Tuesday's news in under 2 minutes.

1. A four-year-old girl on the Sunshine Coast has died after swallowing a small, button-shaped lithium battery – which are common in toys and remote controls. The girl was taken to Noosa Hospital on Sunday morning, and flown to the Royal Brisbane Hospital that afternoon in a critical condition.

A representative for Kidsafe Queensland, Susan Teerds, told the ABC: “When a child swallows a battery it often gets caught in the oesophagus, around the voice box. Once it’s been lodged, within an hour, it will start to burn a hole.”

2. A Dutch journalist working in Egypt has reportedly been raped during protests in Cairo’s Tahrir Square. The woman was reportedly attacked by as many as five men and was taken to hospital with severe injuries. On Sunday hundreds of thousands of protestors took to the streets of Egypt, to demand that Egypt’s president Mohamed Morsi leave public office. News Ltd reports that Australian tour companies are diverting tourists away from areas experiencing political unrest.

3. Three sexual assault lawsuits against the Elmo puppeteer Kevin Clash have been dropped because the plaintiffs made their claims too late. In his ruling, The judge John G. Koeltl reportedly said: “The dates on which the plaintiffs connected their psychological injuries to their victimizations are irrelevant to the dates on which their claims accrued.”  But the plantiffs argue that their case should be considered from the time they realised they were harmed as children.

4. Australia has sworn in its first ever Muslim member of the executive. Ed Husic took his oath on the Qu’ran yesterday when he was named parliament secretary to the Prime Minister and for broadband and communications.