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Officials in Texas insist there is no drinking water emergency and there is no need for alternative supplies.  But new tests in scores of communities in the conservative, "pro-business" state have tested positive for excessive levels of the carcinogen arsenic - just like they have for more than a decade.

Good Morning Australia!! - Cops are on a manuynut for terrorists in Belgium - Myanmar is finally set to return to civilian rule - Which country's central banker failed to mention that cyber thieves stole $100 Million? - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

A few lawmakers in the US state of Arizona are upset over the National Park Service's decision to add the Oak Flat Campground to the National Register of Historic Places because of its historic and spiritual ties to the Apache indigenous community.  It just so happens that Resolution mining - part-owned by BHP Billiton - wants to dig a giant copper mine there.

Some roads are starting to reopen in South Australia's Cooper Basin after weeks of heavy rain.  But access to heavy vehicles is still restricted in many areas, and that is slowing gas and petroleum activities as well as delaying supply runs to the camps.

Toyota Motor Corporation and its partners unveiled plans for a pioneering project to create an end-to-end low-carbon hydrogen supply chain.  They'll test it by using hydrogen generated from renewable energy sources to power an initial pair of new generation forklifts.

NASA is in with the latest reliable data on global warming, and it turns out that February did indeed obliterate a century of global temperature records by a "stunning" margin.  Looks like we're all going to have to get some taller thermometers.

Good Morning Australia!! - Putin surprises the West with his decision on troops in Syria - Some migrants find a wet way around Macedonia's border blockade - Turkey strikes out at Kurds - The next mission to Mars takes off - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Researchers at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital announced they've successfully generated functional heart tissue in a lab for the first time.  It's hoped that this will lead to growing entire human hearts for patients suffering from cardiovascular diseases.

A new study says that the popular sweetener Sucralose - known to most by its commercial name Splenda - caused cancerous tumors and leukemia in mice. The maker of the zero-calorie sweetener used in more than 4,500 foods and beverages is denying the claim.

Good Morning Australia!! - Terrorists attack a resort popular with international travelers - A car bomb kills dozens in Ankara - EoDM leader Jesse Hughes is backing off some weird opinions - A plebiscite on marriage equality could be costly to the Aussie economy - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - North Korea loses a submarine amid heightened tensions - Turkish saillors are caught on video attacking the poorest and most vulnerable - Documenting the escalating evil of Donald Trump's presidential campaign - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Hello Australia!! - Trump runs away with his tail between his legs - Hillary Clinton steps in it and for some voters, it sticks - 2016 claims yet another legendary rocker - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

The Queensland Environment Department has granted the environmental licence needed to resume operations at Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel Refinery.  This comes a day after more than 500 workers were told their jobs were disappearing as of 5:00 PM today (Friday, 11 March). 

A New South Wales justice sentenced Stephen Xiao to eight years and three months jail for insider trading, the longest such sentence ever handed down in Australia.

A US Federal Judge in New York City sentenced two foremr bankers to prison after the two were convicted in the first US trial arising from global investigations into the manipulation of the London interbank offered rate, known as LIBOR.

Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Castro announced the equivalent of AU$3.7 Million in new funding for the country's top biomedical research institute's research into combating the Zika Virus.  About AU$1.33 Million would be dedicated would help finance a study to find a vaccine for the virus.

Good Morning Australia!! - Japan is out to impress Australia with its high tech submarine - She raised a daughter for 20 years, but it turns out she kidnapped the girl as a baby - Violence and flagrant racism flare at another rally for the fascist Donald Trump - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

American whistleblower Edward Snowden has a word for the FBI's claims that it can't unlock the iPhone 5C of a dead terrorist and therefore must force Apple to help.  And that word is "bullsh_t".

Around 550 workers at Clive Palmer's Queensland Nickel Refinery are going to lose heir jobs at the end of the business day on Friday, that's 5:00 PM.  This comes days after Palmer seized control of the struggling operation.  It appears to be the result of a tug of war between Palmer and the administrators he will replace.

Prosecutors in Brazil are filing corruption charges against one of the country's most-popular leaders, former president Inacio Lula de Silva, in a money-laundering investigation.  He denies any wrongdoing and says the charges are politically motivated.