More airport security ‘won’t stop terrorists’ (ABC)

A former Customs officer has called on the Government to resist pressure to beef up airport security in the wake of the attempted plane bombing in the US.

Predicted drop in Indian students studying in Australia (ABC)

Tourism Australia (TA) is predicting the number of Indian students coming to the country will drop following a spate of attacks this year.

NSW hails big summer for tourism (ABC)

A strong summer for New South Wales tourism operators is expected to give the Australian tourist industry a much-needed boost.

Afghanistan’s first skatepark mixes rich and poor (Reuters)

KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s first skateboarding park and school opened in Kabul on Tuesday with a boarding showdown between dozens of youngsters — ranging from ministers’ children to streetkids — that it aims to bring together.

North Korea New Year wish: tear down imaginary wall (Reuters)

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea’s New Year’s wish of seeing the destruction of a massive concrete wall dividing the Korean peninsula never seems to come true — mostly because there is no such barrier.

Errant Chinese smoker stops world’s fastest train (Reuters)

BEIJING (Reuters Life!) – The world’s fastest train hit its first speed bump in the form of a disobedient smoker less than a week after it began running in southern China.

2010 duck hunting season cut short (ABC)

The Victorian Government has announced a restricted duck hunting season across the state this year.

Prostitutes on display at London gallery (ABC)

The National Gallery in London, one of the world’s great public collections, has put on display a seedy reconstruction of Amsterdam’s red light district in a rare foray into contemporary installation art.

Picasso’s guitar found in shoe box (ABC)

A small wooden guitar painted by Pablo Picasso for his daughter Paloma has been found in a shoe box in the apartment of an Italian businessman in Pomezia, near Rome, Italian media reported.

Broome beach closed after jellyfish attack (ABC)

The Shire of Broome says Entrance Point Beach remains closed after a person was stung by the irukandji jellyfish yesterday.

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