Australia’s Gillard rules out mine-tax changes
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard ruled out changes to her planned 30 percent mining tax if re-elected on Saturday, as powerful miners and Green lawmakers threatened to restart hostilities over the issue.

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Vols want to eliminate UNC game from 2011 schedule
Tennessee wants to eliminate a trip to North Carolina from its 2011 football schedule, even if it means paying a $750,000 buyout of a contract with the Tar Heels. The two schools have a contract to play in Chapel Hill, N.C., in 2011 and in Knoxville in 2012, but Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton requested several months ago that the series be pushed back to future seasons.

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