works by William Shakespeare stolen from Durham University 10 years ago

07/11/2008		UN issues fresh Iran nuclear appeal
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has issued a fresh appeal for Iran to suspend nuclear enrichment work as Washington warned Tehran to cease its "provocative" missile tests

07/11/2008		Sandow will be around a while yet
IN-form South Sydney lock John Sutton has predicted rampant Rabbitohs half-back Chris Sandow to enjoy a long NRL career despite his small stature

07/11/2008		Smith set for Wigan debut
Former Parramatta half-back Tim Smith could resume his football career with Super League giants Wigan as soon as this Sunday after linking with his new club earlier this week

07/11/2008		Hands of our talent, Croatia
FOOTBALL Federation Australia chief executive Ben Buckley has come out strongly against proposals floated by the Sydney United club to send young Australian talent to Croatia

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Just think, if Brendan 07, loses another 8 points he'll become Brendan in the Red. Meanwhile Malcolm 'in the middle' Turnbull will no doubt be rubbing his hands with glee whilst Tony 'on the far right' Abbott will be sharpening his wit hoping he'll be a hit.
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Perfect Track Record for Nelson, left every ministry and portfolio he was given an utter shambles and disaster zone. Now as Liberal Opposition leader, he is 7% more popular than ?... ? a smack in the face?
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Voter satisfaction with Brendan Nelson goes backward
Now only has 7pc support as preferred prime minister
Dennis Shanahan: Nelson and the poisoned chalice

BRENDAN Nelson and the Coalition have slumped to all-time lows in voter support, with just 7 per cent of Australians believing the Opposition Leader would make a better prime minister than Kevin Rudd.

As the Rudd Government juggernaut continues to push Labor to new highs in Newspoll surveys, the latest figures reveal fewer than a third of voters would put the Coalition first on a ballot paper.

And satisfaction with Dr Nelson has collapsed, going negative for the first time since he assumed the role of Opposition Leader after the November 24 election defeat.

Mr Rudd became the most popular Labor leader in Newspoll history immediately after he delivered his apology to the Stolen Generations in Canberra, with Dr Nelson becoming the least popular leader of the Opposition.

The latest Newspoll survey, coming as Labor celebrated the 100 days since its election, extends the lead for the Government and Mr Rudd.

The Coalition turned in its worst result at the weekend, and Dr Nelson`s support as preferred prime minister fell from 9 per cent to just 7 per cent as Mr Rudd soared to a record 73 per cent.

Liberal support, down five points to 31 per cent on primary vote in the past fortnight, is now worse than when the Coalition was pushing a GST on to the Australian public, giving it 34 per cent support.

Coalition support is now down more than 25 per cent since November`s election, when the primary vote was 42.1 per cent.

In the past two weeks Labor`s primary support has risen five points to 51 per cent - equal to the numbers that prompted John Howard`s pre-election warning of "annihilation" at the coming election.

On a two-party-preferred basis, using preference flows at last year`s election, Labor has hit a Newspoll high of 63 per cent, the Coalition a new low of 37 per cent.

While the party ratings are disastrous for the Coalition, Dr Nelson`s personal ratings are an even greater calamity.

For the first time, voter satisfaction with the Liberal leader has gone backwards, meaning there are now more people dissatisfied with Dr Nelson than satisfied.

When asked if they were satisfied with the job he was doing as Opposition Leader, 29 per cent said yes, down from 40 per cent two weeks ago, and 38 per cent said no, up seven points since the middle of February.

More people, 33 per cent, are now uncommitted on Dr Nelson than approve of his performance.

During the same period, according to a Newspoll survey conducted exclusively for The Australian last weekend, Mr Rudd`s satisfaction hit a new high of 69 per cent - up just one point from 68.

On the question of who would make the better prime minister, Mr Rudd continued to set new records with a lead of 66 percentage points over Dr Nelson.

Mr Rudd broke his record of just two weeks ago when he opened a 61-point lead over Dr Nelson, a bigger lead than his three predecessors - Bob Hawke, Paul Keating and John Howard - ever had over their opponents.

Last weekend, as the political honeymoon continued for Mr Rudd despite the prospect of a worsening economy and another interest rate rise today, his support as prime minister rose from 70 to 73 per cent.

This is a new high for any prime minister since Newspoll surveys began in the 1980s.

In the 100 days since the election, Mr Rudd`s support as prime minister has risen 12 points and Dr Nelson`s has halved from 14 to seven.

Dr Nelson`s support has fallen a further two points since his 9 per cent of two weeks ago, which was the first time a Leader of the Opposition had rated single figures on the question of better prime minister.

When Dr Nelson unexpectedly became Leader of the Opposition last year - after Peter Costello withdrew from the contest and he defeated Malcolm Turnbull in a close party ballot - he rated 14 per cent against Mr Rudd`s 61 per cent as preferred prime minister.

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