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The Liberal Movement was a minor South Australian political party in the 1970s. Stemming from discontent within the ranks of the Liberal and Country League, it was organised in 1972 by former premier Steele Hall as an internal group in response to a perceived resistance to sought reform within its parent. A year later, when tensions heightened between the LCL's conservative wing and the LM, it was established in its own right as a progressive liberal party. When still part of the league, it had eleven parliamentarians; on its own, it was reduced to three. In the federal election of 1974, it succeeded in having Hall elected to the Australian Senate with a primary vote of 10 per cent in South Australia. It built upon this in the 1975 state election, gaining almost a fifth of the total vote and an additional member. However, the non-Labor parties narrowly failed to dislodge the incumbent Dunstan Labor government. That result, together with internal weaknesses, led in 1976 to the LM's being re-absorbed into the LCL, which by then had become the South Australian division of the Liberal Party of Australia. The LM and its successor parties gave voice to what is termed "small-l liberalism" in Australia. (more...) Recently featured: Henry Wood – Abdul Karim – Royal National College for the Blind Archive – By email – More featured articles...
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Muammar Gaddafi Saudi Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud dies in his 80s. Basque separatist group ETA announces a cessation of armed activity. Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (pictured) is killed in Sirte, with National Transitional Council forces taking control of the city. After five years in captivity, Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is freed in exchange for the release of 1,027 Palestinian prisoners. British writer Julian Barnes wins the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sense of an Ending. British IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon dies after a crash at the IndyCar World Championship at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Wikinews – Recent deaths – More current events...
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October 22 1707 – In one of the greatest maritime disasters in the history of the British Isles, more than 1,400 sailors on four Royal Navy ships were lost in stormy weather off the Isles of Scilly. 1879 – Thomas Edison performed a successful test using a carbon filament thread in an incandescent light bulb (pictured), which would become the most successful version of the product. 1907 – A bank run forced New York's Knickerbocker Trust Company to suspend operations, which triggered the Panic of 1907. 1962 – Cold War: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announced that Soviet nuclear weapons had been discovered in Cuba and that he had ordered a naval "quarantine" of the island nation. 2008 – India launched Chandrayaan-1, the country's first unmanned lunar mission. More anniversaries: October 21 – October 22 – October 23 Archive – By email – List of historical anniversaries It is now October 22, 2011 (UTC) – Refresh this page

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A nugget of platinum, a dense, malleable, ductile, precious, gray-white transition metal. It is one of the rarest elements in the Earth's crust. It exhibits a remarkable resistance to corrosion, even at high temperatures, and as such is considered a noble metal. As a result, platinum is often found chemically uncombined as a native metal.

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