12:10:00 03/09/2010
The Coalition has questioned the tactics of independent MP Andrew Wilkie who rejected their billion-dollar offer of an upgrade to the Hobart Hospital in his electorate of Denison. Mr Wilkie has described the offer as reckless but the Coalition says that's the figure Mr Wilkie came up with when asked how much an upgrade would cost. More
12:21:00 03/09/2010
Andrew Wilkie may have said the Coalition's billion dollar offer to upgrade the Royal Hobart Hospital was reckless and irresponsible but the state's doctors disagree. The Tasmanian branch of the Australian Medical Association says Mr Wilkie has passed up a once-in-a-lifetime chance to rebuild the hospital. More
12:17:00 03/09/2010
A framework agreement has been reached between the Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas which includes regular meetings between the two leaders. The first small steps are being read as an optimistic sign of a possible future peace agreement. More
- Shane McLeod
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12:25:00 03/09/2010
A former US ambassador to Israel joins The World Today to discuss the latest moves towards peace in the Middle East. Daniel Kurtzer was the US representative in Israel between 2001 and 2005 and is now a professor of Middle Eastern policy studies at Princeton University. He says while the goalposts are further apart than they were 18 years ago the direct talks are an early sign for hope. More
12:32:00 03/09/2010
The UN says the flow of international aid to flood-ravaged Pakistan is almost at a standstill and relief efforts are being stretched by the scale of the disaster. The Red Cross says it's had to halt two distributions of aid to flood victims because of angry crowds. The spokeswoman for one of the independent aid organisations working in Pakistan, Save the Children, describes the scene on the ground. More
12:38:00 03/09/2010
The chairman of the US central bank Ben Bernanke says Federal Reserve had no authority to save the collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers. The bank's demise precipitated the global financial crisis.
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- Peter Ryan
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12:42:00 03/09/2010
A British trade envoy says the UK is open for business despite continuing concerns about the health of its economy. Sir Andrew Cahn of UK Trade and Investment is also confident that the city of London will remain the world's financial hub. More
12:47:00 03/09/2010
US marine scientists have criticised the Marine Stewardship Council's blue tick of approval on tins of tuna and other seafood as 'blue washing'. They're claiming the program which certifies whether fish are sustainable actually includes some fish stocks that are under pressure. More
12:52:00 03/09/2010
The British physicist Stephen Hawking argues that gravity was the catalyst for the creation of the universe and that God probably had nothing to do with it. Some say it's an about face for the scientist who previously said a belief in God wasn't necessarily incompatible with science. But others say the picture is more complicated. More
