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![play [Gillard announces fund for Ford workers]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31133251672/80_50_70.jpg)
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Gillard announces fund for Ford workers
23 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Slipper faces court: Richard Davis reports]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31132227682/80_50_70.jpg)
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Slipper faces court: Richard Davis reports
23 May 13 | 0:00
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![play [Anti-Islamist attacks erupt in London]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31128131562/80_50_70.jpg)
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Anti-Islamist attacks erupt in London
23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [S Africa growth 'marred' by apartheid ghosts]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31125059510/80_50_70.jpg)
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S Africa growth 'marred' by apartheid ghosts
23 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [London attack: Govt holds emergency meeting]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31117891881/80_50_70.jpg)
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London attack: Govt holds emergency meeting
23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Woolwich in shock after 'terror' attack]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31118915688/80_50_70.jpg)
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Woolwich in shock after 'terror' attack
23 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [Analysis: Brutal London 'terror' attack]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31114819861/80_50_70.jpg)
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Analysis: Brutal London 'terror' attack
23 May 13 | 6:00
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![play [Oklahoma clean-up begins]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31108675584/80_50_70.jpg)
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23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [UK wildlife: 1 in 10 faces extinction]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31104067596/80_50_70.jpg)
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UK wildlife: 1 in 10 faces extinction
23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Oklahoma search and rescue winds down]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31098435958/80_50_70.jpg)
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Oklahoma search and rescue winds down
23 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [London: Man dead in 'terror' attack]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31097411860/80_50_70.jpg)
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London: Man dead in 'terror' attack
23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [Butcher feeds marijuana to pigs]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31109187910/80_50_70.jpg)
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Butcher feeds marijuana to pigs
23 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 1]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31046723518/80_50_70.jpg)
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SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 1
22 May 13 | 10:00
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![play [SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 2]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31044675950/80_50_70.jpg)
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SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 2
22 May 13 | 9:00
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![play [SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 3]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31046211696/80_50_70.jpg)
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SBS 10:30 News - 22 May part 3
22 May 13 | 4:00
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![play [Extended interview: What the West asked the PM]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31034947695/80_50_70.jpg)
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Extended interview: What the West asked the PM
22 May 13 | 1:00
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![play [What is Apple doing with its money?]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31032899986/80_50_70.jpg)
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What is Apple doing with its money?
22 May 13 | 2:00
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![play [SBS 6:30 News - 22 May part 1]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31036995649/80_50_70.jpg)
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22 May 13 | 9:00
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![play [SBS 6:30 News - 22 May part 2]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31036483784/80_50_70.jpg)
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22 May 13 | 26:00
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![play [SBS 6:30 News - 22 May part 3]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31038019895/80_50_70.jpg)
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22 May 13 | 9:00
![play [Extended interview: Oklahoma devastation]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31028291795/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Exiled Cambodian leader prays for democracy]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31032899652/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [What is a mockbuster?]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31026243733/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Western Sydney pleased with PM's visit]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31024195565/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Salvos reveal Aussies doing it tougher than expected]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31023683537/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Indigenous kids need Indigenous carers: Expert]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31030851650/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [PBS Newshour 22 May]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29369411624/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [SBS 6:30 News - 22 May part 4]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31035971858/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [The Feed - 22 May part 1]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31039043503/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Essendon's Lovett-Murray stabbed]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/31023683541/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Robbie Deans extended interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30795331578/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Syria refugees face Lebanon sanitation issues]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30782019875/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Lebanon provides schooling for Syria refugees]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30782019866/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Denmark claims Eurovision Contest]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30784067539/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Do companies have the right to patent human genes?]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30781507605/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Budget analysis: Shane Oliver extended interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30292547541/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [What the budget means for the economy]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30166595925/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Budget summary: Karen Middleton reports]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30166083850/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Behind the scenes of the federal budget]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30178883799/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Photography exhibition chronicles Indigenous culture]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30026819936/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Rooftop beekeeping on the rise in Australia]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/30023747717/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [NDIS : Rosemary King extended interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29155395649/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Indigenous thriller opens SSF: Aaron Pedersen Interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29504579857/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [In Conversation: High Speed Rail]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29499971800/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [Indigenous thriller opens SSF: Hugo Weaving Interview]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29483075636/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [SA makes historical appeal reforms]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/29021251547/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [African A League players influence youths]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/28685891975/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [The Conversation: Saving Australian Manufacturing]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/28447811878/80_50_70.jpg)
![play [SBS Radio launches new schedule]](http://media.sbs.com.au/news/mpx/28328515894/80_50_70.jpg)
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Government intervention would not have saved Ford Australia's manufacturing jobs, Victorian Premier Denis Napthine says.
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The mint julep’s muddled history
04 May 2012, 16:19 PM
North America | Before it was the toast of Kentucky Derby, the mint julep used to be a political ice breaker.
