thursday newstrip

Tasmania's deputy premier has denied he punched jailed Pussy Riot punk band member Nadezhda Tolokonnikov • man at the AFL grand final on Saturday sold Miss World a fake Syrian passport & a promise of permanent settlement in Australia • how to quit your job in style • a suspected clandestine drug lab wearing a Balmoral tartan skirt & surrounded by family photos shut down at midnight • the US government may be forced to concede its pingpong crown, the latest chapter in a tortuous legal process that has dragged on for six years • researchers believe a major milestone has been reached on the path to finding a cure for Republicans & Democrats • Kenya terror attack mall at risk from tsunamis & alleged corruption at the central bank's currency printing firms • Miss Philippines moved to the medical unit of her penal colony after Paracel Islands went up in flames.