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Saturday's news in 2 minutes.

 

 

 

1. An abortion could cost as little as $12, after the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee recommended yesterday that the so-called abortion drug RU486 be covered by the pharmaceutical benefits scheme. The government is set to review the recommendation, and make their final decision as to whether or not the drug will be subsidised before the election.

2. A 21-year-old man was shot in the knee on Friday night in Sydney’s inner-west, after protesting when a group of young men on the street made rude remarks about his girlfriend, 19, who was with him at the time.

3. The Boston bombings suspect, 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, has been moved from a hospital to a prison.

23-year-old mother Nadya Tolokonnikova, from band Pussy Riot.

5. A member of punk-activist band Pussy Riot – 23-year-old mother Nadya Tolokonnikova – has been denied parole. She is currently serving two years in a Russian prison for ‘hooliganism’, after a politically charged performance in a Moscow cathedral last year.

6. A piece of landing gear that may be from one of the planes involved in 9/11 has been found wedged between two buildings at ground zero. The plane part was wedged in such a way that it wasn’t found for over a decade. Currently the site is being treated as a crime scene.

7. Isabella Cowan, a former Australian model who inspired Elle Macpherson to start her career, has slammed the modeling industry for promoting an unhealthy body image. Ms Cowan told News Ltd, “These models just look ridiculous, they look sick.”